Archive for the ‘Tech.pinions Quick Takes’ Category
Why Apple Still Shouldn’t Make Televisions
Ryan Block at gdgt has dusted off a six-month-old post to respond to the latest rumors about Apple getting into the business of making TV sets. His arguments about why this won’t happen as as good and succinct as ever.
Apple …
Correction: The future of webOS
In a post yesterday, I mistakenly attributed views on the future of webOS to HP’s Richard Kerris. The article referred to was actually written by Derek Kessler of PreCentral. I apologize for the error.
Think Different
My favorite Apple marketing campaign by far was their “think different” campaign. I felt like that campaign profoundly spoke to me and I am a sucker for great marketing.
That slogan, I always believed, summed up Apple eloquently. …
The NSA Wants Your Home Network To Be Safer
The National Security Agency is best known for its global communications snooping, but it is also responsible for helping to keep the nation’s computers safe from attack. Most of that effort is focused on government systems and large corporate networks, …
What If Apple Puts A-Series Processors in MacBooks?
Apple Insider posted a bit of news around the rumor that someday Apple may use its own A-Series chips in products like the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. When Apple made the move to design their own ARM …
My Advice to HP: Give All the TouchPad’s Away
Shock and Bewilderment swept the industry as well as the tech journalism and blogger community yesterday. HP announced that they are not just looking to spin off their PC business but that they are also discontinuing all webOS hardware which …
How Will HP Hold webOS Talent
Joshua Topolsky at This IsMyNext has details on an all-hands meeting at which Stephen DeWitt, head of HP’s webOS business unit, declared that “we are not walking away from webOS” and promised an outline for the future within a couple …
5 Reasons Why HP Would Spin Out the PC business
There are various reports out today that HP will announce at earnings that they will spin out their PSG unit or their PC business. If they do this it is for a couple of major strategic reasons.
1-Leo Apotheker, HP’s CEO, …
Google+Moto: “Like a Python That Swallowed a Minivan”
Michael Mace, who knows more about mobile computing than just about anyone around, is deeply skeptical about Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility. “Either Google’s worldview will dominate and ruin Motorola, or worse yet the Motorola worldview will infect Google,” he …
Why Google had to buy Motorola
At the end of the year, when I made my predictions for the New Year, I stated that I believed Google would buy Motorola Mobile. And last week, Ben wrote here in Tech.Pinions about why he thought Google should buy …
Celebrating the IBM PC’s 30th Birthday
I joined Creative Strategies the year that the IBM PC was introduced. In those days Business International owned Creative Strategies and IBM was one of their major clients. Business International is a WW global econometric consulting firm and IBM …
Time for a Smartphone Patent Pool
Most of the creative energy in the smartphone industry seems to be going into lawsuits, with just about everyone claiming that everyone else is violating their patents. In addition to keeping a lot of lawyers in work, the disputes are …
Why Google Should Buy Motorola
Article Disclaimer: This is all theory and purely speculative. This is simply a thought exercise.
Motorola has been an interesting company to watch over the past 10 years. They have been a driving force in bringing the cellular industry into …
The iPad Does What No Other Tablet Does
There actually may be a number of things that can be pointed out that truly differentiate the iPad. I however would like to focus on just one – battery life.
For the past week I have been camping …
The Stage is Set for An iPhone Christmas
Data from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster was released Monday that resulted in similar data to research my firm has been conducting. The conclusion of Munster’s data is that there is huge pent up demand for Apple’s next version …
Who's Reading What
- Android’s Market Share Is Literally A Joke
- Why Google is Not the New Microsoft
- How Android Vendors Can Compete With Samsung
- Why Microsoft Can Win the Living Room
- SKAA: Better Than AirPlay and Bluetooth for Premium Wireless Audio?
- Xbox One and the Future of the Digital Living Room
- The iPhone and the Death of the Mid-Tier Smartphone
- Apple’s Right Not To Pay Taxes
- The Perils of Market Share
- Apple and the Washington Shakedown
- Android’s Market Share Is Literally A Joke
- Can Microsoft Compete in a Post-PC World?
- The Definitive Answer Guide to Which Smartphone You Should Buy
- Our New Look
- Big-Box Retailers are Not Helping PC Sales
- Samsung’s Real Threat to Apple
- The Soft Improvements in new PCs Could be their Biggest Draw
- Apple Is Playing Chicken With The Mobile Carriers
- Windows vs. Mac In Schools: All the Wrong Reasons
- Time to upgrade Your PC