AI, Mobile, and Eveything Around the Cloud

Unbelievable Bloomberg iWatch rumors :  Biometric on the iWatch?  Puleaze... The Loop called it.  I don't know where Bloomberg is being led here.  Yes, it's being led by someone for unknown reasons.  I figure at this point, it's probably Apple PR trying to screw with the market.  I can see competitors now scramble to figure out just what Apple is up to. At least, the Verge has something more real when it discussed issues with the battery life. Regardless, the consensus seems to be that Apple will release a new device unlike anything currently in its line-up.  It'll likely go up against a plethora of Android watches as well.  Oh, and don't forget Google's glasses as well. On Rumors:  It shows just how low journalism has fallen.  It has failed to keep up with changes blogging has done to reporting and now mainstream news sources have become blogs themselves by reporting on unsubstantiated rumors.  Can you imagine i...

If you don't know by now, Evernote has warned that everyone change their passwords because "Evernote's Operations & Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Evernote network that appears to have been a coordinated attempt to access secure areas of the Evernote Service". ( Evernote blog ) A couple of observations about this.  Before I start, I want to say that this is not specific to Evernote.  In fact, various media outlets, like the New York Times, Washington Post, and WSJ, along with tech giants like Yahoo and Google in the past and, more recently, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft were all victims of coordinated and sophisticated hacking attacks. And with more of us putting our data in the cloud, through various services and webapps and apps, we have to assume that one or more of them is always under cyberattacks and threats.  Furthermore, we may even have to assume that some of our data has already been compromised. So...

Source: Yahoo . Recently, there have been some chatters out what iTunes and the App Store means to Apple's growing ecosystem. What folks are not talking about is podcasting and what it could truly mean not only for Apple's future but for media in general. The problem with podcasting is how it started and how folks have since come to see what it means. I've listened to podcasts long beside Apple made it a household name. They were everywhere. Not like today but if you google audio broadcast for the Internet, you would have found something. Of course, things have changed. iTunes is very easy place to find a podcast on just about everything and every subject you want to listen too. Tons on mobile tech, politics, entertainment. And now, video podcasting seems to be taking off. But the misnomer that this is amateur is still sticking. Obviously,for those I'd is who listen to them judiciously, we know that quality various. You've got TV broadcasts that are provided by net...

Source:   Politico . I have never seen a Star Wars fanboy agree with a Star Trek ensign agree on anything regarding their respective space saga.  Have you?  My guess is you probably never had both in the same room before. I think it would take Starfleet armada to take on a Death Star but you never want to discount anything when guys like Kirk or Solo gets into the mix.  This is not about SW versus ST.  I know better than to go down that road. This is about President Barack Obama’s “Jedi mind meld” in his sequester speech.

Source:   The Loop . Wacom , the folks who made drawing pads, is looking to enter the tablet market.  I like to say that it'll probably be Android-based but we'll see if they surprise us with a Windows 8 version. One this is for sure:  it'll have a pen. -->

I’ve read a few blogs about how Google’s Chrome OS 12” netbook with “Apple-beating Retina” display that it was an awesome notebook except it was still more expensive than a fully equipped Macbook Air.  First, let’s get this out of the way.  No one is going to mistaken the Pixel for a Macbook in terms of features or apps. Rather, Pixel is about the future when Web standards are so robust that webapps can do pretty much what standalone apps for OS X, Windows, Linux, iOS, and, heck, even Android are capable of. Again, this is about the future.  For now, I have to agree with a lot of people who suggests that even if a price cut to $999, they still would not buy a Pixel.  I simply don’t have a grand to throw around and I’m very content with my Macbook Air. However, who knows in a few years when Google’s innovative energy can allow a Web-based OS and laptop to begin to challenge the status quo in the PC market. But note this.  I expect those who would buy a ...

Source:   Appleinsider . There's an iPHone rumor going around today that I want to address.  Before, I get into it, again, I don't like traffic in rumors but I think it's okay to discuss in the context of what it truly means to me. The rumor is that there will be an iPhone that will cost $330 that has a polycarbonate body.  If true, this is what I think the specs will be like.  It's likely a unibody with a 3.5" Retina Display like the current iPhone 4/4S.  It could have a body very similar to the iPhone 3G/3GS but less angular along the side.  The camera could be well be only 5MP because Apple like won't give anything more than that because if you want 8MP or more, you'll have to shell out money for the iPhone 5 or better.