There was a time when people either chose an Apple (AAPL) smartphone or, if they thought it was too expensive, they’d settle for an Android smartphone. Being able to afford it was the defining factor. While at times, spec-wise, Apple was selling about the same devices as the Android competition, people still opted for Apple at a higher price. That is the very definition of Apple having a moat, and Read More
Of Apple Stores and Automakers – Motley Fool
Don’t let it get away! Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool’s FREE and easy new watchlist service today. Click Here Now On this day in economic and business history … The first Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) Store opened to the Read More
Android’s Design Principles And The Calculus Of The Human Pleasure Response – TechCrunch
Android UX and interaction design leads Helena Roeber and Rachel Garb gave a talk at Google I/O this year about the Android Design Principles (ADP) they helped create and introduced back in 2012 with the launch of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The ADP foll three simple principles, essentially “enchat, simplify and amaze,” but there’s much more to those principles that that relatively slippery and non-scientific language might lead you Read More
Cracking The Case Of The Missing Google Gadgets – Forbes
Breaking: The Complete List Of Google I/O Product Introductions As They Happen Robert Hof Contributor Google’s Page Says Web Progress Hampered By ‘Negativity’ By Rivals (Live) Connie Guglielmo Forbes Staff Google Still Struggles To Explain Why Normal People Should Care About Google+ Robert Hof Contributor Developers browse less momentous hardware at Google’s branded merchandise store at the I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Despite persistent rumors that Google Google would Read More
Former Google Exec Turns Whistleblower On Company’s Tax Avoidance … – TechCrunch
Google is under fire in the UK for its tax practices in the country, and a new key witness (who spoke to The Sunday Times) might put them in deeper hot water when he hands over a reported 100,000 emails and documents to the British Revenue & Customs (HRMC) services. Barney Jones, a former Googler who was at the company between 2004 and 2006, says he has material proof that Read More
Google Glass: Privacy, policy violation worries arise with wearable gadget – Newsday
Tweet Google Pin It Originally published: May 19, 2013 9:59 AM Updated: May 19, 2013 10:05 AM By REUTERS Photo credit: AP | Google co-rounder Sergey Brin wears Google Glass glasses at an announcement for the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at Genentech Hall on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus in San Francisco. (Feb. 20, 2013) Read More
The week in cloud: Google and Microsoft in slap fight while IBM and SAP play … – GigaOM
Google I/O, which saw the public launch of Google Compute Engine, also spawned a “I know you are, what am I,” slapfest between two companies that would like to unseat Amazon Web Services as the king of public cloud. Apparently Google CEO Larry Page doesn’t think the company’s “Don’t be Evil” mantra applies to trash talking rivals. And someone should clue in him in that a billionaire whining about how Read More
The After Math: Google I/O 2013, BlackBerry World and Nokia’s Lumia 925 – Engadget
A new Lumia phone from Nokia, this year’s Google I/O and BlackBerry Live — yep, it was a pretty hectic week for us, but also a good seven days for tech news. Even if Google didn’t have any truly new hardware for us, it’s started up its own on-demand music service, gave us more details on Google Glass, redesigned its Maps and, well, it was a very long keynote. Read More
Twitter will damn your soul, Saudi cleric says – CNET
A light in the darkness? (Credit: Twitter/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Life becomes more meaningful when someone from a long way away reflects your own thoughts. It makes you feel less alone, less forlorn on your island of one. I was, therefore, lifted to heights previously unimagined on hearing that the head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has declared that Twitter is an appalling waste of time, mind, and soul. Read More
Samsung Galaxy S4 versus HTC One – GottaBeMobile – Gotta Be Mobile
Tweet The HTC One won an Editor’s Choice here at GottaBeMobile. The Samsung Galaxy S4 impressed, but didn’t get the honor. But while we hear a lot of buzz about the HTC One, the Samsung Galaxy S4 might well be a better choice for Android phone buyers, even though the HTC One might look like the better piece of hardware. The Samsung Galaxy S4 ships in a plastic case Read More