James Gosling on Java, Sun, Oracle … and the Borg

It’s tough living in a world of Borg-wanna-be’s.

16. August 2010 · Leute, Technik, Wirtschaft

Die Google-Flops

Eine Infografik

15. August 2010 · Technik, Wirtschaft

Initial Thoughts on Oracle vs Google Patent Lawsuit

Oracle finally filed a patent lawsuit against Google. Not a big surprise. During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle where we were being grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google, we could see the Oracle lawyer’s eyes sparkle. Filing patent suits was never in Sun’s genetic code. Alas….

Weiter bei Miguel de Icaza

13. August 2010 · Technik, Wirtschaft

Why We Need To Abolish Software Patents

Pam Samuelson, one of the co-authors of the report, says that her conclusion from the research is that the world may be better off without software patents; that the biggest beneficiaries of software patents are patent lawyers and patent trolls, not entrepreneurs.

Weiter bei Techcrunch

8. August 2010 · Technik, Wirtschaft

Apple’s self-inflicted bruises take the shine off its untouchable brand

Apple has been having a tricky time, with the latest hiccup a warning by the German government about the security of its devices

Weiter bei Guardian

8. August 2010 · Politik, Technik, Wirtschaft

Die Geschichte von Apple (Infografik)

Wie alles begann …

7. August 2010 · Leute, Technik, Wirtschaft

Digitale Herausforderung: Verlage zögern digitale Angebote hinaus

In den Verlagen haben alte Print-Hasen das Sagen, die Investitionen ins Internetgeschäft blockierten, befindet eine Studie. Damit verbauten sich die Häuser ihre eigene Zukunft.

Weiter bei FTD

3. August 2010 · Medien, Technik, Wirtschaft

Wenn PR-Firmen Nachrichten machen

Diagnose SMS-Sucht. Das klingt nach einer spannenden News – und ist doch ein Schwindel. Ein Fall um eine vermeintliche Handy-Krankheit zeigt, wie geschickt PR-Firmen Nachrichten platzieren und wie bereitwillig die Medien diese verbreiten.

Weiter bei FTD

1. August 2010 · Medien, Wirtschaft

Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn’t get the iPad

What’s remarkable—and what should be, for any Microsoft shareholders, a deeply troubling sign—is that Ballmer, apparently, wants to do none of this. For him, the PC model is the only option. It doesn’t matter that it has never worked for this market in the past.

Weiter bei Ars Technica

31. Juli 2010 · Leute, Technik, Wirtschaft

The Varieties of Religious Experience: How Apple Stays Divine

There are scholars who study Apple’s consumers as religious devotees. Consumer behavior specialists Russell Belk of York University and Gulnur Tumbat of San Francisco State, even put together a framework for assessing Apple’s mystical mythology. The company was built on four key myths, they argued.

Weiter bei The Atlantic

26. Juli 2010 · Leute, Technik, Wirtschaft

You Are Not Your Phone

Is there anything the typifies the sybaritic complacency of the American consumer than feeling personally slighted when somebody criticizes your phone? Put away your slings and arrows, mailroom pundits, and remember these fuckers work for us.

Weiter bei Gizmodo.com

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13. Juli 2010 · Medien, Technik, Wirtschaft

HP’s Phil McKinney previews printed displays and other mobile tech

He ducked any questions about specific product announcements, but he did talk about why HP spent the money to buy Palm, rather than focusing on building devices with existing operating systems like Android or Windows.
“When you look at success in the marketplace, it’s about those companies that can control the end-to-end experience,” McKinney said.

Weiter bei MobileBeat

13. Juli 2010 · Technik, Wirtschaft

Tesla Motors CEO can’t handle the truth

Elon Musk, the CEO of electric-car startup Tesla Motors and rocket-launcher SpaceX, should be applauded for the mighty challenges he’s taken on and the powers of persuasion he has deployed to build his companies. But along the way, he discovered that he could stretch the truth, casually and frequently, as a shortcut to getting things done.

Weiter bei VentureBeat

12. Juli 2010 · Medien, Technik, Wirtschaft

How to Make an American Job Before It’s Too Late: Andy Grove

Recently an acquaintance at the next table in a Palo Alto, California, restaurant introduced me to his companions: three young venture capitalists from China. They explained, with visible excitement, that they were touring promising companies in Silicon Valley.

Weiter bei Bloomberg

2. Juli 2010 · Leute, Technik, Wirtschaft

Imagining A World Without Google

Could Microsoft have actually ended up in a worse position than it is today? Would Apple have gone bankrupt? Perhaps Yahoo! could have ended up as the most powerful company in the world? Would the Internet be anything like it is today?

Weiter bei TECHi

25. Juni 2010 · Technik, Wirtschaft

Why Amazon’s Kindle Will Eventually Win the e-Book Wars

The books I buy in a Kindle store will work on an Android device, as well as on an iPad, iPhone or Mac. Oh, also on my Kindle by the way, which I can take out of my drawer at any time.

This is a big advantage for Amazon, for as more people start living multidevice lifestyles, such cross-platform availability of content will increasingly become a big deal.

Weiter bei GigaOM

22. Juni 2010 · Medien, Technik, Wirtschaft

Microsoft: Weg vom Fenster

Die Erfolge von Apple und Google schwören eine Zäsur bei Microsoft herauf. Die Zweifel häufen sich, ob Steve Ballmer für das mobile Internet-Zeitalter noch der richtige Mann an der Spitze des US-Softwaregiganten ist.

Weiter bei Wirtschaftswoche

19. Juni 2010 · Technik, Wirtschaft

Apple’s Folly: Why The iPhone Is In Trouble

Apple is in danger. That danger is rooted in the largely closed and controlled business networks Apple spins around its products. Newsweek’s Jacob Weisberg recently put it quite eloquently when he pointed a finger at Apple CEO Steve Jobs for attempting to “replace the chaos of the Web with his own velvet prison”.

Weiter bei SiliconValleyWatcher

18. Juni 2010 · Technik, Wirtschaft