lundi 31 mars 2014

Apple veut toucher 40 dollars par smartphone Samsung vendu aux Etats-Unis

Via Le Figaro : Apple veut toucher 40 dollars par smartphone Samsung vendu aux Etats-Unis

samedi 29 mars 2014

So Microsoft is delivering Office on iPad. Pretty cool! But what is behind?

This was a rumour for a long time now, but Microsoft finally did it and this is not a little announce that Satya Naddala, new Microsoft CEO did there. Office is now available on iPad. And for free... or almost.

Office or Office 365 by the way?

My first reaction was "what does MS want to do on iPad" as they are doing so much effort on the other side to promote their mobile platform through Windows 8. I see two objectives there:
  1. Apple is losing more and more market shares this last months, facing Androïd aggressive strategy. Nevertheless, iPad is still a credible mobile device in business market on which it address executives and commercial population. In a strategy consisting to still being a market leader in business market, this does have a sense for Microsoft to provide tools continuity between desktop tools and mobile ones on its leading suite. Helping Apple to keep its leader position in this market today is another way to avoid facing a potential massive Androïd competitor in the next year. This is not the first time that Microsoft deploy such a strategy with Apple, for those who remember 1997's Apple keynote.
  2. Here, Microsoft does not promote iPad, nor even Office. If you read the little lines at the bottom of the contract, you'll see that free provided features are read-only ones. For a complete set of features, you have to buy an Office 365 license, which clearly echoes on the recent Microsoft strategy to target the cloud market that I recently observed during the french MS TechDays. What a big stone in iCloud garden by the way... and a clear response to Apple to provide a continuous suite between MacOS and iOS.
There may be several other reason for which deploying MS Office on iPad would not be a strategic mistake from Microsoft. But these two first ones seems sufficient for me. Microsoft strategy is now clearly heading cloud services and mobile devices are only one way among others to access these services. As a major actor in business market, Apple is a mandatory partner and competitor on it.

samedi 15 mars 2014

Pourquoi le chargeur universel de téléphone est une aberration

Depuis mac4ever : http://www.mac4ever.com/iphone/article?id=88069&app=true

En deux mots: plus besoin de chargeur universel. La prise universelle existe : c'est l'USB. Certains constructeurs l'ont compris depuis longtemps. Pas la commission européenne apparemment...

jeudi 6 mars 2014

«Si ces données ont tant d’importance pour les entreprises, pourquoi n’en auraient-elles pas pour nous?»

Depuis 20 Minutes quel avenir pour les outils de big data individuels? La démarche peut être intéressante dès lors que les entreprises jouent le jeu, et donc y trouvent l'Eure compte.

samedi 1 mars 2014

Why to Sketch Every Day

From medium.com. I do sketch, but not every day. Maybe I should...

Apple lance iOS in the Car avec Ferrari, Mercedes et Volvo

Ca y est, c'est officiel, Apple lance "iOS in the car". Pas de chance pour les marques françaises qui ratent le coche. Tout comme les marques américaines d'ailleurs, ce qui est plus étonnant.

Google, lui, s'est associé à Audi, Honda, General Motors et d'autres pour former l'Open Automotive Alliance.

De son côté, Microsoft vient de présenter un pré-version de "Windows in the car" dont les fonctionnalités semblent équivalentes mais qui nécessite encore de petits coups de tournevis pour être fiable...

Toujours est-il que le créneau de la voiture "intelligente" semble bel et bien devenir un enjeu majeur de la compétition entre les grands noms du secteur.

MWC 2014 : Fujitsu présente une tablette dont l'écran change de texture

Depuis l'Usine Digitale. Un nouveau cheval de bataille pour les constructeurs de tablettes? A voir. En tout cas, j'aimerais bien essayer.