By Greg Mills
As I scan the news for interesting information, sometimes stories just jump out at me. I particularly notice when a well known figure is proven dead wrong. Some time back, Steve Ballmer stated in an interview that tablet computers were just another PC, dismissing the impending threat to the Windows PC OS. monopoly.
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Apple is getting ready to launch a “a new far reaching cloud-based service” focused on video, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek says in a note to clients, as reported by “Business Insider” (http://macte.ch/d8H1k).
Misek says Apple will use its new massive data center in North Carolina to offer an advanced web-based video subscription product that rivals Netflix.
This will allow Apple to take advantage of its iOS lock-in and increase device sales, he adds. According to “Business Insider,” here are the highlights of the analyst’s report:
Another day, another lawsuit. Walker Digital (http://www.walkerdigital.com) has filed suit in Delaware “to stop the unauthorized use of its intellectual property rights and to recover its substantial investment in innovation.” In total, 15 suits have been filed against more than 100 defendants, including Apple, Microsoft, eBay, Amazon, Facebook, Wal-Mart, Groupon, Sony and Google.
Walker Digital Chairman Jay S. Walker is the founder of priceline.com, Synapse and other companies. He’s also the lead inventor on a majority of the company’s patents and applications.
Read MoreRadVision (http://www.radvision.com) has announced Scopia Mobile V3, which the company says is the first enterprise application for Apple iOS and Google Android devices that allows mobile users to connect with full video, audio and H.239 data collaboration to the nearly two million installed standards-based video conferencing and telepresence systems worldwide.
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Despite mounting competition from other operating systems, Apple’s iOS will continue to own the majority of the worldwide media tablet through 2015, according to Gartner (http://www.gartner.com). Due to the success of Apple’s iPad, iOS will account for 69% of media tablet OSs in 2011, and represent 47% of the media tablet market in 2015, says the research group.
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