Reuters: Pulling the plug

A piece posted today on Reuters:  Pulling the plug: Apple’s Watch a boost for wireless charging BY JEREMY WAGSTAFF AND NOEL RANDEWICH   (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s embrace of wireless charging for its new Watch may be a defining moment for a technology that’s languished for years amid competing standards and consumer confusion. Supporters of wireless … Read more

BBC: Consumers’ Caped Curmudgeonly Crusader

This is a piece I wrote and recorded for the BBC World Service. It’s not Reuters content Until my spoilsport wife told me to stop, I had a brief career battling for the little guy against big corporations and lousy service. I called myself the Consumer’s Caped Crusader. My theory is this: that as companies … Read more

Reuters: In democracy and disaster, emerging world embraces ‘open data’

[Updated to fix typos] From reuters.com, a piece I wrote on the rise of open data in arguably more interesting, or at least directly impactful, circumstances. In this version I’ve added some links to the source material where available. Aug 28 (Reuters) – ‘Open data’ – the trove of data-sets made publicly available by governments, organisations … Read more