On A Google Home Entertainment System
Sounds like another arrow to put precious wood behind. And it seemed they were doing a pretty good job of reducing the number of arrows.
On Apple Stock
Apple stock is within striking distance of $500, and actually a lot quicker than I thought possible. I figured it was going to happen sometime this year, but it seems intent on breaking that marker sometime this month. That’s kinda nuts. The reasons seem rather vague — insider information about a dividend, or product rumors regarding Apple TV Proper or iPad 3 — both odd since the former is pure speculation and everything regarding the latter has been totally predictable / unsurprising.
Paul McCartney Event Via iTunes Live
Tonight at 7PM Pacific, the ex-Beatle performs songs from his new album “Kisses on the Bottom” (fairly awkward title) which features old standards. The event will pipe directly into the Apple TV via an iTunes stream — think I saw an event placeholder under Internet -> iTunes Live.
Path-ethic
So I have a Gmail account. But I still encounter folks who say, “Oh… I don’t trust Gmail… I heard Google reads your email to show you ads.” And that’s pretty much the end of the conversation, as arguing privacy is dead, an algorithm does the reading, or the product’s many good points can’t overcome the icky feeling that the service puts the needs of the company ahead of the user.
iPad HoverBar… Not Sure
File under “not sure if warm feeling is due to cool factor or indicator of too much disposable income.”