Category Archives: Tech Opinion

Android Market Share Surges in Q1 2012

Posted on May 9, 2012 by W
Android Market Share Surges in Q1 2012

Q1 NPD number is out. Android surged to 61%. iOS dropped to 29%. Compare that with ComScore’s February number: Android 50.1%, iOS 30.2% Worldwide profit estimate by Asymco Apple: 73% Samsung 26% Everyone else: 1% In Cupertino “ecosystem”, 80% of iOS developers lose money OS Share of Smartphone Phones 2012 Q1 Profit Shares of 8 Mobile Phone Vendors Source

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Apple Introduces Developer ID and Gatekeeper

Posted on April 30, 2012 by W
Apple Introduces Developer ID and Gatekeeper

The Mac App Store is the safest place for users to get software for their Mac, but we also want to protect users when they get applications from other places. Gatekeeper is a new feature in OS X Mountain Lion that helps protect users from downloading and installing malicious software. Signing your applications, plug-ins, and installer packages with a Developer ID certificate lets Gatekeeper verify that they are not known malware and have not been tampered with. Mac Developer Program members can sign applications with their Developer ID now to get ready for Gatekeeper. If you’re not already a member, join the Mac Developer Program today.

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AWS Marketplace Launch Creates Jump in Amazon.com Stock Price

Posted on April 19, 2012 by W
AWS Marketplace Launch Creates Jump in Amazon.com Stock Price

Amazon EC2 Market launches and the stock prices increases at market open. As all of these new services come in to place they require using Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud and related services, so I believe it is not a bad idea to invest in Amazon.

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We’re glad you’re with Yahoo! Mail

Posted on April 19, 2012 by W
We’re glad you’re with Yahoo! Mail

Welcome to your new email, where connecting and sharing is fast, safe, and easy. Things you’ll love about Yahoo! Mail Get easy access to all your contacts in one place. Add your friends and family now. Check messages on your phone from anywhere. Keep every message, photo, and video that you want—forever. Things you won’t love about Yahoo Mail Advertisements appended to the bottom of your messages API Connection leaves something to be desired Web interface is not great (check out the “settings” panel – still hasn’t been updated in years)

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AWS Marketplace Launches

Posted on April 19, 2012 by W
AWS Marketplace Launches

The other day I was looking at the Bitnami stacks and was thinking how incredible it is that you can create an amazon AMI image and share, deploy, and instantly launch a web server. This has interesting repercussions for software and copyright holders, imagine installing a licensed operating system like Redhat or Microsoft Windows and then giving hundreds of thousands of others the ability to instantly clone it. Oops. Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce AWS Marketplace, an online store where customers can find, buy, and quickly deploy software that runs on AWS. AWS Marketplace includes pay-as-you-go products, free software (AWS infrastructure fees still apply), and hosted software with varied pricing models. CA Canonical Couchbase Check Point IBM Microsoft SUSE Red Hat SAP Many widely used open source offerings, including WordPress Drupal MediaWiki This certainly will make software as a service companies and providers – I’m thinking cheap web hosting for wordpress, for example, have to take another look at their product / services model and pricing tiers. You’ll be charged for what you use, by the hour or month, and software charges will appear on the same bill as your other AWS services. When you find the software you’d like to purchase, you can use AWS Marketplace’s 1-Click deployment to quickly launch pre-configured server images, or deploy with familiar tools like the AWS Console.

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Facebook Video Party

Posted on April 16, 2012 by W
Facebook Video Party

Facebook Video Party 12 Participants Moderation Controls HD Video Apparently you can mute the whole room for presentations, kick/ban trolls, and has two extra spots for presenters. I’ve heard the video and sound quality is absolutely unreal, plus you’ll be able to use a bluetooth headset with the iphone to participate via mobile. I’ll try to see if I can get a beta screen shot sometime tomorrow. via https://plus.google.com/115957092291818573863/posts/cAVySAw8icX

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Mac OS X Dock Preference Settings (secrets)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by W
Mac OS X Dock Preference Settings (secrets)

###Animate launch### defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -boolean Expose minimizes desktop defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -boolean Prevent changes to position defaults write com.apple.dock position-immutable -boolean Magnification defaults write com.apple.dock magnification -boolean Show Expose corners defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-showcorners -boolean Prevent changes to min-effect preference defaults write com.apple.dock min-effect-immutable -boolean Ripple when placing widgets defaults write com.apple.dock disable-ripple -boolean-neg Screen Edge Position defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string left defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string bottom defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string right Dock Appearance defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -float Prevent changes to min-in-place preference defaults write com.apple.dock min-in-place-immutable -boolean Arrow key wraps defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-wrap-arrows -boolean Dock pinning defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string Bounce Applications defaults write com.apple.dock no-bouncing -boolean-neg Show “Quit” menu item defaults write com.apple.dock QuitFinder -boolean Switch spaces when using Command-Tab defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -boolean Highlight the arrow of the foremost application defaults write com.apple.dock showforeground – wvous-float-style defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-float-style – Dim hidden apps defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -boolean Prevent changes to Dock contents defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -boolean Show only running applications defaults write com.apple.dock static-only -boolean Hot Corner: Top left defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-tl-corner -string Show shadow defaults write com.apple.dock showshadow -boolean Always show trash as empty defaults write com.apple.dock trash-full -boolean Prevent changes to Dock size defaults write com.apple.dock size-immutable -boolean Enable single application mode defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -boolean Hot Corner: Top right defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-tr-corner -string Autohide defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -boolean Show floating Expose button defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-floater -boolean … Continue reading →

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Are “A Small Orange” and “Hostnine LLC” the same company?

Posted on February 5, 2012 by W

To me it looks like “A Small Orange” and “Hostnine LLC” are the same company… Addresses for Hostnine and “A Small Orange” mapped: Whois information for Hostnine Whois Server Version 2.0 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: HOSTNINE.COM Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: DNS1.HOSTNINE.COM Name Server: DNS2.HOSTNINE.COM Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientRenewProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 10-jan-2011 Creation Date: 08-aug-2006 Expiration Date: 08-aug-2017 Registrant: HostNine LLC 650 Hamilton Ave SE Suite D Atlanta, Georgia 30312 United States Registered through: Go Daddy Domain Name: HOSTNINE.COM Created on: 08-Aug-06 Expires on: 08-Aug-17 Last Updated on: 10-Jan-11 Administrative Contact: Hanna, Douglas domains@hostnine.com HostNine LLC 650 Hamilton Ave SE Suite D Atlanta, Georgia 30312 United States +1.8772514678 Fax — Technical Contact: Hanna, Douglas domains@hostnine.com HostNine LLC 650 Hamilton Ave SE Suite D Atlanta, Georgia 30312 United States +1.8772514678 Fax — Domain servers in listed order: DNS1.HOSTNINE.COM DNS2.HOSTNINE.COM Whois information for “A Small Orange” Whois Server Version 2.0 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: ASMALLORANGE.COM Registrar: ENOM, INC. Whois Server: whois.enom.com Referral URL: http://www.enom.com Name Server: NS1.ASMALLORANGE.COM Name Server: NS2.ASMALLORANGE.COM Status: clientTransferProhibited Updated Date: 03-aug-2010 Creation Date: 15-jan-2004 Expiration Date: 15-jan-2015 >>> Last update of whois database: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:41:48 UTC < << Domain name: asmallorange.com Registrant Contact: … Continue reading →

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10 Amazon EC2 Alternatives

Posted on January 30, 2012 by W

Amazon EC2 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change. Amazon EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for capacity that you actually use. Amazon EC2 provides developers the tools to build failure resilient applications and isolate themselves from common failure scenarios. http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ Terremark Terremark brings the power of the cloud to the enterprise with solutions built to integrate seamlessly into your existing I.T. infrastructure, compatible with your existing applications, and conforming to your policies and compliance needs, helping you move faster, respond quicker, and accelerate innovation. Terremark’s Enterprise Cloud gives you precise, dynamic allocation of computing resources with the scale, performance and security to handle enterprise-wide applications. Large organizations, IT executives and multi-site teams will appreciate the robust solution for its multi-user capacity, dedicated resource pool architecture and role-based security model as well as private network connectivity and physical device integration. Eucalyptus Eucalyptus is the world’s most widely deployed cloud computing software platform for on-premise (private) Infrastructure as a … Continue reading →

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Netflix Pricing

Posted on November 17, 2011 by W
Netflix Pricing

Netflix is not very transparent about their pricing on their website before you sign up. So I’ve created a chart of their current pricing as of November 2011. Now you can enjoy seeing the Netflix pricing without having to log into the netflix website! Unlimited Plans Unlimited Streaming (no DVDs) Unlimited Streaming $7.99 a month Watch instantly as often as you want on your PC, Mac or TV Includes Starz Play service Unlimited DVDs (no streaming) Exchange DVDs as often as you want Click here to 1 DVD out at-a-time   $7.99 a month 2 DVDs out at-a-time   $11.99 a month 3 DVDs out at-a-time   $15.99 a month 4 DVDs out at-a-time   $21.99 a month 5 DVDs out at-a-time   $27.99 a month 6 DVDs out at-a-time   $32.99 a month 7 DVDs out at-a-time   $37.99 a month 8 DVDs out at-a-time   $43.99 a month Unlimited Streaming + DVDs Watch instantly as often as you want on your PC, Mac, or TV Includes Starz Play service Exchange DVDs as often as you want Click here to Unlimited Streaming + 1 DVD out at-a-time $15.98 a month Unlimited Streaming + 2 DVDs out at-a-time $19.98 a month Unlimited Streaming + 3 DVDs out at-a-time $23.98 a month Unlimited Streaming + 4 DVDs out at-a-time $29.98 a month Unlimited Streaming + 5 DVDs out at-a-time $35.98 a month Unlimited Streaming + 6 DVDs out at-a-time $40.98 a month Unlimited Streaming + 7 DVDs out at-a-time $45.98 a … Continue reading →

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