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Ben Wood

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Age 43
Date of birth August 28,1980
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born United Kingdom
Movies/Shows Strangerland
My Mind's Own Melody
The Trophy Thief
The Kangaroo Guy
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Ben Wood is a British visual artist living and working in San Francisco. Over the past decade he has carried out public projects in San Francisco and exhibited in Mexico City, Honolulu and the United Kingdom. Many of his projects use digital media to display images in the built environment.

Apple forced to ditch lightning charger in new iPhone

Apple forced to ditch lightning charger in new iPhone
Sep 12,2023 3:01 pm

... " It isn t a surprise given the maturity of the iPhone and Watch, " said Ben Wood from CCS Insight...

Can new Apple iPhone 15 thunder without lightning?

Can new Apple iPhone 15 thunder without lightning?
Sep 11,2023 8:41 pm

... " I think Apple probably realise they ve reached a point where there s such a critical mass of iPhones that simply maintaining those volumes is a phenomenal achievement, " Ben Wood, a smartphone expert at the analysts CCS Insight told me...

'Merry Christmas': 30 years of the text message

'Merry Christmas': 30 years of the text message
Dec 2,2022 9:40 pm

... Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, recalled giving training sessions on how to send and receive text messages...

'5G makes my phone pretty worthless'

'5G makes my phone pretty worthless'
Dec 2,2022 1:20 am

... CCS Insight chief analyst Ben Wood agrees...

Vodafone and Three in merger talks

Vodafone and Three in merger talks
Oct 3,2022 10:21 am

... No surprise Mobile industry analyst Ben Wood told the BBC that the potential tie-up between Vodafone and Three was to be expected...

Apple reveals iPhone 14 Pro and Watch Ultra

Apple reveals iPhone 14 Pro and Watch Ultra
Sep 7,2022 6:30 pm

... " The investment to add satellite capability should not be underestimated, " said Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight...

Nothing phone quirky design aims to light up market

Nothing phone quirky design aims to light up market
Jul 12,2022 7:40 pm

... Huge challenge But Nothing 1 - despite a fair amount of hype, not least because of the high-profile names behind it - has " a mountain to climb" according to Ben Wood, from CCS Insight...

Apple discontinues the iPod touch after 21 years

Apple discontinues the iPod touch after 21 years
May 10,2022 10:05 pm

... Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, told the BBC it was always inevitable that the iPhone would one day replace the iPod...

'Merry Christmas': 30 years of the text message

Jan 5,2022 8:58 pm

By Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor

The text message is celebrating its 30th Birthday - The First was sent to a Mobile Phone by a Vodafone engineer in Berkshire in The UK on 3 December 1992.

It was sent in order to test out The tech, and read " Merry Christmas".

Neil Papworth sent it to one of The Firm 's bosses, Richard Jarvis, who was at a Christmas Party . He did not get a reply.

Mr Jarvis's phone, a new-to-The -market Orbitel 901, weighed 2. 1kg - roughly The same as 12 standard iPhone 14s.

At its peak, phone users exchanged billions of Sms - or Short Message Service - Messages every year, and in 2010 The Word " texting" entered The dictionary.

The Service is still used, although internet-based, encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp and iMessage are far more popular.

According to Statista, there were 40 billion Sms Messages sent in 2021 in The UK, down from 150bn in 2012. By contrast, there are 100 billion WhatsApp Messages sent worldwide Every Day .

The Service is still used by The NHS to send out appointment reminders, and by some firms as a form of log-in authentication, where A Number sequence is sent which has to be entered into its website.

However, Sms Messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and therefore not considered to be secure.

Originally, an Sms could only be text, up to 160 characters long. The concept was born in The early 1980s but it was almost 10 Years before one would be sent to a mobile device.

Most early phones had numeric keyboards, with two or three letters attached to each number - so for example to type The Letter C, The Number one key had to be pressed Three Times .

" Handset manufacturers didn't include proper QWERTY keyboards because mobiles were only for making telephone calls and receiving Messages , but not sending them, " said Nigel Linge, professor of telecommunications at The University of Salford.

Ben Wood , chief analyst at CCS Insight, recalled giving training sessions on How To send and receive text Messages .

" It took off like wildfire and before long people were getting so fast at texting on phones, they could pretty much touch-type on a numeric keyboard, " He Said .

" These Days people spend more time looking at their phones than talking into them. Sms was arguably The Catalyst for that transition. "

You can follow Zoe Kleinman on Twitter (@zsk).



Source of news: bbc.com

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