Category Archives: IT

[Chart] Apple Makes HTML5 Video Grow

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

With more than 7 million iPads sold in a few months, no one doubts that the iPad has forever changed personal computing. The chart, via the Business Insider once again,  shows the growth of HTML5 video this year, which is … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

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 … Continue reading →

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[Chart] Apple Gets Close to Microsoft on Market Cap

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Via Silicon Alley Insider. The great turnaround of Apple illustrated in a chart. Since the iPhone launch in 2007 Apple has been getting closer to Microsoft faster and faster. The iPad “effect” is closing the final gap. It is only a … Continue reading →

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Flash Vs. HTML5: Google Will Decide

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The future of Adobe Flash is in the hands of Google. Apple’s reluctance to support Flash on the iPhone and the iPad is putting tremendous pressure on the future of Adobe’s ubiquitous platform, present in 98% of browsers worldwide. The … Continue reading →

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Telecom Slowdown? Seven Reasons for Hope

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

We have seen recent announcement of job cuts in almost all Telecom and Tech companies, including Microsoft and Google only to name those that are new to those announcements. GigaOm recently echoed a recruitment firm report that estimated almost 200,000 … Continue reading →

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Netbooks, Moore’s Law And Which New App Will Come for Rescue?

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The rise of Netbooks, of which 21 million units* will be sold in 2009, may put in jeopardy the progression of Moore’s Law, as netbooks cannibalize sales of laptops. As a result of Moore’s Law, the price of a mid-range … Continue reading →

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Welcome 2009!

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Year 2008 will be remembered for the financial crash but also as the year when iPhone 3G confirmed Apple’s revolution of mobile phones. RIM also strengthened their corporate position with new multimedia capable models and Android saw its first handset … Continue reading →

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Modular Data Centers: Containers for Clouds

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Mike Manos, Microsoft Data Center Chief, has unveiled in his blog the design of future “Generation 4″ Microsoft data centers. With the mission to provide massive easy-to-scale computing infrastructure to power the Cloud, Microsoft envisions pre-assembled containers equipped with a … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Disruptions in the Past Twelve Months

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

These are the top hottest five topics that we have covered over the past twelve months with the biggest potential for a disruption in both the Communications Industry and in our habits. 1) Mobile Internet, the Internet way. The iPhone … Continue reading →

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Converging into Clouds

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Online players, such as Google and Amazon cope all bets to reign over the Clouds, benefiting from their global reach and huge experience on web scalability. Others foresee IBM -talking about utility computing for decades- or HP, after acquiring EDS, … Continue reading →

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