Monthly Archives: April 2013

Digital Kirtsaeng: Is the transfer of a file to someone else the real issue?

April 12, 2024 by Daniel Gervais in Enterprise Tech, Media Tech.

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Apple's CEO Tim Cook presents the new iPod Nano. AFP/ Getty/ Glenn Chapman

Last week’s post discussed the Kirtsaeng case. As we consider the impact of Kirtsaeng, many more issues come to mind.

Moving closer to the ‘post-PC’ era

April 11, 2024 by Erin Harrison in Personal Tech.

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Sergey Zaks shops for a laptop computer at a Tiger Direct store on April 11, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

As more consumers move away from investing in laptops and personal computers, and spend their money on smartphones and tablets, PC shipments took another dive in the first quarter of 2013.

New money: don’t count Bitcoin out yet

April 11, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Personal Tech.

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A sticker on the window of a local pub indicates the acceptance of Bitcoins for payment on April 11, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.

Virtual currency Bitcoin has stepped into the limelight as tech and financial analysts, businesses and consumers, wonder if it is a viable alternative to state-run currencies.

Yahoo talks (if real) signal cracks at Apple

April 10, 2024 by Homa Zaryouni in Enterprise Tech.

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A worker leans to clean glass panels of the Apple store in the Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. AFP/ Getty/ Saeed Khan

Yahoo and Apple are reported to be discussing more partnerships for the iPhone and iPad. The news surfaced on Tuesday.

Google and tech’s investment in human trafficking

April 10, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Media Tech.

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Jacquelline Fuller, Director of Google Giving, makes an announcement about technology's role in aiding anti-trafficking efforts at Google's Washington, DC headquarters April 9, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Google awarded a $3 million grant to create a Global Human Trafficking Hotline Network as part of its continued presence in the human rights sector.

Tech’s struggle to speak to women

April 10, 2024 by Janice Yucel in Personal Tech.

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Jane Rosenthal and Katie Holmes attend Time Warner's Conversations on the Circle: A Conversation With Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook And Moderated By Nancy Gibbs, Deputy Managing Editor, TIME on March 11, 2024 in New York City.

As the number of women in leading technical roles and graduating with technical degrees continues to remain low, and STEM skills shortage remains high, should women be trying to fit in with tech - or should tech try to fit in with women?

A soft resurgence for bundled media

April 10, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Media Tech.

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An attendee reads a Los Angeles Times newspaper article using the Flipboard app on an iPad as he waits for the start of the Nintendo E3 2012 media briefing in Los Angeles. AFP/ Getty/ Robyn Beck

Could the media bundle be making a comeback?

Microsoft complaints about Google could backfire

April 9, 2024 by Homa Zaryouni in Enterprise Tech.

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Visitors try out Windows enabled smartphones at the Microsoft stand at the 2013 CeBIT technology trade fair in Hanover, Germany. Getty/ Sean Gallup

Another antitrust lawsuit was filed against Google on Tuesday, by Fairsearch, an association of search companies that rival Google and includes Microsoft and Nokia.

BYOD brings a rethink to IT

April 9, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Enterprise Tech.

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The increase in mobile usage is trickling into the enterprise slowly but surely, and causing businesses to rethink their IT management systems.

Google Fiber can squash cable companies and recoup the cost

April 8, 2024 by Homa Zaryouni in Media Tech.

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US Internet giant Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt speaks. AFP/ Getty/ Yoshikazu Tsuno

Google will launch its high-speednetwork, Google Fiber, in Austin, Texas Tuesday. If implemented nationwide, it could mark the end of cable and internet companies.

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