November 7, 2012
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.
Microsoft: ‘iPad’s don’t have a foothold in businesses’ ∞
This is what Microsoft was telling people at a Windows Conference in the UK yesterday. It’s almost like they believe this shit or something.
Drunk Jennifer using Microsoft Windows 8
Hilarious.
Much respect to this band
Seriously, much respect.
Astronauts cast ballots from space ∞
Space.com:
Call it the ultimate absentee ballot.NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the option of voting in the presidential election from orbit.Astronauts residing on the orbiting lab receive a digital version of their ballot, which is beamed up by Mission Control at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Filled-out ballots find their way back down to Earth along the same path.
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.
Dragster vs Guitar Amps
The Marshall stack has to be louder than that.
The Apple Haters’ 7 Stages of Grief ∞
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Imagine
One of the best songwriters ever.
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.
Android Gingerbread most targeted mobile OS for malware ∞
And Ice Cream Sandwich too. Be safe Android people.
Where’s My Fucking Polling Place ∞
“Your fucking address goes here”
Just in case you don’t know where to go. I laughed.
The punchline ∞
Harry Marks corrects Dan Lyons.
Apple’s move away from Intel in broad strokes ∞
Arik Hesseldahl has a nice article looking at some of the pros and cons of Apple’s rumored move away from Intel.
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.
Figuring out the Retina iPad mini ∞
Thomas Verschoren gives his thoughts based on resolution and dpi.
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.
Twitter’s photo filters ∞
I agree completely with what Gruber said.
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?
‘I feel like I’m going crazy’ ∞
The first paragraph alone is worth the read. Great article from Crosby Churchil.
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.
Microsoft’s retail experience from hell ∞
Some things just don’t make sense.
Doxie One — ‘Paperless made personal.’ [Sponsor] ∞
Just announced: Doxie One, the easy new way to go paperless for just $149.
Doxie One scans your paper – simply, automatically, and with no computer required. To scan, just push the button and insert your sheet. Doxie scans anywhere with a simple, elegant design.
When you’re ready to organize, sync scans to your Mac or iPad, just like a digital camera. Doxie’s elegant Mac app creates multi-page searchable PDFs you can save or send to Evernote, Dropbox, or via iMessage. Doxie even works with your iPad with both Apple’s Lightning and 30-pin SD Card Reader accessories.