Better Icons in Google Maps

I have been planning my next trip to Slovenia, sadly its only business, and been using google maps to work out the easiest journey; there aren’t that many direct flights to Ljubljana from the UK. I came to the conclusion that the provided icons are still missing some useful objects. I wish they had icons for an office, hotel and school/college. I am using the red bed as a hotel symbol, rather than as a hospital and the extras would be good. How about a mortar board, or is that insufficiently international. …

HP folds Vodoo into its mainstream

It seems that HP are merging their Vodoo line of games PCs into the mainstream. I wonder if Dell will follow with Alienware. The human synergies aren’t so compelling. HP still knows how to design systems and possesses an engineering capability, this is not as obviously true at Dell, and the relative brand values are different.

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Originally posted to my sun/oracle blog, republished here in July 2016. …