I founded omnes.tv, host the Device Drivers show and produce/engineer the Revelator show. With the little time I have remaining I delve deep into tech topics and publish my findings here on TenFingerCrunch.
With its shares trading at a near 9-year low amid increasing skepticism over its prospects for a turnaround, expectations for RIM’s first fiscal quarter are decidedly low. As Jefferies analyst Peter Misek told AllThingsD, “It’s going to be terrible with a scoop of worse for August.”
The quote from Wedge analyst Brian Blair nails it:
RIM finds itself in such a situation with an aging product line and nothing that appears able to change its fate in the pipeline.
When you lack vision for the last 5-years—no doubt in part to their once dueling co-CEOs—it becomes obvious you are only digging your own grave. I feel for the employees who are uncertain about their jobs. They have only management to thank for that.
Apple will unveil the changes by year’s end, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. The company will more closely integrate its iCloud file- storage service with iTunes so users can more seamlessly access and manage their music, videos and downloaded software apps across different Apple gadgets, the people said. Apple also plans new features for sharing music, the people said.
This is very interesting. If true, it makes me wonder how much better the iTunes experience will become.
Allows multiple users to create integrated music queues
Support content from Google Play [Movies/Music/TV] and YouTube
Judging by the specs above, this appears to be a $300 Apple TV competitor, with deep integration with Google services rather than Apple iTunes. With the exception that it is made in the USA, I am still trying to wrap my head around why this is worth $200 more than Apple TV.
If implemented, this feature will be great for me, since I would prefer the Podcasts icon to be next to Netflix. Why else would you want to move icons unless you have a ton of them available? Makes me wonder if Apple is planning something bigger, like native Apple TV apps.
I wrote an article last year discussing how there were already Apple TV apps available via streaming from your iPad or iPhone. While passable as an option, having them baked in would be great. No longer would you require an accessible and fully charged iOS device to run apps on your TV.
“I view the changes in the messages pushed out by their marketing department as some important baby-steps,” he wrote in a blog entry.
“Let’s hope more Apple Mac owners are also learning to take important security steps — such as installing antivirus protection.”
My favorite phrases are “messages pushed out by their marketing department” and “baby-steps.” Nice way to discredit Apple’s more intense focus on OS X security. But it makes sense why he said that: because Sophos offers OS X antivirus software.
If he wanted me to take him seriously, he should’ve pointed to independent data exposing OS X malware threat levels rather than ridicule Apple’s recent change of focus. Give me data, not back-handed compliments.
