In the Internet of Things, the Server in Your Pocket Fills the Room
I’m going to go on record – the name “server” is going extinct. From servers that filled up entire rooms and buildings to just add simple numbers, we have evolved into a world where I can store a server in the closet of my office to do things like stream TV to the Xboxes in […]
Read more...Path’s Privacy Problems Aren’t Path’s – They’re Apple’s
The world is up in arms about how the mobile application Path, which I covered here as one of the next social networks to watch, has been sending users’ phone directory data back to the service. As someone that knows the founders and trusts what they’ll do with the data, I didn’t give it a […]
Read more...The Solution to Offshore Manufacturing is Technology, Not Politics
In The Biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, it talked about a meeting Steve Jobs had with President Obama. Jobs was quoted saying, ‘“You’re headed for a one-term presidency,” Jobs told Obama at the outset. To prevent that, he said, the administration needed to be a lot more business-friendly. He described how easy it was […]
Read more...iCloud Will Do For the Cloud as iPod Did for MP3s
In the days where MP3 players were a dime a dozen, everyone was scrambling to pick the best device. There were dozens of, perhaps too many choices – some had large storage. Others had better interfaces, or supported different file formats. Some even played (gasp) CDs. But when Apple released the iPod that all changed. […]
Read more...Apple is Creating a "Social Network" the Right Way
Today Apple did one of the most powerful things they have done since the launch of the iPod. Notice that I didn’t say “revolutionary”. There’s nothing new about it. Note that I didn’t say “innovative”. There’s nothing unique about it. Today Apple launched, quite simply, a “Social Network for Music”. What’s so powerful is that […]
Read more...Want to Follow Steve Jobs? "No Soup for You!"
Evidently a few of my friends have found Steve Jobs’ profile and followed him. Apple must have discovered that, because whenever I click on his profile, I get the following popup, saying, “Your Ping Account is Disabled.” Of course my account isn’t disabled because I can still follow other people, but it’s definitely interesting. I […]
Read more...Mobile, Tablets, and the Need for an Extended E-Reading Experience
Imagine buying a book from the book store and only being allowed to use a yellow highlighter to highlight that book and not being able to add any notes as you read it. Seems pretty ridiculous, doesn’t it? Yet we’re forced into that with today’s default readers on devices such as the iPhone and iPad, […]
Read more...Breaking Down the Signal – The Android, iOS, and WebOS Comparison
There’s no shortage of criticism, complaint, or praise of the various mobile operating systems. The iPhone, Android, the Pre, or even Blackberry and Windows Mobile – no matter which phone you review you’re bound to find someone who either absolutely loves the device they own or completely hates those that do. I tried to make […]
Read more...Name a Better Phone
Let’s put all partialities aside. Currently, I own an iPhone, an Evo (which I’m borrowing through work for testing), and a Pre (my work phone). I have been a Windows user most of my life, and spent 2 or 3 years with Linux on my desktop. In the PDA days I ran a Palm Pilot, […]
Read more...The Virtuous Cycle of Choice and Momentum
Here we go again. We’ve been here before. History always repeats itself. In the early days of the desktop computer, it was the Wild West. No computer was dominant because they all simply had not been around long enough. The movie, “The Pirates of Silicon Valley”, described this era well, and was a time of […]
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