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Samsung won by a score of 535 vs Apple’s 533. The power circle chart showed Apple winning handily in four categories, including performance, ease of use, physical design and tablet features. Only one category showed a clear win for Samsung: cost. But most folks were a bit skeptical, considering that the JD Power report only…
If you think Apple splurges on marketing, check out this chart. And before you suggest that Samsung spreads its budget over a wide range of electronics, look at this chart.
John Gruber posted a very good piece on the on-going patent war. This latest lawsuit filed by Rockstar is an escalation of a patent war against Google and Android, not the start of it. Nobody looks good here — not Apple, not Microsoft, but certainly not Google either. Google started filing lawsuits based on Motorola…
Is Carl Icahn good for your company?
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Some folks might think that Carl Icahn‘s plans for Apple’s cash pile is good for the company. After successfully taking Dell private, Michael Dell disagrees, though. “It’s a big poker game to him,” says Dell. “It’s not about the customers. It’s not about the people. It’s not about changing the world. He doesn’t give a…
Good design is timeless
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Dave Brasgalla converts Ron Cobb’s “Semiotic Standard” iconography into iOS 7 icons. The iOS 7 versions of the symbols keep both their strength and their characteristic flavour. It makes me smile to think that 35-year-old designs can suddenly feel current and even trendy again. It’s tempting to say that Cobb was ahead of his time…
Laptop Mag compared the two cameras side by side. The iPhone 5s conclusively beat the Nokia Lumia 1020 in our photo face-off, taking seven out of 10 rounds–and tying one. Even after updating the Lumia 1020′s camera software, which reduced issues with the blue color cast on many images, colors were still more accurate on…
Blackberry knew what they were up against but were unable to respond to it fast enough. Publicly, Mr. Lazaridis and Mr. Balsillie belittled the iPhone and its shortcomings, including its short battery life, weaker security and initial lack of e-mail. That earned them a reputation for being cocky and, eventually, out of touch. “That’s marketing,”…
Virgin America’s new in-flight safety video
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Virgin America launches a catchy in-flight safety video. Take part in the #VXSafetyDance contest on Instagram to audition for the next video.
Great news. Implementation is still up to the individual airlines so it might not be coming to your favourite airline just yet. Passengers will eventually be able to read e-books, play games, and watch videos on their devices during all phases of flight, with very limited exceptions. Electronic items, books and magazines, must be held…