Tag: Apple
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Ben Thompson on Apple, the FBI, and Security
The first thing to understand about the issue at hand is that there are three separate debates going on: the issue at hand, the encryption debate, and the PR battle. To understand the issue it is necessary to separate them, but to figure out which side may win it is equally critical to understand how…
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The Google Chromebook Sells Out!
Google’s latest iteration of ChromeOS hardware has very impressively sold-out almost as soon as it went on sale. The new hardware is attractive for a number of reasons: it’s thin, it’s light, it features a lot of the latest technology like Bluetooth 3.0, USB 3, and dual-antenna a/b/g/n wi-fi (and we know there’s a mobile-wireless…
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5 iPhone Rumours You Will Hear This Month
So we are apparently a month away from another iPhone announcement and the Apple Rumour Mill is in full spin. So here are some of the articles you can avoid reading until Apple actually announces something. Make sure you take your damaged device on the best iPhone back glass repair shop near you. It will…
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Waxing nostalgic about keyboards
When I first learned to type it was on a type writer! A manual, slam-the-keys type writer. After writing a paper on one of these things your finger muscles positively bulged and your wrists were sweating. It was a cardio work-out! Then came computers and the venerable IBM keyboards. You know the ones, that were…
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Google Acquires QuickOffice, Initiates Mexican Productivity Standoff
So that’s it. Google now owns Quick Office BlackBerry owns [DataViz: Docs to Go](http://9to5mac.com/2010/09/07/rim-buys-dataviz-for-blackberry-50m/) Apple writes its own: [Pages, Numbers and Keynote](http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/ipad-at-work/#edit) And MS is holding out for Windows 8 tablet for releasing [Office 15 in November](http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/rumor-microsoft-office-coming-to-ipad-and-android-in-november/) What we have where is a Mexican Productivity Standoff… via [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/5/3065564/google-acquires-quickoffice-productivity-suite-will-integrate-with)
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Ars Gets Hands On With Diet Coda
>The Diet Coda application seems to have been tailored [..] for quick editing on the fly. The application gives you a frictionless way to get into your Web content and start making changes without having to jump through a lot of hoops. It’s especially effective for users who are working with a lot of static…
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iPad@Work: Don’t Blame The Players
>When the district sales managers of a luxury retailer logged into their corporate email accounts on shiny, new iPads for the first time, at the same time, cheers went up. >But something else went down: the Lotus Notes server. >Imagine all those iPads simultaneously downloading the full dump of Lotus Notes. Don’t point the finger…
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Instagram vs. Lightbox vs. PicPlz vs. Aviary and More…
Ever since the bombshell dropped, that Instagram had sold out to Facebook, a lot of us have been looking for an alternative. Now the sell-out may not be the end of the world as we know it, but we expect in a very short time that Instagram will change their terms of service to read…
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Papermill and the Blight of Android Play
Media coverage and sales of Papermill have already far exceeded my expectations and I can’t envision either increasing. With this in mind, it’s easy to conclude that the the application, with its current price and need for a subscription, will never generate a profit, especially when costs like fonts still need to be incurred. If…
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How Scarcity and Urgency Influence Buying Behavior
In today’s fast-paced, competitive market, brands are constantly looking for ways to stand out and motivate consumers to make purchases with services from themarketingheaven.com. Two of the most powerful psychological drivers that marketers use are scarcity and urgency. These principles tap into fundamental human behaviors and biases, influencing consumers to act quickly and avoid missing…