Let’s Face It, Tim Cook Is A Manager, Not An Innovator

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

Once Apple was an innovative company which developed radical products that changed the way people live and work.
That’s why the company’s revenues and earnings grew by leaps and bounds, beating the most bullish analyst estimates quarter after quarter.
But that was some time ago, when the founder of the company was a serial innovator, competition was almost nonexistent, and market saturation was low.
Today, Apple is still an innovative company. But iy no longer develops radical products. It just churns out different versions of its old blockbuster products as the competition closes in and the market saturation grows high.
That’s why Wall Street doesn’t get as impressed as it used to with the company’s new product releases— and the reason Apple’s stock has been lagging in a strong technology market.

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Windows 10 Objectors Should Think Twice About Jumping To Mac

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

Windows 10 is humming along at a decent clip, but still has a long way to go before it steals the title of de facto desktop operating system. Many Windows users object to Windows 10 for various reasons, and a fair percentage have threatened to just abandon Windows entirely and switch to Mac OS X. I know the grass is greener—blah, blah, blah—but if your reason for avoiding Windows 10 is that you don’t approve of Microsoft’s strong arm tactics you might want to think twice.

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M 4.7 – 33km NNW of Piru, Indonesia

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

DYFI? – I

Time: 2016-01-27 01:40:16 UTC; 2016-01-27 10:40:16 +09:00 at epicenter
Location: 2.790°S 128.075°E
Depth: 35.74 km (22.21 mi)

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Will Today’s Kids Be Stumped by the Technology of the Future?

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

Will Today’s Kids Be Stumped by the Technology of the Future?
Children who grew up in a time of rapid innovation may be better equipped to learn how to use new devices later in life — or they might be as resistant to new tech as many seniors are today.

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M 5.1 – 38km ESE of Ngulu, Micronesia

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

DYFI? – I

Time: 2016-01-27 01:24:30 UTC; 2016-01-27 10:24:30 +09:00 at epicenter
Location: 8.314°N 137.804°E
Depth: 10.00 km (6.21 mi)

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Lyft partners with Waze as new default app for driver directions

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

A new Transport SDK will bring integration for partners to use Waze’s maps. Even though Waze is owned by Google, the map experience is completely different on either navigation app. This new SDK for Waze will let app-developers access maps with helpful crowd-sourced traffic information.

The new SDK will provide more optimized routes for delivering packages or picking up passengers. Waze lists benefits for partners, users, and other Waze users. Partners can benefit by being able to get better routes to reach more customers in the same time.

Users can wait less time for a ride, and enjoy a quicker route while the Waze community benefits from more drivers actively using the app. Waze is crowd-sourced so it relies on its regular users for its latest information on accidents, weather, road closures, and police traps.

Waze believes its SDK is capable of supporting a business or company in any country where Waze has a presence, just as long as Waze finds it feasible to partner up with it.

Lyft states that riders can expect the shorter wait times, quicker routes and more efficient carpool rides in the next coming weeks. Both iOS and Android Lyft apps will be updated for drivers to take advantage of the new integration, including a button that seamlessly returns from navigating maps back to Lyft to pick up another customer.

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M 5.0 – 109km ESE of Pangai, Tonga

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

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Time: 2016-01-27 01:27:06 UTC; 2016-01-26 13:27:06 -12:00 at epicenter
Location: 20.310°S 173.455°W
Depth: 92.75 km (57.63 mi)

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GoPro and Periscope — A Match That Makes Some Sense

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

GoPro is teaming up with Twitter-owned Periscope to allow users to broadcast live from their GoPro devices connected to iPhones, according to a GoPro announcement.

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Windows Of Opportunity: The Next Generation Of Glass

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

Humans have been producing glass for 5000 years, but did you know that its main ingredient can be found on beaches the world over? Silicon dioxide (SiO2), also known as silica or rock crystal, is formed from quartz, one of the most abundant minerals on Earth. Ancient glass was made almost entirely of silica, but these days, other compounds are added to ‘tune’ its physical properties – e.g. to make it more or less reflective, or resistant to high temperatures.

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Spotify video revolution begins with Android

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Frank Cisco

Spotify has made video streaming available via its Android app, although integration of the feature into Spotify’s desktop app is said to be off the table (at least for now). The Spotify video service brings content from the likes of NBC, BBC and Comedy Central to the app, with the company claiming that it will