Oct 16, 2013 | news, web_services
The news is full of the technical problems that have kept many people from navigating the web site set up for the Affordable Care Act marketplace. I don’t want to discuss the politics of the Affordable Care Act, but there is one aspect of the technical problem that is...
Sep 10, 2013 | business, Microsoft, news, phone, Surface, tablet, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Part 1: Some Thoughts On The Future Of Windows Part 2: Some Thoughts On The Future Of Microsoft This is the second of two articles about what lies ahead for Microsoft and Windows. In the last month, there have been two huge corporate shakeups that will change...
Aug 16, 2013 | bruceb, news, science
(UPDATE: There’s updated and more accurate information in this 2024 article. In 2013 I used the word “cure” but that’s not the right term. Read the 2024 article for a clearer perspective.) These two photos look identical to me. This isn’t about...
May 25, 2013 | Android, Apple, business, Lenovo, mobile, news, phone, tablet
Think you’re keeping up with the tech industry? Here are two recent reports that took me by surprise. Android is crushing everything in its path. In the first quarter of 2013, Android smartphones had a 75% market share. Apple’s iOS came in at a distant second place,...
Jul 5, 2012 | news, security
Lock the doors! Hide the children in the root cellar! Stock up on canned food! DNSChanger is coming and it’s Internet Doomsday! If you see any of this coverage – which is now distressingly widespread – you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is actually...
Jul 18, 2011 | Google, news
When I opened Google News today, I was greeted by this screen, asking me to “collect private badges for [my] favorite topics”: Here’s the way it was described in the Google Blog: “On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles about politics...
