Foul Tech Sours

At this point, I am pretty sure that most people are not unfamiliar with iOS: Apple’s mobile platform. Generally, from release to release, the platform has stayed the same, adding a few enhancements at a time.   On June 10, 2013, iOS 7 was publicly unveiled at the Worldwide Developer Conference. This version of the platform is supposed to go beyond the mere additions and enhancements we are used to seeing from Apple, and is supposed to introduce something “different”. Considering Microsoft’s flop after trying to be “different”, it is safe to say that people do not like change and “different” is a gamble. Although Apple hype beasts (that’s what I call them) might be excited to have an iOS 7 download party in the fall just because it’s new, some of us that are a bit more tech savvy (or have common sense anyways) might be a bit more skeptical before just upgrading from iOS 6 to iOS 7.   To prepare this group of people, Apple provided some of the major differences that users ...

With the recent release of Windows 8, there has been both positive and negative feedback. While personally, I have found no major functionality differences between Windows 8 and the latter (Windows 7), I think that it is exciting the Windows is making a move towards a more mobile-friendly operating system. If you have seen or heard about the new Windows 8, it is clear that this operating system was created for mobility.  This OS was designed for phones, tablets, and hybrids.  Not that you can't use it on your desktop or laptop computer but, an upgrade to Windows 8 on any machine that is not or cannot be mobile is a waste of time. Unfortunately, though being the creators of this new, metro operating system, Microsoft is not seen as a large competitor in the mobile world especially when it comes to tablets.  I'm sure several of us had a Windows phone at some point (I've had the Motorola Q and the Samsung Omnia). My concern is not that Microsoft cannot compete in the wor...