tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431059649429515202026-05-08T15:24:18.982-07:00Clouding AroundNews, Opinions and Analysis, and Tips on Mobile Life - XO, iPhone, and other Mobile DevicesPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.comBlogger3166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-5952622184910499672022-07-31T09:50:00.001-07:002022-07-31T09:50:27.285-07:00Apple Should Prepare to Leave China (There Is Still Time To Execute Such A Plan)At first glance, you might think that the title of this article is a clickbait considering that China is the second biggest economy in the world and Western countries have made tens if not hundreds of billions from Chinese consumers. However, this access to the Chinese market really can end overnight - either at the whim of the totalitarian government in Beijing because perceived slight by the Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-29168146034525676742022-04-01T16:12:00.001-07:002022-04-01T16:14:14.937-07:00Apple’s Project Breakout Will Enhance User Experience For Products and Services With Its Own Financial ServicesApple’s newest push into a non-tech market is finance and this one could be the biggest ever than Apple’s move into mobile market. According to sources, Project “Breakout” is Apple’s attempt to bring more financial tools and services to its users. There are a lot of speculations as to what it can mean but looking at how and where Apple can dive into, let’s just right to it and ask: Is Apple Bank Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-44283734603155820562022-03-31T17:19:00.003-07:002022-03-31T22:32:34.778-07:00Deglobalization And Emergence of Regional Blocks May Increase Cryto Adoption (Especially Those Who Are Anti-West)Source: CNBC.Russian aggression and invasion of Ukraine has brought a realignment of global affairs and changed the normal flows of political and economic activities around the world. As Putin's brutal Urainian war enters a second month with heavy Russian losses, sanctions on Russia has highlighted just how fragile globalization has been and it takes only one despotic moron to ruin it for Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-80566761213708473622022-03-29T15:05:00.003-07:002022-03-31T22:42:45.304-07:00Android Tablet Is Dying, All Hail The Chromebook (and iPads If You Really Need The Tablet Form)I'll get right to the point - get an iPad. And if you really adamant about staying in the Google ecosystem, then get the apps you need on the App Store because most of all the Google apps you need are there. But if you really insist, likely because you detest Apple so much or you have spend a lot of money on Android apps, then perhaps a Chromebook is the best choice.The last Android tablets I ownPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-27281750354892131322022-03-26T09:47:00.001-07:002022-03-26T09:47:09.625-07:00MacOS Can Boot From A M1 iPad, Only if Apple Makes It So "Make it so," Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation starship, the USS Enterprise, commanded in his familiar British accent even though he's French because, I did not know this, that by the 24th Century, French was became an obscure language.My hope is that Picard can just as easily command the USS Cupertino to get their engineering team finally allow MacOS work on any iPad with the M1 Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-28263391521405120922022-03-25T16:46:00.000-07:002022-03-25T16:46:08.886-07:00Twitter Is Where the Second Front of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is and Pro-Kyiv Tweets Are WinningI've been doing on Twitter to get as much updated information on the illegal, illogical, and ill-conceived Russian invasion of Ukraine. It isn't easy but looking through hundreds of tweets at a time, I start to get a general idea of how things are going for the brave Ukrainians and how the West is trying to help and how that help is helping to turn the table on the invaders. Through these tweets,Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-4562652270982576892022-03-23T13:31:00.001-07:002022-03-23T13:31:38.351-07:00The Case for Why Apple, Fisker Or Anyone Else Can Thrive In The EV MarketApple has the formula down for entering a market and thrive. It did it with the iMac/iBook, iPod, iPhone, iPad, EarPods, Apple Watch, and services and it can continue to do that as the giant California company continues to expand into other markets. In looking at how Tesla and other auto companies are doing in the EV market, I came to the conclusion that Apple or anyone else who follow Apple’s Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-76616431536577093652022-01-11T13:29:00.001-08:002022-01-11T13:29:26.402-08:0032 Hours and 4-Day Work Week - It Is Happening I’m no labor expert beyond that I am a drone like most everyone else. Working from anywhere is no longer a phenomenon due to the pandemic. A great number of folks will not be returning to the office. With that said and one with, here is one that will excite almost everyone - 4-day work weeks or as I like to say, three day weekends! Oh, and some might call it 32 hours work week, whether thatPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-63351476523453749072022-01-11T11:08:00.003-08:002022-01-11T11:08:43.967-08:00Physical Hubs For Tech Or Businesses Will Become Less Important and More for Cities As Bragging Rights Source: Bloomberg.I’ve been seeing this for years. In Los Angeles or more regionally, Southern California, sits Hollywood. For more than 100 years, it is the entertainment capital of the world. Here sit many iconic Hollywood studios that have entertained the globe for decades. As the cost of filming in Los Angeles skyrocketed, other cities like Vancouver, Atlanta, and other regions around Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-41310621737029006972021-12-04T10:44:00.000-08:002021-12-04T10:44:13.173-08:00Social: Become A YouTuber or An Astronaut When You Grow Up Source: CNBC. Most children in the United States want a career as a YouTuber than other worthwhile professions. This this survey from Legos, professions in science has taken a backseat. In it unclear what options were made available to the children in the survey but what is clear is the shift in focus from the sciences to social media. I first across this survey in a podcast I was Lord Sarcasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260038882755997200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-31659669845212106882021-12-03T14:13:00.002-08:002021-12-03T14:13:31.886-08:00Mobile Tip: Texting Myself Has Helped Me With Organization and Remember Quick ThoughtsDo you talk to yourself sometimes? I do. I talk to myself sometimes. Perhaps, I should talk to myself more often. The best way to do this in the mobile world is through texting yourself. That’s what I do on my iPhone with Messages. It could probably be done with any other app you choose to use. And it has been a great help in helping me keep track of some things while allow me to quickly post Lord Sarcasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260038882755997200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-23585922158456858722021-11-18T22:47:00.003-08:002021-11-18T22:47:52.259-08:00By Arriving 4-5 Years Later, Apple's Fully Autonomous Car Will Try To Leapfrog the Auto Market and Force EV To Compete On Its Terms Today, Bloomberg was leaked by someone at Apple that the iPhone maker is still trying to become an iCar maker (I am pretty sure Apple's car will not be called the iCar) by trying to leapfrog competitors in a 4-5 years time frame. The thing about this is that it seems more of a plausible leak of Apple's actual plan rather than those spread by "sources" who in the past really does Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-31034063128577282262021-10-15T23:12:00.003-07:002021-10-15T23:12:45.420-07:00LG Foldable Glass Is A Good Start But Imagine Its Third or Fourth Version Source: Engadget.When Apple came out with the original iPhone and spoke about how great the first version of the Gorilla Glass from Corner was, I tried to imagine what it would be like five versions down the line. It would be so strong and scratch resistant that, well, it would eventually be crack and scratch resistant, right? Just like this new LG foldable glass, the first generation is Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-79906691006275071402021-10-09T12:35:00.002-07:002021-10-09T12:35:47.599-07:00Should You Upgrade Or Get A Computer, Smartphone, New Car, Or Anything That Runs On A Computer Chip Amidst The Global Chip Shortage Source: CNBC.We seem to be running now on a lot of things. Since this blog is geared more towards, the vast majority of readers probably are aware of the chip shortage for a while now. And with the Holidays coming, tech toys are likely to continue to be in high demand and should fly off the shelves as fast as retailers can stock them. And that's before we even get into the Black Friday Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-27967168271113183262021-10-06T12:21:00.002-07:002021-10-06T12:21:20.148-07:00Work From Anywhere: Mac or PC Source: 9to5Mac.During the work from home period of the pandemic last year, I had been using my personal MacBook from 2016 as my primary computing machine for work. Since returning to work in the office this June, I had been given a Windows laptop with an i7 chip, which I assume is at least towards the high end of the speed spectrum, with 16 GB of memory. From my experience, if IPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-455712918845497612021-09-12T11:13:00.002-07:002021-09-12T11:13:29.650-07:00Twitter's Communities Can Just Be Better Than Facebook But A Force For Positive Advocacy Source: Twitter, The Verge.Twitter has been a tear lately with some new features and one of the most important one which could really be a breakout for Twitter is its version of communities to compete with Facebook and Reddit. As with anything social media these days, it could be useful or toxic like the spread of false information regarding election fraud or COVID vaccines. Twitter seems Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-83083319068121793822021-09-11T09:29:00.003-07:002021-09-11T09:29:21.425-07:00Social: Delta Airline's Plan To Add $2400 A Year For Its Unvaccinated Force Work Is Working Source: CNBC.Delta Airline started charging workers a $2400 extra per year for health insurance for those who are not vaccinated. A full 20% of the unvaccinated workforce at Delta got their shots two weeks after Delta made the announcement. It makes sense and this is something more companies should try. And why not? The Affordable Care Act penalizes tax payers for violating the Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-18352971958341638412021-09-05T12:06:00.000-07:002021-09-05T12:06:00.413-07:00Working From Home - It Has Been Done Before for Many Years Before COVID and Companies Should Get Used To It Source: Live Science.A majority of us enjoy working from home since we have had a taste of what that is like since the pandemic in the last eighteen months and counting. We have had a taste of what work life can be if we do not have to go into the office five days a week, or even four. An even larger majority like the option to work from continue to work from home or at Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-473586530847610052021-09-03T10:31:00.003-07:002021-09-03T10:31:22.800-07:00Apple Is Listening To You - CSAM Delayed (Or Shelved), Other Ways Apple Heeded Public Opinions Apple surprised pretty much everyone when it announced that it would scan photos for evidence of sexual child abuse. The first thought, I am sure it is the same for most other Apple followers, is that it seems like a bad one, one that would quickly be followed by "the road to hell was paved with good intentions". Now, another surprise: Apple has backdown from following through, for now. It Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-86302030449563393992021-08-18T09:20:00.005-07:002021-08-18T09:20:43.301-07:00Twitter Is Missing Out On Being the Go-To Network Without Being Controversial and Disliked Like FacebookAs a daily user, Twitter can count me in as one of its daily users that it use as a metric for advertising. Despite the MAGA crowd hating Twitter along with Facebook for banning all those who spread false news and dangerous conspiracy theories, it still offers a wide range of political opinions. Politic aside, it is a very relevant and open social network that is not as manipulative as Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-38386718571593213232021-08-15T11:47:00.004-07:002021-08-15T11:47:42.581-07:00Apple Rumors Are Heating Up As 2021 Product Releases Near So Know The SourcesRumors are a double or even triple edge sword. I do not traffic in rumors about Apple unless I am very sure a product, service, or announcement is very certain. While, I enjoy reading about them on a near daily basis, they are mostly just that, rumors. A lot of rumors and supposed leaks, well, they are wishful thinkings by fans, misinterpretations of the facts on the grounds, and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-17150422282757743942021-08-01T12:59:00.003-07:002021-08-01T12:59:37.486-07:00Apple: M1 On the iPad Pro and Mac Not Ideal For Cryto Mining. Yet Source: CryptoAge.Ever thought about using your brand now MacBook or Mac mini to earn a few extra bucks by using them to mine some cryptocurrencies? For now, you can forget about it. Leave that to crypto farms or others who have the know-how. In fact, it's very likely that mining crypto is not on Apple's mind when it designs future chips for the Mac or iPads. &Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-53415691750705994522021-08-01T09:05:00.001-07:002021-08-01T09:05:15.684-07:00Global Warming or Climate Change - 2021 Summer of Droughts, Heat Domes, and FloodsIn Los Angeles, we have something of a monsoon season. The first time I heard about it in the news was about five years ago. Apparently, it happens during the summer months to early fall. We heard about thunder storms out in the deserts to the east. Also flash flood warnings. But we don't really experience them here in Los Angeles until recently. And the reason we hear about itPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-5599022450430032842021-07-28T21:27:00.003-07:002021-07-28T21:27:20.658-07:00By Denying Climate Changes, Corporations and Politicians Are Cancelling Me From Buying or Utilizing Their Goods Or Services Sources: The Verge, NY Times.My family has bought about three generations of Toyota vehicles. By all account, we are a Toyota family. A lone Honda and a Lexus from other family members stand out like weeds that need to dealt with. Both of the non-Toyota cars were bought by black sheep family members. So, there you have it. However, with reports that Toyota has been lobbying Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143105964942951520.post-36039549980566782322021-07-17T13:26:00.002-07:002021-07-17T13:26:28.788-07:00Macbook: The Next One May Not Be A Huge Leap But Expect Apple To Stay Ahead of Everyone Else Source: Appleinsider, Macworld.Do you compare yourself to others or just your previous self? I'm not a fan of the former but I am fine with comparing myself harshly but fairly against myself a week ago, a month, ago, a year, ago, and even five years ago. And sure, once in a while, I'll question what I am doing and how I am doing compared to others in similar Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504987105567715113noreply@blogger.com0