Google Book Search: Wealth of Giants
Jesse Chan | November 30th, 2007 | No Comments
Google Book Search initiative has met some resistance with publishers. Nevertheless, Google has been steadily scanning a significant portion of the world’s books and putting portions of them online to browse and purchase. The significance of this is astonishing. While, the Internet has grown at a rapid pace, much of the world’s […]
Apple Bonjour: Secret Weapon?
Jesse Chan | November 29th, 2007 | 4 Comments
Bonjour is Apple’s implementation of Zeroconf that is included with Mac OS X. Bonjour is a service discovery protocol which has the primary function of discovery services on a local area network (LAN). It uses multicast Domain Name System (DNS) service to locate devices such as computers, printers, and services that those […]
The Downfall of the Microsoft Empire
Jesse Chan | November 13th, 2007 | 9 Comments
Microsoft is seeing a monumental, momentum shift. Never before has Microsoft seemed so vulnerable. It is being attacked on all fronts by huge, game-changers. Is this a repeat of computing history? Microsoft changed the scene when they licensed MS-DOS and later Windows to IBM — which was the dominant force, at […]
10 Ways To Go Viral
Jesse Chan | November 1st, 2007 | 3 Comments
We’ve all seen it before, a small company comes out of nowhere and takes the world by storm. Within days everyone seems to know about them. How is this possible? Many times this happens by accident, but other times, it has been carefully planned out to go viral — spreading the news […]
Apple’s Stock 28x in 4.5 years!
Jesse Chan | October 23rd, 2007 | 2 Comments
On April 17, 2003, Apple’s split-adjusted stock price opened at $6.60 a share. Today, October 23, 2007, Apple stock opened at $188.56. That’s over 28 times your initial investment in just a 4.5 years! Incredible. In fact, Apple just passed IBM and Intel in market capitalization! Who would have […]
The Platform Is What Matters
Jesse Chan | October 17th, 2007 | 12 Comments
Today, Steve Jobs mentioned that the Apple iPhone will finally opening up for third-party application development in February 2008. Apple will provide a iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers to create applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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I Thought the Customer was Always Right
Jesse Chan | October 3rd, 2007 | 4 Comments
“The customer is always right.”
A bit of a rant . . . This morning I was sent through the run-around with Washington Mutual (WaMu) Bank. I had converted one of my accounts to another type of account about a year ago, in-person, when I went to one of their local banking sites. […]
iTunes Movie Rentals and Old Media
Jesse Chan | September 23rd, 2007 | 4 Comments
Word on the street is that Apple is about to unleash iTunes Movie Rentals. If this turns out to be true, what will be the socio-economic impact of Apple’s latest move? Will iTunes dominate the movie industry as much as it has the music industry?
Obviously, Hollywood is wary of this recent development. The […]
Interview with BinaryNights
Jesse Chan | September 17th, 2007 | No Comments
Ever since I discovered BinaryNights Forklift application I have been a lot happier with my Mac. This was the best $29.95 I have spent on Mac software in quite some time. While Mac OS X is amazing, the Finder is difficult to use at best. But now, with Forklift, I happily go […]
White Earbuds
Jesse Chan | September 16th, 2007 | 3 Comments
For a product to be a market differentiator it needs to set itself apart from the rest of the competition. There needs to be a maverick quality about it. One of the Apple iPod’s key differentiators, which is often overlooked, are the included white earbuds. While competitors often use dark-colored headphones, the […]