We have reported on the many rumors surrounding the next Apple TV, its purported specs and the re-newed focus on gaming. It’s no secret, 2020 has been a big year for gaming, but has Apple missed the moment? In our editorial ‘Gaming Platform Wars’, we examine the state of the gaming industry with regards to […]
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Zoom, the maker of Apple’s 2020 “App of the year”, may be moving to create a larger suite of productivity software to compete with Microsoft’s Office, Google’s G-Suite and Slack. Zoom had a stellar year in 2020 with its stock price rising more than 500 percent due to the corona lockdown which equally suppressed the […]
Microsoft is making headlines today, not for its next-gen consoles or any new PC’s but for what might someday power them. It’s no secret that Apple’s new Macs powrred by Apple’s new M1 chip has shaken the industry in a profound way. Microsoft is often seen as Apple’s counterpoint in the industry and when Apple’s […]
Gaming Platform Wars | Cyberpunk 2077 is pushing gamers toward Cloud Gaming
A confluence of events is happening all at once and could change the direction of the gaming industry forever. The Corona lockdown, hard to get next-gen consoles and high-end graphics cards right before the holidays & the wide-spread availability of Cloud Gaming options from Microsoft, Google, Nvidia and Amazon will change the industry forever because […]
Microsoft’s initial reaction to the iPad was with Surface. It was thin, light and improved on many limitations the first few iPad models had. Now Apple is copying many of Microsoft’s moves with their iPad line that today look more like PC’s than tablets. Microsoft’s efforts with the original ARM-based Surface PC’s are building to […]
Gaming Platform Wars | A perfect storm that could change gaming forever
Right now, a confluence of events is happening all at once and could change the direction of the gaming industry forever. The Corona lockdown, hard to get next-gen consoles and high-end graphics cards right before the holidays & the wide-spread availability of Cloud Gaming options from Microsoft, Google, Nvidia and Amazon will change the industry […]
Today, the FTC has announced that they are suing Facebook which explicitly requires Facebook to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp into independent non-Facebook owned companies. The lawsuit focuses on Facebook’s $1 Billion acquisition of Instagram in 2011. “Our aim is to roll back Facebook’s anticompetitive conduct and restore competition so that innovation and free competition […]
Adobe is leading in supporting next-gen ARM PC and Macs with Photoshop
Apple entered a new era of ARM-powered Macs with the new Mac mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, joining ARM-powered PC’s as HP’s Envy X2, Samsung Galaxy Book, Acer Spin 7, Asus Nova Go, Samsung Galaxy Book S, Lenevo Flex 5G, Lenevo Yoga C630, Lenevo MIIX 630 and two generations of Microsoft’s Surface Pro X. […]
ARMs Race | Apple working on high end Apple Silicon chips for
A recent report from Bloomberg delivers more insider details on the unannounced Apple Silicon M1’s more powerful siblings that will replace the Intel chips insider the 16-inch MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Pro models. We recently reported on a Bloomberg report that Apple is designing a new Mac Pro with a half-sized form factor. A […]
In the Land of Trillion Dollar Goliaths | Apple seeks to exert
Apple is perhaps one of the most well-known evil geniuses in the consumer electronics industry. They are the king of “Lock-in economics.” Apple pioneered the App Store business model which resulted in the loss of mobile OS diversity and the mobile OS duopoly we have today. Weather it was their “Lightning Port,” their display name […]