[BOOKS] ‘Losing the Signal’: The Inside Story of How the iPhone Crippled BlackBerry
Posted: May 22, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere, Reading Room, U.S. News | Tags: A123 Systems, Android (operating system), Apple Inc, Apple TV, BlackBerry, BlackBerry (company), BlackBerry Curve, blackberry phones, Books, Carl Icahn, Cellular, FaceTime, IOS, iPhone, Samsung, Smartphones, Television, The Wall Street Journal Leave a comment
‘Losing the Signal’ examines Research In Motion’s efforts to take on Apple’s game-changing smartphone
[Read an excerpt here, at WSJ.com]
[Order the book “Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and
Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” from Amazon.com]
College Students Prefer Their iPhones Over Sex and Beer
Posted: February 11, 2015 Filed under: Education, Entertainment | Tags: Apple Inc, California, FaceTime, Fortune (magazine), IOS, iPad, IPad Mini, iPhone, IPod, Macintosh Leave a comment
According to a super not scientific study
Modern stereotypes of American college students still seem to draw vaguely from the 1978 film Animal House. People seem to think all students care about is sex, drugs and toga parties.
But those people are wrong. There is one thing college students care about more than sex, drugs, parties or anything else. And that is their iPhones. At least, according to a recent study conducted by Student Monitor. Researchers surveyed 1,200 undergrads around the U.S. to choose “what’s in on campus” from a list of 77 options, Fortune reports.
Apple’s iPhone earned the most votes, with 66% of students selecting it. The next most popular results were coffee, texting, Facebook, iPads and Instagram. Beer was #7 on the list and “hooking up” was #12. Read the rest of this entry »
