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Staff Writer
James Laird
James stumbled out of Goldsmiths College with a shiny English degree in 2011 and has been working as a journalist ever since. Starting out as a freelancer, he wrote for local news outlets and blogged extensively before deciding to eschew the dole queue in favour of more regular feeding patterns and take an internship at Net Communities. Since joining, he has learned an unhealthy amount about gadgetry, with mobile, tech politics, and the enigma that is Apple emerging as specific areas of interest. Now employed as a full-time staff writer, James is noted in the office for his Loyd Grossman-esque transatlantic drawl. He has a particular hatred of eBook readers.
Articles by James
Mobile Phones
Google launches Samsung Galaxy S4 with vanilla Android 4.2 Jelly Bean at I/O 2013
15 May 2013
News
Google I/O 2013 has kicked off, with the search giant announcing it will offer a version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 running vanilla Android from late-June.
Mobile Phones
Nokia Lumia 925: hands-on preview
14 May 2013
Features
Nokia unveiled the Lumia 925 at a special event in London, and we braved the demonstration area scrum to get hands-on with the new flagship smartphone.
Mobile Phones
Nokia launches Lumia 925 smartphone
14 May 2013
News
Nokia launched a new flagship handset, the Lumia 925, at a special event in London today and we bunkered down to bring you the news live as it happened.
Green Tech
IBM to talk Chale energy efficiency: Smarter Trends Twitter Q&A set for 15:00 BST
14 May 2013
News
IBM is set to showcase its Smarter Energy work in Chale, Isle of Wight, as part of the Be The Start sustainability campaign today, with a Twitter Q&A set for 15:00 BST.
Mobile Phones
Today's Tech: Google to launch Nexus 5 and new Nexus 7 at I/O conference, Samsung tips 5G for 2020, and Sony debuts Xperia ZR
13 May 2013
News
The cream of the crop from the ITProPortal team this Monday, also featuring an in-depth look at IBM's Smarter Energy projects in Chale, Isle of Wight.
Telecoms
Samsung claims 5G mobile broadband with 1Gbps speeds to reach consumers by 2020
13 May 2013
News
Samsung is looking to dramatically up the ante in the mobile network sweepstakes via a lightning-fast 5G platform that could be available to consumers as soon as 2020.