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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 »Intermittent Signal: Nokia is Going ‘Round in Circles
May 24, 2011 by Mark Watson
Like a roundabout, Nokia is going nowhere fast.
Read full post »Intermittent Signal: App Store Wars
May 10, 2011 by Mark Watson
It is highly plausible that today’s consumers are no longer worried about missing out on the app experience if they buy a device not born in Cupertino.
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