The last few days have had one major technology story. Apple had a record breaking last quarter of 2011 and has shattered all expectations from financial analysts. The signs were all there but I don’t think anyone could have predicted just how big the numbers were going to be. Clue: They are massive and I think many technology boardrooms contained staff that were shocked with the results that Apple posted. The Company sold 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 128 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 15.43 million iPads during the quarter, a 111 percent unit increase...

2012 is in full swing now, and everything is supposedly ‘back-to-normal’ – yeah right.  With all the back-to-routine adjustments, I am sure one of your resolutions was to get your body and mind in shape, but have you nonetheless? Well, I am here drive you in the right direction! SET A GOAL:  AND the reason’s for doing what you are doing. Very important. Write down a list of the things that you would like to achieve, and the reason for each goal. More important – Let’s not forget what all the hard work is for! This reasoning behind your goals will most certainly give you enough incentive...

Winds of change are starting to blow over Research in Motion (RIM) in Canada. On Sunday co-CEO’s Jim Balsillie and Mike Laziridis handed over their duties to Thorsten Heins.  Heins has been Chief Operating Officer of RIM (BlackBerry) for the past 4 years. The fact that the RIM board felt the CEO position should be held by an insider without looking for a fresh pair of eyes from a neutral person is interesting.  They are obviously trying to make a change without rocking the boat completely. It also looks like a figure head change as Balsillie and Laziridis are no longer associated with the...

Apple has an event scheduled for later on today which has an educational tone to it. The first interesting thing is that the event is scheduled to happen at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.  The museum is the world’s most renowned art gallery and it is located in the Mecca of the publishing industry. If I was in the book publishing industry I would keep a close eye on this event as the repercussions could have lasting effects. When the late Steve Jobs was working with author Walter Isaacson on his biography, Jobs mentioned that the next industry that Apple wanted to disrupt, was...

If I think about photography then Kodak almost instantly comes to mind. Call it the effects of marketing but “a Kodak moment” is etched in my memory. I was incredibly sad to read the press reports that started with “Kodak files for bankruptcy protection”. The Kodak story is one that represents the change in photography. Once upon a time Kodak sold the majority of the photographic film used in old school cameras. Then the significant movement to digital came and Kodak it seemed had no plan how to cater for it. It is very sad that a company so intertwined with photography is staring bankruptcy in...

Apple confirmed yesterday that it has acquired Israeli flash storage startup Anobit in December. However, in typical Apple fashion they declined to reveal the price of acquisition (rumoured to be $390 – $500 million). You might wonder what the big deal is about this transaction. In my opinion it is to compliment Apple’s efforts in using flash memory on their products. Apple told the press that “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.” Apple’s most popular products (iPhone, iPad, iPod and a few MacBook...