Time has Come for Bigger iPhone 6


Another week brings more rumors of an iPhone 6 with a bigger screen; this time around the skinny from a Chinese analyst is that the next Apple superphone will arrive in two larger sizes — 4.7 and 5.7...

Top CEOs meet in Davos


Davos is the place to be for the world’s top executives and political figures this week but what happens if you’re not deemed important enough to get in? Here’s my tale from nine years ago. Something...

Should Microsoft Buy Yahoo for $53 Billion?


The last time Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo — valuing it at $45 billion, Steve Ballmer hoped that some value could be created by combining their media assets. As he said back then, “We have great...

Google and the Social CRM Business


Relax, CRM vendors. Google is not getting into the customer relationship management business (CRM) anytime soon. But they should. Google seems to understand the Social CRM needs of small and medium...

Sun Flatlining Into Grand Minimum, Says Solar Physicist


With each passing season, the weather seems stranger and more extreme. Who can argue with a sudden outbreak of the “polar vortex” phenomenon; unprecedented winter drought in California; and summer...

Why is iPad mini Retina Not Getting a TV Ad?


Apple released an epic iPad Air ad last weekend. The 90 second TV commercial for the iPad Air is based on real life uses of the iPad Air. A voice over by Robin William recites classic poetry by Walt...

Court Prods FCC In Unexpected Direction In Last Week’s Verizon Ruling


By Andy Oram A court ruling this past Tuesday on FCC “network neutrality” regulation closes and opens a few paths in a three-way chess game that has been going on for years between the US District...

If Apple Launch A Larger iPhone 6, The Sweet Spot For The Screen Is 4.9 Inches


Rather than follow the competition, Apple have always forged their own road with their smartphone form factors. While Samsung, HTC, and Sony were busy selling larger screened smartphones to more...
    






On The Hunt For The Very Closest Alien Earths


Awash in a sea of long-lived stellar Red dwarfs, our own sun seems to be somewhat of a local anomaly. Until recently, detecting these faint M-spectral type stars — much less their potential...