Bad news for the once-thriving phone theft community. Thanks to the 'kill switch', they can no longer do their jobs properly. Tim Green celebrates as he locks away his jewellery... Wanna stolen iPhone? You’ll be lucky. Apparently, thieves have gone right off them. Recently I met up with my cousin-in-law…

Smartphones were supposed to democratise film making. But instead we got a bunch of YouTubers talking about nothing. Tim Green scratches his head at a modern phenomenon... This weekend I did something that reflects my demographic status more beautifully than anything you could ever think of. I am a white…

Today's phones do everything: take pictures, give directions, play music. So why can't they project movies? Seven years after writing about phone projectors, Tim Green is still waiting to own one... Two years ago my family had a dream. We would build a cinema in our back garden. OK, not…

Data roaming is one of the last remnants of the ‘old’ mobile order – of a time before VoIP and OTT services. Now, prices are falling. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing for the world’s operators, says Tim Green (on a ‘free’ tariff overseas) … This week…

After 10 years, m-commerce sites should be easy to use. If you think they are, find a nearby octogenarian and try online shopping with them... Have you ever stopped to think about what it might be like to be over 80 and trying to use the internet? Maybe you ARE…

Why should a bar owner take a punt on your mobile payment app if no customers are using it? A knotty problem. But still the startups come. Tim Green ponders a very overcrowded market… I got a sobering email this week. It was from DropletPay, a British startup with an…

Nintendo is a stubborn company. For years it said a big ‘no’ to mobile games. But when it finally relented. its game sent millions of people into a frenzy. Tim Green reflects the obstinacy that gave rise to Pokémon Go... By now, you’ll know all about Pokémon Go. Unless you’re…