From 1987 to 2011 — Apple's Prototype Prediction Is Eerily Prescient
It seems Apple underpredicted the future they’d make. Facetime, Siri, iCloud, iPhone, and other innovations have made this prediction of the future seem almost old-fashioned.
It seems Apple underpredicted the future they’d make. Facetime, Siri, iCloud, iPhone, and other innovations have made this prediction of the future seem almost old-fashioned.
Looking back, it’s clear Apple’s development of iOS and its device strategy has taken them down paths they didn’t expect — a true sign of agility.
Privacy concerns seem aimed at the small stuff, but could expand into a system of censorship.
The recent brouhaha about HarperCollins’ policy of restricting ebook circulation in libraries misses the larger point that libraries and publishers can work toward satisfying their respective interests.
Launched just weeks ago, the Mac App store is elaborating on themes the iPhone started, bringing product integration to a new level.
Users are gaining a “me at the center” expectation, but publishers have a “we at the center” world view. Can the wrenching changes be made? David Worlock worries maybe not.
A major publisher finds users like the iPad, spend more time with it, but don’t carry it around and encounter usability problems.
Some early observations on the iPhone 4. I will leave the technical reviews to others and just focus on what the new iPhone 4 means for publishers, and particularly STM and scholarly publishers.
Apple announces a new model iPhone and an updated operating system for all iPhones/iPads/iPod Touch devices. What impact will these new technologies have on publishers?
Mobile computing is the norm, but it also creates easy trading ground for our privacy. Is this just the new normal?
Major trends are at work in information exchange technologies and interface design, but publishers remain hampered by incumbent traits.
Four days with the iPad reveals a landscape of possibilities and some real functionality pros and cons.
The iPad is a superb design realization of the tablet computer. But that still leaves the question: “What is it?”
At 99 cents, this may be the real “killer app” for open access publishing.
The next new e-book reading device is already here. (You may already own one.)