If you choose for your business strategy to be garnering some of the highest profit margins going down in consumer technology hardware, you might get beat up by an up and comer whose strategy is to gain mastery of the bottom end. That’s exactly what has happened in the first quarter of calendar year 2016.… Continue reading Chromepocalypse? Chromebooks Outsold Macs last quarter, but it’s only a small deal
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Controllers & Remotes: Episode #4 – 2001 a Space Odyssey & Mobile Games
It’s one parts NetFlix, one part games. The crew of Peter, Agasicles, and Jon bring you a screening room discussion of a selection from the most recently dropped movies on NetFlix, followed by a deep dive discussion in one area of video games. This week, we take on Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: a Space Odyssey”. Then,… Continue reading Controllers & Remotes: Episode #4 – 2001 a Space Odyssey & Mobile Games
The Forge: Google Pixel C – Review
The Google Pixel C is a premium Android tablet that sets the bar for what can be achieved by Samsung, Lenovo and others who use Android OS on their tablets. It’s 2016 and Judgement Day is coming for this category of devices. Many industry analysts have proclaimed the death of (ARM-driven, non-Windows) tablets, while more… Continue reading The Forge: Google Pixel C – Review
NextBit Robin Now $100 Off – $299 on Amazon: Info and Value Assessment
Smartphones are becoming a bit like comic books. It’s difficult to launch a new character from a new publisher into a space already crowded by brand names like Nexus, Galaxy, and iPhone. But every once in a while, a new one comes along that grabs a small slice of the action. A couple of years… Continue reading NextBit Robin Now $100 Off – $299 on Amazon: Info and Value Assessment
CEO John Chen Still Bullish on Blackberry Hardware
It seems like it was just yesterday, but John Chen actually became CEO of Blackberry over 2.5 years ago. In that time, Chen has claimed that he would shut down the hardware division of the Canadian company if it failed to turn itself around. Afterwards, it seems, he went bullish on phones. Even while retooling… Continue reading CEO John Chen Still Bullish on Blackberry Hardware
Mid-Term Test Drive – iPhone 6s: GTD and 2 Months In
An editorial on productivity on the iPhone 6S and a general overview after 2 months of ownership It’s been about 2 months since I started my digital pivot away from devices that were mostly long-term review units and just started outfitting my own kit with the best gear available. Into my secondary phone slot went… Continue reading Mid-Term Test Drive – iPhone 6s: GTD and 2 Months In
Blackberry Priv On “Sale” at AT&T for $639.99 – Price Still Absurd
There are things in tech that I’d love to love. Quirky little things that maybe the rest of the world does not get. I fell in love with the notion of the Samsung Galaxy Note while most media pundits declared it a fail before it even launched. I got lucky and this notion of a… Continue reading Blackberry Priv On “Sale” at AT&T for $639.99 – Price Still Absurd