Technology archives
Is Ownership Passé?
In this first piece in a series, I look at ownership vs. renting, the result of a number of observations throughout the last few months.
Tags: Access, Apple, Connectivity, Content, Data, Internet, Media, Technology, Trends, amazon, kindle, netflix, own, rent
2009 Predictions: Hardware
Where I try to read the tea leaves and divine what new gadgets will be coming this year and the trends they will engender.
Tags: Computing, Connectivity, Content, Internet, Trends
Apple: Same value, lower price?
In this entry, I analyze the differences between the old MacBook Pro and the new MacBook, based on Steve Jobs' announcement that it was the same functionality for $700 less. Sometimes, one has to do the research to discover whether something is true or not.
Google unveils web-based OS
Welcome to TNL.net. If you like this content, you may consider subscribing to the RSS feed.A product long rumored and whose very existence was long denied by Google itself finally launched: the Google browser, aka. Google Chrome. There are a number of things that are good and a few that leaves one scratching his head [...]
Tags: Advertising, Browser, Google, HTML, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, hybrid computing
No Changes in Mobile
Today’s announcement by Nokia that it would acquire all of Symbian represents an important move in the upcoming battle for next generation mobile devices (to call them phone seems unfair as they tend to do more than just make calls). In this entry, I’ll take a quick look at how the different players are currently [...]
Tags: Apple, Google, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Nokia, Palm, Software, Strategy, Wireless, operating system
iPhone 2: More than meets the eye
There has been much written about Steve Jobs’ keynote on Monday, introducing a new version of the iPhone, a rebranded version of .mac, and a new version of the OSX Operating System. However, amid all the praises, there seems to have been a few items missing from the discussion. iPhone: 3G OK but not everywhere As expected, [...]
Tags: 3G, AT&T, Apple, Microsoft, PDA, Pricing, SMS, Strategy, United States, Wireless, operating system
