by Erik Kain on March 3, 2012
Will release its third iPad installment next week? What about the new TV? is hosting a product event next Wednesday. Many analysts predict the iPad 3 will be released, possibly alongside the TV box-top reboot. The March 7th event is being billed with the slogan: “We have something you really have to see. And touch.” [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 22, 2012
Ten years ago, David Bowie predicted the death of copyright – in ten years. Like other 2012 end-times predictions, he was wrong. “The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it,” he said. “I see absolutely no point [...]
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TVs are disappearing off of store shelves and they’re not being restocked. Gabe Gagliano predicts a March reboot of the TV box-top set. He sees the refresh as a natural step to take alongside the new iPad with its high-definition display. “Now, every time does a product introduction, they feature partners who have developed apps to [...]
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~Guest post by Aziz Poonawalla In Q4 2011, ‘s revenue was a jaw-dropping $43.6 billion, with profit of $13.1 billion and cash reserves of almost $100 billion. There are a lot of ways to put these numbers in context, but I think this single chart really captures the essence of what has achieved: Here Comes The Kindle Fire Meanwhile, consider [...]
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shares a number of rumors surrounding the development of the Xbox 720, ‘s next-generation gaming console. One in particular is downright frightening: technology that would prevent the resale of used games. “Yesterday, the talk was an anti-used game verification system, possibly similar to iTunes,” Humphrey writes. What a terrible, horrible, no-good very-bad idea! Not only [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 28, 2011
The internet is abuzz with an increasing number of reports on the 2012 release of 32″ and 37″ Apple televisions in third or fourth quarter 2012. Commenter aaronl makes a really smart point about what the reported size of these sets means about ‘s strategy going forward: “If is targeting the 32″ and 37″ market, [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 27, 2011
Freddie deBoer wants a better class of IP reform advocates. In a long response to Julian Sanchez, Freddie dismisses the current batch as “pro-piracy” and lays down a critique of the technofuturist crowd that basically writes them off as calloused advocates of artistic ruin and the decline of the artistic middle class. I think piracy [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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