Tag Archives: Apple

Jobs on iTunes for Android

We thought about whether we should do a music client for android. We put iTunes on Windows in order to sell more iPods. But I don’t see an advantage of putting our music app on Android, except to make Android users happy. And I don’t want to make Android users happy. Steve Jobs in his …

January 16, 2012 – 11:39 pm | By Rohit Mishra | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Think Different

I am currently reading Steve Jobs – by Walter Issacson and came upon the making of this ad. It is easy to identify with this ad today knowing all that Steve did to transform so many things, but, to think of it at a time when Apple was in a horrible shape and had its …

January 6, 2012 – 8:27 pm | By Rohit Mishra | Posted in Everything Else | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

iCloud ads don’t make sense in India !

India is one of the few countries where Android tablets are doing well (Android tabs suck because of lack of apps though.) . Also, because the Indian market is so price-conscious, I doubt we have huge sales of iMacs and Macbook laptops here.  So, it is confusing why would Apple push iCloud so heavily in India then. …

December 19, 2011 – 12:15 am | By Rohit Mishra | Posted in Everything Else | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Apple’s 30% cut is leveling the field

Apple’s decision to claim 30% price of all content sold on the iOS devices forced many companies including Amazon and the Wall Street Journal to make web apps, in addition to the native apps which no longer have links to their online stores. (The webapps have) Now, Apple’s biggest advantage over Android (and every other …

August 12, 2011 – 1:42 am | By Rohit Mishra | Posted in Tech | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Apple kills the mouse

      This is the new Apple Magic Trackpad. Its a game-changer.   PC users have been ogling at the multitouch capabilities of Macbook and Macbook Pros. The same capability, and maybe much more, will be available to iMac users. The trackbad is 80% bigger than on any Macbook pro. It supports pinch-to-zoom, two-finger …

July 30, 2010 – 3:07 pm | By Rohit Mishra | Posted in Tech | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Should Google be allowed to favour its affiliate services on its Search Engine

  I just watched Tim O’Reilly’s keynote at the MySQL conference, in which he calls for an open data internet operating system. His basic premise is that different companies are cornering away the subsystems of the Internet Operating System – people, payment, search, location etc. He contends that some of these companies like Google, Apple …

July 15, 2010 – 11:31 pm | By Rohit Mishra | Posted in Tech | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Joe Wilcox on IPhone

Websites like TechCrunch, GigaOm offer the latest happenings on the web. But at times, I like in-depth analysis — the kind provided by Gartner blogs, and independent analysts like those on ZDnet and Joe Wilcox. I had an e-mail conversation with him about the state of mobile market in India and why the Apple IPhone …

October 2, 2009 – 6:49 pm | By Rohit Mishra | Posted in Tech | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

The IPhone Pain and Motorola’s gain

My life for the last one year was pretty much hijacked by studies and exams, forcing me to give my every wish a “consider after boards” tag. The financial situation of my family makes life a bit complicated. I took the risk of applying to US colleges like MIT, Caltech, Princeton etc. – (which are …

June 30, 2008 – 8:57 pm | By Rohit Mishra | Posted in Personal | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)