Matt Hand

Wonderful class tonight!

Matt — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:09:26 +0000

Big Blow For HTC

Matt — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:35:27 +0000

So this could be interesting:

From the Verge

Apple won a wide-ranging exclusion order banning the importation of HTC Android devices at the International Trade Commission last December — the ITC found that Android’s messaging app and browser infringed upon Apple patent #5,946,647, which covers automatically converting things like phone numbers and email addresses into actionable links that open a menu of options. The ban was delayed so HTC could engineer around Apple’s patent claims, but it went into effect on April 19th — and although HTC claimed so-called “data tapping” was a “small UI experience” that would be completely removed from its US Android devices, Customs is now reviewing the One X and Evo 4G LTE.

This has wide ranging implications for the future of Android.

Your iPod could be worth 8 Billion

Matt — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:04:02 +0000

In this great TED talk Rob Reid explains why your iPod may be worth 8 billion.

Yes copyright infringement does indeed cost people money, but this just shows how far the math by the MPAA and the RIAA is off.

Class tonight is wonderful

Matt — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:36:58 +0000

Great fun teaching.

Lion upgrade underway

Matt — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:17:38 +0000

Excited to be installing Lion on a couple of test machines this weekend. So far so good. I decided to install from a USB stick in order to easily do the install on all of the computers. Did not want to download a bunch of times. Will give my complete review by the end of the day.

Motorola Is tracking you

Matt — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:18:35 +0000

Anyone doubt that our smart phones know more about us then we think:

Motoblur collects information about customer use of applications and how that use relates to functions like power consumption. With that data, Motorola learns which applications drain power. “We are getting to the place that we should be able to warn you,” Jha said. He envisions presenting a notice to users when they launch an application alerting them that using the application will drain 35 percent of the phone’s power, for example, he said. The user can then decide to continue or conserve power.

Teaching tonight- Social Media Management

Matt — Wed, 25 May 2011 02:55:05 +0000

Is Facebook Video catching up to YouTube

Matt — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:27:28 +0000

With all of the recent conversations of video and how YouTube is looking to increase quality I thought it would be a good idea to see how Facebook may be doing. According to comScore YouTube is holding it’s own. In fact for the last few months it is the number one site for video. While Facebook is rising in overall viewers it is not at an accelerated curve as some may assume judging by unique viewers.

Of even more interest is the shear scale of amount of time viewed however:

Facebook is definitely catching up, but has a long way to go. By the way I threw Hulu in as an interesting other source. You can draw your own conclussions.

What might the iPhone 5 look like

Matt — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 05:47:21 +0000

This is a great run down from French site Nowhere Else.

Large version can be downloaded here.

I think they are probably pretty close with most of their guesses. What do you think?

When your Google Places Page is Gone Check This!

Matt — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:39:28 +0000

Here is a short screencast on bringing back your Google Places page if it may have vanished. I am not sure how widespread this problem may be, but it worked for me to bring it back.