Apple

WGHubris on February 15th, 2011

The Apple iPhone and Apple iPad are some of the most revolutionary and beloved devices on the planet. So many people use them, in fact, that providing a user friendly, integrated means for publishers to sell and install content on these devices is a valuable service that Apple should be compensated for.  In fact, Apple [...]

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WGHubris on November 12th, 2010

An interesting development in the world of technology may be inadvertently playing out with the release of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablet computer. When Apple released the iPad to much fanfare in early 2010, one of the big things people noticed was that the device did not support Adobe’s Flash. Flash has become a widespread presence [...]

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Some analyst decided that he would take the sales figures for computers and then add the sales of iPads to the numbers for Apple, thereby concluding: Apple Is the Number 1 Computer Seller If You Count iPads I don’t even know what to do with this. The idea, I am well aware, is that iPads [...]

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WGHubris on June 30th, 2010

Mark Twain once said that there were lies, damn lies, and statistics. The more you know about math, the more you understand that what he meant was that one can lie with statistics, NOT that all statistics are lies. The trouble with statistics is two-fold. Number one, far too many Americans are math illiterate. High [...]

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WGHubris on June 13th, 2010

Technology bloggers and their tech media compatriots are infamous for  proclaiming things revolutionary at seemingly random intervals. It seems that every new product or startup company signals the end of computing or networking or technology as we know it. These proclamations are based on nothing more than hype or taking one possible outcome way out [...]

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As I read the release coverage from the technology community about the new Apple iPad I kept thinking, what could you actually do with it that would make it work buying one for $500? Sure, it can surf the web and read emails, but so can a lot of much cheaper devices. I began to [...]

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WGHubris on July 11th, 2008

Wired magazine had a glowing review of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, but I think today we’ve shown it as an example of what not to do.

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