Microsoft is catching some heat today for their new ad comparing the Surface Pro 3 to the MacBook Air. Of course, Microsoft has been doing so since first announcing the Surface Pro 3, and so this ad isn’t anything new. Here’s the ad: Here are two more: In his Computerworld article titled “Surface Pro 3 […]
Apple Fan on Motorola’s Moto 360 Smartwatch: “It’s stupid” (Update: Aha!)
August 9, 2014 by 6 Comments
Update: @ianwaring clarified things a bit for me on Twitter: Gruber is talking here about the small cutout portion at the bottom of the Moto 360’s LCD, which indeed could be characterized as a “flat tire” if you wanted to look at it that way. I know that Motorola has a reason for their design […]
Orphan Black’s Silly Patient Notion
July 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I started binge-watching Orphan Black on Amazon Prime Video the other day, and I was enjoying it immensely until right up to the tail end of the first season. Tatiana Maslany’s acting definitely lives up to its billing, and it’s certainly a shame that she’s been snubbed at the Emmy’s for two years running. However, the show […]
Will a Plan B (Or C) Work for Windows Phone?
July 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
Paul Thurrott, along with a few others, is among the most knowledgeable and influential writers when it comes to everything Microsoft. So, in my transition to all-Microsoft products, I’ve started to follow him a bit more closely. His latest piece, titled “Plan B for Windows Phone?”, is interesting and makes some important points. I don’t […]
Windows Phone’s Past Performance Does Not Predict Microsoft’s Future Results
July 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I’m certainly cognizant of the uphill battle that Microsoft faces in terms of making Windows Phone a viable player in the smartphone market. They have a very compelling strategy, namely that of creating a single development environment that supports many different platforms (Windows 8.1 desktop, notebooks, hybrids, and tablets, Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones, and the […]
Windows 9 Threshold: Why Microsoft Shouldn’t Kill the Desktop
July 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Rumor has it that the next version of Windows, Windows 9 or codename Threshold, will automatically disable the desktop on smaller tablets like my Dell Venue 8 Pro. Some people say that this is a natural and logical progression because the desktop on such a small device is impossible to use. On the other hand, […]
I’ve Seen the Future, and it’s the Microsoft Surface Pro 3
June 15, 2014 by 5 Comments
I was excited to learn that a new Microsoft Store was opening in a mall about 10 minutes from my house (the Oaks in Thousand Oaks, CA), and upon visiting it yesterday was subsequently disappointed to learn that it’s actually just a kiosk. So, my plan of making a quick trip on June 20 to […]
Windows vs. Apple: An Accurate Measure?
January 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Alex Wilhelm wrote a fascinating and, I think, important article on Techcrunch yesterday (1/14/2014) where he argued that we need a different way of measuring the market share of Windows vs., say Apple products. He started by showing the following graph, which was created by Asymco and which is intended to show that Apple […]
Android Apps on Windows: Good or Bad for Microsoft?
January 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
There’s been a fair amount of debate recently about whether running Android apps on Windows machines is good or bad for Microsoft. Quite a few pundits maintain that it’s a bad thing, at least some saying that the availability of Android apps reduces the incentives for Windows developers to make quality modern UI apps for […]
ASUS Transformer Book Duet Skimps on the Resolution
January 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
As much as I love the idea of a powerful machine that can run both Android and Windows 8.1, it seems like every vendor who’s made one has missed the boat on some important aspect. Of course, Samsung’s ATIV Q, in addition to offering only 4GB of RAM (to be shared between both OSs), was […]