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I first began to wonder whether Steve Jobs has been reading Derrida, Foucault and Lyotard when he introduced the first iPad. Now that we have his presentation of the iPad 2, I am more than ever suspicious that Apple have been tracking late twentieth century Parisian cultural philosophers. Lyotard has been especially influential on Apple through his articulation of the concept of Post-Modernism. An analysis of Steve Jobs’s presentation will show that we have some straightforward correlations between the … Keep Reading

Steve Jobs got some attention last week with his claim that Apple, unlike most of their competitors, was now working mostly in a Post-PC world

I’ve said this before, but thought it was worth repeating: It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough. That it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our hearts sing.

And nowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices.

And a lot

JP Morgan estimates that 48 million tablets will be sold this year, and 80 million next year (with a value of $35 billion). The chances are that Apple will still be shipping a majority of the tablets sold next year (we still have not seen a credible competitor in the market), and certainly dominating the market this year and next. Apple has a very strong position.

Apple may not be the only game in town for much longer, but the … Keep Reading

It seems as though the blogosphere is only now waking up as to how extraordinarily powerful Apple’s position with the iTunes/iOS/iPhone/iPad stack is. Apple’s critic’s (and in this case the most effective critics are significantly long-time supporters) are concerned that Apple is over-reaching: the objections are focusing not on the level of Apple’s commission (though plenty of people think that 30% is too high) but on the way that Apple’s rules appear to reach through to ‘regulate’ the way … Keep Reading

We learn a lot from support. Yesterday we had this message:

Really great job with the ipad edition!
I’m an old fan of the mag -since 1997- and is just marvelous to have it in this digital format. I have the XXXXXXX group at last.fm and a group at facebook with some people -if you like to have the admin pass to this communities please tell me, i think you’ll do a better job to mantain it.

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