Saturday, April 19, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
New Kindle Personal Documents Features
Personal documents are now in Amazon Cloud Drive
Documents will be delivered just as they have in the past and you will continue to have 5 GB of free cloud storage for your personal documents. Just "Send Once, Read Everywhere."
Documents stored in their native format
Also starting today, new documents that you save to the cloud with Send to Kindle will be stored in their native format (e.g. MS Word, TXT) so you can access them anywhere from Amazon Cloud Drive.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Zinio: Last Word, PC Magazine | Apr-14
LAST WORD
JOHN C. DVORAK
The Myth of the Post-PC Era
I’ve never been a fan of the idea that a “post-PC era” is upon us. This whole notion stems from the increased use of mobile phones as Web browsers, combined with the increasing demand for tablets (shipments of which are scheduled to overtake PC segments by next year, if they haven’t already).
This is not like the post-horse era ushered in when the automobile came along. What we’re witnessing is more along the lines of a postrailroad era or a post-book era or a post-movie era. Railroads, books, and movies were never replaced and continue to prosper. Railroads still move more freight than airplanes. And, of course, there was never any real assertion that we were in a postrailroad era or a post-movie era. Nobody said rail or movies are dead, either.
But that’s what they say about the desktop computer. “It’s a post-PC era. The PC is dead.”
This is utter nonsense. Raw sales of an emerging technology, such as tablets, during a decline in PC sales completely ignores the underlying factors. According to Benedict Evans of Enders Analysis, the PC install base is around 1.6 billion machines—almost all of which are being used routinely. The smartphone install base is around 1.2 billion, and tablets are around 200 million. On top of that, the replacement market for the PC reflects the fact that PCs are better built and stay in service for a decade or more.
Exactly how what amounts to complete market saturation for the PC constitutes the death of the PC, or marks a post-PC era, is beyond me.
"If PC users began to throw out their computers in favor of handsets, then I’d agree the PC is dead."
For some reason it all brings to mind the famous comment about a restaurant by ever-quotable New York Yankee Yogi Berra: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
The PC is still king and will continue to be even when the inevitable happens and the smartphone takes over. The smartphone and the desktop PC or powerful laptop computer are not in direct competition—they’re separate markets. The only coincident aspect is that the modern smartphone can run software and browse the Internet. Most people buy both devices if they can. Most families have multiple mobile phones.
This does not put us in any sort of post-PC world. If PC users began to throw out their computers in favor of handsets, then I’d agree the PC is dead. But nobody is sitting at their work desk typing an important company-wide memo on a phone. The phone and tablet are not machines for doing real work.
Now there are people who definitely can do without a computer, and there are more of them than there are people who cannot do without a phone. So there are more phones out there, and eventually all phones will be smartphones. This is not a new trend.
“Post-PC era” is nothing more than a phrase that Steve Jobs coined as part of his marketing campaign for the iPhone and then the iPad. The Apple computer, which would be considered a PC by some definitions, always had a sub-par install base and Jobs was anxious to marginalize the entire desktop computer business that Apple had helped to define.
What I found distressing was the ease with which this meme was absorbed by pundits, companies, and analysts, and now is commonly parroted as fact. This led to the unintended consequences of making decisions based on a myth. Enter Windows 8. Enter full-screen apps. Enter the “app” nomenclature replacing “software” or “programs” or “applications.”
"Bad things happen when you believe in a lie. And this is a lie, plain and simple."
It screws up the desktop PC ecosystem to an extreme. Attention is taken away from important software systems that need to be developed for the PC and Mac platforms. Things are dumbed down that should be amped up.
Bad things happen when you believe in a lie. And this is a lie, plain and simple: a marketing pitch that caught on and worked. And it only caught on because there has always been an element of wishful thinking whereby people hoped these machines would go away or become easy to use or be free.
In reality, the PC is a universal commonplace. It’s not going anywhere. There is no post-PC era. Get over it.
ohn_dvorak@pcmag.com
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Friday, April 11, 2014
Super Mario By Telltale
Es un buen complemento para el "Realistic Mario: Brick Block" de ayer.
¿Qué pasaría si la gente que nos hace agonizar con la elección de una mesa para sentarnos a comer con grupito determinado hiciera un juego de Mario.
¿no es esto un poco excesivo? ¿escoger con quien te sientas como en la prepa? pic.twitter.com/sVPlOJrVGX
— Esimio Incomprendido (@JIFF01) March 10, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Titanfall: Private Matches and Weapon Balancing Detailed
Fue bello mientras duro, ahora clanes y bandas
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Enterprise Social: Work like a network
Learn how your company can work like a network with Enterprise Social. Listen, adapt, and grow in new ways to respond faster and deliver better customer experiences. Visit http://www.enterprisesocial.com/ to learn more.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
BlackWidow Ultimate
B00IG3GPTS
RZ03-00384600-R3U1
RZ03-00384600-R3U1
TECH SPECS
Razer™ Mechanical Switches with 50g actuation force
60 million keystroke life span
Individually backlit keys
10 key roll-over anti-ghosting
Fully programmable keys with on-the-fly macro recording
5 additional dedicated macro keys
Gaming mode option
Audio-out/mic-in jacks
USB pass-through
1000Hz Ultrapolling
Razer Synapse 2.0 enabled
Braided fiber cable
Approximate size: 475mm/18.72” (Width) x 171mm/6.74” (Height) x 20mm/0.79” (Depth)
Approximate weight: 1500g/3.31lbs
System Requirements
PC with USB port
Windows® 8/ Windows® 7 / Windows Vista® / Windows® XP (32-bit) / Mac OS X (v10.6 to 10.9)
Internet connection (for driver installation)
At least 200MB of hard disk space
Razer Synapse 2.0 registration (requiring a valid e-mail), software download, license acceptance, and internet connection needed to activate full features of product and for software updates. After activation, full features are available in optional offline mode.
Razer Blackwidow ultimate 2014 México
Maleficent - Maléfica
De la sinopsis de la cinta, podemos ver que la suya, será una historia que nos recuerde a un joven esclavo en Tatooine.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Microsoft expands cloud services for mobile scenarios
Apple no recibe un centavo de los usuarios de Office en iPad, pero ahí está, y diseñado para la plataforma.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Allen Iverson's Jersey Retirement Ceremony
The Philadelphia 76ers welcome back Allen Iverson for his jersey retirement ceremony.
Allen Iverson's Jersey Retirement Ceremony
Es un chaparrito de 1.80 que fue campeón anotador de la NBA muchas veces, te demuestra que la estatura no importa para este deporte.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Game of Thrones Season 4: Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing
Lo bueno que uno nunca ha sido de poses, y de decir que no ve TV, luego hay cosas así.
Happy 10th Birthday, Flickr! #Flickr10
Hoy paso algo...terrible...resulta que ya tengo una cana
¿A donde va la vida?
En ese escenario lugubre llego a casa, y me encuentro con que Flickr (pionero de comerse las vocales) ya tiene 10 añotes, y yo que con mi antipatía a Yahoo he tenido como tres o cuatro cuentas diferentes, no puedo mostrarles mis primeras fotos.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Sony también deja los ebooks
Lo de VAIO se veía venir, estaban peor que Apple en "bang for the buck" , lo que si no esperábamos es que también dejarán el mercado de los e-books
Sony quits the PC business to focus on mobile
Sony is replacing their ebookstore and reading app in the NA market with a newly announced partnership with Kobo. The Kobo Android app will replace Sony’s app on Sony’s tablets and smartphones, and Kobo will also sell ebooks for the Sony Reader. The transition will start in the next few weeks, and by the end of March Sony and Kobo plan to have all Sony customers migrated to the Kobo Store.
This also explained why Sony invested in (limited) Epub3 support in their iPad and iPhone apps, and expanded the Reader Store with a kid’s book section that focused on enhanced ebooks (in Epub3).
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Deus Ex: The Fall - Android Launch Trailer
Pueden llamarme Fanboy, de Human revolution:
- Compré los comics
- La novela Deus Ex: Icarus Effect (y me gusto por lo fan, pero reconocí que era muy mediana)
- Lo llame el más interesante (si no el mejor juego de 2011)
- Su tema principal está por ser una de las canciones que más he escuchado en la vida.
Así que hoy que apareció el jeugo en Android, por fin veremos de que está hecha la nexus 10.
MakeVR Kickstarter launch details
La gente detrás del control Hydra y los "STEM" inicia un nuevo kickstarter (¿ven lo horrendo de nuestra habla pocha?)El sucesor de Hydra viene en camino : Sixense STEM
Ahora planean lanzar una herramienta coolaborativa, que si simplificamos de más, permitira crear modelos en 3D para imprimirlos.About MakeVR:
MakeVR is a 3D modeling system built around two key components: an innovative 3D multi-touch interface that replaces the traditional mouse and keyboard inputs for all functions, and a professional-grade CAD engine. On top of this foundation we've added Collaborate3D, our real-time collaboration mode for up to five remote users. And of course, everything created in MakeVR can be saved in any standard 3D printing format, then, with a click of a button, sent to either a local 3D printer or to a 3D printing service like Shapeways. MakeVR includes both the software and the two-controller STEM System. MakeVR also supports 2D, 3D and VR displays.
Monday, February 3, 2014
My Brief History de Stephen Hawking
Sin dramas, sin omitir cuando la suerte ha estado de su lado, sin dejar de mencionar a quienes le fueron orientando, Hawking nos cuenta su vida, sin adornos innecesarios, sin ser condescendiente.Es una lectura ágil (si omitimos un par de capítulos donde se le olvida que este no es "The grand design" y nos explica un par de conceptos que hacen que uno tenga que detenerse a evaluar lo que acaba de leer)
My Brief History by Stephen Hawking
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Este pequeño libro que se va como agua nos deja ver como ha sido la vida (mucho más interesante de lo que parece) de Stephen Hawking, quien sabe que es el científico más famoso del mundo.
El tono es humilde, jovial, y es claro, salvo un par de capítulos al final, se limita a contarnos su vida y el génesis de su más famosa obra A Brief History of Time, al final no puede evitarlo y nos habla del tiempo imaginario y sobre lo factible del viaje en el tiempo, intenta ser claro, pero en esa páginas es donde uno pierde velocidad.
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Microsoft : Empowering
Microsoft 2014 Super Bowl Commercial: Empowering
Mi comercial favorito del superbowl, y eso que el de Dylan era bueno y es que ya saben que esta es una de mis pasiones, lo que se puede hacer, la gente que alega tanto por el sistema operativo, pero no hace mucho, me desespera, creo que el 95% de los mactards entran en esa categoría, la gente que trabaja todos los días con una tecla y luego chilla que está en su derecho de no saber que se hace con ella me vuelve loco, ¿cómo se puede ser tan huevón, tan desidioso y al mismo tiempo tan orgulloso y hablador?
Microsoft ya la dan por perdida mucho analistas/fans, esperemos que no sea así, pocas compañías tan necesarias, aún si es para ser el villano, porque hay gente que se quedo en los 90s y sigue en ese marco de ideas.
Coca-Cola - It's Beautiful - Official
Hey! Speak American!
Parece que (como era de esperarse) hubo quienes se molestaron y crearon el HT ##FuckCoke
Can't believe my ancestors spoke German when they arrived here in the 18th century. So un-American. #fuckcoke
— a. spaceman (@adamrensch) February 3, 2014
To all of you upset by @CocaCola's rendition of America the Beautiful & using the hashtag #fuckcoke, fuck you. Move. pic.twitter.com/FRaY2s0eiF
— TH3 eNINJA™ (@TH3eNINJA) February 3, 2014
America doesn't have an official language. I don't want you to accidentally be an ignorant dick. #fuckcoke http://t.co/zBS54V96kN
— Tracy Huynh (@teeracy) February 3, 2014
Radio Shack Super Bowl 2014 Commercial
Este nos pega muy duro (vea usted la url de este lugar nada más)
Alf, Hulk Hogan , un DeLorean, Chucky (que acá en México nos deja a su mamá para que no lo olvidemos) en un buen esfuerzo de RadioShack por bularse de si misma (y ya han intentado cambiar, en un momento querían ser "the shack")
Alf, Hulk Hogan , un DeLorean, Chucky (que acá en México nos deja a su mamá para que no lo olvidemos) en un buen esfuerzo de RadioShack por bularse de si misma (y ya han intentado cambiar, en un momento querían ser "the shack")
Aunque lo tiene muy difícil, Amazon está matando el negocio para todos, ellos venden mucho, ganan poco y están destruyendo una institución de "América" , el mismísimo Mall.
Ellen DeGeneres Super Bowl Commercial for Beats Music
(2014) Scary Funny
Goldilocks principle
Goldilocks principle
For our 2014 Super Bowl Collection: This is the Beast Music Super Bowl Commercial featuring comedienne Ellen DeGeneres - "The Right Music". It's kind of off-beat and funny - featuring Ellen as Little Red Riding Hood being stalked by wolves, who want to dance to cool music. This is the roll out of Beats Music from ATT, which is a competitor of Pandora or I Heart Radio, and many are wondering how it will catch on.
Maserati Super Bowl Commercial 2014
We have prepared
Now we strike
Le debe mucho al cine este anuncio, en el tono nos recuerda a MAn of Steel, en la ejecución a Beasts of the Southern Wild , y claro, a Britney
Now we strike
Le debe mucho al cine este anuncio, en el tono nos recuerda a MAn of Steel, en la ejecución a Beasts of the Southern Wild , y claro, a Britney
Tim Tebow shows you what you can do with #nocontract |T-Mobile Commercial
Hay que concederle a Tim, que se las ingenia para seguir haciendo ruido.
¿Podrá Mark Sanchez hacer lo mismo?
¿Podrá Mark Sanchez hacer lo mismo?
Wonderful Pistachios #getcrackinAmerica #genius
¿Quién no ama a Colbert?
Digo, uno de los más nefastos twitstars mexicanos hace una copia de su programa y el daily show desde el norte
#NoRoomForBoring - Toyota
One boring man, in a world full of boring choices, makes a stop that will change his life forever. In the all-new Toyota Highlander, the Big Game will be anything but boring. #NoRoomForBoring
Room for a whole flock of chickens, Terry Crews, a grand piano and the Muppets, but no room for boring. Sing along and see the all-new Toyota Highlander in the roomiest Big Game Ad of all time!
"A Hero's Welcome" - Budweiser Commercial
Conozco tanta gente que tendría problemas con este comercial, y casi el 100% de esa gente vive "despachando" desde su tabique, pero se rehusa a tener una conversación seria
Budweiser Super Bowl XLVIII Commercial
Budweiser Super Bowl XLVIII Commercial
#AmericasImport - Chrysler and Bob Dylan
The Official Chrysler 200 Super Bowl Commercial featuring Bob Dylan. Please comment, share or join the conversation at #AmericasImport.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
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