The following is a list of rumored/obvious products that could be made today with available technology but haven’t been due to some marketing or other non-technical reason. We have the technology, we can build it, TODAY! In case an executive from any of these companie’s comes by (haha), just know that in the even these products were made available, I would camp out like an Apple fanboi to get one on the first day.
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Top 5 ‘OH GOD YES’ Products That Should Be Marketed
July 20th, 2010 — Apple, Cameras, General, Phones, Rant, iPhone
iPhone 4
June 7th, 2010 — Apple, Phones, Technology, Uncategorized, iPhone
Well the blogosphere just came to a halt for nearly 2 hours. The iPhone 4 has been announced and demoed in glorious detail. It looks pretty swanky. The details:
- 300ppi 960×640 screen (largest on a 3.5″ device)
- .37″ Thick
- Increased battery life
- Front & Back Camera
- Antenna built into the body
- Gyroscope
What was not announced
- No Verizon (more on that after the break)
- No increase in capacities
All in all a big (and mostly non-disappointing) announcement
Patent Fun
May 25th, 2010 — Apple, Google, IP, Programming, Technology
It was only a matter of time. Nero AG, a German company responsible for the popular Nero Burning software suite that has ballooned to such incredible bloatware that it now includes integrated transcoding and a media player. Of course when video is involved that means MPEG LA is involved. MPEG LA is the licensing consortium responsible for the MPEG2 and MPEG 4 H.264 codec’s patent pools. Nero is alleging anti-trust and patent abuse violations. With MPEG LA now being assaulted on multiple fronts with the release of WebM by Google, we could be seeing the beginning of a full scale nuclear war between the major software players that, just like nuclear war in the real world, can only end in mutual destruction.
Fundamental Flaw with Chase Remote Banking
May 21st, 2010 — Banking, Rant, Security, Technology
I found a charge this morning on my bank account statement. I called to report the activity and the customer ’service’ agents seemed sketchy as hell. They started by asking for my social security number. This is not an ID number. You don’t have the authorization to use it as such. They ask for my account number. Ok, not a big deal. Just a string of numbers. They ask for my name. I give them my first. They ask for my last. I provide it. But by this point I’m feeling a bit unsecure, and it just gets worse. Continue reading →
Finally, Somebody ‘Gets Me’
May 4th, 2010 — Apple, Programming, Storage, Technology
A guy with way too much cash and an obviously patient wife in NYC has built the dream apartment. Through the help of a custom home installer he was able to conceive and execute what might possibly be the perfect home. The winner of the Electronic House Gold Medal for Integrated House of the Year in the $50k+ category this thing likely cost about 10 times that or more. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that it was a million plus. Click through to see some photos and some choice excepts from the article.
Oh Apple!
April 9th, 2010 — Apple, Programming, Technology
Big scuttlebut in the news last night about the press event that Apple held to announce their new iPhone OS 4.0. NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, New York Times, FoxNews and all the major tech publications were all over it. Obviously everyone is intrigued/excited about the major feature announcements including:
- Multitasking
- Enhanced Mail
- App Folders
- GameCenter
- iAd
- iBooks
- New Enterprise Security Enhancements
- More than 1500 new APIs and
- a host of customizable user features and wallpapers!
But there are a few subtle changes in the licensing that is going to piss off some developers and more likely some big third parties that are banking on tieing their tools into the Apple ecosystem.
Apple iAD
April 8th, 2010 — Apple, Technology
So Steve just unleashed another major revenue stream on the world: iAd. They are coming for Google. iAd is a mobile ad network that is giving apple some serious skin in the mobile ad game. Some interesting questions abound and we may see the FTC show up and spoil Apple’s fun.
Rupert is Crazy
April 2nd, 2010 — Apple, IP, Technology
Engadget just announced that they found out the price for the iPad subscription for the Wall Street Journal. The access gives you 7 days of archive of the WSJ and a few other non-innovative features like save for later. This crazy technology will cost you $17.29 per month. This should be compared to the PRINT & Online version subscription which will set you back about $11.50/Mo. So for less (you don’t get the print) you pay a lot more. 50% more.
Why Google is Better Than Bing
March 29th, 2010 — Bing, Google, Search, Technology
Ignore for a minute the philosphical connotations that come to mind when discussing Google’s Search Engine and Microsoft’s Bing, ‘Decision Engine’ and just think of them in the sense of the utility of the search engine as a tool. Microsoft has admitted that they have lost the ability to crush Google because they simply lack the quality of search.
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Lets Talk about the iPad
March 25th, 2010 — Apple, Technology
Steve is unleashing his iPad to the world in the next few weeks. The ‘revolutionary’ ‘magical’ device that is supposed to reinvent the way the world sees tablets is being billed as the Kindle killer. I had an opportunity to visit with a major content publisher and consult with them in a development session on what they are trying to bring for the device. It was very interesting… Continue reading →