Seven years ago ,this week ,Apple announced its first iphone. I have been an iPhone user since 2010 and Apple’s wonder phone has enhanced my professional life in so many ways. DICTATION In 2010 I was using an ancient Philips digital dictating machine from the turn of the century. I originally had three but a process of cannibalisation meant that only one was left. One day it croaked out its last digital file and departed for the digital graveyard in the cloud. The cost of a

I have spent 2 enthralling weeks with Cupertino’s latest and greatest iphone.It is my third iphone and follows in the footsteps of a much loved 3GS and 4S . I stuck with what I knew even though Android offerings such as the HTC one and LG G2 were very tempting. Yet staying within the walled Garden of Eden was also a tempting prospect. Changing from one generation of iphone to another is as easy as Doctor Who morphing from one generation to the next. Do an online backup ,

One of my favourite iPhone apps has been Audiogalaxy.It has allowed me to stream music from my computer and to play it on my hi fi at home or ,when out and about,where there is wifi, via my iPhone. This means that you only need a 16gb phone to carry your whole music collection around with you. However, just before Christmas, Audiogalaxy was bought out by Dropbox who promptly announced that the service will end on 31st January. I was bereft and wondered what I could repl

When I was a child,many many years ago the only Radio stations one could easily listen to in the United Kingdom were the then four national BBC stations. To listen to anything else you needed a Short Wave colossus such as the one my father had.Amidst the pops,crackles and hisses you might just grab a slice of an exotic foreign station even if it sounded as though it was broadcasting underwater. The first Uk commercial station added a little colour(Capital Radio) in 1