Apple and Microsoft both announced their earnings reports this week. And, to no one’s surprise, both made money…Microsoft made most of their money in the commercial division. Apple made their money in the iPhone arena. Interestingly Apple made more than double the bottom line profits of Microsoft. Microsoft touted their 1.9 million sales of the Surface tablet. Apple sold 26 million iPads. Go figure.
Google will shortly announce their earnings, but they just took a huge hit by selling its money-losing Motorola Mobility Division for $10 billion less than they paid for it.
Facebook did well in its earnings and today announced a News Reader premiering next weak on iOS (see story #1). I will take a look at it next week and let you know what I think.
So, why not just read on and see what else this edition holds. Enjoy your weekend and the Super Bowl. - JRC
News and Opinions
Facebook Announces Paper, A Curated Visual News Reader Launching Feb. 3
You miss great content because you aren’t subscribed to the right sources. So Facebook wants to bring you that content. It launches to everyone in the U.S. on February 3rd, the day before Facebook’s 10th birthday
How the 'Netflix of books' won over the publishing industry
Oyster has grown its library of books available to its all-you-can-eat subscribers to more than 100,000 titles. CEO Eric Stromberg tells us how it happened, and how the company is changing the world of reading.
Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
Few pieces of technology can genuinely claim to be iconic. But Apple's iPod, first launched in 2001, arguably fits the bill. But 12 years, and 26 devices later, the generation-defining iPod range looks like it's about to fade into history without so much as a whimper.
Google+ Is Getting Harder And Harder To Avoid
As Google continues its effort to tie all its services together in a neatly wrapped package, users are slowly feeling the pressure to conform to Google’s standards. Many don’t like it.
Target hackers may have exploited backdoor in widely used server software
The malware used the privileged insider access to temporarily stash payment card data siphoned out of the terminals used in checkout lines so it could then periodically be downloaded to a different service for permanent storage.
Computer Tips and Tricks
Going small(er): Trading spinning disks for SSDs
Solid-state drives can give a significant boost to system performance, but at the cost of storage space. Here’s how to sort out the data on a big spinning-platter drive and fit what you can onto a smaller SSD.
Top Free Software Picks: System Maintenance Utilities
It always comes as a bit of a surprise when—after months or years of use—the device that previously zipped along like a puppy on speed seems to have slowed, now a geriatric hound no longer interested in chasing the ball. Here is some software that might help bring the zip back.
How to get started with subscription music services
Need help getting starting on all-you-can-stream services like Spotify and Beats Music? This primer fills you in on the good and the bad of subscription music services, and how to choose between all the options out there.
The Best Password Managers
Passwords are most people's security Achilles heel; but that doesn't have to be the case if you use a service to manage your passwords.
Use OneNote anywhere with the OneNote Web App
With no download required, you can use it anywhere: at your friend’s house, at the airport, or even on a device that doesn’t have OneNote already installed.
Portable Computing
Android in 79 percent of smartphones sold
The report by the research firm Strategy Analytics confirms the ascendancy of Android, which has extended its lead over Apple's iOS, which is used on the iPhone.
Tablets with the best battery life
Battery life is the one metric that truly affects all other aspects of a tablet's functionality. Let's be real: if you run out of battery life, there's not much you can do with a dead slate.
Top 10 iOS Shortcuts and Gestures
Sometimes, the simplest way to do something isn't the most obvious way. A lot of gestures and shortcuts aren't exactly intuitive, but they can make certain tasks a lot faster. Here are 10 of our favorite shortcuts and gestures on iOS
Evernote 7.3 makes taking notes simpler, more colorful
Evernote for iOS has been updated to version 7.3, making some changes to the user interface, as well as other improvements, all in an effort to make Evernote simpler and more responsive.
Seed Mail (for iPhone) Review & Rating
After tinkering with an app called Seed Mail (free, App Store) for a few days, I'm ready to keep this one on my iPhone for good.
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