AI, Mobile, and Eveything Around the Cloud

Because of some work being done on my house, I did not have power last night.  Of course, I would have appreciated some warning from the contractor but it was a good "drill" if you will of what an emergency without power would be like.  In some respect, I was ready.  Almost.  I had my banks of USB-charged batteries, one with more than 10,000 mAh and two with more than 20,000 mAh.  Not to mention a couple of LED lights that were solarly charged.  How did I fare? No power meant no Internet service.  Now, I don't know what would happen in a 10+ earthquake on the Richter scale which we may we see one day living in California and all or a Category 5 hurricane which we are never going to see in drought stricken California, it's possible that we may see all of our power knocked off along with cell towers toppling over.  But since this was a drill, I had cell service.  And best of all, I have T-Mobile so I was able to Bing-On with music and video. No...

I've waited a year for an update to last year's super-ultra-thin 12" Macbook.  And while I had hoped that Apple would do one of those quiet refresh of the Macbook line with the still new-ish Intel Skylake chips that offers better performance and longer battery life, I suppose we will have to wait a few months longer until the next Apple event, which is the June World Wide Developer Conference. But the possible bonus to the extra three month wait is that Apple may refine the Macbook line, specifically the Macbook Pro.  However, I have a Macbook Pro and I'm not looking for another one.  It does what I need it to do for the most part so I'm looking at the 12" still. However, should the 15" Macbook Pro manage to shed a couple of pounds, I may give it a second look.  In fact, I would not mind a bigger retina Macbook should Apple release one with 15" and manage to have it come out to about 3 pounds.  Considering that I am very mobile as in that I move abou...

Sure, tech and Apple-centric pundits are not impressed with Apple's announcement today with the game changing iPhone SE with powerful specs and 6S Plus-like battery life and the 9.7" iPad Pro that should make investors very happy. But what most missed today is Liam, Apple's robotic tool, that if it works as advertised in the video below, could be the most revolutionary thing out of today's announcement. Liam, designed to take apart old iPhones Apple received for spare parts and reclaim rare and expensive minerals, may well be just the beginning of robotics for Apple and its future factories.  If Liam could be designed for sophisticated tasks as pulling apart nuts and bolts and separating batteries and metals, Liam could potentially have an even more sophisticated sibling that will one day put together our iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. This could be the next major step in manufacturing from Apple that could revolutionize robotics and, perhaps, even A...

Look at the battery specs for the new IPhone SE. It has a battery life comparable to the iPhone 6S Plus. This bodes well for the next iPhone 7 Plus.  What does this mean? For mobile warriors such as myself who are constantly worried about battery life, the iPhone SE can be an excellent daily driver. This was truly unexpected. At best, I expected to see iPhone 6S numbers of 10 tip 11 hours of use. But with 12 hours of estimated Internet use, this was beyond anything I had hoped for.  What does this mean? For mobile warriors such as myself who are constantly worried about battery life, the iPhone SE can be an excellent daily driver. What this means is that we can expect even better battery louder from the next iPhone 7 or Pro update this fall. - Posted using Mobile