On the Impact of Paul Otellini’s CEO Years at Intel
Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini is retiring in May 2013. His 40-year career at Intel now ending, it’s a timely opportunity to look at his impact on Intel. Intel As Otellini Took Over In September 2004 when … Continue reading
You’ll want to read this: Alice through the Looking Glass (Corning Glass, that is)
In the near distant future, all of the surfaces in your house are made of high-tech glass. Instead of following a recipe on your tablet, your glass countertops now become the display. Does this make your spine tingle? Does it feel uber-tech, light years away? Like something only Steve Jobs or Captain Kirk would have access to? Nope, it’s coming to your doorstep.
Apple: Time To Come Out Swinging
The dominant picture of Apple in the media today is of a company on the ropes: out of ideas, falling behind the competition, stock price battered, doomed. It’s reached the point where the CEO of … Continue reading
An Overview of How Google Glass Works… A Curse or a Blessing?
Google Glass, Kelli Richards, #ifihadglass
Sony’s decline: Have they eaten the poison Apple?
I’m talking of course about Sony and Apple, two companies with storied histories that bare some key similarities to each other. In the successes and failures of each company, the brilliance and blunders seem to be passed back and forth. In order to move forward towards the future, we must look back at the past; so let’s take it from the top.
Something Special About Apple and iOS
Apple’s VoiceOver technology was introduced with OSX 10.5 – better known as “Tiger.” It’s an accessibility feature that allows blind or visually impaired Apple users to interact with a computer through sound. A user can use the trackpad or keyboard to scroll through the applications on the docked menu at the bottom of the screen. It can literally read the user any text that’s displayed on the screen and allows users to edit text where applicable.
The New Myspace: All or Nothing
Ah MySpace, the website that brought social networking and social media into the homes of the masses. Once the king of the internet, valued at $12 billion and becoming the most visited website in the world, it has since been dethroned and fallen from grace. Or has it? It was recently purchased by Specific Media and Justin Timberlake in June 2011 for $35 million with hopes of breathing new life into the company. But will they be able to reclaim the throne in a much more crowded kingdom? The answer to that remains to be scene but based on the preview it looks like something worth getting excited about.
Microsoft’s Retail Gamble
Over the weekend, I went to Microsoft’s large store that is in the Westfield Shopping Center in San Jose. Like a few similar Microsoft stores, it is across from an Apple store and I suspect … Continue reading
Truel: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; The iPad, the Surface and the Nexus 7
The Plot The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. ~ … Continue reading
Will Apple Survive without Steve Jobs? Apple’s Laughing Straight to the Bank…
Just a few days ago, we quietly watched as the first anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs passed by. As an Apple insider and alum, I always have an ear to the ground for … Continue reading
With Apps, Size Matters
Ben Bajarin has written an important article entitled: “Windows 8 Tablet Fragmentation and the App Dilemma“. I highly encourage you to follow the link and read. it. His main thesis is so important that I’m … Continue reading
Kindle Fire Free Time and the Future of Family Computing
Tablets are one of the more uniquely positioned personal computer products I have ever seen. Largely because they have aspects of personal computing traits the same way a notebook does. However, they also have a … Continue reading
Android v. iOS Part 6: The Future
RECAP Last week, we took a deep dive into the Android and iOS operating systems, looking at market share, profits, developers and platforms. Today we wrap up the series and attempt to peer into the … Continue reading
Musings on Apple v. Samsung
As you may well know, the tech industry is currently enthralled with the Apple v. Samsung, Samsung v. Apple patent and trade dress trial. I’ve been reluctant to talk about the trial. As a wise … Continue reading
The One Feature I Still Want From My Smart Phone
I love smart devices and more to the point I love the potential for smart devices. At the core of my work as an analyst I try to the best of my ability to look … Continue reading
The iPad Put A Fork In Personal Computing
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad in January 2010, he wondered aloud whether there was room between the smartphone and the notebook for a third category of tablet device like the iPad. Everybody uses … Continue reading
Is There No One At Google Who Knows How To Say “No”?
Google, in an email to those that pre-ordered a Nexus Q: We also heard initial feedback from users that they want Nexus Q to do even more than it does today. In response, we have … Continue reading
The New Mac Ads: If Tech Companies Were Cruise Lines
There has been a real kerfuffle caused by the new Mac Ads. Some people dislike them. Others hate, hate, hate them. On the other hand, some people like them…or, at least, they tolerate them. MAC … Continue reading
Why Apple Won’t Merge OS X and iOS in the Near Future
One of the interesting rumors floating around the Valley these days is that Apple is on track to merge OS X and iOS and move Mac users over to their ARM based processors and leave … Continue reading
The Next Big Thing: Apple WWDC
It’s no surprise to see Apple race on, barely missing a beat since Steve’s passing – leading global innovation as it has this new millennium. In just a few hours the next Apple WWDC (WorldWide Developers Conference) will … Continue reading
Staying in Contact with this Generation of College Students
Lindsay Pund is a junior studying English and Business at Whitworth University. She is completing several writing assignments for a class and was given the topic by the Tech.pinions columnists of how college students stay … Continue reading
Why My Next Tablet Will Run Windows 8
I’ve been using Windows-based tablet computers for almost a decade. I was hooked the moment Bill Gates trotted out Microsoft’s first prototype tablets at a developer event in mid-2001. I got my first tablet, a … Continue reading
Why the iPad Will Not Reform Higher Education Anytime Soon
Lindsay Pund is a junior studying English and Business at Whitworth University. She is completing several writing assignments for a class and was given the topic by the Tech.pinions columnists of forming an opinion on … Continue reading
A PC is a Truck and Sometimes You Need a Truck
Steve Jobs said of the PC as he was developing his post PC theme, “PCs are going to be like trucks; less people will need them. And this is going to make some people uneasy.” … Continue reading
iTunes Radio: Apple’s Dark Horse for Streaming Music
After Apple’s keynote at WWDC 2013, all anyone could talk about was iOS 7. “It’s so different,” they gasped and everyone carried on about it for weeks. Unfortunately, they disregarded another important announcement from the … Continue reading →