Software exclusivity is quickly becoming a thing of the past.  What once was a killer app for one system or another has now turned into the consumer connundrum of which software to buy for which device and why.  Determining a winner based on techincal differences and personal preferences takes time and research, yet one thing has become readily apparent: the iPhone is home to some... [weiterlesen]

E-mail addiction is a hard habit to shake.  I get more than a hundred emails every day.  We’re not talking spam here — we’re talking legitimate e-mails that demand my attention.  My inbox is so full, it has it’s own inbox.  Given the circumstances, it’s fairly easy to see how I’ve become a compulsive email checker.  Watching TV.  Writing.  Sitting at a red light.  No matter what the activity, I couldn’t go... [weiterlesen]

Unternehmen Stadt Die Welt in Zahlen Die kleinste wirtschaftliche Einheit: der Mensch: Eine Wollhändlerin in Island Das kleine Wirtschaftswörterbuch: Schwyzerdütsch - Deutsch Was Marken nützt: In trockenen Planen ... [weiterlesen]

I recently updated to the most recent release of iTunes. I did this as soon as it came up in my Software Update, as I always try to have the most up-to-date versions of the software on my computer. Newer is better, right? Well, that’s usually been my view, but in addition to some cool new and improved features, there were some things that I was very used to that I now... [weiterlesen]

Heute wurden unter dem Titel Defining “Noncommercial”: A Study of How the Online Population Understands “Noncommercial Use” die Ergebnisse der NC-Studie veröffentlicht, die CC.org letztes Jahr begonnen hatte. Es ging darum, etwas mehr Klarheit darüber zu gewinnen, was netzweit tatsächlich unter ”nicht-kommerziell” verstanden wird. Die darauf verweisende NC-Bedingung ist die wohl umstrittenste der 4 Bedingungen, die kombiniert die 6 CC-Lizenzen ergeben. Abgefragt wurde die Ansicht verschiedener Communities (je eine US-bezogene und eine international zugängliche Umfrage, außerdem spezielle Befragungen sogenannter Fokusgruppen... [weiterlesen]

As part of the recent OS 3.1 upgrade for the iPhone, Apple introduced a new feature intended to suggest apps based on your previous purchases. Like the similar function introduced to music listeners in iTunes 8.0, this handy little feature goes by the name “Genius.”  But does the App Store Genius live up to it’s name like it’s big brother, or is this genius just a C student in disguise? Accessing the Genius function is a simple enough process. ... [weiterlesen]

Announced at today’s Apple event, the latest iteration of the iPhone operating system is already available on iTunes.  OS 3.1 is a free upgrade to OS 3.0 users that offers an  improved shopping experience, better sync functionality, and a host of other options and tweaks. It’s not a major update by any stretch of the imagination, but there’s definitely some unexpected additions in there.  Shopping for ringtones,... [weiterlesen]

Today, I upgraded my operating system to Snow Leopard. I knew that it would be worth it in the end, but every time I do this I am petrified. Of all my files disappearing (this happened once to me); of the upgrade stopping partway through, leaving me with no operating system (this too has happened); of my programs not working after the upgrade because they haven’t been upgraded themselves. Luckily for me, however, none of these happened when I upgraded... [weiterlesen]

The market for iPhone note taking apps is huge. While Apple provides a Notes app, it is very basic and only syncs with notes in Mail.app. The de facto third party note taking app for the iPhone/Mac is Evernote which includes syncing between your iPhone, desktop, and the web. Evernote, however, has many more features than most people need from a note taking app. All the extra features... [weiterlesen]

The release this past Friday of the newest Mac operating system—codenamed “Snow Leopard”—added one more to a slowly increasing list of big cats that Apple has used to name its software. And this got me to wondering—why are all of the systems named after these animals? It doesn’t seem like computers have too much in common with man-eating, furry giants. But then I thought about it some more, and realized that perhaps the choice isn’t as peculiar as it might... [weiterlesen]