Year: 2010

Greg’s bite: the Nokia story

Posted by | Sep 14, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills
Nokia, in big trouble

I can remember having Nokia cell phones, but that goes back a few years. Recently the smart phone revolution has taken it’s toll, and Nokia’s market share has fallen off dramatically.  In an attempt to reinvigorate the company, they ditched their CEO of long standing, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to tap a former Microsoft Executive, Stephen Elop for the job. To a great extent it might be sort of like rearranging the deck chairs on the doomed ship Titanic.  

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More and more folks ditching pay TV

Posted by | Sep 14, 2010 | , |

Thirteen percent of current pay TV subscribers in the US say they are “somewhat” or “very” likely to cancel their current subscription in the next 12 months — and not sign up with another provider — according to a survey of 2,000 US households recently conducted by Strategy Analytics (http://www.strategyanalytics). And I may be among them.

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‘MacVoices’ looks at QUp for the iPhone

‘MacVoices’ looks at QUp for the iPhone

Posted by | Sep 14, 2010 | |

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Dan Pourhadi is back, this time wearing an iPhone app developer’s hat.

He discusses his new app, QUp, which gives you more control over playlists on the iPhone. Pourhadi explains the ability to see, skip and re-arrange upcoming tracks without having to stop what you’re currently listening to, or navigate the traditional menu system.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Sept. 13

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Sept. 13

Posted by | Sep 13, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Livescribe has introduced the free Pencast Player application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The app enables consumers to access a digital copy of their synchronized notes and audio as pencasts from anywhere. Now notes and audio from critical meetings or lectures are portable and playable when you need them.

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