Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
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 …
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 …
HP ENVY X2: One Step Closer to the Hybrid Future
As a technology analyst, I spend a lot time analyzing and keeping the pulse on the latest in inflection points, the ones that matter. Modularity is one of those factors and will be an important thing to keep an eye …
AMD SurRoundhouse Concept: Future Cure for the CE Industry Woes?
For a run of at least 30 years, the “classic” consumer electronics industry successfully transitioned from one technology to another. TVs are a good example. TVs went from big color tubes to rear projection to flat panels and HD projection …
Leaving the iPhone- How Android Stacks Up
About a month ago, I made the decision to stop using my iPhone 4s with the possible outcome of leaving the iPhone for an Android or Windows phone for an extended period of time. I don’t want to use the …
More Amazing Amazonian Mathematics
Amazon announced today that “[a]pp downloads in the Appstore have grown more than 500 percent over the previous year.” ~ via Gigaom
Of course, we don’t know 500% of what, but what the hey, 500 is a big number, right? We …
Evernote and Sugarsync: Headed in Reverse Windows 8 Gear
Two of the apps that changed the way I work are Evernote and Sugarsync. Evernote allowed me to go paperless and Sugarsync allowed me to have access to all my data accessible by any device. Both of the apps have …
Dear Amazon: You don’t get to use words like “double”
On Tuesday, Amazon issued a press release entitled: “Worldwide Kindle Device Sales More Than Double Last Year’s Record Over Holiday Shopping Weekend.”
Here’s the thing, Amazon. You never told us last year’s sales numbers. In fact, you never told us ANY …
Banking On The iPad
Barclays Bank has ordered 8,500 iPads in what is believed to be one of the largest corporate deployments of the device in the UK. ~ via TUAW
This kind of thing has got to be terrifying to Microsoft. Microsoft is losing …
Why Android Is Winning The Battles But Google Is Losing The War: Part 3
A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. The phrase “Pyrrhic Victory” is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered …
Why Android Is Winning The Battles But Google Is Losing The War: Part 1
A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. The phrase “Pyrrhic Victory” is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered …
Upside Down Analysis
These thoughts via Business Insider:
According to estimates from Canaccord Genuity, Samsung has shot further ahead of the pack as the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, shipping 56.3 million units in the third quarter.
Apple’s consolation is that it still takes a larger …
Windows 8′s Greatest Sin
Anyone who is in business knows that once you have made a sale, you want the next sale to become as seamless and as automatic as possible. This is why newspapers and magazines push subscriptions so heavily and why so …
Microsoft’s Surface: Less Than A Tablet, Less Than A Notebook PC, Less Than Ideal
Introduction
I hadn’t planned on writing a review of the Surface today. But after reading over a dozen reviews, a pattern has clearly emerged:
— Excellent hardware
— Not as good a tablet as the iPad
— Not as good a PC as a …
Windows 8: Microsoft Is Betting The Company
I am one of those who thinks that this week is a seminal moment in computing history. The introduction of Windows 8 is the most important time for Microsoft since the launch of Windows 95. Microsoft’s actions – and the …
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