I love this stuff. Sidwalk art like you’ve never seen before. Amazing.

From AllThingsD and John Paczkowski comes word that Acer CEO J.T. Wang has seen the light. No more cheap hardware, and instead will focus on the so-called ultrabook market, as epitomized by Apple’s MacBook Air. We will shift our strategy to improving profitability from pursuing market share blindly with cheap and unprofitable products. Ultrabooks will … Read More »

There’s a room with a view, and then there’s a store with a view. The latest in pretentious, ostentatious retail locations is the new Grand Central Terminal Apple Store in New York (Flash Alert!). Instead of browsing around the store, it’s more like hiking around the store.

When is an iPad not an iPad? When it’s an iPad in China. From MarketWatch: Apple lost a trademark dispute in China, where it had accused Proview Technology Shenzhen Co. of infringing on its iPad trademark. A Chinese court rejected the lawsuit, according to reports Tuesday citing Chinese media, ruling that Proview — a unit … Read More »

Thanks to the internet and a plethora of apps which bring me the news, I stopped buying newspapers and magazines a few years ago. 2011 must be the year of the aggregator. My favorite new app, both iPad and iPhone, is Flipboard. Dozens of publications, updated all day, only a touch away. Nice. Did I … Read More »

We shop at a few stores which have a self checkout system. Walmart, Safeway, and Home Depot. Overall, the experience is mixed. Whenever the self checkout doesn’t work it takes longer to finally make the purchase and leave the store. The local Apple Stores now have a self checkout called EasyPay. Geek.com has the details, … Read More »