Shaun Mccran

My digital playground

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NHS Launches Blood donor mobile app

I've donate blood for a few years now. I view it as a relatively easy thing to do, that causes no harm to me, and can help save someone life. I won't miss the blood they take, my body will just create more of it naturally, and there is a reward card system where they change the color of your card based on the number of donations (I'm a sucker for any kind of reward based system).

What's the biggest problem with donating blood? Finding and booking a session.

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Apple suing Samsung on the on going patent war

In the last few days the latest court case between Apple and Samsung has kicked into action. This isn't something I'd usually comment on but I am feeling quite annoyed about the continuing trend that has become the technology industry's default stance on competition. What ever happened to innovation?

This isn't so much a discussion on the court case, but more my own view of its impact on us, the consumers.

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Vodafone Sure Signal review

A product I'd been vaguely aware of, but have since discovered a lot more about is the Vodafone Sure Signal box.

This little white box uses your home broadband to create a 3G bubble in your own home. It is basically a mini, private 3G mast.

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Book review: JQuery Mobile – a first look

I was recently sent a copy of JQuery Mobile by Packt publishing for review. I've dabbled in the JQuery Mobile development language a fair amount, so I was interested to see what this book could teach me that may be different from the information out there in the community.

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