Is the New iPad Screen Too Good for the Web? Brian X. Chen asks for New York Times. Other than the costs of upgrading, another obstacle is the time that a Web site takes to load. “Even though we’ve upgraded the quality of resolution on the iPad, our Internet connections are still the same,” Mr. [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—According to industry sources, this news article is generating a veritable bonanza of highly lucrative advertising revenue by mere virtue of the fact that it mentions Apple’s new iPad. “Current estimates show that the particular article I am being quoted in at this very moment began to accumulate thousands of dollars in ad-based profits [...]
Had dinner with former CNN war-correspondent Peter Arnett, and he has this to say about Steve Jobs when I commented that the latter was an inventor and designer: “Well, Steve is a great marketer, he was great at selling things!” But according to Jobs’ biographer Isaacson in an interview, “He could have retired any time. [...]
Google is software company. Its business model is profit through Ad delivery. Relying on a software company to deliver world class hardware such as a mobile phone that rivals the iPhone is akin to ordering Pizza in an English fine dining restaurant. This ICS “upgrade” is a joke.
If you haven’t been following the digital transformation of the Chinese media, here’s some news for you: a newspaper in Beijing has developed a tablet that will carry its content exclusively. The 7in device runs on Android and a custom OS. Funded mostly by the Government, this tablet doesn’t need a real ROI to succeed. [...]
Don’t understand how people like David Gewirtz who writes for ZDNet can get it all wrong. Fire is a book reader. Comparing the Fire to an iPad is plain stupid, and the comment about Flash? But, the real fact is, Flash is not dead. It’s baked into many web sites, and I’m talking about real [...]
You can argue that Android is pretty solid now, but that’s after years of iteration. At first, it basically sucked. Chrome has been great, but it now seems to be getting more buggy, not less, over time. Google Voice? Decent, but not what it should be. Google+? Not bad, but issues. Google TV? Yeah. Google [...]
Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them. Steve’s final words were: OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW. – Steve’s Sister, Mona Simpson.
I knew if someone like Steve chooses to resign, some writers will climb out of whatever holes they have been hiding and do a piece about Steve’s failures. Well, if you are so great, why haven’t I see anything from you? Strange people strive in the strangest times.
Gate-crashed a new media forum in Shanghai, Apple’s Quick Qiu spoke about creating a different model in building a user or audience base, “Apple need not be a singular outlet,” said he. I wonder if Apple is more interested in selling more boxes or amassing a greater mobile user base. P.S. Our dear friend proposed [...]