Is the Solution to Online Privacy Simply a Question of Ownership?

August 12th, 2010 § 2 comments § permalink

Privacy

“Privacy is dead, deal with it” – Scott McNealy then CEO of Sun “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” – Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard Zuck: Just ask. [...]

Reflections on the Apple Newton MessagePad Failure on the Eve of the iPad

July 2nd, 2010 § 1 comment § permalink

As I hold on for the long wait for my iPad 3G I was inspired to pull out my Apple Newton MessagePad 120 to baseline how far Apple has come since the Newton was first released in 1993. I was amazed at how unintuitive it was to use and thought about how our perceptions and [...]

Quick thoughts for the day

January 19th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

Read a rumor today that the upcoming Apple tablet might be called the iPad. I predicted it would be called the MacBook Tablet but I have to admit the iPad sounds compelling. It’s too close to iPod for me to like however. Rule one in marketing: Differentiate. My guess is that Apple is registering names of possible [...]

CES Round Up – Winners, losers and what you missed

January 11th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

I generally stay away from thinking about CES until the week is up and I can look at the big picture. For all the whining that goes on about FUD in the Information Security industry nowhere is there more hype and hyperbole than the annual consumer electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas.  Here is our take on [...]

Prediction Confirmed: Big changes coming to iTunes in 2010

December 12th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink

Earlier this week I predicted that the La La acquisition by Apple was the start of an entirely new in the cloud online strategy for the iTunes music and media store. A few days ago the Wall Street Journal (link) confirmed my predictions by reporting that according to sources familiar with the strategy, Apple was [...]