Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts

Sunday, 30 October 2016

Apple after Steve Jobs

Apple's big mistake after Steve Jobs ...
Totally agree! Technology companies like Apple, Microsoft or Google need innovative CEOs. Tim Cook is an excellent Chief Operating Officer but I think he is what I call a "screw it downer" rather than "entrepreneur". Steve Jobs was undoubtedly an entrepreneur with flare not someone trying to just trying to improve the "bottom line"! 

Apple after Steve Jobs: What are the biggest mistakes they’ve made?:

Sunday, 12 June 2016

Chromebooks outsold Macs

Google Chromebooks outsell Apple Macs ...
Dell, HP and Lenovo sold nearly 2 million Chromebooks in the first quarter of 2016, mainly in US schools. This does not count those sold elsewhere by Samsung, Acer and Toshiba. However in Australia you are lucky to see a Chromebook in any retail shop - what gives?

Chromebooks outsold Macs for the first time in the US | The Verge:

Apple proves Newton right

Looks like Apple needs something special ...
Apple shares over the past two yearsTwo interesting graphs! The first shows Apple's falling stock price and the second shows Alphabet (Google), the blue line, just about to overtake Apple, the white line, as the most valuable company on earth!

Apple boss Tim Cook finally proves Newton right - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

Monday, 25 April 2016

Apple's a midlife crisis or not

Apple is 40 years old - time for midlife crisis? ...
Interesting article about Apple's advancing years and the possibility that they may be having a midlife crisis.
Five signs 40-year-old Apple is having a midlife crisis -- and five reasons it isn't - Computerworld:

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Alphabet Gets to the Top

Google's parent company, Alphabet, now at the top ...
Alphabet became the most valuable publicly traded company in the world with a market cap of $558 billion. The graphs in this article tell the story with respect to the No.2, Apple!

Alphabet Becomes The Most Valuable Public Company In The World | TechCrunch:

Monday, 28 December 2015

Apple set to slump in 2016?

Has Apple run out of products to launch? ...
Predictions are that Apple will have a year of consolidation in 2016 with few new products, if any, hitting the marketplace.

Apple sales set to slump in 2016 with no new products, analysts warn:

Tim Cook bitter about Google

Apple being beaten at its own game ...
For years Apple has been infiltrating the classroom in the hope that once students use Apple hardware they will stay with it the rest of their lives! problem is that Chromebooks suit the job much better and are a LOT cheaper!

Tim Cook is bitter that Google is beating Apple in the classroom | The Verge:

Saturday, 7 November 2015

Apple most valuable company?

Interesting comparison with some other giants ...
Apple has certainly got the lead at the moment (largely dependent on the iPhone) but it needs to check in its rear vision mirror more often! Blackberry, Nokia and Kodak know how it feels!

Apple is the world’s most valuable company, but for how long?:

Saturday, 3 January 2015

Wozniak moves to Australia

Wozniak (Apple fame) moves to Australia ...
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has just become an Australian permanent resident.So Sydney is to become the initial home for the Wozniak family!

Wozniak to be a permanent fixture:

Tuesday, 30 December 2014

iOS 8 v Android Lollipop

Interesting comparison between iOS 8 and Android 5.0 ...
In the past, the two operating systems were largely distinguished by features and polish, but that has changed.Some interesting thoughts when comparing Apple's iOS 8 and Google Android 5.0.

iOS 8 v Android Lollipop: so similar, yet so far apart:

Monday, 24 November 2014

Cortana vs Siri vs Google Now

Video comparison between Cortana, Siri & Google Now ...
Cortana vs Siri vs Google NowLittle old now but still an interesting comparison as at that time!

Cortana vs Siri vs Google Now video: Voice command competition | BGR:

Sunday, 9 November 2014

Why I’m deserting iOS

Android now is winning over the iOS users ...
Android-640Android has matured and developed to a point that Apple's iOS is playing catchup. Combined with the restrictive Apple ecosystem, iOS users are starting to shift to Android.

Why I’m deserting iOS for Android | TechCentral:

Monday, 29 September 2014

Bending New Mobile Phones

Apple iPhone 6 Plus not so rigid as some ...
6 plusThis has become a major news item! I don't know why they keep saying this might happen in a trouser front pocket. I would have thought it was back pockets of tight jeans that were the more likely place for this to happen!

Bending All The Phones: iPhone 6 vs. HTC One M8 vs. Moto X | TechCrunch:

Saturday, 20 September 2014

Apple smartwatch difference?

Is Apple's smartwatch really that different ...
apple watch hands on 7An interesting idea that Apple's smartwatch is designed to be"part of you" rather than just another tool or device strapped to your wrist. I wonder which I prefer it to be?

What Apple knows about smartwatches that Google doesn't - Computerworld:

Wednesday, 10 September 2014

iPhone 6 & 6 Plus, Apple Watch

A big day for Apple announcements ...
Bigger, better and more thumb-friendly.Catch up on the new iPhones and Apple Watch in this comprehensive Australian article.

iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch release date, price and features:

Sunday, 7 September 2014

Tme to choose your ecosytem

Will it be Google, Apple or Windows ...
In the new interconnected smart world this could be your key decision. This article is definitely worth a read! It is also interesting to look at the two videos - one from Google (Android) and one from Apple! 

iPhone or Android: it's time to choose your religion | The Verge:

Sunday, 31 August 2014

Apple at WWDC 2014

Apple's most important announcements at WWDC 2014 ...
For all the Apple followers this is a must read!

The 22 most important things Apple announced at WWDC 2014 | The Verge:

Monday, 23 June 2014

Google overtakes Apple

Changing of the guard at the top ...
IBM was third and Microsoft and McDonalds were fourth and fifth in the most valuable brand name stakes!

Google overtakes Apple as world's most valuable brand for 2014 | The Verge:

Sunday, 16 February 2014

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Apple interesting facts

Ten interesting and surprising facts about Apple ...
The Apple Macintosh computer was named after this particular variety. Some interesting reading if you are an Apple fan!

10 things we didn't know about Apple | News.com.au: