Category: Technology
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Is Apple Listening to 7 million jail break customers?
With every iOS update it seems that the percentage of users jailbreaking their phones is increasing. What does that tell? Customers want more out of their devices than what Apple is providing. The divergence is increasing with every incremental update. Importantly, the users who want to tweak their devices are also the loyal apple developers.…
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Best of Android Apps for Galaxy SIII
As a reluctant convert from iPhone, I was surprised by the quality and the range of apps available on Android. For every app that I had cherished on iOS, there is a good enough replacement on Android. The best part is they look perfectly fine on my new Galaxy S3. Here are the screenshots of the apps…
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The Swanson Effect
Swanson’s law, named after Richard Swanson, founder of a solar firm, suggests that cost of solar cells will reduce by 20% with each doubling of capacity. We all know the Moore’s law and how it defined the technology boom. It seems that Moore’law has run its course , with Intel itself moving to a different…
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iPad prices – The Economist
Interesting chart from Economist about iPad pricing across the world. The price of iPad varies significantly – as much as $200 – between countries. Logistics, variation in personal incomes and differences in sales tax lead to significant price anomalies. A seamless global market for goods , it appears is still very far away.
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Build ’Em and They’ll Come – NYTimes.com
If you need to take a guess, about how much US plans to spend to build eight innovation centers that will pioneer research in energy security, the answer will throw you off the chair. It is about $60mn. Surely this is not the country that invented the atomic bomb or sent a man to the…