<![CDATA[PostDesk / ]]> www.postdesk.com/feeds.php?subcat= PostDesk en <![CDATA[German tech startup clones are on the rise – a UK founder speaks out]]> <![CDATA[THE DEBATE: “Mobile games need to do more to appeal to ‘proper’ gamers”]]> <![CDATA[Show and Tell: Sleeping Dogs, Forgotten Thieves, Leaky All-Stars]]> <![CDATA[Looking like a Human]]> <![CDATA[Nokia PureView 808: have camera phones finally grown up?]]> <![CDATA[The Feel-Good Trap: Games for Change vs. Games for Awareness]]> <![CDATA[What We Learned From Half-Life, What We Should Have Learned, & What We Should Forget]]> <![CDATA[The Depressed Console Gamer]]> <![CDATA[Seeing as a machine: augmentic vision in gaming]]> <![CDATA[Would you like that supersized? McDonald’s builds its largest branch on the Olympic Park – A recipe for a happy meal or disaster?]]> <![CDATA[Games companies rank lowest in customer support ratings – here’s how it can be fixed]]> <![CDATA[“I lost everything I’d worked for, my home and my wonderful children” – A father’s perspective of life after divorce]]> <![CDATA[Unexpected item in bagging area: When new technology does more harm than good]]> <![CDATA[Ubisoftcore, more like: Ubisoft need to get their act together in regards to women]]> <![CDATA[Is Google Evil? Jobs will be lost, and I will not receive a paycheque this year because of them]]> <![CDATA[Playing like a machine: The New Aesthetic in Gaming]]> <![CDATA[British independent game developer behind Darwinia, DEFCON: Why now is the best time to be an indie]]> <![CDATA[The ‘new kid on the block’ VC firm who do things differently: Advice to start-ups on raising funding]]> <![CDATA[Why isn’t Sony’s Wonderbook being used to educate?]]> <![CDATA[Gaming needs to outgrow the trolls]]> <![CDATA[Why The Last of Us could be the greatest survival game ever made]]> <![CDATA[Facebook will disappear in the next 5 years – but more importantly, here’s what will replace it]]> <![CDATA[E3: Why Microsoft’s style of presenting doesn’t appeal]]> <![CDATA[Why Facebook is killing Silicon Valley – real innovation is desperately needed]]> <![CDATA[A feminist take on Kate and Pippa: The Royal Madonna and the Whore Dichotomy?]]> <![CDATA[Software as a Service (SaaS) Tactics: Three strategic ways to succeed]]> <![CDATA[Dead Space 3 screenshots suggest co-op, but is this a good addition for the series?]]> <![CDATA[Max Payne 3 review: The cover system has ruined a classic hero]]> <![CDATA[How legislation will stop you complaining on Twitter: #Bashtags and the end of public complaints]]> <![CDATA[What has alienated the settled population from traveller culture?]]> <![CDATA[Is the world ready for the Mozilla Phone – from the makers of the Firefox web browser?]]> <![CDATA[The Insomnia LAN convention: More than just a room full of computers]]> <![CDATA[Will 3D Printing ever be the Manufacturing of the Future?]]> <![CDATA[Is England the least patriotic nation in the world? Why is flying a St. George’s flag seen as racist?]]> <![CDATA[Feature: Editor of Eye Spy magazine on the current state of espionage, intelligence, security in the UK]]> <![CDATA[Sujoy Roy, pro gamer and founder of HMV’s Gamerbase – an in-depth interview on LAN Gaming and eSports]]> <![CDATA[Can journalism ever claim to work in the public interest, post Leveson Inquiry?]]> <![CDATA[Is music ownership dead? Spotify, Rdio and the rise of streaming in the UK and Europe]]> <![CDATA[Would gay marriage really ‘shame the UK’? Here’s why you should think twice if you oppose it]]> <![CDATA[Matthew Prince on how he founded CloudFlare – challenges, controversies, and his take on the startup scene]]> <![CDATA[Developers: It’s time to stop copy and pasting Javascript, and here’s why – introducing Javascript Playground]]> <![CDATA[I’m a girl, aged 14, based in the North – working on a tech startup; “stop making excuses, make something awesome”]]> <![CDATA[Exclusive: Ofsted are heavily favouring academies and ‘free schools’ in inspections, claim teachers]]> <![CDATA[On the new Skype ad campaign: Does communication over the internet really need to be more ‘personal’?]]> <![CDATA[A satirical, unashamed look back at the past six years of gaming]]> <![CDATA[Eastercon 2012: Here’s what it’s really like at a Sci-fi ‘con’ – and this is why you should give it a try]]> <![CDATA[How long-form journalism is making a big come back – an interview with Jim Giles, co-founder of Matter]]> <![CDATA[Can game server providers be disrupted? ‘We provide better features and are cheaper’ say new startup Minefold]]> <![CDATA[The Inside Job and Money Never Sleeps: How much is too much?]]> <![CDATA[London Realtime Coverage: Day 1 (Friday)]]> <![CDATA[Startups and Students: A match made in heaven? Why graduates should make the jump]]> <![CDATA[Do you like to write? Anyone can write for PostDesk, and get real exposure – find out how…]]> <![CDATA[UK start up accelerator programmes are on the rise – which ones should you apply for, and which are a waste of time?]]> <![CDATA[The Kony 2012 Scam: Why capturing Kony will never help child soldiers – here’s what you need to know]]> <![CDATA[Starbucks now asks for your name when you buy coffee – but what do UK coffee lovers really want?]]> <![CDATA[Is Mass Effect 2 overrated? – Discussing the flaws of a ‘perfect’ game.]]> <![CDATA[Exclusive interview: The real Paul Christoforo story – how he plans to cash in on his fame, write a book]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Ben Parr – on the keys to Mashable’s success, future of tech journalism, UK startup scene]]> <![CDATA[How PHP will continue to be the most popular language on the web – and why community is the key to its success]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Dave Johnston, creator of Counter-Strike’s de_dust – the most played map in the history of gaming]]> <![CDATA[Putin is back – but what does this mean for Russia? How a major uprising might be closer than first thought]]> <![CDATA[A look at the support available to entrepreneurs: Which schemes are a waste of money and which are the real deal?]]> <![CDATA[Has the iPhone killed mobile innovation? How all phones now look, and behave the same]]> <![CDATA[Five definitive videogames for the modern gentleman]]> <![CDATA[The Occupy Movement had no impact at all: ‘Their continual PR stunts only fortify the pride and arrogance of the organisers’]]> <![CDATA[Does class size really matter? The real issue is that ‘non-educational aims’ forced on teachers are diluting academic content]]> <![CDATA[On the UK – US extradition treaty: The west is far from superior when it comes to justice]]> <![CDATA[How the right wing arguments around debt in the UK are inconsistent and contradictory]]> <![CDATA[An in-depth interview with Richard Lewis, Editor in Chief of Cadred – How eSports needs ‘honesty, integrity, regulation’]]> <![CDATA[An in-depth look at the Leveson Inquiry – how the scale of reform needs to go beyond relationship between the police and the press]]> <![CDATA[An in-depth interview with Justin Dillon on modern day slavery: “I think we actually have a shot at saving millions of people”]]> <![CDATA[Insert Coin Clothing co-founder interview: ‘Gamers want to express their love of games without having to wear Pac-Man’]]> <![CDATA[Interview with a private investigator on ‘Open Source Intelligence’: How everything you do can be tracked easily, and legally, using the Internet]]> <![CDATA[An in-depth interview with Andy Gavin, creator of Crash Bandicoot and founder of Naughty Dog]]> <![CDATA[In support of ACTA, SOPA and PIPA: Those opposing the legislation are missing something fundamental…]]> <![CDATA[Do single player games have a future? How multiplayer gaming will never take its place]]> <![CDATA[Why Britain should stay in the EU – and how ‘we need to accept that greater ties and integration are inevitable’]]> <![CDATA[The Liberal Democrats and the ‘Liberal Left’: Left, right or centre ground? Who cares?]]> <![CDATA[Alex Salmond reveals lack of confidence about Scottish people wanting independence – does this reflect public opinion?]]> <![CDATA[Alex King of FragRadio eSports gaming radio station shares exciting developments, tells us what makes his team special]]> <![CDATA[Why aren’t simulation and sports games a more integral part of eSports? Would this attract more mainstream interest?]]> <![CDATA[If Apple releases a game console are Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo finished?]]> <![CDATA[PostDesk is a @PHPUKConference 2012 media partner – What coverage would you like to see? #PHPUK2012]]> <![CDATA[Does Skyrim really deserve the praise it’s received? – Why Skyrim is a Stormcloak in a Teacup]]> <![CDATA[Is Skyrim too repetitive? Its Problems Are Legion, For They Are Many – An In-depth Skyrim review]]> <![CDATA[Digital privacy: Is giving up your personal information online leading to surveillance and discrimination?]]> <![CDATA[Playstation Vita launch titles preview: Are all of the flagship titles ‘clunky, bland, and generic’?]]> <![CDATA[Here’s why the undemocratic presence of 26 religious figures (Archbishops and Bishops) in the House of Lords should end]]> <![CDATA[How the UK’s economic recovery depends on transport infrastructure investment in regions beyond London, the South East]]> <![CDATA[An appeal to organisers: Tech events, meetups, conferences in the UK have lost their way – and here’s what I’m doing to fix it]]> <![CDATA[At a time when Euroscepticism is a hot topic, should the UK be looking beyond Europe for growth opportunities?]]> <![CDATA[Web Development: Why scaling horizontally is better: Fat is the new Fit]]> <![CDATA[Is this Hacker News for the UK and Europe? An interview with those behind new project ‘Hackful Europe’]]> <![CDATA[‘These three photography exhibitions give us a sense of how celebrity functions for us’ – Open Eye Gallery Review]]> <![CDATA[What is PostDesk Cumbria? Why write for us? Who we are, and what our aims are…]]> <![CDATA[Playstation Vita console: An impressive piece of hardware, but is it enough to topple the 3DS?]]> <![CDATA[What’s the future for eSports in the UK? UKeSA: The rise and demise of ‘The Football Association of gaming’]]> <![CDATA[It’s time for North Korea to grow up – but will the country change under new leader Kim Jong-un?]]> <![CDATA[The second blog post: Why write for PostDesk, who should write for us and what we’re covering…]]> <![CDATA[How changing the subject title from ICT to Computer Science in the National Curriculum won’t fix anything]]> <![CDATA[Do we need more physical startups instead of web startups? How innovation is lacking in physical businesses]]> <![CDATA[What are Narrative Kinks? Here’s why every gamer should care…]]> <![CDATA[Uncharted 3 is a must-have for every PS3 owner, but is it as mind blowing as Uncharted 2?]]> <![CDATA[FOAM gallery ‘What’s next?’ Review: What is the future of photography? Is everyone a photographer now?]]> <![CDATA[Proposing a new kind of interactivity in games: Are players being given too much choice in the latest RPG’s?]]> <![CDATA[Diane Abbott has fallen victim to a powerful Twitter mob – but was she really racist?]]> <![CDATA[Why teenagers and children should be banned from using smartphones like the BlackBerry or iPhone]]> <![CDATA[Young entrepreneurs should go to university – and here’s why]]> <![CDATA[A look back at 2011: This is what’s wrong with the UK]]> <![CDATA[Merry Christmas to all of the PostDesk team, our supporters and everyone who took part in the Christmas Project 2011]]> <![CDATA[Why Platinum Games taking over Metal Gear Rising development is the best thing to happen to the franchise — a non-player’s perspective]]> <![CDATA[RIM still has a chance with BlackBerry – and this is how it can be done (but they need to move fast)]]> <![CDATA[From an evangelist without a cause: A love letter to Pret A Manger]]> <![CDATA[Here’s what over 200 influential politicians, startup founders, key figures in business, tech, arts want for Christmas]]> <![CDATA[Tom of Gameland: have game characters become so butch they’re cartoonish?]]> <![CDATA[Can console gaming companies (Nintendo, Sony) succeed in the mobile market?]]> <![CDATA[An interview with Leah Culver (Pownce, Convore, Grove) on YC, Group Chat and her experiences in the startup scene]]> <![CDATA[Have traditional, paper-based ‘official strategy guides’ for video games become obsolete?]]> <![CDATA[Gisela Stuart MP on Elected Mayors, and why Birmingham would be ‘the best governed city’ once more if it got one]]> <![CDATA[Why has Ubisoft clung to it’s unfair, unjustified DRM for so long? …and does it do more harm than good?]]> <![CDATA[An interview with Vincent Connare, creator of the Comic Sans font on what he thinks of it now, future of typography]]> <![CDATA[The Young Entrepreneur: Now a popular career choice for teens, but how many are the real deal?]]> <![CDATA[Should TechCrunch be promoting pirated BBC content? AOL owned site posts Facebook documentary in it’s entirety]]> <![CDATA[The Leveson Inquiry Review: Week Three – Charlotte Church, Richard Peppiatt, Paul McMullan, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown]]> <![CDATA[Is Apple’s customer service slipping, and is the company seeing a culture change in their retail division?]]> <![CDATA[DUP Conference Coverage: Can Northern Ireland ever be a society free of sectarianism?]]> <![CDATA[Where do I go on my gap year travels? Ideas please…]]> <![CDATA[What the TV series ‘Friends’ taught us]]> <![CDATA[Rayman Origins Review: ‘a sugar coated feast for the eyes, and perhaps the most perfect platformer ever created’]]> <![CDATA[Is Ubisoft inherently anti-PC gaming? A response to the Stanislas Mettra interview]]> <![CDATA[Orange increase Pay Monthly prices for all customers – face angry backlash. OFCOM suggest complaining. Are you leaving?]]> <![CDATA[Is Android’s biggest downfall the keyboard? Here’s how to fix typing on Android…]]> <![CDATA[Jamie Rumbelow on how to fix higher education]]> <![CDATA[How Black Friday brings out the worst of America: This Friday, occupy your beds]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Rick Dakan – indie game developer behind ‘Mob Rules’: How he works, his experiences, Kickstarter funding]]> <![CDATA[Indie Game Review: Project Zomboid – Why dying is fun.]]> <![CDATA[Hugh Grant at the Leveson Inquiry: Hugh do you believe; the actor or the tabloid?]]> <![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street police brutality: What makes a police officer in 2011? #ows]]> <![CDATA[#TheEuropas 2011 (European Tech Startup Awards) winners announced – but how credible and authoritative are the awards?]]> <![CDATA[What recession? Despite mainstream media reporting financial crisis, the UK tech scene is booming]]> <![CDATA[High resolution scans of an Argos catalogue from 1985: Shows how the world has changed and Argos have failed to keep up]]> <![CDATA[Don’t let Rayman: Origins go amiss in the influx of November releases – here’s why it deserves your recognition]]> <![CDATA[How should games respond to the player’s mistakes? Does easier, or harder gameplay make a better game?]]> <![CDATA[Leveson Inquiry: The Sun, The Daily Mirror face allegations of phone hacking – will they face the same fate as NOTW?]]> <![CDATA[This is what’s wrong with fictional gender-neutral societies in videogames]]> <![CDATA[SDLP Conference coverage: Technical difficulties aside, could it quite literally be ‘lights out’ for the SDLP?]]> <![CDATA[Modern Warfare 3: Is the impressive, movie-like campaign let down by an underwhelming multiplayer experience?]]> <![CDATA[Playing without playfulness? The problems with tabletop gaming culture]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Alex Sim-Wise: How she became a model, her experiences, and the realities of working in games journalism]]> <![CDATA[Are indie games failing to live up to their potential? How much originality is there in the indie games scene?]]> <![CDATA[Green People founder Charlotte Vøhtz interview – toxic personal care products and why you should use natural cosmetics]]> <![CDATA[Why Resident Evil is the greatest series of all time: ‘anyone who dares disagree obviously has no common sense’]]> <![CDATA[Top 6 places to buy the best gaming merchandise, geek attire – including an interview with Insert Coin Clothing founder]]> <![CDATA[Was buying a HP TouchPad the right decision? It was for me – how about you?]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Callum Hill, the teenager behind ‘TeenWeb Conference’ on young entrepreneurship, and why he set it up]]> <![CDATA[Frank West and Rocket Raccoon revealed for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 – are other developers losing their creativity?]]> <![CDATA[Songkick founder Pete Smith on how Silicon Milkroundabout is taking on the banks, and why you should work for a startup]]> <![CDATA[London Conference on Cyberspace – #epicfail? Are those behind #londoncyber just out of touch – or is it something more?]]> <![CDATA[20 minute conversation at #OccupyLSX between Malcolm Blackman of Anonymous UK, and students from City of London School]]> <![CDATA[How the new ‘Batman: Arkham City’ game does open-world ‘right’, and how others need to improve.]]> <![CDATA[Has Nokia missed the point with Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 handset – the ‘Lumia 800′?]]> <![CDATA[Interview with the British man who designed the Anonymous (V for Vendetta) mask, what he thinks of how it’s being used]]> <![CDATA[On the day of Nokia World London, Lumia handset announcement: Should Nokia just draw the curtains?]]> <![CDATA[How Labour can win the next election – a policy review]]> <![CDATA[UPDATED: UK magazine publishers quick to adopt Apple’s ‘newsstand’ but face angry backlash from iOS readers]]> <![CDATA[Why re-releasing games is a good thing, and how it benefits everyone]]> <![CDATA[An analysis by @JaneWatkinson: Whose economic policy would help Britain the most – the Conservatives or Labour?]]> <![CDATA[Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One Review: ‘a fully-fledged game complete with all the hilarious antics’]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft Acquire Indie Developer Twisted Pixel… Can They Retain Their Indie Charm?]]> <![CDATA[Liam Fox Resigns over links with Adam Werritty: Did he jump or was he pushed?]]> <![CDATA[How the religious right censored the UK media – Christian Mothers’ Union head appointed as ‘expert’ by David Cameron]]> <![CDATA[Will Murdoch’s Media empire continue to have the a stranglehold over political parties in England?]]> <![CDATA[Social Madness: Is it Conversation End-Game?]]> <![CDATA[Got an iPhone? Turn it in to a virtual Blackberry by enabling airplane mode.]]> <![CDATA[How Sarah Palin is the most iconic, capable and thoughtful campaigner in modern politics]]> <![CDATA[Can Nintendo save the 3DS and revive their industry presence?]]> <![CDATA[An interview with Melonie Mac – former Frag Doll Cadette on her experiences, women in gaming and working at Razer]]> <![CDATA[RIP Steve Jobs. RIP Apple?]]> <![CDATA[Bernard Capulong – founder of the Everyday Carry blog talks about the philosophy behind EDC]]> <![CDATA[Apple announce iPhone 4S, ‘Siri voice control’ – but is Apple losing its magic? #LetstalkiPhone]]> <![CDATA[Apple’s iPhone 5 ‘Lets talk iPhone’ Event – Top 10 places where you can find the best live coverage online]]> <![CDATA[How over simplistic, damaging assessments of our culture lead to bad policy decisions]]> <![CDATA[Is American Democracy simply a facade?]]> <![CDATA[What Ed Balls didn’t tell you in his speech – Labour’s economic mistakes stem from it’s love of the market #lab11]]> <![CDATA[Ed Miliband’s Labour Party Conference 2011 speech in full]]> <![CDATA[Labour Party Conference: Ivan Lewis’s speech in full – proposes journalists should be ‘struck off’]]> <![CDATA[The Eurogamer Expo sheds light on unsung heroes of the games industry – the ‘enthusiast media’ #egxp]]> <![CDATA[Roberts Expression Radio Review]]> <![CDATA[The Register Email Newsletter from July 1994 – forerunner of TheRegister.co.uk]]> <![CDATA[10 years on: An interview with Mike Williams, founder of 911myths.com which rebuts the claims of 9/11 conspiracy theorists]]> <![CDATA[10 years on: An interview with ‘Scholars for #9/11 Truth’ founder James Fetzer on his theories and why he pursues them]]> <![CDATA[10 years on: An interview with James Hufferd Ph.D. – a key #9/11 ‘truther’ that maintains attacks were an ‘inside job’]]> <![CDATA[Misti Dawn: The pornstar who’s a girl gamer speaks on the realities of the adult industry]]> <![CDATA[It’s time for NATO to pack its bags and piss off back to Brussels!]]> <![CDATA[Question: Why are so many tech news sites covering the same stories? (on #SteveJobs)]]> <![CDATA[Chuck a stone at the police and not only will we lock you up, we’ll take away your house!]]> <![CDATA[Why buying a HP TouchPad in the ‘firesale’ just plain stupid – consumerism at it’s best]]> <![CDATA[David Starkey Uncut: A rebuttal of Starkeys new defensive Telegraph piece]]> <![CDATA[Success of FragRadio, the UK’s only licensed gaming radio station shows PC gaming is still alive]]> <![CDATA[Is David Starkey racist or just plain stupid?]]> <![CDATA[Why David Starkey is a racist – an analysis]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Sanum Ghafoor, the Muslim woman who created #blamethemuslims hashtag]]> <![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Follow up: Entrepreneur featured on front page of #StartUpBritain speaks out]]> <![CDATA[Why #StartUpBritain is nothing more than a government backed link farm]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Robert Haxton of Team Dignitas on UK eSports scene, future of PC gaming]]> <![CDATA[Disconnect co-founder interview: People will pay for tools to protect privacy, Facebook still tracks us when logged out]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Daniela ‘GypsyFly’ Lao on experiences as a ‘girl gamer’, her role at PMS Clan, and future of e-sports]]> <![CDATA[Why our National Curriculum is a National Joke and how the teaching of IT in the UK needs an overhaul]]> <![CDATA[Opinion: What’s wrong with smoking?]]> <![CDATA[An Interview with David Baxter, founder of Revo Radio on how it all began, and the future of radio]]> <![CDATA[Interview with games industry veteran American McGee: ‘developers are being stifled by the systems in which they work’]]> <![CDATA[Enough of the ‘squeezed middle’, what about the downtrodden working class?]]> <![CDATA[Email isn’t the problem, you are.]]> <![CDATA[Are mobile devices counterproductive?]]> <![CDATA[Why the Nintendo 3DS will be a failure, and how it is fundamentally flawed]]> <![CDATA[An interview with Mike Magee: co-founder of The Register, and man behind ‘tabloid style’ tech journalism]]> <![CDATA[Should Tumblr care? In response to issues with Tumblr, David Karp tells users to “go away” if they don’t like it]]> <![CDATA[The first blog post: What is PostDesk? Who we are, where we are now and where we’re going…]]>