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What do we think of the Apple iPad?
The launch of Apple’s new tablet computer, the iPad, certainly caught my attention for 3 reasons: I enjoy spending an hour each evening...
Nick Lansley
Feb 1, 20103 min read


20% of customers now moved to new grocery platform.
The team just informed me that they’ve reached the 20% mark – which means that as a Tesco.com customer you now have a 1-in-5 chance of...
Nick Lansley
Jan 22, 20101 min read


Tesco VX1i arrives…
Just when I might consider that everyone is going in the direction of the smart phone, my colleagues at Tesco Mobile have announced their...
Nick Lansley
Jan 20, 20101 min read


Nexus One arrives…
The Google Nexus One has arrived on my desk and it is about to get a programming it’ll never forget! SDK being downloaded right now:...
Nick Lansley
Jan 18, 20101 min read


Tesco.com at CES 2010
There are people far better than me who have blogged and written news articles about the International Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in...
Nick Lansley
Jan 14, 20105 min read
Tesco Finder – The Top 100 Searched Products
I’m a big fancier of statistics, me, so I thought I’d treat you to the most popular search for products from our Tesco Finder app for...
Nick Lansley
Dec 30, 20092 min read


Tesco Wine Finder on ‘front page’ of iTunes App Store
A delighted Steve Semenzato, CEO of Cortexica the company whose visual search system runs Tesco Wine Finder, has emailed me to let me...
Nick Lansley
Dec 30, 20091 min read
Seasons Greetings and thank you
May I take this opportunity to wish you and your family Yuletide Greetings. I also wish to thank you for helping make this blog a...
Nick Lansley
Dec 23, 20092 min read
Taking visual search to the next three stages
Whilst it’s great to see that Tesco Wine Finder has had a positive reception across the web, some more wiley readers have emailed me as...
Nick Lansley
Dec 23, 20092 min read
Tesco Wine Finder now in App Store – take a photo of a wine and we’ll tell you about it!
We’ve just added a great new application under the Tesco.com R&D Team account to the Apple App Store for iPhone – if you are reading this...
Nick Lansley
Dec 17, 20093 min read


Let it snow! News on Tesco Finder, Beta 1 API lockdown and Tesco.com HQ festive decor.
So now it’s snowing outside Tesco.com HQ and suddenly I feel Christmassy. It adds to the warm glow that we’ve now exceeded 50,000...
Nick Lansley
Dec 16, 20091 min read
The web is a visual medium, so what are blind people doing on it?
“I mean, all that text and pictures and stuff. Not much cop if you can’t see it, I really don’t know why blind people bother, really I...
Nick Lansley
Dec 10, 20093 min read
Freeview HD signal turned on in London – Tesco Freeview HD boxes on their way
Just a quick note to let you know that yesterday, the high definition TV signal (so-called “Freeview HD”) was switched on in London –...
Nick Lansley
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Pack up your radio towers, the Broadcast Era is nearly over!
I’m just back from a nice holiday away in Republic of Ireland visiting friends and relatives, enjoying Irish hospitality, buying...
Nick Lansley
Dec 3, 20094 min read
Tesco to sell Apple iPhone on Tesco Mobile tariffs
This morning Tesco Mobile announced that Tesco would be selling the Apple iPhone with Tesco Mobile SIM cards and tariffs. Our push to get...
Nick Lansley
Nov 25, 20091 min read
iPhone for all my internet / comms when away on business? 4 out of 5.
At the start of the week I told you that I would spend 48 hours abroad on business with only my iPhone for all communications and...
Nick Lansley
Nov 21, 20093 min read
Europeans lead the way with Delivery
In Berlin I learned two things: Britain (and USA) is quite some way ahead of central Europe when it comes to e-commerce service on the...
Nick Lansley
Nov 18, 20093 min read
Keynote speech at Berlin European Online Retail Conference
Tomorrow morning I’m giving a keynote speech at the European Online Retail Conference in Berlin (link goes to Microsoft English...
Nick Lansley
Nov 15, 20091 min read
Out At Tesco – and I’m staffing the Tesco stand at Careers Show
Sorry for this off-topic message but, in the light of feedback concerning the announcement of Tesco’s new staff network “Out At Tesco”...
Nick Lansley
Nov 13, 20094 min read
New Version of RedLaser uses only published iPhone APIs
After I put out a request for technologies that could use the iPhone’s camera to scan barcodes without having to call unpublished API...
Nick Lansley
Nov 9, 20091 min read
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