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Apple moves towards a consistent OS across all of their products

On 02/17/2012, in Apple, human-computer interaction (HCI), by Daniel Christian

A look into the not so distant future with OS X iOS — from applenapps.com
Excerpt:

Apple’s release of the Mountain Lion developer preview combined with the momentum of iOS indicates one clear path for Apple’s OS future. The path is combining the two for one consistent OS across all of Apple products. It’s unclear how long it will take for the merger to happen, but it definitely is coming down the line. OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion continues the Lion update path with many features from iOS moving over to the Mac. The iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch continue to be Apple’s top selling devices, and all of them are running iOS.

Apple’s iCloud is no Dropbox killer (it’s much more) — from TechCrunch.com by Sarah Perez
Excerpt:

Apple is more deeply integrating its iCloud service into the operating system itself. No longer will storing your documents in the cloud feel like an extra, value-added feature – it will feel like part of the OS itself. The cloud is just another drive, Apple seems to say, and saving to the cloud should look and feel no different than saving to your Documents folder or your Desktop.

Apple OS X Mountain Lion: Top 15 New Features — from Mashable.com by Peter Pachal

Apple bringing Macs to the living room with AirPlay for Mountain Lion — from AppleInsider.com by Neil Hughes
Excerpt:

Apple plans to break down the barriers between the Mac and HDTVs with its forthcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion operating system update, which will bring the AirPlay Mirroring feature currently found on iOS to the Mac.

OS X Messages: This is the future of IM — from Gizmodo.com

With Mountain Lion, OS X prowls closer to iOS — from techcrunch.com by Erick Schonfeld
Excerpt:

A number of the new features in OS X come directly from iOS. These include deeper iCloud integration, Messages, Reminders, Notes, a Notification Center, a Game Center, AirPlay, and built-in sharing to Twitter, email, and more.

Transcript: Apple CEO Tim Cook at Goldman Sachs — from CNNMoney.com

Apple’s Tim Cook Details New Mac OS Features — from Wall Street Journal by Jessica Vascellaro

 

 

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Apple’s greatness, and its shame [Winston]

On 01/31/2012, in Apple, business, ethics, global / globalization, society, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Apple’s greatness, and its shame — from Harvard Business Review by Andrew Winston

Excerpts:

Is there such a thing as too much profit? A disciple of Milton Friedman would say “never.” The idea that companies should only maximize shareholder value has had a stranglehold on the business world for decades. It’s time to rethink this assumption.

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Our system of competition yields amazing results — incredible technological innovation provided in massive quantities very quickly. But these marvels often rely on very real human costs. The whole system has some deep flaws that we must fix.

Apple prides itself on changing the game. So just imagine a world where the company applied its staggering innovation and design skills to create the iSupplyChain or iWorkingConditions. Everyone, including this fan of Apple products, would be a lot iHappier.

 

From DSC:
Readers of this blog already know that I’m a big fan of Apple’s products and Apple’s ability to reinvent itself, think big, and change the world.

But when Steve Jobs quickly answered Barack Obama (when the President asked what would it take for Americans to produce the iPhones, etc.) that “those jobs aren’t coming back“, his answer caused me to reflect on several questions:

  • What is the ultimate purpose of a business?
  • Does it exist solely to serve Wall Street and investors or does it exist to serve Main Street?
  • Can there be a bit of both?
  • How do local economies thrive when globalization continues to roll out?

 

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[Concept] Future computer desk for Mac and iPhone users [Future Technology; GloriaSt]

On 01/26/2012, in Apple, learning spaces, smart classrooms, by Daniel Christian

Concept future computer desk for users Mac and iPhone — from Future Technology posted by GloriaSt

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Some items re: Apple’s education-related announcements last week

On 01/24/2012, in Apple, digital learning, digital textbooks, game-changing environment, higher education, K-12 related, new business models, online learning, online media, publishing, by Daniel Christian

How iBooks Author Stacks Up to the Competition [CHART] — from Mashable.com by Chelsea Stark

Author, Author! Apple, Apple! — from The Journal by Therese Mageau
Apple’s new interactive textbook authoring system might just revolutionize the way districts develop their own curriculum. 

iTunes U vs. Blackboard – A Look at Apple’s New Online System — from padgadget.com

Thanks to iPads and Kindles, E-Book Lending at Libraries Explodes — from ReadWriteWeb.com by John Paul Titlow

Why textbooks of the future are not books — from gigaom.com by Erica Ogg

Apple Jumps Into Textbooks — from the WSJ
With More iPads in Classrooms, Education Push Would Help Fend Off Android-Device Competition

Apple’s iTunes U Morphs Into a Tool for Full Online Classes — from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler

Reinventing Textbooks: A Hard Course — from the New York Times by David Streitfeld

 

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Donald Chan/Reuters
People flooded Foxconn Technology with résumés at a 2010 job fair in Henan Province, China.
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A significant part of “The Walmart of Education” may just have been unleashed by Apple this morning

On 01/19/2012, in 21st century, Apple, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, future of higher education, game-changing environment, innovation, interactivity, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, publishing, smart classrooms, by Daniel Christian

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Veeeeery interesting…Apple’s education-related event scheduled for 1/19 in the Big Apple

On 01/11/2012, in Apple, Daniel S. Christian, education, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, publishing, by Daniel Christian

Join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple. Jason O'Grady

 

From DSC:
Veeeeery interesting…perhaps Apple is building the Walmart of Education.

 

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The consumerization of IT and several other tech predictions for 2012

On 12/30/2011, in Adobe, Apple, change, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, future, Google, innovation, IT in HE, leadership, Microsoft, mobile technologies, staying relevant, strategy, by Daniel Christian

2012 tech predictions: From IDG’s editors worldwide –– from InfoWorld by David Bromley
Consumerization of IT is the consensus choice of the new year’s major technology force, one that will manifest itself in several forms

Several other commonly-mentioned items were:

  • Mobility
  • Patent disputes
  • Apple & Steve Jobs
  • BYOD (bring your own device to work) movement

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An interesting, mobile recording solution for the iPad, iPhone, Mac

On 12/06/2011, in Apple, digital audio, mobile learning, music, tools, by Daniel Christian

My thanks to Mr. Steven Chevalia for the resource

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Count on Apple iTV in 2012, analyst says [Meredith]

On 11/30/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, educational games / serious games, elearning, future, game-changing environment, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, social learning / networks, storytelling, technologies for your home, television, transmedia, trends, by Daniel Christian

Count on Apple iTV in 2012, analyst says — from technewsdaily.com by Leslie Meredith

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Excerpt:

  • The rumors that Apple will launch an actual TV have hit the headlines again following comments made today (Nov. 30) by analyst Gene Munster at an industry conference. Munster went so far as to tell his audience at the Ignition: Future of Media conference in New York City to wait to buy a new TV, because Apple’s TV is “going to be awesome.”

Addendum on 12/2/11: 

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The Application Island: Gaining Mobile Developer Mindshare [Rowinski]

On 11/28/2011, in Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, Google, mobile learning, mobile technologies, programming, by Daniel Christian

The Application Island: Gaining Mobile Developer Mindshare — from readwriteweb.com by Dan Rowinski

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HTML5 program promises to be game changer [Mermigas] & 10 Hypotheses for Technology Investing [McNamee]

On 11/17/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, convergence, disruption, Google, Microsoft, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile technologies, tablets, television, trends, by Daniel Christian

HTML5 program promises to be game changer — from mediapost.com by Diane Mermigas

Also see:

  • Elevation Partners Director and Co-Founder Roger McNamee [Video-based presentation]
    Chapters (full program: 52 min 22 sec)
    01. Introduction
    02. Demise of Microsoft means opportunity
    03. Google in a tough spot
    04. Creativity rules in HTML5
    05.  Apple domination in tablets
    06.  Access from any screen
    07.  The social wave is over
    08.  TV the last protected media
    09.  Economic context and seed investing
    10.  Why Apple supports HTML5
    11.  Privacy regulation
    12.  HTML5 implications for content protection
    13.  Investment in Forbes
    14. Ringback tones
    15. Money in the music industry
    16. Subscription television

 

  • #1: “Next” web architecture = Hypernet + Hyperweb
  • #2: The decline & fall of Windows unlocks revenue
  • #3: Index search is peaking
  • #4: Apple’s model threatens web
  • #5: HTML5 is game changer for publishers
    HTML5 is not just a programming language; enables new models of web experience
    – Developers will embed audio and video directly in web pages, replacing Adobe’s Flash plug-in; enables much greater differentiation in sites, advertising, etc.
    – Content publishers will redesign their sites to reduce power of Google, ad networks
    HTML5 will be disruptive in ways we cannot imagine today: pendulum swinging to favor content creators and publishers. Imagine Amazon or eBay storefront as an ad.
    – Everything can be an app . . . every piece of content . . . every tweet . . . every ad
    – Ads: create demand and fulfill it at the same time . . . without leaving publisher’s page
    – Other tech (e.g., Wordnik) enables publishers to protect and monetize text onsite and off
  • #6: Tablets are hugely disruptive
  • #7: First wave of “social web” is over
  • #8: Smartphones in US: Apple + 7 Dwarfs
  • #9: Wireless infrastructure is a competitive threat to US
  • #10: Integration of TV & Internet could be disruptive

 

From DSC:

  • A recommendation that caught my eye:
    Focus 100% on companies that are cloud + multiscreen; HTML 5 as proxy.

 

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GarageBand now available for iPhone and iPod touch users

On 11/01/2011, in Apple, digital audio, music, tools, by Daniel Christian

GarageBand now available for iPhone and iPod touch users — from Apple.com

Excerpt:

CUPERTINO, California—November 1, 2011—Apple® today announced that GarageBand®, its breakthrough music creation app, is now available for iPhone® and iPod touch® users. Introduced earlier this year on iPad®, GarageBand uses Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface to make it easy for anyone to create and record their own songs, even if they’ve never played an instrument before.

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Some updates on items that will ultimately impact “learning from the living room”

On 10/25/2011, in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, convergence, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, innovation, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, television, transmedia, trends, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Apple plans to revolutionize your living room next, just as Steve Jobs wanted — from readwriteweb.com by John Paul Titlow

Excerpt:

apple-tv-set.jpg“I finally cracked it,” Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson just months before his death. He was referring to the design and functionality of television, something Jobs had long wanted his company to reimagine.

In the official biography of the late Apple founder that came out today, one of the last topics discussed before Isaacson touches on Jobs’ summer 2011 resignation is how he had hoped to revolutionize the television set.

 

From DSC:
Interesting thing about those who innovate…sometimes, others come to them in the hopes that the innovative company will create an X, Y, or Z product line.  Jobs and Ives, by being known as two of the top heads of an innovative company, had an army of people contributing ideas to Apple (and many of them doing so freely through the years). 

So I also give credit to those encouraging Apple to take certain approaches, for submitting potential ideas and suggestions, and for those employees/contractors/suppliers who are working at (or on behalf of) Apple who are working hard to bring those ideas/visions to fruition (Jeff Robbin comes to mind).  Jobs most likely didn’t come to cracking this thing on his own.

Seven ways an integrated Apple TV could change everything — from forbes.com by Louis Bedigian

Sony expects “fight for the living room” — from warc.com

Excerpt:

TOKYO: Sony, the electronics group, believes it is in a “fight for the living room” not only with traditional rivals like Samsung and LG, but also with new players in the TV arena, such as Apple and Google.

 PlayJam Closes Round A Financing for $5 million from Adobe, GameStop and Endeavour for Connected TV Games — from http://appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein

One More Thing….Does Jobs Have a Final Trick Up His Sleeve? — from http://digitallivingroom.com

Apple Could Release TV Set in 2012 [REPORT] — from Mashable.com by Lauren Indvik

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Polycom RealPresence Mobile brings HD video conferencing to the tablet

On 10/13/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, collaboration, convergence, digital audio, digital video, global / globalization, Google, mobile learning, mobile technologies, tablets, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Polycom® RealPresence™ Mobile — now for both the iPad and Android-based devices
Take video collaboration mobile with the first enterprise HD software solution for Motorola and Samsung tablets

Polycom® RealPresence™ Mobile is a new, free-to-download software solution that extends our legendary HD video collaboration technology, built on the Polycom RealPresence Platform, beyond the office and conference room to your Apple® iPad® 2, Motorola XOOM™ and Samsung Galaxy Tab™ tablet PCs.

 

Polycom RealPresence Mobile brings HD video conferencing to the tablet

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Addendum on 10/18/11:

On October 12, Polycom president and CEO Andy Miller gave a keynote address during the CTIA Enterprise & Applications™ 2011 conference in San Diego, Calif., discussing video collaboration in today’s mobile society. During his keynote, Andy presented key industry trends, and share how Polycom is delivering video to mobile platforms, extending HD video collaboration technology beyond the office and conference room. The keynote included a live demonstration of a game-changing mobile video solution for enterprises – the Polycom® RealPresence™ Mobile.

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Hmmm…I wonder if Apple’s building “The Walmart of Education” that I’ve been talking about…? Potential pieces continue to be implemented.

On 10/11/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, MBA, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, open courseware and systems, personalized/customized learning, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Apple University will train executives to think like Steve Jobs — from good.is by Liz Dwyer

Excerpt:

If you want to honor Steve Jobs’ life by following in his entrepreneurial footsteps, forget heading to business school. The Los Angeles Times reports that an Apple team has been working on a top-secret project to create an executive training program called Apple University. The goal? To train people to think like Steve Jobs.

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Apple refused to comment on the existence of Apple University, but the Times says that in 2008, Jobs “personally recruited” Joel Podolny, the dean of Yale Business School, to “help Apple internalize the thoughts of its visionary founder to prepare for the day when he’s not around anymore.” Apple analyst Tim Bajarin told the Times that, “it became pretty clear that Apple needed a set of educational materials so that Apple employees could learn to think and make decisions as if they were Steve Jobs.” Though the curriculum is still under wraps, Jobs himself oversaw the creation of the “university-caliber courses.” (emphasis DSC)

 Also see:

 

Steve Jobs’ virtual DNA to be fostered in Apple University: To survive its late founder, Apple and Steve Jobs planned a training program in which company executives will be taught to think like him, in “a forum to impart that DNA to future generations.” Key to this effort is Joel Podolny, former Yale Business School dean. Photo: Steve Jobs helped plan Apple University — an executive training program to help Apple carry on without him. Credit: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times

Steve Jobs helped plan Apple University — an executive training program to help
Apple carry on without him. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times / October 6, 2011)

From DSC:
If Apple were to choose to disrupt higher education, several other pieces of the puzzle have already been built and/or continue to be enhanced:

  • Siri — a serious start towards the use of intelligent agents / intelligent tutoring
  • An infrastructure to support 24x7x365 access and synchronization of content/assignments/files to a student’s various devices — via iCloud (available today via iTunes 10.5)
  • iTunes U already has millions of downloads and contains content from some of the world’s top universities
  • The internal expertise and teams to create incredibly-rich, interactive, multimedia-based, personalized, customized educational content
  • Students — like employees in the workplace — are looking for information/training/learning on demand — when they need it and on whatever device they need it
  • Apple — or other 3rd parties — could assist publishers in creating cloud-based apps (formerly called textbooks) to download to students’/professors’ devices as well as to the Chalkboards of the Future
  • The iPad continues to be implemented in a variety of education settings, allowing for some seriously interactive, mobile-based learning

 

 

 

 

At the least, I might be losing a bit more sleep if I were heading up an MBA program or a business school…

 

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