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I'm more than a little puzzled at what caused AAPL to jump up $16.49 per share today. There have been some rumors about the iPad 3 circulating — but nothing terribly surprising. In any case, I'm not complaining, and I do expect the iPad 3 to be a significant upgrade (the Retina display alone ought to guarantee that).
I seem to be having issues using OpenDNS tonight. Right now, all sites hosted by my server are unavailable via OpenDNS, as is Facebook. I switched temporarily to Google DNS and everything seems to be working. Weird.
If you are reading asisaid via a connection that utilizes OpenDNS at the moment, please let me know.
David Goldman reports on Apple's most recent quarter results, announced today:
It was one of the most profitable quarters ever for any U.S. company, trailing only ExxonMobil's (XOM) record-setting $14.8 billion quarter from the fall of 2008, when oil prices were at an all-time high.
That is an incredible quarter reflecting Apple's really compelling lineup of products versus the competition.
HT: John Gruber
I've been wanting to give FreeNAS a try as a place to store my photos and backups. Has anyone given it a spin on an old computer? It seems like a nice project with a long, established history…
Canonical premiered Ubuntu TV at the CES. It appears to be a very delightful interface for managing various traditional and Internet-based television services. Nevertheless, the big problem that has faced companies like TiVo has not been creating a great interface, but getting pay TV services to integrate with a given interface. How will Canonical avoid the exact same problem?
Given my last post; I find it doubly interesting that Samsung has introduced two services as part of its CES announcements: AdHub and SwipeIt (the latter name is particularly fitting). Of course, if one is going to shamelessly copy industrial design, one might as well offer parallel services and APIs, right?
A lot of bloggers who are not Apple users have been rather cynical about Apple's attempts to stop Samsung's cloning of Apple's designs, despite Samsung copying some parts of iOS down to icon placement and color on the Galaxy Tab. Well, if Samsung's often blatant ripoffs weren't enough, check out Acer's new cloud offering and accompanying product slides.
No wonder Apple spends so much on R&D. They are providing R&D for at least three different companies.
HT: John Gruber
Right on cue, the January Apple Rumor Season has begun on the first quasi-back-to-work day after Christmas and New Year's. Today, various sources have been reporting rumors of an impending Apple media event. The interesting twist to the rumor is that it will focus not on new iPads, but on the iBooks bookstore.
What might Apple be up to with iBooks that is worthy of its own event? Given that the Kindle store is often cheaper, has a larger selection, and, unlike iBooks, (ironically) allows me to read books on my Mac in addition to my iPad, I've always found iBooks to be a non-starter. Maybe that will change?
On the fifth day of Christmas, my Verizon PR contact sent to me a Galaxy Nexus to review. We will have a complete review of the latest Nexus phone on OFB in the next few weeks. So far, I like the changes that have been made in Android 4.0. It feels more coherent than either Android 2.3 or Android 3.x.
