Tag: Apple
Why Google TV failed
Google Now may have just won Popular Science’s “Innovation of the Year” award, but it is receiving no accolades for Google TV. With Logitech leaving the party licking its wounds with more Revue boxes being returned from retailers than are being sold and Google refusing to unveil sales figures in the face of Apple’s 500,000… Read More ›
Cloud storage – look before you leap
I always thought that one of the benefits of storing data in the Cloud was to delegate the safety of my precious family photos and archives to a trusted third party. By keeping data safe, I basically mean backup and privacy. Wikipedia appears to agree with me. Storing data in the Cloud is supposed to… Read More ›
Virtualization – AC of the 3rd Millennium
I read with interest today Steve Wozniak’s skepticism towards “All Things Cloud”. He worries about security and a lack of user data control. Even though he raises important points, they seem a little strange coming from the Chief Scientist of Fusion.io – a company suppling servers to the Cloud. Where’s the vision? Some History Wozniak’s… Read More ›
Acer Founder Predicts Short Life for Surface
Acer founder Stan Shih claimed today that Surface is nothing more than a short term shot-in-the-arm for Windows 8 and that Microsoft will lose interest after a year, once the ‘bother’ of distribution and after sales support kick-in. ‘View it as free advertising and don’t worry’, is his message to fellow OEMs. If that is… Read More ›
Underground Project Surfaces from Metro
Clearly the powers that be at Microsoft got tired of Apple’s runaway revenues, profits and stock price. They got tired of their domination of the tablet and mobile segment. They got worried about Apple’s creeping enterprise market share and got even more worried about how cool enterprises viewed them at Microsoft’s expense. Something had to… Read More ›
The Fourth Column 