Archive for February, 2013
Apple is the World’s Most Valuable Player
As you may recall, the late Steve Jobs was said to have a reality distortion field in the way he saw the world. It was articulated that Steve would create alternate realities which were actually distorted realities. …
Comparing The Profits of The Five Titans Of Tech
Introduction
Today’s five Titans of personal computing are Google, Microsoft, Apple, Samsung and Amazon. Horace Dediu of ASYMCO has created a side-by-side comparison of their respective revenues and profits.
Google is a money making machine, but I think that many overestimate its …
How Not To Win in Washington
In November, a young staffer named Derek Khanna won brief notoriety for writing a report for the House Republican Study Committee urging a change in copyright policy to favor consumers rather than rights holders. The effort got him …
Google or Microsoft? That is the Question
If you are a technology company—not named Apple—then the answer to this question is vital to your future. The fact of the matter is that all technology companies, other than Apple, do not solely control their own future. …
webOS: Phil McKinney Hopes Third Time Could Be the Charm
webOS is the best mobile operating system that never really had a chance. It was developed by a struggling Palm but sank under the weight of poor execution and inadequate capital. Hewlett-Packard acquired it with great hopes and even greater …
Asus FonePad Phone Functionality not as Odd as it Seems
After having spent a few days in Barcelona at this year’s Mobile World Congress, I have had the chance to play around with a few mobile “toys”. A few of these devices caught my eye and the Asus FonePad …
The Invasion of Cheap Tablets
Given the massive market demand for tablets and the fundamental shift in consumer sentiment from PCs to tablets, it was only a matter of time before the tablet race to the bottom took place. I wrote about how this was …
Why the iPad Needs a File System
Over at Monday Note, the always perceptive Jean-Louis Gassée writes about how the lack of a true user-accessible file system is holding back more intensive use of the iPad as a creation tool. Jean-Louis has been on this kick for …
Live the Future Now
By nature of what I do for a living, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future. As a part of that exercise I like to employ a tactic I call live the future now. I’ll explain. Part …
Does The Rise Of Android’s Market Share Mean The End of Apple’s Profits?
It’s an article of faith in the Church of Market Share that Android is nearing a tipping point where its market share lead will inevitably turn into a developer share lead, too. ~ John Gruber
Matt Asay, writing for Readwrite Mobile, …
Chinese Hacking: What Is To Be Done?
We’ve known for a long time that hackers in China have been responsible for massive intrusions into both government and commercial networks in the U.S. Most recently, the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal all reported sustained …
HTC One, Android Zero
There was a word missing from HTC’s unveiling of its impressive new HTC One phone. HTC executives talked about the BlinkFeed streaming home screen, the redone Sense user interface, the BoomSound audio system, and the Zoe photo-plus-video app. But there …
The Nvidia Tegra 4i: A Step Forward in Smartphones
Nvidia today announced the Tegra 4i, a smartpone chip with an integrated LTE modem on the same physical die. This is a follow-on to the Tegra 4 that was announced at this year’s CES 2013. Nvidia is making some very …
Apple’s Penchant for Sophisticated Simplicity
I mentioned in an earlier column that I had finally figured out why iOS is the mobile operating system of choice for me. I take the time to objectively look at all the flagship devices on the market. …
Apple iWatch vs Google Glasses and the Next UI Battle
Rumors of the Apple iWatch continue to sprout. Google Glasses will soon be for sale. The “Internet of Things” and wearable computers are quickly transitioning from the realm of science fiction into our everyday reality. Very soon, sensors throughout our …
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