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Intermittent Signal: Whither Apple Now?
October 21, 2011 by Mark Watson
My MacBook, running on OS X Lion, may be heading towards consumer oblivion, just like the 1962 Univac, thanks to ill-design.
Read full post »Intermittent Signal: How Steve Jobs Didn’t Impact My Life. Until He Did
October 19, 2011 by Mark Watson
Never knew Steve Jobs. Didn’t even own an Apple until 2005. But as I marvel at the iPhone 4 and the last three generations of iMacs, iPods, iPhones and iPads, I look at the hardware – the genius of Mr. Jobs is in the hardware.
Read full post »Intermittent Signal: HTML5 Frustration Comes as Standard
October 7, 2011 by Mark Watson
Why did it take HTML five years to realize someone might want to have a rectangle with rounded corners, a gradient background, the use of more than a few “safe” typefaces in a Web page? Because it was trapped by standardization.
Read full post »Intermittent Signal: Google Buys Motorola. Nothing Silly About It
August 16, 2011 by Mark Watson
Googarola? MotoGoog? The only thing silly about Google’s mid-August, surprise acquisition of Motorola is the merging of vowels.
Read full post »Intermittent Signal: Can Anyone Take the Bite Out of Apple?
August 9, 2011 by Mark Watson
Apple’s numbers aside, there’s a case to be made for Google, Microsoft, and Amazon to trump those numbers. But they better move fast.
Read full post »Intermittent Signal: Brits Lag on Mobile Banking
July 7, 2011 by Mark Watson
A UK survey of 2,000 adults produces some statistics on mobile banking – consumers are ready. Now the banks need to get on board and gain their trust.
Read full post »Hello Team Nokia, I’m the New Captain. WE’RE SINKING! TO THE LIFEBOATS EVERYONE!
February 11, 2011 by Mark Watson
Nokia and Microsoft…a marriage made in…well, somewhere.
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