Archive for the ‘Digital Lifestyle’ Category

[Read] NYT: Apple Passes Microsoft as No. 1 in Tech

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

The moment came when Apple surpassed Microsoft in Market Cap [*]. A few numbers: Market Cap: Microsoft at $219 billion - Apple at $222 billion (yesterday) Revenue: Microsoft at $58.4 billion - Apple at $42.9 billion Net income: Microsoft at $14.6 billion - Apple at $5.7 billion Cash: Microsoft at $39.7 billion - Apple at ...

A few days before personal computing changes forever

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

A few days before the iPad is out I am ready to make my bet. It  will be a revolution. The iPhone was a revolution for mobile handsets.  Nokia laughed at Apple when they launched a new phone in what was a "mature" market. Now, no one doubts that Steve Jobs ...

Finally, the iPad

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 ...

iPad: MultiScreen Beyond the Three Screens

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, ...

Back from holiday… and to the Moon

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 ...

Apple Beware, CrunchPad is Coming

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.

I Love Music, but I Hate CDs

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 ...

Bad Times for Sony

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 ...

25 Years of Mac

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 ...

The #1 App in App Store

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 ...