Since the first iPhone was shown, January 2007, it has turned the mobile industry upside down. Shortly after, September 2007, the iPod Touch was launched. Sort of an “iPhone without the phone.” Then in 2010, the iPad was launched. And, of course, the Apple TV was launched as a “hobby” the same day the iPhone [...]
Apple Bank Card
Mar 6 2012
Game Changers. Apple has a history of changing entire industries: The Mac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, The App Store, iPad, iBooks, Apple TV, etc. The change to these industries are digital and disruptive. What’s next? It needs to be something BIG, very B-I-G. Apple’s market capitalization is approximately $500 Billion with revenues of over $100 Billion [...]
Steve Jobs: Digital Disruption
Feb 16 2012
At first we might have dared it was luck. Then he did it again and again and again. Each product more revolutionary and bold than the last. During the dark ages, when he was in exile from Apple, while he created PIXAR and NeXT and creating the intersection between fine arts and technology, the rest [...]
Steve Jobs & Larry Ellison: The Line in the Sand
Oct 15 2010
Legend has it that when Steve Jobs was about to make his return to Apple, that he met up with his good friend, Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle. At that time, Microsoft was the dominant tech powerhouse and Apple was on the brink of bankruptcy. Both Oracle and Apple viewed Microsoft as a formidable adversary. [...]
Apple’s EcoSystem
Jan 26 2010
Tomorrow, the world is expecting Apple, Inc. to revolutionize the world, once again. It’s revolutionized the world several times: personal computing, the iPod, the iPhone, and hopefully, tomorrow — the iTablet (or something along those lines). However, we must realize that all these hardware devices have fairly dependent ties to iTunes for content and that [...]
Two Wires
Sep 29 2009
Apple/Intel‘s Light Peak. I wrote about this back in Feb 2006. So glad it’s finally happening, and I quote: Two Wires I like to simplify things. The minimum to achieve the optimum — Occam’s Razor. Therefore, I am going to suggest that there only needs to be two kinds of wires in the world. Yes, [...]
Many, Many, Little Pieces Means Big Performance
May 31 2009
Are you seeing the trend for increasing performance? Computing Intel CPU multicore (currently, 8 cores) NVIDIA/AMD GPU multicore (currently, hundreds of cores) Storage Fusion-IO Drive multiple flash RAM modules (currently, hundreds of modules) Power Tesla Motors vehicle power pack made up of multiple batteries (currently, hundreds of batteries) Many little pieces working efficiently together with [...]
iPhone 3
Feb 5 2009
The rumor mill has been buzzing, once again, about the possibility of a new iPhone. Apple’s Senior VP, Phil Schiller, mentioned that June is the normal release time for new iPhones, and the last 2 years have been right around that timeframe. So what is next? What could Apple possibly change to make us want [...]
The Apple Netbook / Mac Tablet $699
Oct 31 2008
Talk in the rumor mill keeps flying to the topic of Apple needing to release a Netbook to survive this economic downturn. There have also been ongoing rumors that Apple will release a Mac Tablet – essentially a large version of the iPod Touch or iPhone. These rumors could become reality if Apple decides to [...]
Did I inspire Bill Gates’ bgC3 logo?
Oct 22 2008
I incorporated a start-up company called 3oc, Inc., in Kirkland, WA, a few years ago. However, the name, 3oc, often was confusing to explain. Is it 3oc, threeoc, three0c, etc. The venture has since been re-incorporated under a different name (and still in development mode). However, the logo that was made for 3oc, Inc. looks [...]