Archive for August, 2011
Google-
Does anybody use Google+ any more? That seems to be the question floating around these days.
The Goog, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Google+ project made its debut two months ago and by the end of its first month had …
The Two Most Dangerous Words in Technology
via MobileOpportunity, Michael Mace on the dangers of pre-announcement
AT&T Without T-Mobile: Whither Wireless?
We now know what the U.S. wireless landscape will not look like in a couple of years. The filing of U.S. v. AT&T effectively ends AT&T’s dream, tacitly shared by Verizon Wireless, of a wireless duopoly with a troubled Sprint …
So when does academic publishing get disrupted?
via GigaOm, by Matthew Ingram
HP Executive Drama Drags On
After Wall Street Journal columnist Al Lewis’s scathing and all-too-true assessment of Hewlett-Packard’s year-long campaign of self-destruction gained wide attention, you’d think the company’s executives might just go to ground for a while. That doesn’t seem to be happening.
Todd …
Steve Jobs and the Eureka Myth
VIA Harvard Business Review – By Adrian Slywotzky
Why Content is the Biggest Roadblock for Apple TV
It appears as though the “Apple is making a TV” discussion is coming back around. Probably because of rumor reports that “sources in the know” are talking about a brand new product category.
Apple has a hobby business …
Geek Culture: Screenshot of Steve Jobs’s Calendar on Day 1 as Ex-CEO
Nitrozac & Snaggy’s “The Joy of Tech” is such a geeky pleasure. Here’s today’s, a screenshot of Steve Jobs’s calendar on his first day as former CEO of Apple:
Copyright 2011, Geek Culture
Can Amazon Make a Cheap iPad Challenger?
Developments in the tablet market in the past couple of weeks, especially Hewlett-Packard first killing the TouchPad then successfully disposing of tens of thousands of them in a $99 fire sale, has led to some very strange commentary on how …
Jobs Made Apple Great By Ignoring Profits
VIA Reuters – By Clayton Christensen
Steve: Who’s Going to Protect Us From Cheap and Mediocre Now?
via Monday Note, by Jean-Louis Gassée
Here’s a Ridiculous Idea-Split Apple in Two
I saw a story earlier today that said that some on Wall Street have suggested that Apple should split their business in two- A Mac business and the more profitable iOS business.
I normally don’t criticize my brethren on …
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 …
A personal note to readers
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