When I took over the management of Information Technology at my school all of the computers were Windows PCs and all of the staff, myself excluded, used Windows at home and had Windows laptops. I developed a 3 year plan to overhaul IT which involved the slow introduction of Macs. In 2007 I bought two iMacs, [...]
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According to reports coming in yesterday Apple sold 300,000 iPads during the weekend. An impressive quantity of units by anyone’s measure. While it stands to be seen how sales develop from here on in it is an encouraging sign. Now that real people (as opposed to technology journalists) have got their hands on the device we have [...] The iPad will officially reach the hands of consumers today and, boy, have the wires been abuzz with news surrounding Apple’s latest mobile device. So far there have been no announcements of an Australian launch date so in the meantime we can only wistfully watch from afar. During the week reviews from some of the more well [...] With the announcement of the iPad Apple stimulated discussion on the future of computer. Some commentators have described the touch screen tablet device as disruptive and I believe that they are quite correct. When I showed my iPhone to my mother, a woman who fears technology, wouldn’t know one end of a computer from the other [...] One of the biggest complaints levelled at the iPad is that it lacks support for Adobe’s Flash. Flash is a software platform that allows addition of interactive web content and animation on the web. It is most commonly used to display video on the web and in the use of web applications such as games. Flash has [...] In 1997 as he resumed the helm at Apple Steve Jobs told a packed MacWorld audience that “We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose.”. Minutes prior to that statement Bill Gates, the Microsoft CEO, had appeared on the big-screen behind Jobs and confirmed Microsoft’s commitment to [...] Apple’s latest creation, the iPad, made its debut on the 26th ending the months (years?) or speculation that preceded it. For the Apple faithful this device represented a long harboured desire to see the Newton resurrected after its summary execution at the hands of Steve Jobs in 1997. Rumours of a hand-held computing device from Apple [...] Mike Elgan writing over at Computer World. Perhaps I don’t totally agree with all of his observations, but I love the fourth one. This seems to have a great deal of resonance with the profit versus market share theory that Apple applies to its products. For example, among others John Gruber at Daring Fireball cites a report that [...] The OC Register reports that people were queuing to get into a new Microsoft store at an Orange County mall in order to get a show-bag containing free tickets to a concert my a Canadian pop star. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/microsoft-store-viejo-2628335-mission-first Whatever you might think of Apple fanboys at least they are queuing for the products and the company, not [...] Last week saw the release of Windows 7. It also saw Microsoft launch its new retail store strategy. Both events were covered widely by the tech media and rightly so since they are both worthy of note, but one really gets the feeling that both were further symptoms of the giant, Microsoft, stumbling further off kilter. It is [...] |
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