Four Factors to Consider when Judging the Apple Watch
During the earnings call this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated the Apple Watch would ship in April. That means we are a few short months away from getting our hands on this important new...
The five biggest tech news stories of 2014
I thought I’d try a different spin on the familiar “Year In Review” stories we see at this time of year and outline what I think the five biggest tech news stories of 2014 were and … Continue reading
Amazon in 2015
After a break for Christmas, I’m continuing my series on major tech companies in 2015. You can read the previous ones here: Apple, Microsoft, and Google. Today, I’m tackling Amazon. I’m going to keep the...
With Windows Phone It’s Not The What, It’s The Why
On December 4, 2014, Techpinions’ own Jan Dawson wrote a 33 page report on Windows Phone. While it sounds long, for those interested in the topic, it is easy reading and I highly recommend it...
Google in 2015
This is the second in a series of posts for Insiders on what I see ahead for some of the major tech companies in 2015 – I covered Apple last week, and Microsoft and others...
Mozilla, Apple and Google
The Mozilla Foundation, makers of the Firefox web browser, have announced the end of their partnership with Google to be the default search engine on the US version of the browser in favor of Yahoo....
Obama’s Strange Challenge to Net Neutrality
For months, President Obama has been under pressure from liberals, many Democrats in Congress, special issue groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a fair chunk of the tech companies such as Google and...
Tech Geeks, Apple Watch And The Upcoming Fashion Apocalypse
What Is A Tech Geek? Definition: “Tech Geek” Someone with ridiculous skills on a computer/phone/iPod/other electronical device and scares us mere earthlings. they have a habit of breaking these after stretching them beyond their ability … Continue reading
Mars Needs Indians. Earth Needs Women. The Internet Needs Balloons.
Question: What can a country with over a billion people and a per capita GDP of $4,000 do with the cash it costs to make a middling Hollywood blockbuster? Answer: Send a spacecraft to Mars! On their … Continue reading
Apple Claim Chowder: Product
With an Apple Event fast approaching, I’m reviewing critiques of past Apple Events to see how accurate they were. Turns out, not very. Critique is needed and welcome. Repeated errors? Not so much. Product Apple’s … Continue reading
Apple Claim Chowder: Killers
With an Apple Event fast approaching, I’m reviewing critiques of past Apple Events to see how accurate they were. Turns out, not very. Critique is needed and welcome. Repeated errors? Not so much. Killers There … Continue reading
Apple Claim Chowder: Events
With an Apple Event fast approaching, I’m reviewing critiques of past Apple events to see how accurate they were. Turns out, not very. Critique is needed and welcome. Repeated errors? Not so much. Events A … Continue reading
Could Apple ever do a “2 in 1″?
If you have heard Tim Cook talk about “2 in 1’s”, you already know the answer to this question. He likened the marrying of a tablet and a laptop to “converging a toaster and a fridge. You could...
The Smartphone Is Not Merging With the PC
Behold the pot, bathtub and swimming pool. They all contain water. They are the same. ~ Horace Dediu (@asymco) On July 9, 2014, Walt Mossberg published an article entitled: “How the PC Is Merging With … Continue reading
Microsoft Is The Very Antithesis Of Strategy
Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy’s plans; the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy’s forces; the next in order is to attack the enemy’s army in … Continue reading
The Importance of Dual Authentication in Wearable Devices
Last week, I wrote a column entitled “Understanding Apple’s Wearable Strategy” where I laid out the idea of using an iWatch or iBand for personal ID. I mentioned I had used a RFID band while...
Our Wearable Future: Lessons Unlearned
On June 27th, Tim Bajarin wrote an excellent article on wearables entitled “Understanding Apple’s Wearable Strategy“. If you haven’t read it, I highly encourage you to take the time to read it, or re-read it,...
Tech Observations From the Field
Over the past few days, I have been taking notes on my observations of tech, primarily mobile usage, of “regular humans” in the wild. And by that, I mean at Disney World where my family … Continue reading
Tech.pinions Podcast: Apple WWDC, Samsung Tizen, Amazon Smartphone
Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast. This week Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, and Ben Bajarin discuss the announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) and Samsung’s Tizen Developer Conference and debate the opportunities for Amazon’s … Continue reading
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SanDisk: The Many Faces of Flash
If you were to ask most people about flash memory, you’d probably get a somewhat puzzled stare. Throw in a comment about 3D memory and that stare will likely turn into a frustrated frown. Even...
Microsoft Windows’ Biggest Problem
Paul Thurrott — a long-time Microsoft booster — has written a devastating analysis of Windows for WindowsITPro. After reviewing Windows’ recent history, he concludes: Windows is in trouble because people simply don’t care about it...
Follow up: Adobe, Apple, and Bad Error Messages
In a Tech.pinions Insiders article yesterday, I wrote that one reason for the success of tablets is that they do not regularly befuddle users with error messages. No sooner had I written it than I...
Where’s The Hat And Other Miscellaneous Thoughts On Today’s Apple Event
Unmet Expectations A grandmother is watching her grandson play on the beach when a huge wave comes and takes him out to sea. She looks up and pleads, “Please God, save my only grandson. I … Continue reading
About Those NY Times and Twitter Attacks: What Really Happened
General news media mostly do a terrible job covering tech issues. And in the case of the attacks, allegedly by the Syrian Electronic Army, that effective took nytimes.com off-line for a good part of Tuesday,...
Is Chromecast Really Android’s Attempt at an Apple TV?
I have been connecting compute devices to my TVs for nearly 20 years, the first being a Compaq Presario hooked to a massive RCA 35” tube TV via an NTSC converter. Back then, there wasn’t...
