Feb 3, 2012 | Android, Apple, Google, iPad, mobile, phone, tablet
Previously: Technology Is Not Getting Easier! Forbes published an article today that provides a nice postscript about new devices becoming more complex and cranky. Do iOS Apps Crash More Than Android Apps? A Data Dive is rich with details but the important lesson is...
Jan 29, 2012 | Android, Apple, Google, Google+, mobile, phone, photos, web_services
Most casual photos are taken with a smartphone now. There is something to be learned from a quick comparison of the process of getting photos from a phone to a computer on an iPhone and an Android phone. It’s a good way to understand why Apple is the most valuable...
Oct 24, 2011 | Android, Apple, Google, Microsoft, mobile, phone
A new model of phone has been introduced roughly every day in 2011 but none of them have been very interesting. Until now. Let’s take a look at three big developments in the phone world. (Fair warning: I do not have any personal experience with any of these phones....
Oct 16, 2011 | Android, Apple, business, computers, laptops, Microsoft, mobile, tablet, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Apple’s brilliant success since Steve Jobs returned in 1997 has made it the largest company in the world by almost any measure, with a market capitalization that exceeds Microsoft and Intel combined. iPhones define the smartphone market, even if they do not completely...
Oct 14, 2011 | Android, Apple, Facebook, mobile, photos, security
Many people instinctively protect their privacy. In their minds, it’s not anybody else’s business where they shop, who they visit, what they talk about, or what movies they watch. The divide is getting wider between naturally private people and the rapidly growing...
Jul 24, 2011 | Android, Apple, business, hardware, mobile, tablet
You jangle your keys in your pocket next to your Motorola phone and the screen isn’t scratched. You drop your iPhone and the glass doesn’t break. You jab with an icepick over and over at a Thinkpad X1 laptop and for goodness’ sake, I hope you stop to wonder what in...
