Charlie Stross on Apple’s Long-Term Strategy
I don’t agree with all of it, but Charlie Stross’s analysis of Apple’s long-term strategy is just great overall. This is spot-on:
I’ve got a theory, and it’s this: Steve Jobs believes he’s
gambling Apple’s future — the future of a corporation with a
market cap well over US $200Bn — on an all-or-nothing [...]
Thoughts on Horses
Another open letter from a CEO.
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Irony
Me, using my ipad to watch a video from the WSJ of Adobe’s CEO talking about how essential Flash is to publications like the WSJ.
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What Would Nick Denton Pay for These Things I Found in a Bar?
Don’t forget to hit Refresh a few times.
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NEWS: IWOOT offers Cy-Fi speakers for cyclists
Clips on to your handlebars
We’ve all been there. You think you should cycle to work, because it’s healthier, but you can’t face up to losing the ability to tune out of the morning commute by cranking up Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon on your car stereo.
Well, now you’ve got no excuse. Because IWOOT [...]
NEWS: Firebox offers remote-control sleeve for iPhone
Control any gadget with a special app
Having a zillion remote controls for every device in your house is a pain. It’d be better if you had just one, but would it be even better if you had none at all?
That’s the idea behind an infra-red sleeve for the iPhone that’s paired with a special application. [...]
NEWS: Asda selling ?9 phone with ?10 credit
The Alcatel OT222
Here’s a deal for the penny-savers amongst you. Asda’s just told us that starting on 1 May, it’s going to be stocking a phone for ?9 which comes with ?10 of credit pre-loaded.
The handset, which is the Alcatel OT222 – described as “cute and simple” by its manufacturer, is one of the more [...]
NEWS: Samsung to launch Iron Man Monte
Coming out exclusively on O2
Samsung has announced that it’ll shortly be launching a special version of its Monte handset in honour of the release of Iron Man 2. It’ll be available exclusively on O2.
The device is just like the normal Monte, which is a mid-range touchscreen handset that we got our hands on back [...]
NEWS: Griffin adds app to iTrip Auto
Control band selection, EQ and choose between mono and stereo
Griffin has announced an upgrade for its iTrip Auto car kit – the package will now come with an iPhone and iPod touch application that allows users to tweak the settings of the FM adaptor plugged into the bottom of their device.
You can select from a [...]
NEWS: Samsung tinkers with phase-change memory
Offers 20% more smartphone battery life
Not content with battery life on current phones available in the market, Samsung is experimenting with a new type of memory that it claims could boost the time between charges by as much as 20%.
It’s called phase-change memory, and the most common implementation uses an alloy of?germanium, antimony and titanium [...]
