I will not get into any arcane storage options of unknown companies offering lifetime schemes. In fact, I would advise avoiding all such for a variety of reasons.
Let’s look at the top 3 names that offer us reliable cloud storage for normal users.
1. Apple iCloud
2. Google Drive
3. Microsoft OneDrive
Although there are some more names like DropBox, Amazon etc. we will ignore those for now…
Apple, the iconic company has done it again! They released the biggest joke of the year already, but, not very many are aware of it. Maybe it’s subtle enough to be ignored in a casual read.
So, here it is…Apple announced a “Public” beta of not just OS X, but also of iOS now. It’s Apple hardware, Apple software and everything on it is Apple moderated by the Mac AppStore and iOS AppStore and now Apple needs to do public betas in order to get their software fixed and working.
While this would be perfectly understandable in Microsoft’s case or similar companies since the combinations in the PC world are practically endless, for Apple, this is the biggest joke of all time!
Command key on my iMac. Time to clean up.
So…What could be the reason behind this joke? The only logical reason would seem to be that no one at Apple uses any Apple hardware or software anymore and relies on the more robust hardware and software from other vendors. A company that never let out any details about what it was upto, now announces products in advance and fails to deliver over extended time periods.
Personally, I had signed up and participated in the OS X beta and never got any acknowledgements of any of the bugs I submitted or their status on release. This is just another eyewash from a directionless company after Steve Jobs.
Looking at it another way would be like saying; “It’s our hardware and software and we need others to check it out since we cannot do it ourselves”. Other companies do it, so, we must too…
I am still using a spotted, bad LCD, on my iMac like, possibly, many others. A common issue that was well-known. It was replaced once during warranty and spotted all over again after 3 months again. The replaced screen did not even carry a 6 month warranty. While I know Apple replaced the LCD vendor, it does not help me. At a paid replacement cost of over 30k, my next monitor would be accompanied by a PC.
I hope Microsoft gets its act together with Windows soon, otherwise it would be a Linux only PC. My Android phone is almost as usable as my iPhone now, so, the change seems to be coming…
So, what prompted me to actually write this post? Well…It was triggered by this video on YouTube where I think the laughter might be a bit overdone, but, I could add more points to it 🙂
This has English sub-titles and is fun to watch!
You can say iWatch or Apple Watch now…!
I recently got a Verizon (US) Nokia Lumia 822 Windows 8 phone for some work. This is the first time I actually tried using a Windows 7/8 phone since it was launched. Sure, I had brief looks at a variety of Windows 7/8 phones, but, this is the first time I actually tried to use one (really!). So, one could say that this is my first real impression of a Windows 8 phone.
The first impression was that the phone was a reasonable paperweight and somewhat bulky. It was supposed to be upgradeable to Amber and so, that was the first thing I wanted to do. When I started up the phone, it asked me for a “Microsoft ID” which I supplied, but, it forgot to ask about the connectivity first. What could be more lame than asking for an ID without any connectivity to verify it and then come up with an error.
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