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Apple spends relatively little on lobbying efforts

Apple spends relatively little on lobbying efforts

Posted by | Dec 23, 2010 | , |

Apple, easily the most influential company in consumer technology today, spent relatively little on lobbying efforts in Washington — only US$340,000 — this year, reports “All Things D” (http://macte.ch/6UA2K).

A list of lobbying funds from other companies include Verizon ($3.83 million); AT&T ($3.47 million); HP ($1.63 million); Microsoft ($1.63 million); Oracle ($1.6 million); Google ($1.2 million); IBM ($1 million): Yahoo ($540,000); Facebook ($120,000).

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Greg’s bite: Streak, Vista 7 Mobile phones, more blood in the water

Greg’s bite: Streak, Vista 7 Mobile phones, more blood in the water

Posted by | Dec 23, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

New high tech products are sold, first at the hopeful high price the manufacturer would like to hold as the “suggested retail price.”. If the product sells like hotcakes at the high launch price point there is no reason to cut the price until the market is saturated. The market place is not kind to products that are not perceived as the best in their class. Why buy a Zune, for example, when you could buy an iPod for the same money?

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Greg’s bite: Net Neutrality, Stuxnet, Vista 7 phone

Greg’s bite: Net Neutrality, Stuxnet, Vista 7 phone

Posted by | Dec 22, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

The FCC voted 2 to 3 to make the new rules regarding wired “Net Neutrality” official. It won’t be know for some time if they even had the authority, since the radio waves are not in use for wired Internet, but the principles of the rules may be adopted by Congress, anyway. The Internet wants to be free of censorship by ISPs and not be controlled by carriers of broadband service.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Dec. 21

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Dec. 21

Posted by | Dec 21, 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/).

Verizon says  FiOS TV customers who also have Apple’s iPad can now download and use Verizon’s free FiOS Mobile application, which lets customers manage their DVRs and browse FiOS video-on-demand (VOD) offers remotely, plus turn their Apple tablet into a remote control for their HD set-top boxes.  

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Greg’s bite: Net Neutrality and Apple

Greg’s bite: Net Neutrality and Apple

Posted by | Dec 21, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

The FCC is preparing to make rules for what is called “Net Neutrality.” This is important to those of us who use the Internet and particularly those who might want to innovate in new services related to broadband, like Apple.  

There will likely be a vote today, and it is expected the FCC will move to ban wired broadband Internet providers from blocking or slowing down traffic they don’t like. The notion is to make wired broadband unrestricted by ISPs to the benefit of streaming services.

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