Tag Archives: Apple

THE BIG LIE About Operating Systems

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“In terms of the smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android regained share over iOS to achieve an 86 percent share (see Table 2) in the second quarter of 2016. Android’s performance continued to come from demand for mid- to lower-end … Continue reading →

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Printing At Night

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“If the Print & Fax lock icon appears locked, click the lock icon and enter an administrator name and password when prompted.” See Mac 101: Printing (Mac OS X v10.6) – Apple SupportI haven’t touched a Mac in over a decade … Continue reading →

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Wearing ’em Down

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“I actually am very happy with the Linux desktop, and I started the project for my own needs, and my needs are very much fulfilled. That’s why, to me, it’s not a failure. I would obviously love for Linux to … Continue reading →

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Crapple’s Rep Takes A Beating As Does FBI…

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“The FBI has now successfully retrieved the data stored on the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple required by this Court Order” See FBI says it has cracked terrorist’s iPhone without Apple’s helpThis is … Continue reading →

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Smartphones, The New Implanted PCs

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Robert Pogson

“Global smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter will increase to 396.8 million units, leading to 1.326 billion units for 2015 which will rise 10.1% on year.” See Digitimes Research: Over 331 million smartphones shipped globally in 3Q15Wow! M$ used to brag … Continue reading →

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Apple Breaks FLOSS

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Robert Pogson

“Pulling an open-source project upon which people may depend is total jerk behaviorSee Apple May Have Just Killed An Open Source Project.”It could be a breakdown in communication but Apple just acquired a company and the company’s GitHub repository shut … Continue reading →

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How The Mighty Art Fallen (Smartphones)

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Robert Pogson

You can tell Android/Linux is a giant-killer by counting the number of giants killed: two, iOS from Apple and that other OS from M$ (three, if you count Nokia as an entity).“In the smartphone OS market, Android continued to increase … Continue reading →

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There Are “Others” and Then There Are “Others”…

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Robert Pogson

“Others” is a convenient category to put things in when stuff you don’t care about happens. GNU/Linux is something I care about but not Gartner. They lump GNU/Linux in with all that other stuff that’s not from M$, Apple, or … Continue reading →

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Free Software Foundation On Apple

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Robert Pogson

I don’t like Apple for a number of reasons:“Keep a tally of how many reviews you read today mention that Apple threatens anyone who dares attempt installing another operating system like Android on their Apple phone or watch with criminal … Continue reading →

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GNU/Linux Gains Half the Loss by M$ in Czech Republic

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Robert Pogson

The breakout by GNU/Linux in the Czech Republic is demonstrated by the following graph. It shows the loss by M$ of desktop page-views since the beginning of 2013 versus the gains by MacOS and GNU/Linux. One can see that MacOS … Continue reading →

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The Strange Case of Tablets

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Robert Pogson

I haven’t had much in the way of statistics on tablets since the year-end stuff. This needs to be fixed… I visited StatCounter and asked for all of the CSVs of Tablet OS v Continent. After a lot of cutting … Continue reading →

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Cambodia Is Rapidly Freeing Itself From Wintel

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Robert Pogson

I was monkeying around on StatCounter today, when I discovered Canada/USA uses more IE browsers than Cambodia, a random Asian country. I had thought all of Asia was infected by XP, but no, it’s the small cheap computers running */Linux … Continue reading →

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