New iPad announced with retina display
As big of a geek as I am, you’d think I would have already bought an iPad. Nope. Guess who’s pre-ordering one today. :)
The Oatmeal: The State of Online Media Streaming
WARNING: May be offensive to some!
The Oatmeal recently posted a cartoon illustrating his experience in trying to watch Game of Thrones online. While the cartoon does so in true Oatmeal fashion, he does bring up a larger point about the current state of online media streaming. Andy Ihnatko had this to say about the cartoon:
The intentional point is that the content distributors often make it crazy-stupid hard for us to give them our money. Most of these industries have been frustratingly slow to adopt to the patterns of the modern consumer. News flash: we’re not heading to Blockbuster Video any more.
Indeed. While I do go to Redbox now and then, I’d much rather just stream the damn thing in my home without dealing with all the headache of having to either wait for it to show up in my mailbox or finding which location I have to drive to in order to pickup the movie of my choice. This mostly applies to mainstream movies. What about TV shows?
HBO and other private networks could make more money if they simply gave us what we wanted: access to select programming at a decent price. I shouldn’t have to jump through hoops if I want to buy a full season of Game of Thrones and watch it online. With today’s technology, why is this such a huge hurddle? I don’t get it. Honestly, if media providers allowed for more competition when it comes to renting and selling of online content, my wife and I would likely buy more movies and TV shows than we do now.
Bottom-line is that someone is going to open Pandora’s box when it comes to providing customers with video media online; could be Apple, could be someone else. When that happens, media providers better wake up and start embracing it. The future is nearly here so…get used to it!
Microsoft's new Windows 8 logo: This one looks like a window
There’s a bit of irony in that, given that the Metro interface does away with the window metaphor that’s been core to the operating system since its creation. The touch-friendly Metro style, which features tiles rather than icons to access applications, is designed to be immersive.
Maybe they should just drop the Windows name and call it Microsoft Doors. ;)
It actually looks a lot like the Windows 1.0 logo, only slightly worse. Say what you will about using big kitties as the title and logo for an operating system, at least the OS X logo doesn’t look like it was drawn by a 10 year-old using Microsoft Paint.
I disagree. A 10 year-old could actually do a better job. ;)
Source: cultofmac.com
RIM Says It’s “Ready To Compete” Even As It Loses Major Clients, Developers to iOS
Ouch! Looks like it’s time to throw out that Blackberry and pony up for a real smartphone! ;)
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