Archive for the ‘Digital Lifestyle’ Category
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Finally it's here. The much rumored Apple Tablet came to life as the iPad.
The iPad is an iPhone "on steroids". Same look, same great multitouch user interface, but a bigger screen make web browsing, reading ebooks, gaming or watching video so much better.
The price, starting at $499 is a great ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
If the rumors about Apple's upcoming "iPad" are true, prepare for the next revolution after the iPhone. Jeremy Horwitz says the iPad could have a 10.7" screen with an iPhone 3G-like design, runs iPhone OS, will come in two flavors with and without 3G, 720p resolution and with all media, ...
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
It has been almost a month of holidays in Spain with my family. It has been the month where Google has announced its Chrome OS, attacking Microsoft where it really hurts, on its Windows licenses. Microsoft success with its new search engine, Bing, reinforced with the Yahoo deal, has finally ...
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Apple tablet has been much anticipated and rumored, but Mike Arrington and TechCrunch are creating something quite cool! Read more.
An these kind of new devices will have some impact in the way web apps are developed, with emphasis in multitouch features.
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
I guess that by now, all music labels have already realized that music downloads and subscriptions are the only way forward to distribute music. CDs are dead, and rightly so.
Maybe because we just finished unpacking the shipment from KL in our new home in Shanghai, I just happen to realize ...
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Sony just announced its Q4 results with a 95% decline in profits. Extracted from Associated Press :
Sony Corp. said its net profit shriveled to 10.4 billion yen ($115.6 million) in the third quarter from 200.2 billion yen a year earlier. Revenue fell 25 percent to 2.15 trillion yen from 2.86 trillion ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
This is the keynote in which Steve Jobs introduced the Mac and the famous 1984 ad directed by Ridley Scott. The ad would be aired only once during the Super Bowl, and cost Apple $1.5 million.
The original Macintosh was released on 24 January 1984. Known as Macintosh 128k, it was ...
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
December 28th is the Spanish equivalent to April Fool's day. That is why I had to read twice the news that iFart Mobile (see video) was the best selling application in App Store during the holidays (iTunes Link).
Quoted from the iFart creator, Joel Comm's blog:
All I knew was that a ...
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Android announced this week that 14 new companies are joining the Open Handset Alliance. The new members are: AKM Semiconductor, ARM, ASUSTek Computer, Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International, Huawei Technologies, Omron Software, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba Corporation and Vodafone.
Some readings:
Sony Ericsson sold their shares ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Nokia has finally reacted and announces a device to compete with the iPhone. The N97 has a beautiful touchscreen and a sliding qwerty keyboard. From the video clip Nokia posted in YouTube you can notice that Nokia bets on widgets to make the interface even more touch-friendly. One surprising thing ...
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