Design & Innovation

I have been wanting to buy a good digital camera for quite a while now and my recent trip to San Francisco has made me realize that a good digital camera is a must. I have had an eye on Sony T300 which has standard features like 10 Megapixel, 5x zoom, face detection and so on. It also has ISCN technology where the camera selects the optimal setting for best photo results. What I really liked about the camera is that its got a 3.5 inch touch screen. The camera has no buttons at all which I find to be quite cool. I am big fan of the touch screen technology and I like the fact that this technology is being used in more or less all devices. Apple came out with the iphone and iphone has taken mobile phones to a whole new level. We see touch screen technology in mp3 players and cars. Microsoft put this technology in furniture and came out with Microsoft Surface table which is truly amazing.  All this makes me wonder where we are headed and I feel that few years down the line we will have the option of having the touch screen technology in more or less everything.  

So here is a funny parody I stumbled upon and wanted to share. I am sure you heard about Microsoft Surface, which is a big interactive touch computer. To find more about the Surface click here. The video is just a parody of the Surface and the actual practicality of it being used at this point in time. I personally think the Surface looks cool and has a lot of potential for future use. Well enjoy

Mike

Recently, Apple has started offering Windows users its Safari 3.1 Web browser through the same online updater it utilizes for iTunes and the QuickTime video player. The iPod has done a huge job in showing former PC only users, the other side of the spectrum. Users who many have never know the difference have now had a taste of the style and fucntionality of Apple products, showing a huge movement in new user purcahses and users switches. With the release of Safari 3.1, the newest version, on Tuesday, Apple started giving Windows users the option of downloading Safari via the Apple Software Update pop-up.  For nearly iPod users, iTunes is an essentail. Though many bugs had exsited in the early days, the majority of its users praise Apple for the easy usablitliy. Because of this, trying other Apple products may seem more and more reasonable to former PC only users. By starting with another very easy to use, and highly functional program, Safri usage may soon become systematic as well as the change from Internet Exployer. Although not quite the same, any IE user can find their way around the simple working of Safri with little learning curve. All these comes as quite a suprise to Microsoft, who used a scheme simalir to this years ago. These days, the law is what stands in front of Microsoft and any other software bundling programs.

“Safari for Windows is the fastest and easiest-to-use web browser for the PC. It displays web pages faster than any other browser and is filled with innovative features — all delivered in an efficient and elegant user interface,” states Apple’s message in the pop-up screen.

The move is seen as a more aggressive play by Apple to snatch browser market share from Microsoft. This type of aggressive move is not typically for Apple, who usually functions on more mondane forms of advertising.

In February, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer had a 74.9 percent share of the browser market in terms of usage, while Firefox had 17.3 percent, and Safari had 5.7 percent, according to figures from Net Applications, which measures Web traffic and market share.

The article in the New York Times (www.nyt.com)  seems to think that Microsoft undercut Yahoo’s share price, maybe AOL should give it a try. AOL made an offer to Yahoo, but there is still no word as yet to the outcome.  It seems that since Google has a small stake in AOL there may be  some kind of antitrust laws violated. It would seem that since Yahoo turned Microsoft downed that Yahoo is in even more trouble. One of their key players have left and gone to the other side and it seems that another key player is leaving. It seems that Yahoo can’t make up its mind about what to do, maybe it should let Microsoft buy them. Maybe they’ll come up with a better offer.

Selina