Reality TV is a sign of the impending doom of civilization; any society where “Jersey Shore,” “Toddlers and Tiaras,” and “My Redneck Vacation” are hits can’t survive for long. Still, I figure I might as well jump on the bandwagon and make a boatload of money as long as civilization is still standing.
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Several Apple patents has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
Patent number 8174452 is for a cavity antenna for wireless electronic devices (top graphic). Wireless portable electronic devices such as laptop computers are provided with cavity-backed monopole antennas.
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There are rumors — and I don’t doubt them — that the 17-inch MacBook Pro is nearing its end. According to the predominant speculation, Apple will basically turn its entire laptop line into MacBook Airs with 11-inch, 13-inch and 15-inch models differentiated by different specs, but all lacking an optical drive.
Read MoreThere’s still a big divide among employers and employees on the whole concept of bring your own device (BYOD.
Mimecast (http://www.mimecast.com), supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, has released findings from a survey of 500 IT professionals and administrators from the 2012 DevConnections conference held in Las Vegas. The survey highlights that BYOD is still a hotly debated enterprise issue and unveiled a divide between employees and the business.
Read MoreBen Bajarin, writing for “Techpinions” (http://macte.ch/ZfOzV) predicts that desktops are going to make a comeback and that it’s notebooks that are “the past” as tablets such as the iPad continue to grow in popularity. I think he’s onto something, despite a more-common line of thinking that the desktop is the past of personal computing as ever more folks move to laptops.
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