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Corrections in the Tech Industry
Two pieces of bad news for various tech companies recently. First, Samsung’s quarterly reports show lower quarterly income for the first time in two years. This should be very concerning if you are...
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Faking Cultural Literacy
What we all feel now is the constant pressure to know enough, at all times, lest we be revealed as culturally illiterate. So that we can survive an elevator pitch, a business meeting, a visit to the...
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Dating and Choice Paralysis
The internet has enabled us to connect with scores of people across the globe that we couldn’t have dreamed of contacting before the mid 1990s. So, with the ability to interact with so many others, why...
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Google is turning into Microsoft
“Or to simplify things (!!!): you’ll have Google Play, the online store with apps, movies, TV, music, books and NewsStand; Google Play Music for downloads you purchase; Google Play Music Key for...
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iPhone Announcement Predictions
My predictions for the big announcement tomorrow from Apple: New iPhone 4.7 inch No 5.5 inch bigger capacity (smallest is 32GB) New “iWatch” device Won’t be a watch, but a “wearable” that manufacturers...
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He wasn’t supposed to be here
My neighborhood lost power tonight. As a result, my garage door won’t open so I can’t park. I am in a cafe bored and inspired. He wasn’t supposed to be here. His boss left early today, so he snuck out...
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iPhone Purchases
This time two years ago I was sitting in line outside an Apple store waiting to buy the iPhone 5 on launch day. This time I ordered online. My ship date is not until 10/2. Guess which decision I feel...
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Apps 3.0
Foursquare split their app into two parts this weekend. They introduced Swarm – to focus on check-ins and meetups. This leaves Foursquare as a legacy app meant to compete with Yelp as a review and...
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iOS app searching
It is silly that I am more likely to find the app I’m looking for by searching Google for “xyz app iTunes” and getting a link to the app than to use the actual App Store search.Filed under: Mobile,...
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iPad Future
iPad sales have been down lately. And not just lately, but its a downward trend for sometime. Simply making the iPad thinner isn’t going to bump sales. The common story is that everyone’s iPad 2 serves...
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The Dawn of Affordable Quality Android Phones
I’ve always had a weird reaction to cheap Android phones. The high end phones were priced about the same as Apple’s iPhones (even if arguably with better specs on paper). But the cheap phones were...
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HBO Exclusivity on Apple
People are complaining about Apple’s exclusivity (for 3 months) of HBO Now – the streaming, over-the-top service HBO is offering separate and apart from its cable channel. I think the motivations for...
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Apple Music Questions
Apple announced Apple Music today. A few questions I have that weren’t answered: Is everything on the iTunes store also available to stream on Apple Music? (thinking about Taylor Swift, the Beatles,...
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Apple Music’s Beats Roots
Apple Music is launching this week. The influences and features dragged over from the Beats app are pretty obvious. See this screenshot from the Beats app: Compared to this screenshot from the new...
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Apple Music – One Day Later
Apple Music launched pretty seamlessly. A few thoughts after using it for the last day: Beats 1 radio is going to bomb. People have different tastes. I don’t want to listen to the same things my...
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Apple Music as part of iOS
I find it a little disconcerting that Apple Music had to come with an iOS upgrade. Was that intentional so people knew when they got the “new” app? Or, does updating the Music app require an iOS...
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Jonathan Rogers
I am licensed to practice law in California. I am interested in the fields of Intellectual Property Law, specifically Technology and Entertainment Law. I am also passionate about Politics, Marketing,...
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