Posts by John F.

What I don't get is that Apple makes custom chips, right? Not totally different, but still custom. But Samsung, a competitor, produces it. So certainly Samsung will rip off their custom designs? Better for Apple to produce their chips...

I just don't see it. They have 45 million users. They have maybe 1 million paying customers. They have to keep growing year on year. Infrastructure costs are high. Most consumers are just too stupid to see any value in paid joining....

It's still hard to see a solid business model for Dropbox. How many of the 45 million users only use the free stuff? I mean, they give away 2 GB for free. Then they ask only $9.99/month for 50GB. How many people use the paid stuff? How...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cash907 I'm really not impressed with post Steve Jobs-Apple so far. Don't be guided too much by sentiment. This "post-Jobs" thinking will blur your vision, thinking it was always peachy under...

From FOSSPATENTS Today's announcement by Samsung states that the petitions to be filed today in France and Italy "will each cite two patent infringements related to wireless telecommunications technology, specifically Wideband...

Thunderbolt = future 10 Gbps, 10 Watts power, bi-directional, daisy chain, can be connected to every video source via adapter, and is compatible with every connector out there via adapters!

I'm not sure if the info going around is correct. The Apple press release certainly focusses only on subscriptions, of videos, magazines, newspapers, audio, and does not mention books at all. Really, is Amazon affected by this? Amazon...

Note that in the press release, Apple focusses on subscriptions, of videos, magazines, newspapers, audio. Apple does not mention books at all, because ebooks are purchased and not subscribed to. This is about weekly, monthly, etc....

Is this only for publishers, or also for content distributors? The question is, does the uptake of subscribers via in-app outweigh the costs of 30 percent? Maybe publishers would like a higher take, but what if this in-app thing...

Uhh, but the GSM Association has proposed embedded SIM cards with remote activation for 2012. It's in the news. Originally read it on Engadget. So it's coming, via Apple or otherwise.