Several details have emerged of a complaint filed by 17 states against Apple
[PDF] and two publishing houses. This is always the accusation of collusion
between Apple, Macmillan and Penguin to fix - upward - the prices of electronic
books. The complaint is not new, but some elements remained hidden and they
have just been made public (via PaidContent).
Friday, May 18, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Why Apple does not need to become mobile operator
The idea
that Apple would become a priority objective of mobile operator returns
periodically, like bad herpes - except that it seems impossible to get rid of.
It assumes that the Apple strategy is to vertically integrate all components of
its business. This is very bad understanding of how the Cupertino than to believe, and therefore to
imagine that the launch of an operator to either Apple tomorrow.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The "new iPad 2" is gaining autonomy
We tested a "new iPad 2", that is to say an iPad 2 with the chip
smaller A5 and engraved at 32 nm (read: The iPad 2 also has an A5 engraved in
32 nm). The chip of the original version of the tablet was engraved at 45 nm,
as the team A5X that the third generation iphone. Overall in the Apple lineup,
only two products are equipped with more finely etched chips: Apple TV 1080p
and the iPad 2 remains in the catalog.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Playback: Comparative Instapaper, Readability and Pocket - II
The interface Readability is not much less convincing, but it is penalized by unsound choices regarding fonts: the creations of Hoefler & Frere-Jones are considered, but none are really suitable for prolonged reading. The night mode of readibility nonetheless seems to be the most subtle of the three applications. Again, Pocket is halfway: it offers only two fonts, but both are excellent choices (including Proxima Nova), and enough in the end.
Playback: Comparative Instapaper, Readability and Pocket - I
Applications "Timeshift" have the wind behind Instapaper, which created the genre in 2008 has since been joined by Readability and Pocket (ex-Read it Later). Although similar, these three applications are not quite the same, and each has a different economic model. Which one? Response elements in our overview.