It's all in the Cloud:What Lala means to the future of Apple and iTunes

December 5th, 2009 § 1 comment § permalink

The pending acquisition of Lala by Apple signifies the beginning of an entirely new online iTunes platform and cloud computing media strategy for Apple

The Apple TV – Apple's Secret Weapon

October 21st, 2009 § 1 comment § permalink

Have you been wondering what are Apple’s plans for the Apple TV? Recently Apple dropped the price of the 160GB model by $100 and discontinued the 40GB model fueling the rumor mill that changes to what Steve Jobs has described as a pet project are forthcoming. Here is just some of the coverage and commentary: [...]

Better than Coffee

September 14th, 2009 § 1 comment § permalink

This isn't going to end well for Palm

September 11th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink

Does anyone remember Real Networks and ultimately what happened to them? It’s a history lesson that Plam could learn from. During the early years of the online music battleĀ a cat and mouse game between Apple and Real Networks broke out when Real built a player capable of playing music purchased on iTunes. Apple responded by [...]

CrashPlan Central Review – The Perfect Online Backup Solution?

September 6th, 2009 § 39 comments § permalink

CrashPlan

Many of you read about my poor experience with the Carbonite online backup service. After that experience I was ready to throw in the towel on online backup and not think about it until the market got a little more mature. This plan was cut short when my already favorite home backup solution CrashPlan lowered [...]