Category Archives: Digital Lifestyle

Disruption: Technology or Business Model? Definitively, not Laws

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books as the most popular format on Amazon.com, according to the quarterly results just released. For every 100 paperback sold, Amazon sold 115 Kindle books For every 100 hardcover sold, Amazon sold 300 Kindle … Continue reading →

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Apple and 1984

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The chart posted under the title Android Phones Will Sell Well This Holiday Season might have been done to show that consumers still buy more computers than iPads and more smatphones (non-iPhone) than iPhones. But think twice… Are you saying … Continue reading →

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[Read] NYT: Apple Passes Microsoft as No. 1 in Tech

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The moment came when Apple surpassed Microsoft in Market Cap [*]. A few numbers: Market Cap: Microsoft at $219 billion – Apple at $222 billion (yesterday) Revenue: Microsoft at $58.4 billion – Apple at $42.9 billion Net income: Microsoft at … Continue reading →

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A few days before personal computing changes forever

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

A few days before the iPad is out I am ready to make my bet. It  will be a revolution. The iPhone was a revolution for mobile handsets.  Nokia laughed at Apple when they launched a new phone in what … Continue reading →

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Finally, the iPad

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Finally it’s here. The much rumored Apple Tablet came to life as the iPad. The iPad is an iPhone “on steroids”. Same look, same great multitouch user interface, but a bigger screen make web browsing, reading ebooks, gaming or watching … Continue reading →

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iPad: MultiScreen Beyond the Three Screens

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

If the rumors about Apple’s upcoming “iPad” are true, prepare for the next revolution after the iPhone. Jeremy Horwitz says the iPad could have a 10.7″ screen with an iPhone 3G-like design, runs iPhone OS, will come in two flavors … Continue reading →

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Back from holiday… and to the Moon

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

It has been almost a month of holidays in Spain with my family. It has been the month where Google has announced its Chrome OS, attacking Microsoft where it really hurts, on its Windows licenses. Microsoft success with its new … Continue reading →

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Apple Beware, CrunchPad is Coming

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Apple tablet has been much anticipated and rumored, but Mike Arrington and TechCrunch are creating something quite cool! Read more. An these kind of new devices will have some impact in the way web apps are developed, with emphasis in multitouch … Continue reading →

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I Love Music, but I Hate CDs

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

I guess that by now, all music labels have already realized that music downloads and subscriptions are the only way forward to distribute music. CDs are dead, and rightly so. Maybe because we just finished unpacking the shipment from KL … Continue reading →

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Bad Times for Sony

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Sony just announced its Q4 results with a 95% decline in profits. Extracted from Associated Press : Sony Corp. said its net profit shriveled to 10.4 billion yen ($115.6 million) in the third quarter from 200.2 billion yen a year earlier. … Continue reading →

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