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After  the weeks of hype, excitement and speculation, we now finally know just what the Apple tablet computer will look like, cost, and do – and what it will be called (the iPad). However, perhaps unsurprisingly after all the ridiculous build-up, it has not lived up to the expectations of many bloggers, with the general consensus being that it is somewhat of a larger iPhone.

Well I suppose it’s only inevitable that the actual thing can’t live up to such overblown fantastical expectations, and while many in the ‘blogosphere’ contemplate a ‘failure’ for Apple, I must say that I’m more inclined to side with Stephen Fry on this one when he highlights that a similar response has met most of Apple’s recent launches (including the iPhone) –…

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We here at EtonDigital make no secret of how much we like Drupal (check our blog for recent posts on the topic) and so it’s no surprise we’re quite liking the look of the newest addition to the Drupal product range – Drupal Gardens, which aims to remove the need for Drupal users to download code to run off their own servers, and instead offers a browser based interface (much like Wordpress) for managing blogging, forums, social integration and loads more.

Currently Drupal Gardens is in invite-only beta testing mode, with general availability expected within the next few months (sign up at the DG homepage). Whatsmore all of these services will be free for the remainder of the year so don’t…

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So in case anyone hasn’t heard already at least twelve thousand times, Steve Jobs will be unveiling the highly-anticipated new tablet computer from Apple in just a few hours. Maybe it will revolutionise computing, or maybe it’ll fail to live up to the incessant media hye – who knows?

Whatever happens in the next few hours it will no doubt merit at least some time and attention from anyone even remotely interested in matters of web, technology and electronics, and with that in mind here’s a link to a live web feed of the event itself, courtesy of the good people at Endgadget. (Start time is around 6pm GMT so get onto it fairly soon…)

Enjoy!

Dejan Levi

p.s. Like pretty much every single other…

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The iPhone possesses a seemingly neverending ability to permeate into most spheres of daily existence, offering us a range of services in situations where previously we struggled without our beloved apps – and also in plenty of situations where we were previously perfectly fine without the shiny little touchscreen deity…

However, as good as the iPhone is, one must surely feel that it is important that it does not provide the answer for every tricky, confusing, or annoying problem or situation in our lives. I’m talking especially about the new surge in health related apps, some of which threaten to assume far too much significance in people’s health decisions and education.

There’s no doubt that some of the more minor apps are…

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Techcrunch recently announced the results of their annual tech awards – ‘The Crunchies’, with some exciting and original new names being recognised among the more established older companies and services. Once more Facebook has done extremely well, despite some controversy over its continued classification as a ’start-up’ (it has won the award for ‘best overall start-up’ for three years running…)

Anyway click over to the original Techcrunch post for a link to watch the full ceremony live – I won’t spoil the other results for you here, apart from one which I think deserves a special mention: Spotify (which won the ‘best international’ award). A fantastic service of which I’m a big fan, and perhaps even more crucially – possibly the thing…

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