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Apple iTunes To Compete With Book Publishers

Mike Harding — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:42:19 +0000

Tomorrow is a big day for Apple. the rumor site are buzzing about the potential of an unannounced tablet device that could be a Kindle killer or the next handheld television or this or that.

What if…

Apple does to the book publishing business what they did to the music business with iTunes and to some extent the application business with the iPhone. What if Apple all anyone to publish the own ebook and put it on iTunes for purchase on a Mac through iTunes or downloadable on the new tablet device. Now anyone can bypass the rejection process and stranglehold of the big publishers and go straight to Apple and publish.

Of course Apple will get their 30%, but the writer will now get more than they got before from a publisher with the hassle of the contract or rejection.

Today anyone could write an e-book and market it on their website, but they could also have written an app for the Blackberry or Palm device too. Few did until the iPhone came along. The promise and simplicity of the iTunes clearinghouse could change the publishing business and completely upset the publishing apple cart.

What do you think?

Should Apple Buy Drobo?

Mike Harding — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:57:26 +0000

Would the Drobo, “data storage robot”, be the next great product from Apple?

Let’s pretend for a moment that Apple acquired the entire Data Robotics company. The Drobo could get a case redesign and be released as a compliment to the Time Machine, Time Capsule line perhaps as the “Apple Space Station”. After all, that is what the device really is. A big storage device full of empty space. We could use the whole space lingo thing. We could “dock” and “undock” new drives.

The product already has Apple-like ease of use. Just plug it in and it works. That is Apple to the letter.

The company is small now, but lets not wait too long. If the rumors are correct these units are flying off the shelf. Especially now with the release of the new Firewire enabled units and software developer kits.

I can envision us here at AIB moving our web server data, mail server data and database server databases all to an external “Space Station”. What an administrator’s dream. If I want to upgrade a server…prep it offline, unplug the old machine, plug in the new one, point the software to the “Space Station” data and we’re up and running.

Hope Apple is listening. What do you think?

Welcome to Apple In Business

Mike Harding — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:46:46 +0000

Here I will be discussing various topics, ideas and concepts about using the Apple computer platform, including the Mac, it’s operating system OS X, the iPhone and any other item of Apple technology that need discussion.

We will also be discussing topics for those considering the switch from Windows to Mac. We will share our experiences, both good and bad in transitioning our company to the Mac in June 2007.

Stay tuned, as we will be discussing some unique ideas and innovative uses about Apple and their technology, that you can use in your business.