Apple is really pushing the iPad as being superior to the netbook. Their marketing is in full swing to prove it. If you haven’t seen the iPad, it is basically a giant iPod Touch with a stronger hardware platform. This means it’s not a full computing platform, but rather, appears to be, and is designed to be, a media device. However, it’s being marketed as being more capable because of its improved hardware specifications and display size.
When Ubuntu was released some years ago, its goal was to be the Linux of choice for the desktop. Their goal was to try to learn from every other distribution and figure out what works and what doesn’t, and make a user experience that would welcome the user to the system rather than be a system purely for the savvy. Ubuntu has made some significant advancements in the desktop realm of Linux, but it has not succeeded in its goals.
Recently, privacy has become a huge issue in terms of online services. People are realizing just how much information Google, Facebook, and other services have on their users, and how they data mine the information to turn a profit. Google’s business is not actually search or email, but advertising, with search and email being services offered. As these services become part of people’s everyday lives, the information gathered is becoming more and more valuable. Yet, the privacy concerns people are screaming about seem to be completely misdirected.
The default music player on Android sucks. It works, but the playlist management, music management, etc, sucks. I’ve read around for recommendations, but MixZing had a unique feature that attracted me to it. Other players tried other unique features, but none of them really drew me in. So, I downloaded MixZing and gave it a try.
Not far from my house there is a car with a bumper sticker that has “STOP Socialism” in red text on a white background. I pass it frequently in the morning when I’m trying to avoid the school zone in front of my house. It evokes a lot of thoughts and emotion from me. For me, the sticker doesn’t make sense. Sometimes I feel like stopping and asking the person a lot of questions.
