Category: Editorial
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Competition best for wireless industry? Maybe not
So apparently the finally tally is we need competition, but not too much. Unfortunately Canada doesn’t have enough, we’re at least one national player too short. Not all our providers are studied in this report, and it pre-dates our new entrants arrival on the scene. But it does make a very good case for the…
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RIM Isn’t Going Anywhere… Literally!
“Our checks indicate that current demand is poor: BlackBerry 7 devices are now close to six months old, and our checks suggest that the initial enthusiasm post launch has tailed off,” the analyst wrote. “We model 11 million unit volumes in FYQ4, at the low end of the guidance range. Management’s aggressive marketing campaign, targeted…
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Angry Birds Space needs a big screen
I succumbed and installed Angry Birds Space. After seeing the promo by NASA it was hard to resist. Angry Birds is great time killer for when the day is done and my brain is on vege-mode. But the latest addition to the franchise is a bit hard on the eyes on my little (um, well,…
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Why I Quit Facebook
Twitter is awsome! 140 characters then STFU!!! I only follow people I know so even if I only check it on the train twice a day I’m still not scrolling more than a couple pages to catch-up. And it only takes a few seconds to read each tweet. If there’s something really interesting I can…
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Galaxy Nexus Owner Smokes a Windows Phone Still Gets the Shaft
It’s the sorry and admittedly one-sided tale of Galaxy Nexus-owner Sahas Katta, who claims he beat a “Get Smoked” Windows Phone challenge at a Microsoft store yesterday, but was denied his prize. A Microsoft insider has since tweeted that he’ll “make it right” for Sahas, but will it be the kind of right that includes…
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Balanced Copyright Law in Canada, Bill C-11
Copyright reform is a never ending saga in Canada, to learn more about it, check this copywriting marketing classes. Well, saga might be a generous description. The current Conservative government is making another attempt right now with Bill C-11. Currently it is in committee for review, mainly because reviewing it in parliament makes it obvious…
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Gruber on MS Office and the iPad
Another long-term strategic angle: does Apple want to lend credence to the notion that Microsoft can write first-class touchscreen tablet apps, when Microsoft is set to ship its own tablet-savvy version of Windows later this year? Heir Gruber makes a very good point here, however after seeing and pioneering iPad adoption in the enterprise first…
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New Dads and Priceless Photos
Whether you’re using an iPhone or an Android, it doesn’t really matter anymore, between iCloud and Google+ features, all those thousands of family photos you took are actually pretty safe these days. Apple and Google have actually done all a great favour by storing our priceless memories online and made them retrievable from a trusted…
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Ihnatko on UI
Andy Ihnatko – Chicago Sun Times User Interface affects everything Humans interact with. Even other humans. Simplicity, clarity, elegance: chase these ’til you’re exhausted. I will just leave this here…
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512 Pixels: My Podcasting Rig
Another excellent piece by Stephen Hack on his podcasting setup, we ran a similar piece on how we set up the DadCast, we recorded a French & an English show on how to put a podcast together as well as a piece on what happens when it goes all wrong. It’s always good to see…