You knew it was just a matter of time. From Bart Baker’s YouTube channel, comes I Found Escorts with Siri on an iPhone:
Friday, October 28, 2011
Windows Phone 7: Beautiful, But Too Late
From David Pogue in the New York Times: Microsoft is belatedly trying to take on the iPhone and Android phones with its own phone software. What does Microsoft’s new phone do? Its new software contains what the company says are hundreds of new features. The most eye-popping enhancement is speech recognition: you can tell this … Read More »
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Apps as Channels
This is a trend that won’t stop. iPhone and iPad apps are the 21st century version of television. Bloomberg’s Bloomberg TV+ is the latest app that provides live streaming of global business and financial news. Free. The way I see this playing out is simple. Branded television networks will bypass Hulu Plus and release their … Read More »
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
iBiography
An animated tale of Steve Jobs’ biography on YouTube. It gets rather wacky.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Daylight Saving Time Explained
A large chunk of the modern world uses Daylight Saving Time. Why? Grey’s Blog has the definitive answer, but a video is worth more than a thousand words. Is it just me, or is anyone else seeing larger, louder ads in YouTube videos?
Monday, October 24, 2011
Lessons NOT To Learn From Steve Jobs
From Doug Hardy in Forbes, a list of what should not be learned from Steve Jobs. Copying the outward appearances of Steve Jobs, his behaviors and quirks, rather than internalizing his principles, is the temptation of every wannabe business revolutionary. Also, expecting similar business results just by aping his particular tastes won’t make you magic … Read More »
Friday, October 21, 2011
Unseen Since Last Thursday
Asymco’s Horace Dediu tweets on the fall out of Apple’s terrible financial results and the market’s drastic reaction. With a shocking miss, $AAPL shares drop to levels unseen since last Thursday. Drop? Indeed.