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Google’s New Android Math Doesn’t Add Up
According to Gartner, Android sold 144,720,300 units in the fourth quarter of 2012. But let me ask you this:
Who cares?
Does Samsung care how many “Android” units were sold? No, they do not. They only care about how many of their …
The HTC One: Setting a New Bar for Android Phones
I’ve been using the HTC One for a few weeks now as my primary smartphone and I have to say it is an impressive device on many levels. The HTC One is undoubtedly the best Android device I have …
The School Standards Debate: Time for Tech To Weigh In
Tech people are very fond of whining about the U.S. educational system, complaining that it is not producing the sort of workers they need. With a few notable exceptions–Bill and Melinda Gates and Dean Kamen come quickly to mind–the are …
HP’s New Servers Take a Page from the Smartphone Playbook
Yesterday, HP launched the Moonshot 1500 server, targeted at scale-out datacenters that drive today’s and tomorrow’s mobile applications, internet, big data and IoT. In its its first instantiation, Moonshot increases density, or the numbers of servers in …
Fox, Aereo, and the End of TV
News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey’s threat to pull the Fox network from the airwaves if Aereo wins its legal battle to retransmit over-the-air TV signals without paying for them is probably nothing more than bluster. But the fact …
Thinking About The Future of TV All Wrong
I’m convinced that most of the commentary from the pundits and speculators around Apple TV and the future of TV in general is all wrong. There are some bits that I think have merit. Thinking about channels as …
How To Beat Patent Trolls: Fight
When faced with a lawsuit that has even a slim chance of success, lawyers almost always urge businesses to settle rather than fight. Litigation is extremely expensive, and unless the suit raises an issue of principle that is important to …
Why Google Shouldn’t Be Concerned About Facebook Home
Yesterday, Facebook announced “Home”, a skin that runs on top of Android, pulling consumer’s Facebook experience up to literally the lock–screen of the phone. The demos were fast, fluid, and very different than anything Android has to …
Facebook Home: The Death of Android
As a core operating system, Android is thriving. As a brand–and a user experience–it is dead. Facebook just killed it.
Android’s brand demise has been coming for a long time. Phone makers have been taking advantage of Android’s open architecture to …
3 Years Of iPad Schadenfreude and Lessons Learned
On April 3, 2013, the iPad turned three. Jay Yarrow over at Business Insider has put together a great summary of How The iPad Totally Changed The World In Just Three Years. A couple of highlights:
– Apple has sold some …
The TV Cartel Is Starting To Crack
By any reasonable standard, Aereo is a ridiculous service. But the rules and contracts that cover the distribution of television content are anything but reasonable. And that means that Aereo, silly as it is, could be the beginning of the …
Samsung is Stepping Into the Spotlight
Something very interesting is happening and I will be very interested to see how it plays out. Samsung is stepping into the spotlight and arguably taking it from Apple. Apple for the past 10 years, or more, has been the …
Want To Sell Used Digital Content? Not So Fast
Just two week after the Supreme Court stop a publisher’s attempt to impose tight limits on the ability of purchasers to resell books, a federal judge in New York has reminded us of the limits on our resale rights when …
Holding Apple to a Higher Standard – Solving Texting While Driving
I love my iPhone. I use it all the time. I take it with me everywhere. Yes, everywhere. I have tried and tested numerous smartphones over the years. I can confidently state that you can do no better than the …
Apple’s Cloud Conundrum
Apple is really bad at the cloud. And while that is not hurting the company much today, it is going to become a growing problem as users rely on a growing number of devices and come to expect that all …
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