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A lot of people like best his 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech. (VIDEO)
It’s a simple, humble, narrative-driven speech, touching on his adoption, his decision to drop out of Reed College, getting fired from and then returning to Apple, and being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
A great inspirational leader has died.
I’ve got Prey installed.
Prey lets you keep track of your phone or laptop at all times, and will help you find it if it ever gets lost or stolen. It’s lightweight, open source software, and free for anyone to use. And it just works.
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I’m often recommending WordPress as the best platform for hosting websites. It’s far and away the most popular platform in 2011.
WordPress Powering Practically Half Of The Top 10,000 Websites
It’s free. Get started here.
Google’s competitor — Blogger — has always sucked, in comparison. But now Blogger sucks less than before.
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Android and Apple together now account for nearly 70 percent of smartphone subscribers in the U.S. … (they) keep taking share from RIM’s Blackberry, Microsoft, and Symbian.
The most astute Steve Jobs tribute I’ve read is by MG Siegler on the incredibly ugly redesigned TechCrunch:
… For years, all we’ve heard is about how when Steve Jobs was no longer head of Apple, the stock would be destroyed. The actual result? A 0.65 percent loss for the day. The broader Nasdaq index actually did much worse: a 1.95 percent loss. Had the market risen today, Apple probably would have closed up.
Think about that for a second: the day after Steve Jobs steps down as CEO of Apple, Apple’s stock could have easily risen. ..
… Apple just had its best quarter ever. The iPhone, released just four years ago, is now their most important product. The iPad, released just last year, is a bigger business than the Mac. Earlier this month, Apple pushed past Exxon as the most valuable company in the world. This is Sandy Koufax retiring. This is Barry Sanders retiring. This is John Elway hanging it up after winning two Super Bowls in a row. This is Rocky Marciano walking away undefeated.
In his resignation letter, Jobs says that he believes “Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it.” And maybe that will indeed be true. But if it is true, it will be in spite of his departure.
But those words are also why I think this resignation may be Jobs’ final masterstroke. …
My buddy Andy from Microsoft showed me how it works. Very cool. Much prettier than iPhone. And astonishingly different than iPhone.
Kudos.
Normally infamously slow to market, with this software, Microsoft is early.
Microsoft has locked up Nokia. The two mega-corporations will partner starting with a handset codenamed ‘Sea Ray‘.
Click PLAY or watch a Mango promo on YouTube.
… On the other hand, the Molly Rant Mango review was lukewarm, at best:
… it’s the end of my second week of life with Windows Phone 7 Mango, and it’s time to render a verdict. I should say at the outset that two weeks doesn’t sound a lot of time to live with an entirely new platform, and I might have lasted longer but for serious problems with the HTC Trophy I’ve been using (one-day record for spontaneous reboots: 15, including three in 15 minutes). …
So, what’s the verdict? It’s like, but it’s not love. This is not going to be my next smartphone. …
Read more: Cnet
I still think the phone market will shake down to 3 strong options in this order:
1) Android
2) Apple
3) Windows
Google bought Motorola mobile for $12.5 billion. This way they’ll have more control over the hardware, as Apple does.
Blackberry may hold on to some niche business market.
HP has killed their webOS Phones and TouchPad. Too bad. … That platform could a bin a contendah.
… development proposal for their new Apple Campus 2 on a 175 acre area …
Apple is planning for the future. They already have an empty $1 billion data center in Maiden, NC. … Nobody knows what they are going to do with it, perhaps not even Apple.
I’m assuming the company is keeping their options open. Who knows if there will be any more new cash cows after the iPad?
After what seems like months I’ve finally got my primary computer, a MacBook Air, back in my loving arms.
I’m still recommending the Air. Especially, the NEW 11 inch with basic factory specs. That’s the best deal and all most people need.
Click PLAY or watch a review on YouTube.
Buy directly from Apple. A dealer in Europe could not fix it on warranty, but the first Apple Genius I met with did me a big favour, … he replaced the Clamshell top half as well as the Logic Board. Even though that FIX was not supposed to be covered by warranty.
No cost for a fanboy such as myself.
Apple has the best customer service anywhere.
Rick McCharles 