The Tech Block Weekend Edition Jan 7 – 11
Can’t get enough of The Tech Block’s featured articles? No problem! The Tech Block Weekend Edition puts all of the weeks best articles in a single place just in case you wanted to re-read them or if never had the chance to. Enjoy!
HTML5 is for the web, not for mobile apps
Android, iOS, and Windows Phone all support building applications with HTML5 and other web technologies. It all sounds great, right? Let’s take a look at some of the “advantages.” Learn one thing then
Why I didn’t want to be a developer
I always had a strong aversion to the idea of being a developer. From what I saw on TV, the life of a software engineer did not seem glamorous or interesting at all. …
Why you won’t see anything that cool at CES ‘13
There has been a lot of murmuring about how CES is starting to get a little stale. I was lucky enough to attend CES last year, but it was hard to get excited by the …
The case for weakening iOS App Store sales
We have seen a pretty significant drop in sales over the past 12 months in the iOS App Store. I spent much time first beating myself up over not adjusting faster and then …
The startup hardware mergers and acquisitions market will be vibrant in 2013
Hardware competition is cut-throat. Walking through the halls of CES, every Android phone is identical. LG has copied each Samsung model. Because of the competition, tablet prices are plummeting – I saw a …
Who dropped the ball worse, Microsoft or OEMs?
I want to like Windows 8, I really do. Ever since Steven Sinofsky stood up at Wall Street Journal’s D10 conference a few years ago and revealed the dramatic reimagining of Microsoft’s prized operating …