All technology trackers have known the PC era is over. Of course old fashioned PCs will not disappear, but they are not the driving force they used to be. All projections have been for poor PC sales. But there was hope that with a great new operating system from Microsoft (Widows8) maybe the decline would [...]
Thanks In Large Part to Windows8, PC Shipments Post Steepest Decline In History, Worse Than All Estimates
April 10, 2013 By 1 Comment
Renders Leak for purported HTC superphone, Facebook Messenger unleashes VOIP calling and more
January 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. Samsung Chromebox with Intel Core i5 surfaces - One of my more recent purchases was a Samsung ARM Chromebook. I have become a big fan of the Chrome OS. Upgrading the internals to an Intel Core i5 processor offer a better experience for users (especially [...]
Ryan's Tech Predictions on consumer IT and mobility for 2013
January 11, 2013 By 5 Comments
With this post we dive deeper into technology trends associated with consumer IT, especially mobility in 2013. These flow from our earlier overview of the seven shapers of technology in 2013, but have a bit more fidelity. We offer some predictions on how we see the mobile and technology world over the next year. These [...]
Microsoft Windows Store Protection Hacked, Nexus Chromebook, anyone? And more
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here are the top tech news and stories of the day. Microsoft’s Windows Store protection cracked – The Microsoft Windows store is a key component of Windows 8, and figures greatly into future revenue streams for the firm. However, a hacker has figured out how to turn 7-day trials into the full version of the [...]
Mobile Malware and Future Threats
November 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Wired.com had an excellent article last week about Mobile Malware and it got me thinking about future computer threats a little. Let’s see where my mind went: Mobile devices far outrank traditional computers and the gap is only growing. The Wired article points to only one of the problems with this, the lack of good [...]
Microsoft Surface Details are out, Verizon is collecting and selling your data and more
October 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here’s today’s top mobile news and stories. Pricing and more details are now available on the Microsoft Surface RT Tablet - this device will be running the ARM version of Windows 8, complete with it’s own version of Office. The tablet starts out at $500 for 32GB and for $100, their flip keyboard/cover can be had. [...]
