The sales of Apples iPad tablet computer have been nothing short of phenomenal, opening up a completely new computer marketplace single-handedly. An industry analyst says that trend will continue.
Nothing can put a smile on my day like a wild-ass, off-the-cuff remark by an Asian business leader. LG’s upcoming tablet? Better than the iPad! Apple’s expensive products winning over customers in the midst of a downturn? The iPhone and iPad are viruses!
After some confusing stop / start action, Apple released the iOS4.1 update late yesterday, addressing a number of iPhone 4 owner concerns, patching security holes, and adding some nifty new features.
No matter what it is that Apple announces, you can be sure that Google will not be too far behind with a similar product. What’s up with this Apple envy? Do Jobs and Schmidt have a side bet?
From NSA spook to celebrity Mac hacker, he’s traveled a rather unique career path and resides at an interesting crossroads — the “frenemy” insider the rest of us look to when security’s on the menu. Although he doesn’t always bear glad tidings for the fairer platform, Miller’s no hater and that kind of cognitive dissonance is sometimes difficult take.
Whereas the iPhone and iPad get most of the marketing, and generate most of the heat and light, Apple’s other handheld plays a pivotal role, netting netting millions of young users. Moreover, there’s also an important knock on effect for the ecosystem as a whole.
One wonders how many areas there are in which Apple and Google can possibly compete, but the pair keep finding more. Now there are rumors that Google is going to be launching an iTunes clone late this year.
Apple generally puts out two sets of updated product every year in the run up to Christmas — new iPods, which we’ve already seen, and spec bumped Macs, which haven’t yet been outed. That said, the best time for the mothership to introduce software for the Mac would be alongside new hardware.
Apple has stepped into the social networking marketplace with their Ping network and are already signing up large numbers of new members. The music-oriented service already has a million members.
Abomination! It is a matter of Mac canon law that the close, hide and minimize buttons should always be aligned horizontally at the top left of every window. Well, if that’s the way you see it, then by all means let me be your facilitator.
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