Peter Petrovski
November 2011
8 posts
October 2011
25 posts
Google Reader’s new look and forced Google+ sharing are now live →
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Not sure how I feel about these changes.
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Microsoft gives us a glimpse into the future
Microsoft has produced this slick video for it’s Productivity Future Vision concept. It depicts a world where everything is seamlessly connected through a network of mobile, virtual and 3D technology. Some things seem overly complicated and unrealistic however, and you have to wonder if this kind of seamless connection will ever be possible across devices in a world with competing operating operating systems and wireless technologies.
Can I ask why you removed the TNW logo from the "never too late" post? Were you actually trying to pass it off as your own, or am I overreacting and you just innocently assumed that everyone would figure it out on their own? Or did you figure that it didn't matter that most people, upon seeing it on your blog with no credit, would assume that you made it?
You should check your sources before making accusations.
TNW actually added their ‘credit’ after Zee (editor of TNW) shared it - https://plus.google.com/103907806627406122152/posts/WKmKPZ8ZWB5
I don’t know if the original image was created by TNW or not. Regardless, I shared it from Google+ where there was no TNW attribution in the image.
The Key Difference Between Apple And Amazon Will Be Seen Next Quarter →
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Amazon is predicting record Kindle sales next quarter, just as Apple is predicting record iPhone and iPad sales next quarter. But there’s one key difference.
As a result of those record sales, Apple is predicting record revenue next quarter. Amazon, meanwhile, is warning that revenue will lag behind.
Apple is going to set records for their two highest revenue products. Amazon is going to set a record for a product that they may actually lose money selling.
Apple and Amazon play in the same general space now, but they play in that space in the exact opposite way of one another.
Apple’s model clearly works in this space. Amazon’s model? We’ll see. Remember, they’ll be competing with Apple on the price of much of their digital content as well.
The ability to upsell Amazon Prime may end up being the key here…
Update: And a good follow-up tweet from Michael DeGusta:
…and next quarter Apple will actually report their iPhone/iPad sales while Amazon will not report their Kindle sales.
Amazon has never reported actual Kindle sales numbers in their earnings statements. It’s very odd. They always talk about the setting sales records, but they refuse to back those claims up with any actual data. It’s like bragging you’re the best at something but when asked why that’s the case, you respond with “just because”.
Maybe Amazon will change this odd trend and actually report tangible numbers in the holiday quarter.
iPod Godfather creates super cool thermostat
Techcrunch sat down with iPod father Tony Fadell to get a video demo of the device that brought him out of retirement and has been eighteen months in the making.
Siri's response to Andy Rubin dismissing it →
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Andy Rubin says he is not interested in turning Android devices into personal assistants. Find out what Siri thinks.
“I’ve never thought - You know what I don’t like about this phone? The screen’s too small. I’d like to reduce my battery life, and I’d like my phone to protrude from my pocket in a larger and more conspicuous rectangle, to achieve a larger screen that I cannot comfortably use one-handed. That would be completely worth it.”
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Marco Arment on iPhone screen size.
Android phone manufacturers need to stop treating screen size as if it were penis size.
