Having a ball with code: Can Sphero inspire the next generation of developers?
Getting kids to code can be hard. Is a Bluetooth-connected robot ball part of the solution?
500 words into the future
Unapologetically opinionated views on technology, in the office and out
Simon Bisson
Simon Bisson is a freelance technology journalist. He specialises in architecture and enterprise IT. He ran one of the UK's first national ISPs and moved to writing around the time of the collapse of the first dotcom boom. He still writes code.
Mary Branscombe
Mary Branscombe is a freelance tech journalist. Mary has been a technology writer for nearly two decades, covering everything from early versions of Windows and Office to the first smartphones, the arrival of the web and most things inbetween.
Latest Posts
Windows Blue: Why IE 11 is taking a leaf from BlackBerry's book
IE 11 isn't pretending to be Firefox - it's showing up the sites that treat IE as a second-class browser.
From cars to keyboards: How to deal with fragmentation the BlackBerry way
With two different screen sizes on the Z10 and Q10, do BlackBerry apps have to be different? No, but you might want a different approach for using them with a keyboard - or in a car.
Getting touchy about tablets: Why one size really doesn't fit all
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The new-look Microsoft: More integration needed if 'devices plus services' is to succeed
Devices and services are the future for Microsoft. But what will that strategy look like? And how can the company sell more Surface tablets?
Behind the scenes at BlackBerry, in photos
A new name, a new phone, a new campus: how BlackBerry is reinventing itself.
Browser touch support: Microsoft's magic tablet ingredient
The use of touch across websites is improving as standards fall into place, and Microsoft is keen to point out the touch capabilities of its browser and operating system.
How CoPilot for Windows Phone has made me appy again
We all have our Instagrams: the apps that make the platform for us. Mine just happens to be a GPS app I've used since the Pocket PC days. Now it's coming back to Windows Phone 8.
A decade of tablet PCs: What have I learned?
It's been 10 years since I bought my first tablet PC. How far have we come since then?
Microsoft's one-PC limit isn't new in Office 2013
Read your licence: the most popular version of Office 2010 could also only be used on a single PC...