Posts tagged apple

War of the Worlds or Perfect Storm

I’d like to refer to a couple of articles that help to illustrate that the smart phone wave is more than just a cool new gadget, but the collision of powerful empires.

War of the Worlds: RIM invented the smart phone market, and we’re proud as Canadians that a Canadian company is an innovative leader [...]

Will Palm Slap HP?

Kudos to Elevation Partners, the private equity firm who dodged a bullet when they unloaded their 40% share of Palm in HP’s $1.2 billion buyout.  This investment was widely expected to go south, so a 5% return over 2 years, a dud by any other standard, is considered quite the save.  But will HP be [...]

Is there peace without a Smart Phone?

Over the past 2.5 years I have been addicted to my smart phone, not the worlds greatest, I’ve had both  HTC Touch and Touch Pro with Windows Mobile 6.0 then 6.1.
Yes, the web browsing was basic, the phone (voice calls) was bearable, but I have really enjoyed the syncing of all my email and most [...]

Twitter to sells Ads to pay the Bills

Twitter began selling a service called Promoted Tweets today. Will it work? Will Twitter be Profitable?

Buying a PC: Feature or Fashion?

Got an email today from Apple with the subject “More speed. More power. The new MacBook Pro family.” Sure enough the new MacBook Pro line was out! What!?! (you gasp I am sure) Apple can sell something besides and “phone” or “pad“?!?
I like Macs so I took a look at the new machines and [...]

iPad O/S outdated in a day…

I have an iMac and love it. I have a Win7 notebook and think its great. I’d love a new smart phone and would consider an iPhone. However, I am stumped by how Apple continues to rise above the fray.
Case & Point: Apple releases the iPad to rabid millions with tones [...]

The Drama of HTML 5 Standards

Google and Apple are pushing HTML 5 ’standard.’ Where does this leave Adobe?

I Knew I was out-of-date when…

Even musicians will feel the sting of technology progress: how iPhone is everywhere.