A report in 2014 by Nielson revealed that 1% surveyed (from a base of 2000 respondents) felt strongly that the smart products they’ve seen or heard about have just been gimmicky, and companies need to work harder to make these products relevant to their lives, and that 58% felt strongly that they won’t upgrade to smart products …
Month: September 2015
Extra RAM and a better color gamut help make up for year-old guts. There’s nothing new from Apple on the iPad mini 4. It is a last year device at this year’s prices. They did the exact same thing with the iPhone 5C. It’s still better than the shameful iPad mini 3, but either way, …
Samsung is planning to launch a program for leasing its Galaxy phone hardware in the U.S. market, similar to the one Apple announced in early September. It was not difficult to see others were going to follow the new smartphone leasing trend. I see it coming for other makers as well. That will have a …
This is a good summary of some of the problems big media assets are fighting against. Google, Apple and Facebook are trying to control the news and our way to get informed. They are trying to control content, because content is the gateway to ads. Quoting Patel: Unfortunately, the ads pay for all that content, …
I felt dissapointed after watching Jobs (2013) and more recently Steve Jobs : The Man in the Machine (2015). Steve Jobs (2015) seems really promising. The just released second trailer is a little more revealing that I’d want to, but whatever. Jobs’ daughter, Lisa, seems to have a prominent role, which as far as I know …
We spent less than $100 to give a completely fake business a great online reputation. Fantastic history. One you can easily learn something from. You can’t be certain anymore about that business or that product based on online reviews. Creating fake alternatives and getting certain reputation for them is nowadays quite easy. As with many …
The new content blocking feature in the new iOS 9 seems to have started a renewed interest for privacy. Marco Arment just released his own tool based on the Ghostery (a well known extension for desktop browsers) database. I wonder how many others will take advantage in iOS, Android or Windows 10 Mobile. The name …
Apple gives the iPad a lot of love as iOS goes back into spit-and-polish mode. Today users will be able to upgrade to the final version of iOS 9. There are no big announcements here, but it doesn’t matter because there are several little enhancements overall. I’ve not tested it, but if you want to …
One developer has found out that Apple TV games all must work with the remote, they can’t require an MFi controller at all. This is according to Apple guidelines in the App Programming Guide for tvOS, which states that “Your game must support the Apple TV remote. Your game may not require I really don’t …
Windows RT users get some love from Microsoft, which is nice. I don’t think there will be much more updates on that OS now that Windows 10 is a unified system that works across different platforms and architectures. No universal apps for Windows RT, no Continuum, no unified Store, but at least they can enjoy …