iakttakelser (observations)

Associated Press definetly tells the story better than I did in my last post ;) NEW YORK (AP) — Consumer technology companies reporting financial results this week are looking like rowboats bobbing in the wake of Apple Inc.'s supertanker. Close to oblivion in 1997, Apple is now the world's second-most valuable company, after Exxon Mobil Corp. On April 20, it reported net income of $5.99 billion for the January-to-March period, nearly double that of a year ago. It shipped a record 18.65 million iPhones during the quarter. Its iPad tablet computers are so popular, the company couldn't make enough. And then AP describes the following competitors: — Microsoft Corp.: loser. — Nokia Corp.: loser. — Research In Motion Ltd.: loser.

Do we see some sign that $APPL are beating the rest, also on the Wall Street?  In the Q1 declaration we've seen that Samsung, RIM, LG, Acer and Microsoft have delivered less than analyst expected. Apple however, bet the analysts again.  Last week it was reported that iPhone growth was 115% and the market only 20%. 

Mobile: How hooked are we? 39% use it on the bathroom, 20% would drop cable TV if necessary, Google survey tells. In a post from TechCrunch by Leena Rao called Google Survey: 39 Percent Of Smartphone Owners Use Their Devices In The Bathroom , there is a ... 2011 iPhone Sales: > 100 million according to Matt Richman I like his analysis! On average, Q2 iPhone sales have been 16.6% higher than Q1 sales, Q3 iPhone sales have been 75.44% higher than Q1 sales... Update: Everyone are tracking you. It's not just Apple and Google that keep tracks of your movements. First it was revealed that Apple kept a log on your iPhone, and submitted it to Apple dayli. Then it was revealed that Google did the same w... Dilbert on forgetting passwords - again and again... From Dilbert.com: The Apple Growth Scorecard Neither I does understand the current valuation of Apple. Thanks to Dediu, I at least see the problem! "As the following scorecard shows, ... Facebook, It’s Time For An iP

I hate when I have to look at a flash page. Everything become slow and bad. Why will the Android tablets make their customer experience even worse? A post  from ReadWriteWeb by Dan Rowinski  tells the story of the missing Flash in Android tablets.

There are almost one size for each brand! As the infographic  from FlowingData by Nathan Yau  shows.

And the white iPhone is now sold out...

The survey of 1,018 men found that 88 percent of men said they “loved” their smartphone, with half of men saying they were actually addicted to their handset. Eight out of ten said smartphones made their lives better, making them more confident (73 percent) and making them feel smarter (68 percent). See the whole post by Om Malik at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/yKX863BhQ7M/

It's about manufacturing -  A post from TechCrunch by John Biggs  does a good job explaining the endless flops of altenate tablets coming out: In terms of manufacturing, the age of tablets is different from the age of netbooks mostly because there is no way to make a cheap tablet. You only have a certain, finite amount of space inside a small tablet case and, more important, tablet PC parts are expensive and often custom-built. Touchscreens are expensive because mother-glass manufacturers see Apple buying up their stock and they hope to make a killing. Flash memory is expensive because, well, Apple bought it all. And the tablets themselves are expensive because Apple set the prices.  And he finish: Although I’m reticent to call this a “post PC” world, I think this is a bit more than a fad, though, and it seems that Apple is so far ahead in terms of sales, popularity, and usability that everyone else is, in a word, flummoxed. They just can’t fit a tablet into a global supply chain

In Bahrain, the conflict seems to go from bad to worse, when the PM har ordered death penality on demonstrators. I'm told that this is about the Prime Minister, vying for power over the King and Crown Prince. And that the Shiite Majority in Bahrain respect the King & hold on to hope that the Crown Prince will gain strength to over come the manipulation of the the PM. He has been in charge for 42 years. I'm also told that the people want to be represented and be heard. There protests are economic, about housing, health, education, equality and the chance of a decent job. This is what they have been protesting for, not to over throw the the Govt. The moderates from both communities were uniting (Sunni & Shia), when the "thugs" started causing trouble. This reminds me on Egypt, when Mubarak let prisoner loose to attack demonstrators. This is extremly bad actions, that will make reconciliations even more difficult after the conflict ends. Seems to me that

Great for iFacturas.com which has apps for both iPhone and Windows Phomw 7!

From Windows to iPad – is it possible to do the jump? by mortjac April 29, 2011 How can you switch from a tool so ripe and extensive as the Windows platform something so barebone as iPad? Well, in order to do it, I first had to accept some principles:    I will renounce on functionality    I will not try to do everything on iPad    I will try to do things I didn’t do before, for instance music, video, podcast. The last point is very important. I need some positive feedback to keep myself motivated. And motivation is the clue, because it hurts to make the chance. It’s painful not to do it the way I did before, very painful!It became very clear what I couldn’t do on iPad:   SQL Database Manager to manage our GL21 in Microsoft Azure    MS Excel, which I use in budgeting and statistics. The pivot table function that I depend on, I haven’t found in any iPad app yet. Tell me if you know any! So I keep my Windows and Mac laptops. And continue traveling with my Mac still some ti

I like his analysis! On average, Q2 iPhone sales have been 16.6% higher than Q1 sales, Q3 iPhone sales have been 75.44% higher than Q1 sales, and Q4 iPhone sales have been 107.575% higher than Q1 sales. If we apply those numbers to the 18.65 million iPhones Apple sold in Q1 2011, we get 21.75 million iPhones, 32.72 million iPhones, and 38.71 million iPhones in Q2, Q3, and Q4, respectively. Adding those numbers together gives us a total of 111.83 million iPhones .

Apparently it does... from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Erica Sadun

The Netbook was so cute and promising. I was delighted, and viewed Goolge's work on its "Chrome OS for netbooks" as something really, really smart. But now? from Daring Fireball by John Gruber

In Windows Phone 7 we use Model View View-Model (MVVM) and on iPhone MVC. Apple support MVC during the whole process. Now we can also get it in Javascript, via Bacbone.js. See the article at from Nettuts+ by Siddharth

From Dilbert.com:

Neither I does understand the current valuation of Apple. Thanks to Dediu, I at least see the problem! "As the following scorecard shows, the company’s growth is exceptional. That does not seem to be something that is being valued by investors." By Horace Dediu from Asymco.com at http://www.asymco.com/2011/04/27/the-apple-growth-scorecard/

He leído este post orginal de Gestiopolis.com en el que se citan seis interesantes consejos para elegir el nicho de mercado correcto para una empresa. Aquí publico un fragmento del artículo original: La diferencia entre el éxito y el fracaso comienza por elegir el nicho de mercado apropiado para tu negocio. Hay muchas decisiones que se toman en los negocios, ésta es vital. Es como elegir dónde construyes tu casa. Pocas decisiones en los negocios tienen un impacto tan directo y vital en toda la vida de negocios como ésta. Igual sucederá cuando quieras desarrollar nuevos productos.

Apple are meeting the criticism of their caching of WiFi and mobile tower locations. Here is their answer, which should be quite calming: CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apple would like to respond to the questions we have recently received about the gathering and use of location information by our devices. 1. Why is Apple tracking the location of my iPhone? Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so.

Speed has two sides, speed of development and the speed of the app. And the bad thing is that speedy apps take long time to develope. We're currently trying to get new and speedier apps to the market, but we must wait with speeding up some parts, since that will too long. I found the article Why speed matters  from O'Reilly Radar by Joshua-Michéle Ross, quite utile to motivate my team. Here are some highlights: Speed is our default setting Human beings live and operate in a constant state of now; we process extraordinary volumes of information in real time. The acceleration of technology is simply an effort to catch up to our zero-latency experience of being. Whenever given a choice, we will opt for a service that delivers response times as fast as our own nervous system. Then Joshua-Michéle Ross discuss each of these points: Speed is money saved Speed is gratification delivered Speed is loyalty earned Speed equals certainty, delay equals doubt Speed is a key facet of busin

The press keeps telling us about Android prototypes that shall "kill" the iPhone. The sad thing is that people don't buy it. They buy iPads. The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Chris Rawson tries to explain this behavour in  Four Android myths lazy analysts love : Myth 1: Market share is the most important metric possible Myth 2: Android is a company, not a platform Myth 3: The smartphone market will be a repeat of the PC market, where Apple "failed" Myth 4: For Android to succeed, Apple must fail It's a long article, but it's worth reading. I let Horace Dediu in Asymco.com shows us the final proof in his blogpost  If Cash is King, Apple’s is an Emperor  where he let us see how we vote with our money.

MG Siegler is may have some sign of being hooked. But since I'm jealous that he saw the white iPhone before me, I don't think I'm so hard hit ;) from TechCrunch by MG Siegler

Couldn't agree more! Specially the single sign-on had been nice to have... ... from TechCrunch by MG Siegler

First it was revealed that Apple kept a log on your iPhone, and submitted it to Apple dayli. Then it was revealed that Google did the same with the Android phones, just not storing it locally. And finally  Got Windows Phone 7? Microsoft's Tracking You Too  showed that Microsoft did something similar. My understanding is that all this collection of data are needed to make your phone work better. So I don't worry. And you shouldn't either. Update: And there are more. From twitter I've got: @raynemusic Rayne Grant @mortjac Watch eBay and Yahoo, as well. I found both of them hacking into my computer a few years back.

In a post from TechCrunch by Leena Rao called Google Survey: 39 Percent Of Smartphone Owners Use Their Devices In The Bathroom , there is a lot of interesting statistics putting numbers to what we already knows: ...93% of smartphone users use their phones at home; 81% browse the Internet and 77% search on their phones, 72% of smartphone users use their phones while consuming other media. One-third of smartphone owners use their phones while watching TV. And 45% of smartphone consumers use their phones to help them to manage and plan activities, such as for dinner plans, travel arrangements and finances. Google says that 39% admit to having used their smarpthone while going to the bathroom and one in five users would give up their Cable TV in order to keep using their smartphones.

Det er vanskelig å forstå Kleppa. Hun er så tilforlatelig og blid. Og sier at hun selv har mistet nærstående i trafikken. Man kan forsøke å vurdere henne på hennes handlinger eller på hva hun sier eller skriver. Det er det siste VG artikkelen av i dag hjelper til med. Mangelen på handlinger har de dokumentert tidligere i serien "Norge på ville veier". Artikkelen finner du her http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10084722 Først i et svar på et skriftlig spørsmål fra stortingsrepresentanten Bård Hoksrud (Frp) skriver Kleppa: «Dersom det innføres en ordning hvor trafikantene lettere vinner frem med erstatningskrav, vil det kunne føre til at noen trafikanter slakker av på aktsomhetskravet og øker kjørefarten». Dernest hvor VG spurte samferdselsministeren om hun tror det er slik at «trafikanter med vilje vil utsette seg selv for økt fare for skade på person eller kjøretøy idet myndighetene gjør det lettere å vinne frem med erstatningskrav som direkte følge av dårl

from JustAnotherIpadBlog by patricj

Mer enn 90.000 kroner i året - eller over 250 kroner hver eneste dag - koster det å ha en vanlig ny familiebil i Norge.

If Android removes the “back”, “menu” and “search” buttons and put the “home” button a little far away from the touch screen, it becomes to look like something that already existed more than four years ago . Is that why Android invented these four hardware buttons?

As I sit at this airport in Paris, writing this piece, watching people come and go, I am haunted by two thoughts: The first is a question I cannot answer. How can you shoot people like that? Just watch a crowd march towards you; sit in a firing position, wait ... watch; then fire directly into a crowd of civilians. I did not see a single shot fired from the crowd in the few minutes we sat there watching people flail without any place to hide – a gut wrenching pink mist spraying strait in the air. It is that thought, and the words of a young man from the southern city of Deraa speaking about the country he once loved, a country that has forever changed asking me rhetorically: "What do we have? There is no humanity here anymore." By Cal Perry from Aljazeera.net blog at http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/04/24/there-no-humanity-here-0

Min erfaring er at mat i EU er veldig mye billigere. Helt ned til en tidel av norsk pris. Her er to eksempler: Torsk. Onkelen min, Oscar, som er fisker på Senja, forteller at han fikk 13 kroner kilo for torsken. I Oslo forlangte Georg A. Nilsen - sjømat, vilt og delikatesse i Bogstadveien 196,- for kiloen. Jordbær. Hos Carrefour i Finestrat kostet jordbærene ned i 1,15 euro for kiloen i April. Dvs kr 4,50 for kurven. På Tangen, Hedmark kostet den samme bæra 49,-. Siden dette er i april, er det ikke straffetoll på import til Norge. Mva er 18% i Spania og 25% i Norge, og differansen skulle utgjøre 26 øre. En kan gå ut fra at bøndene får det samme om de selger til Norge eller Carrefour.

Just read this nice post by Matt Joe at VentureBeat.com and I wanted to share it will all of you. It's a very nice post, but I'd highlight the following sentence:   " if you don’t like  innovation and change, stay away from mobile" Here's a part of the story: A quick glance at the mobile platform landscape has my company, the interactive agency  POP , learning from our first Windows Phone experiences, continuing to sharpen our skills on iOS, chasing down Android and all of its versions and devices, and assessing Blackberry’s Playbook amongst other technologies.  Platform preferences aside, if you don’t like innovation and change, stay away from mobile. We have been watching HP carefully since they started talking more publicly about WebOS.  We were all fans of Palm back in the day, right?  While consistent commercial success has been hard for them to achieve over the years, as a technologist, you have to tip your hat to the innovative ecosystem tha

Just read a post by VentureBeat stating that Quixey, a new startup, is offering a multi-platform search engine that will make life easier for both end users and developers. Here's a part of the story: Quixey , a new startup that’s developing a search engine dedicated to mobile apps, announced today that it will also make life easier for developers by giving them an easy way to manage their apps across multiple stores. Such a feature would be a boon to developers, since they can manage messaging for theirs apps in one location instead of having to visit each app store one at a time. Additionally, Quixey’s App Developer accounts will allow devs to see what users are saying about their apps in one location. The company says it has received “extremely positive feedback” from developers who’ve been testing out the accounts. Quixey’s search technology will also scrape the web to find all available versions of apps, which will remind developers of the platforms they haven’t yet hit,

Om Malik has written another great post on what makes a great app. Om tells about a favourite shop, and connect this experoence to the apps world. He sums up: There are few ways an app can work toward a better experience. It all starts with overcoming three major constraints with today’s mobile and smartphone experience: Network speeds, despite all the talk from carriers are limited and thus not conducive to heavy download activity. Limited screen real estate, which puts premium on every pixel. Finite number of mobile gestures (that don’t involve using the keyboard.) He goes through why fast is better, why size matters and why Facebook login is so important. Om Malik posts excites me. They excites me so much that I've been paying for his Pro service for some months. I must try to meet that guy when I'm in SF...

He leído este interesantísimo post en muypymes.com en el que se aconseja cómo redactar un Plan de Negocio (Plan de Empresa o Business Plan) de éxito. Aquí dejo un extracto del original: El   business plan   es un documento donde se especifica las   claves de un negocio que se pretende iniciar  o que ya se ha iniciado y quiere mejorar. Normalmente, este plan de empresas se muestra a posibles inversores por lo que tenemos que hacerlo lo más atractivo posible. El éxito o el fracaso de este escrito puede ser la clave del  inicio de una nueva empresa  o el siguiente paso para que nuestra compañía evolucione. Os dejamos   10 consejos  para que el plan de negocio sea un triunfo.   Plan de negocio acorde a presentación:  si ya tenemos una presentación para mostrar a los posibles inversores lo mejor es que el plan de empresa tenga una estructura similar. Así, facilitaremos a los interesados el seguimiento. 15-20 páginas : en el plan de empresas no importa tanto la cantidad como la calidad

Interesante post en maestrosdelweb.com en el que se detallan las características de seis aplicaciones que te ayudarán a elegir el nombre de tu empresa. Si acabas de crear una startup o estás pensando en ello, seguro que este post te resultará interesante. Aquí puedes leer parte del mismo: Una serie de herramientas que te ayudarán a definir el nombre de tu  Startup  con sugerencias de palabras de forma aleatoria. Aveces tenemos muchas ideas sobre proyectos y queremos darle un nombre único, que tenga sentido, que la gente lo recuerde con facilidad. Las sugerencias muchas veces no bastan y con estas herramientas quizás puedas darle un valor añadido a la lluvia de ideas. Un dato interesante sobre estas herramientas que te presento a continuación es que algunas han sido creadas por empresas dedicadas al diseño o una Startup como un servicio gratuito que ayuda a los lectores. Es una interesante forma de promoverte como empresa, regalando algo útil a la comunidad y tus clientes. ¿Cuál

Si eres una Pyme o trabajas en una, puede que te más de una vez hayas pensado que las redes sociales no van contigo. Pues este post de PymeCrunch.com puede que te haga reconsiderarlo. Aquí dejo un extracto: Poco a poco, pequeños empresarios y profesionales independientes se dan cuenta de la  importancia y dimensión que están adquiriendo las Redes Sociales  en el día a día, pero no terminan de ver los beneficios que ellas les aportarían, y lo que es más importante: si el esfuerzo que harían les merece realmente la pena. No son multinacionales, ni grandes cadenas, no disponen de grandes presupuestos. Entonces, ¿interesan de verdad estas acciones? Para estas personas y organizaciones dubitativas hemos querido hacer una  lista de razones  por las que las Pymes deberían apostar por las Redes Sociales: 1. Conversación y Vinculación.  Creamos un beneficioso diálogo con nuestros clientes actuales y potenciales que les hace “identificarse” de alguna manera con nuestra marca. Los hacemos pa

Der fikk jeg for min optimisme! Eneste måte å få liv i en låst iPad, er som kjent å koble den til iTunes på din egen PC eller Mac. Men jeg er uten i påskeferien, så derfor blir det en brå slutt på min serie om en påske med bare iPad. Om ikke annet; her er moralen. Du MÅ ennå ha PC eller Mac når iPad stopper opp!

Outstanding post read at SocialWayne.com about the growth of mobile marketing. It's an infographic by Microsoft. Check it out! Original post here .

Første påske uten PC. Går det i det hele tatt ann å klare seg uten en PC eller Mac? 1. Dagens store utfordring var å bruke nettbanken. Jeg var svært spent, forventet ikke at det skulle gå bra. men det gjorde det, Til og med på en dårlig 3G forbindelse. 2. Den andre utfordringen var å sortere det jeg har satt stjerne ved i mine RSS feed-er i løpet av dagen. iPad laster den mobile versjonen av Google reader, og den er for svak. Men jeg har prøvd og kjøpt en rekke RSS-apper. Jeg prøvde først Reeder, men den lot meg ikke lese en gruppe feeds. River of News derimot funket. Så nyhetene ble sortert. 3. Tredje utfordring er selve skrivingen. Klarer jeg å skrive bloggposter uteb et skikkelig tastatur? På flyet til Tromsø prøvde jeg ur iA Writer, og den gjorde susen. En ekstra knapperad på tastaturet gjør meg mye mer produktiv enn i mail eller Pages. Så på selve reisedagen klarte iPad testen som erstatter for PC. Og den gjorde det med glans, for trillebaggen min var flere kilo lettere uten M

I've just read this at entrepreneur.com and I immediately found it useful for those entrepreneurs who might be thinking about selling their businesses. Here's a part of the story: Plan Ahead Like they do for any big purchase, business buyers will do their research before signing on the dotted line. That means it's important for sellers to be ready to demonstrate their business is worth the asking price. Make sure your financial records are in order. Keep a minimum of three years of documents, including tax returns and expense records. These are essential to establish buyer trust in the economic history of the business. Also, be sure to resolve any outstanding business issues. These can include short-term lease agreements, over-reliance on one or a few key customers and any outstanding legal issues. Don't forget the physical elements of the business as well. Take care of any building improvements such as painting the storefront, cleaning up the distribution facility o

Muchas empresas tienen presencia en las redes sociales sólo por tenerla. Realmente no han analizado las situación, ni se han fijado unos objetivos claros y concisos que alcanzar mediante la correcta gestión de las redes sociales. Por esa razón, recomiendo la lectura íntegra de un post leído hoy en PymesyAutónomos.com . Aquí muestro un extracto, aunque, insisto, conviene la lectura íntegra del post original: llevar al implementación con éxito, es lo que se conoce como las “ 4A del éxito: aims, audience, approach y analyze “. Objetivos  (Aims). Antes de comenzar hay que saberqué es lo que se pretende lograr. Aunque parezca trivial muchas empresas tienen presencia en Facebook, Twitter, YouTube y otras redes sociales, sólo porque alguien les dijo que debían estar en ellas. Para evitarlo hay que plantearse objetivos para luego tener presencia en aquellas redes que más nos acerquen a los usuarios de nuestro sector. Este ejercicio también sirve para poder realizar mediciones y analizar p

from  GigaOM   by  Om Malik The mobile phone is not made for textual interactions, but instead, it is one, which has similar visual and contextual capabilities as we have. To achieve that goal, the app developers need to think differently and use sensor data inputs as a core building block of their overall user experience, just as they do with the data that comes from the social graph. iFacturas iPhone and WP7 apps use GPS in order to find the nearest customer when you ask for a new bill and to find adresses. It use the camera to document billing-lines. Users can swipe between bills and enlarge and minimize gestures open and close subscreens. A Norwegian version is available here . Next Norwegian and Spanish version will come this week and the US version in some weeks. To me Om Malik from GigaOM.com words, was like he knew about iFacturas. This is unlikely, unless he reads this post. But how could he know...

This reminds me about the finding of heliobacter pyroli. A completly new viewpoint to depression. Emily Deans, who have the blog  Evolutionary Psychiatry  has two very compelling articles on the assosiation between inflammation and depression.  Avoid inflammation to have a happy brain Depression is always associated with inflammation

US: 250% increase in e-books and 25% decline in printed books! from  TechCrunch   by  Devin Coldewey

Can this be iFacturas payment solution? The question is: when it's ready for Europe? Square  is one of the coolest accessories made for the iPhone. It's a hardware/app combination that, when the hardware bit is plugged into the headphone jack on the iPhone, lets the user accept credit card payments. from  The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)   by  Michael Grothaus