Ash Casson
Technology blogger
Freelance writer specialising in technology of all kinds. Young enough to have grown up with the Internet. Old enough to remember a cupboard full of VHS tapes. I love technology and have a reawakened love of politics. I like to find the line that separates the two and discuss accordingly.
Freelance writer specialising in technology of all kinds. Young enough to have grown up with the Internet. Old enough to remember a cupboard full of VHS tapes. I love technology and have a reawakened love of politics. I like to find the line that separates the two and discuss accordingly.
Latest articles from Ash Casson
How secure are your passwords? Do not take chances with security
How secure is your email password? Is it the same as your Facebook password? Not for everyone, but for a worrying number of people online, the answer to that is yes.
The battle of the 4K TV's
It’s time for Samsung to go head-to-head with Panasonic in the battle for the best 4K televisions around £1000
Will 2016 be the year of 4K television?
Nearly anyone with a camcorder or smartphone can shoot 4K - but only a very small number of those people can then view it.
All you need to know about Google's Chromecast 2
Last week, Google announced its latest smartphones and Chromebook (laptop) to be released soon. The annual event where Google tells its loyal followers what they can expect over the coming months is generally regarded to be of equal importance to the tech-savvy as Apple’s annual WWDC.
Introducing the new name in town - Alphabet Inc.
Quite possibly one of the biggest moments in the tech industry for many years has just happened - and it’s done so almost completely unnoticed thus far.
Why Scotland's video games industry is one of its best exports
Scotland. Just saying her name out loud is a magical moment, carrying with it a variety of connotations; vast rolling highlands, deep blue lochs, Nessie, thistles, bagpipes, kilts, chips and curry sauce in Sauchiehall Street on a Saturday night, the list goes on.
Will Google Photos revolutionise how we look at pictures?
Most of these have been surrounding the upcoming next chapter in Android's evolution: Android M (as yet unnamed, though my money is on 'Milkshake'). There are easily entire articles surrounding each of the things Google announced at the conference but I'm not here to discuss them all. Today, I'm here to discuss one potentially huge update, and one that could be a real game-changer in its reborn form: Google Photos.
Could nanotechnology stop us ageing?
As it isn't at the forefront of consumer technology (yet). it's something very few of us know anything about. I recently asked a friend what he thought nanotechnology was and his answer was akin to what many of us would say: "Really small tech?".
Sony vs Bose: who wins in the war of speakers?
As my bedroom is both where I watch a lot of television as well as where I do almost all of my writing, the issue of what sound system I use in it is quite an important one. I was browsing the local appliances store looking for something big. Why big? 'Cause with the exception of maybe a few thousand dollars' worth of Bose equipment, big equals better when it comes to music, right?