Monday, November 11, 2013



What's an active user worth?





If Apple were Twitter, how much would Wall Street pay for it?

His estimate: $48 per user per year on iTunes and iCloud alone. A Twitter user, by comparison, generates $1.36 -- one thirty-fifth as much.




Betting against Apple's options: The poor man's algorithm





Apple scores back to back wins vs. Google's Motorola in German, ITC patent cases


Guilty verdict against Google in Germany halts its Motorola case against Apple





Hey! hey, You! you,  Get off of my cloud

Don't hang around because two's a crowd ...Mick Jaeger 


Samsung is already busily poaching key Apple personnel like Dr. Luc Julia

SAMI sounds and looks a whole lot like Siri and iCloud

Former director of Siri now working with Samsung on "internet of things" initiative or SAMI

Former Apple software engineer Luc Julia, who was in charge of developing the company's Siri virtual assistant, is now working at Samsung on SAMI, a platform that looks to aggregate and distribute data from Internet connected devices.





This will be the challenge for Angela Ahrendts

Apple Store sales fall 3% as iPhone, iPad distribution network grows


"Through their array of post-sale services, the stores also seem to have become a magnet in attracting Windows users to the Mac platform," he said, noting that about half of the estimated 1 million Macs sold in Apple Stores last quarter were to Windows "switchers."





Look Inside Apple's Spaceship Headquarters With 24 All-New Pics







Microsoft Surface ad fails to Excel at math, according to  Apple's Numbers







Toyota's 'dream' 4Runner SUV controlled by Apple iPads






Hence the iPhone's pretty colors

Kids No. 1 holiday wish? The iPhone, says survey





Apple showed interest in BlackBerry patent buy, board refused offer






Apple Store set for University Town Center Sarasota, FL





Google has been trying to hack into iPad and iPhone app development with only minor success, with the exceptions of Google Maps, Google Search, and YouTube.  The QuickOffice App below might cause MS some major concern.

The best plan for Google and Microsoft is to keep writing their apps for iOS, because their own platforms and ecosystems are not all that attractive for iOS developers.

Google Apps for iOS




Livescribe 3 smartpen announced for iOS devices





Did you know that there is a website, conference, and expo dedicated to tablets?

Neither did I, but I found one via Flipboard.

This conference will be something else Apple will never participate in. 

The site's sole purpose is to lead people to believe that Apple's competitors are either leaders or equals to Apple in tablets when just the opposite is actually the case.

TabTimes = BadTimes

TabTimes Solutions Event






There are other alternatives, besides Keynote, which is a killer alternative itself.

No Office on iPad, but over 5 million PowerPoint presentations have been uploaded using SlideShark






Who needs Office? Free Quickoffice iPad app comes to Google Apps for Business users





Buckle up: Apple's next three years will be insane

In the past three years, Apple has dared to be dull.





Besides this great virtual studio panoramic photo (georgemartin_topstairs), scroll down the page for more photos. 

Click on "snapshot" link for stills.

Those corner walls with the windows are on wheels and could be moved around in the studio, changing the shape of the room for isolation or acoustics.  

The Beatles virtually in Studio 2, and session stills 

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