Impressions of Apple’s Siri

Not exactly a kind review of Siri.   I’ve read a lot of similar commentary over the last few days. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/testing-siri-your-iphone-assistant-2011-10-14?siteid=nbch

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Problems plague Apple iCloud, iOS launch

I have seen a bunch of articles on this in the last few days as well.  My personal experience was that my iPhone4 and my iPad2 both updated fine on the day after the release of iOS 5.   On the launch day my iPhone4 upgrade attempt took forever and ultimately failed.

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1-year-old thinks a magazine is a broken iPad

This very humorous video illustrates that the world is now different.   https://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=840203633&ids=0RejkQe38Md3wIe3gUd3APcjgUb3cPdzcMcz0Qe2MVd3oRdPcMd3wIe3gVe3APcjgU&aag=true&freq=daily&trk=eml-tod-b-all-96&ut=1OeXnDBUqXm4Y1

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Lenovo passes Dell in ‘disappointing’ PC market – Computerworld

IBM Corp. sold the IBM PC Co. to Lenovo when they exited the PC business.  Now they say Lenovo is the number two PC manufacturer.  Lenovo continues the heritage of IBM making the ThinkPad brand of laptops. https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220791/Lenovo_passes_Dell_in_disappointing_PC_market?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2011-10-13

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Apple I Video

In March 1980 I was 18 years old.  I went with my dad to the West Coast Computer Faire at Moscone Center in San Francisco.   There I was sitting at the Apple User’s Group Meeting as the proud owner of an Apple II (serial number 3198 purchased in 1977).  I was sitting in the front […]

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