Technology & Business
Apple IOS 7 on 80% of compatible devices
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Photo by blakespot under creative commons license [/caption] Every operating system vendor dreams of being able to quickly upgrade its existing deployed users to its latest and greatest but in most cases, it take months to years. Apple is showing everyone how its done announcing that "80% of decides are using IOS 7". 17% are on IOS 6 and 3% are on some older version. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/951b3b084d.jpg" alt=""> Stats from Apple (link)
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Glif from Studio Neat - The accessory every smartphone owner should have
The best part of my iPhone is the amazing camera it contains. It is always with me and allows me to capture moments that would otherwise be lost forever. For these immediate situations, I grab my iPhone and quickly snap a picture. Then there are times when I want to use a tripod (group shots, self shots or nature photography) but what tripod mount is the best. My local electronics store has several dozen (all of which are terrible by the way).
Swiftkey predictive keyboard coming to IOS
Everyone's favourite leaker, evleaks, says the popular Android keyboard Swiftkey is coming to an IOS device near you. But don't pop the champagne just yet because its not what you think. SwiftKey Note for iOS. pic.twitter.com/x4cJkq0KC5 — @evleaks (@evleaks) January 23, 2014 It seems the company will be releasing an app called Swiftkey Note. Swiftkey note looks like a plain clean looking notes app with the Swiftkey magic keyboard built in. We don't know if this is a prototype app to encourage other IOS app developers to license Swiftkey for their app do well just have to wait and see.
Apple to scrap iPhone 5c according to WSJ
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Image by Janitors under Creative Commons License [/caption] Another day, another Apple rumour. This time the Wall Street Journal (link) is reporting that Apple will unveil 2 new iPhones this year. One with a display larger than 4.5" and another one with a display larger than 5". Of course these rumour come from "people familiar with the situation" so take it all with a large block of salt. They are predicting a model that looks similar to the iPhone 5s with a metal casing and a standard October launch.
A $50 unlocked android phone from Motorola?
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Image by Hades2K under Creative Commons License [/caption] 2013 was the year of Motorola. When most Android manufacturers were competing on specifications (processor, memory, storage, screen size, etc), Motorola decided to take a different angle and built a well designed, customizable, reasonably priced android device. This device, the MotoX, came with an almost stock Android OS with some small but powerful usability add ons. I'm an iPhone user and have been from the very beginning but the MotoX was the device that almost made me switch.
Netflix will implement 3-tier pricing for new members
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Image by BrianC under Creative Commons License [/caption] A recent Netflix shareholder letter and an interview with GigaOM (link) makes it clear that Netflix is evaluating different tiered pricing plans. On page 2 of the shareholder letter (link) , the CEO explains: "Last April we introduced a 4-concurrent stream $11.99 option to begin our evaluation of plan tiering. Since late last year, we have also been testing 1-stream and 3-stream variants, as well as SD/HD variations, at various price points.
Atlas identifies and tracks all your exercises
Most fitness trackers are glorified pedometers. The same pedometer technology we have been using for 30 years with some extra software to make it look more modern. To really track your workouts and help you improve, you need a much deeper level of information collection and a more mature set of data analytics tools. Over a year ago, I loved the idea of a fitness tracker called Amiigo (link). <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/f50ac2f850.jpg" alt=""> Unfortunately the Amiigo is more than a year late to deliver their product and updates aren't very comforting.
Whatsapp reaches 430M Users
A Whatsapp cofounder came clean and praised Android for its openness. He further explained how much easier it is to add new features to its Android version compared to IOS. And to top it all off, he confirmed that Whatsapp has more Android users than IOS. They have managed to collect 430M users (up almost 30 million since December). The company has 50 employees of which half work on localization and translation. Whatsapp is a lean organization which keeps costs low and has a steady revenue stream of $0,99 per account per year.
Rogers MotoX Kitkat update coming soon
Motorola shook up the smartphone business when it released the revolutionary MotoX. It wasn't revolutionary because of its specs but rather because of the built in value-added features it brought (Moto assist, Moto migrate, always listening, etc). One complaint Android owners have had for years is the huge unexplainable delay between a new version of the OS being released by Google and when it was made available to consumers through the carriers. Some updates take 12-18 months. Motorola used this as a potential differentiator and promised a Kitkat update to Its phones quickly.