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Paul Taylor is the FT’s personal technology columnist. His weekly Friday column focuses on new developments in software, hardware and IT services that make it easier (or more fun) for people to do their jobs.
In his 22 years at the FT, Paul has been local government correspondent, assistant news editor, Americas page editor, New York correspondent, foreign news editor, SE Asia business correspondent and management writer. He was the FT’s UK-based IT correspondent for most of the 1990s.
Paul left the FT briefly in 2000 to help found a web-based technology analysis start-up and moved back to New York, where he is based now. He has long had a passion for personal technology and computing and readily admits to being a gadget and gizmo freak and “a bit of a geek”.
Born in Liverpool in 1953, Paul graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and has a postgraduate diploma in journalism from Cardiff University. He is married and has four children.
He is a regular contributor to the Personal Technology section of the FT’s Tech Blog, which has news and essential gadget information. - -
Android and Xoom boost Motorola Mobility
US company reports higher than expected revenues in the first quarter, driven by strong sales of Android-based smartphones and the start of sales of its Xoom tablet
Motorola boosted by European operations
US electronics group reports strong first-quarter results boosted by a 14 per cent rise in sales to business customers helped in part by key retail contract wins in Europe
Human resources goes technical
The face of HR in a growing number of organisations is a portal rather than a person, writes Paul Taylor
Unisys tests ‘bring your own tech’ strategy
Aout a third of Unisys’ 25,000 employees are using their own personal smartphones and PC tablets to access company email and other data as part of the pilot project .
Verizon and AT&T told to open networks
The FCC orders telecoms providers to allow smaller rivals to use their networks for data and internet services ‘on commercially reasonable terms and conditions’
Deal threatens smaller mobile operators
Rural Carriers Association leader warns that if regulators reviewing the T-Mobile USA purchase don’t get it right ‘it will be the end of competition’
Motorola hopes for end to deal delay
The sale of the mobile networks business was unveiled in July last year but has been delayed twice by Chinese antitrust regulators who have yet to approve the $1.2bn deal
iPad 2 shortages delay paperless meetings
European companies are being forced to delay a move to paperless board meetings because of the shortage of the recently launched tablet device
