Amazon.com (AMZN) has a major uphill battle for the long-term viability of its Kindle product.  With the release of the Apple iPad – a far superior product in my opinion – Amazon is most likely feeling the heat.  Amazon has recently updated its Kindle DX product with a new graphite finish and a price cut down to $379.  Amazon also cut the price of the Kindle to $189 in an attempt to compete effectively on price.
Don’t get me wrong, the Kindle is still a great device for individuals looking for …

I just read an article by The Street on how Apple’s (Apple, Inc – AAPL) success has not translated into success for other tech companies.  The title of the article is that Apple is killing the tech sector.  This is truly one of the dumbest articles I’ve read recently.
The author references companies that have suffered as a result of Apple’s success: Nokia, Microsoft, Adobe, RIM & Intel.  So, what?  Here’s an idea: why don’t those companies innovate like Apple?  Maybe they would be able to compete better.  Is this what …

The crumbling of the print media has been in the works for years, maybe even decades since the launch of the world wide web.  With a struggling economy, the demise of the print media has intensified.  The terrible business environment has already claimed several victims and forcing others like the WSJ to innovate and find a viable web strategy.
The latest move by our idiotic political leaders is to perhaps tax web sites like the drudge report and other news aggregators in redistribution attempt to funnel funds into the more traditional …

Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced the new iPhone today at the WWDC 2010 conference.  One of the most talked about features will be the video calling capability that they are calling FaceTime.  The feature will require the iPhone 4 (and the person you’re calling also requires the iPhone 4) and it also requires wifi.  Eventually the carriers will be able to support it hopefully.  Apple continues to impress!

I love reading about individuals who chart their own path, going in a different direction than the herd.  While obviously we don’t read about the countless failures of this path, but typically only the successes (i.e. Timothy Ferriss “Four Hour Work Week”), it is still fun to read and think on such people and their paths.
Most of us view a “different path” as one different than a normal job/career lifestyle.  This “normal” existence typically means working some version of a 9-5 like job Monday thru Friday, with a few weeks …

Palm, Inc (PALM) is an interesting story.  The stock has taken a beating in recent days due to an acknowledgement that they simply aren’t selling as many of their phones as analysts had hoped.  I believe that PALM is not a good investment by any means, for a few raesons that I’m going to outline here.
The Strategy
PALM’s stock was trading terribly for a long time.  Then, when they finally announced details of the upcoming Pre phone, it seemed like the stock had a resurgence and moved significantly higher (the stock …

Ok, the dust has settled a bit on the brand new product from Apple Inc. (AAPL).  Apple’s iPad had enormous hype surrounding its release that there is no wonder many people are saying it didn’t live up to it.  Unless the iPad could cure cancer while you watch a movie, I don’t think it would have been able to live up to the hype.  Thus is the bar that Apple has set for itself over the years.  A mark of extreme success in my opinion.
So, with that said, I believe …

I just hooked up my brand new Apple Time Machine today (purchased using American Express points at 40% off!).  I’m very excited and relieved to have the time machine hooked up and all of my important data backed up.  The thousands of photos and hours of home video that we have stored on our iMac are priceless.  If we lost these assets, it would be a tough pill to swallow.  Thus, the Time Machine is backing everything up safely.  Redundancy is important!
Do you have your data backed up?  If not, …