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UPDATE: John tweeted out just before he got onto the plane for Boston #emcworld Sox/Yankees Sunday at fenway. 2 tix to best comment my Chowda/TheCube post (http://bit.ly/aSSAAk) or RT it. To clarify, retweet out the line above, make sure you include the …
Death Of The Netbook? Apple Sells 1 Million iPads – 30% Estimated To Be 3G; New User Experience Very Compelling
Apple just announced that they have sold over 1 million iPads. I hope this data released by Apple and validated by consumers serves as a wake up call for Intel to start innovating fast because the much under-marketed Netbook initiatives are all …
Steve Jobs Memo: Thoughts on Flash (Why Apple Doesn’t Use Flash)
Apple put out a release by the CEO Steve Jobs on his thoughts on Flash. Basically it’s a slam on Adobe. Here are some of the highlights from Steve’s statement: Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s …
Daily Show Video: Apple Busting Down Doors WTF Is Going On
Ever since Gizmodo broke the news of the new iPhone 4 which was acquired illegally, the entire iPhone 4 thing has been a disaster. Everything went wrong with it. My Angle: Gizmodo never should have bought stolen goods, Apple never should have …
C-Squared – Controversy & Creativity; Is The Theme For Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Kicks Off June 7 in San Francisco
Apple is announcing the dates for their Worldwide Developer Confernence – June 7th in San Francisco. This should be a ton of fun given all the creativity around the iPad and all the market success of the iPhone. Of course on the …
#Datacenter #Metrics – Is 70 Data Center Performance Metrics Enough?
There is a movement in the datacenter circles to rethink metrics. What are the right metrics for performance? The industry is moving towards heavily towards Application Performance oriented metrics for better business visibility into their Data Centers and away from traditional “up …
Moving Up The Stack – VMWare and Salesforce.com Team Up for Turn Key Cloud Applications as a Service
Today, VMWare and Salesforce.com teamed up to announce VMforce an enterprise Java cloud. In an effort to productize general-purpose cloud computing services VMware and Salesforces produce a joint product called VMforce. The new solution and offering is a loud-based service called VMforce …
Facebook Announces Web Land Grab – The Evolution Of The Web
Brett Taylor of Facebook is posting his Angle on the new announcements called The Evolution of the Web. Many people are worried about Facebook’s massive land grab to dominate the web. I feel ok since they are committed to being open and …
Facebook Friends The Web – They Will Unleash Creativity and Money For All
Facebook is trying to leverage their huge installed based to socialize all the web. Today, at F8 Facebook’s developer conference Mark Zuckerberg announced his vision to socialize the web with Facebook’s new changes. This Is All About Google It’s clear this is …
Apple Crushes It’s Financial Results – Reports Second Quarter Results
Apple posted record March quarter revenue and profit as iPhone sales more than double. The revenue were up about 50% and profits up 89% representing the best non-holiday quarter ever for Apple Computer. Man this is just the beginning of a big …