Apple’s Eddy Cue joins Ferrari board

“I am pleased and proud to become a member of the board,” Cue said in a statement. “I have personally dreamed of owning a Ferrari since I was 8 years old and have been lucky to be an owner for the past 5 years. I continue to be awed by the world-class design and engineering that only Ferrari can do.”

I wonder if Eddy needs an assistant.

Nexus 7 support sucks

I’m seriously disappointed in Google not standing behind a defective Nexus 7, just because I didn’t purchase it from them. Apple and Amazon stand behind their products no matter where you purchased them.

Stay classy Google.

Frictionless experience

Apple’s true advantage is when applications are available across all three platforms, offering a device-optimized and consistent experience no matter what I am using.They offer a frictionless experience.

Apple wants to add Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to Samsung lawsuit

Apple made the arguments today to U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal in federal court in San Jose. Apple’s bid to expand the lawsuit follows Samsung’s Oct. 1 move to add patent- infringement claims against the iPhone 5 in the same case.

Here we go.

The Surface is bad

Farhad Manjoo:

But it didn’t take me a week and a half to decide whether the Surface is better than the iPad. At most it took a couple days, and that’s being generous. You’d likely arrive at the same conclusion after playing with the Surface for just a few minutes in a Microsoft Store. That’s because the new tablet’s flaws are glaring.

Farhad is definitely not a fan.

Nokia prices Lumia ‘aggressively’

The Nokia Lumia 820 starts at $49.99 with a two-year wireless contract from AT&T while the flagship Lumia 920 phones start at $99.99 with the same contract terms.

That’s much more aggressive than what I would have thought. Seems they are going straight for the low-end market.

Amazon challenges Netflix with monthly option

Prime typically costs $79 a year in the United States for free two-day shipping, free video streaming and access to Amazon’s Kindle e-book lending library. The company is now offering the service for $7.99 a month on its website, which works out to $95.88 a year, but at that rate it can be purchased strictly on a month-to-month basis.

This can only be good for consumers.

Imagine

One of the best songwriters ever. […]

Reeder

Absolutely one of my favorite and most used apps on iOS and Mac.

David Gilmour concert as an iPhone, iPad app

The best-selling ‘David Gilmour In Concert’ full-length show, originally released on DVD, is now available as an App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

It’s being released November 19.

Rock Solid

A new drum expansion pack from Toontrack. The drums were recorded by the same engineer that mixed Metallica’s “Black Album” and Mötley Crüe’s “Dr Feelgood,” among others.

Google says court dismisses Apple’s patent lawsuit

“We’re pleased that the court has dismissed Apple’s lawsuit with prejudice,” a Google spokeswoman said in an emailed statement on Monday.Dismissal of a case with prejudice means the case is over at the trial court level, though it can be appealed.

Windows bloat

Microsoft has revealed exactly how much free space new Surface owners are left with after taking into account Windows RT and system-related files. For the 32GB version of the new tablet, users have access to only 16GB of storage, with the remaining half taken up by Windows recovery tools, Windows RT, Microsoft Office, and built-in apps.

Seriously Microsoft, WTF?

Speaking of Microsoft retail

There are two sides to every story. This Microsoft retail experience wasn’t so bad.

The moral of the story is that you should go to a store and try out a Surface if it is something that interests you. Don’t listen to other people’s views and opinions. You might hate it. You might like it. Everyone’s needs and expectations are different. I came away impressed and pleased with the experience and the Surface.

I do agree with this completely. You should try out everything and use what is best for you.

Looking forward

Interesting thoughts. Tim remains Tim and Jony sort of takes Steve’s role, restoring the balance.