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Boot up: Apple loves Twitter, is Elop strangling Nokia?, iPhone 4 deposes BB9700 and more
Plus Jobs pitches a new Apple pitch, will iCloud kill Windows (don't laugh), PCs' installed base and more
Twitter on the iPhone: now baked in. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian
A burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
What's Twitter's identity now that it's Apple's identity provider? >> AllThingsD
"Facebook has set itself up as the leading identity provider on the Web, with more than 2.5m sites that operate Facebook Connect and social plug-ins, and something like 700m active users. Now Apple is propping up the smaller–and different–Twitter as a competitor.Twitter has 200m total accounts–it doesn't specify how many of them are active, or how many of them are real people. Apple, coincidentally, has sold 200m iOS devices total.
"Path CEO Dave Morin, who knows firsthand the challenges of social log-ins from his photo-sharing app, tweeted during the keynote yesterday, 'Twitter is the luckiest company on earth today.'
"But at least one analyst and many onlookers are playing devil's advocate by arguing that Apple is the bigger winner, having avoided paying to buy Twitter and reducing it to utility status."
Nokia: the patient's heart has stopped. Now the doctor 'helps' by starting to strangle the patient too >> Tomi Ahonen
"The retail chain has spoken. They are sending a message to Nokia HQ. No price discount, no new model, no marketing gimmick, no apology by the sales rep, the regional sales manager, the global VP of sales, not even a total retraction by the CEO is now enough. The retail channel is strangling Nokia in a death-grip choke-hold. They will not let go, until Nokia Board of Directors fires the CEO and reverses the stated strategic direction to Microsoft."
Hmm, unlikely to happen. The board wanted Elop because he would tear up the old Nokia. But it is currently looking like the Greece of the mobile industry, and suffering the equivalent of a gilts strike by carriers. They won't give it anything long-term.
IPv6 statistics >> Akamai
How was it for the world? Quite busy, it seems.
Problems >> Project Euler
We mentioned Project Euler yesterday; here are the problems to consider before you kick in. First one: "Add all the natural numbers below one thousand that are multiples of 3 or 5."
Remember, you're looking to get a computer to do this. If you can get it to play FizzBuzz while you do it, bonus points.
IPhone 4 dethrones BlackBerry as top-selling smartphone >> Business Insider
"Carriers worldwide sold more iPhone 4s in the first quarter than any other smartphone, suggesting Apple may benefit from holding off on the iPhone 5.
"Strategy Analytics said the iPhone 4 knocked BlackBerry Bold 9700 from the top spot after the Research in Motion device held the position for over a year."
Of course there are dozens of Android devices; Android share is still gathering pace. But RIM's problems - no phone in the top three for the first time in two years - are starting to snowball. Its quarterly results come out in a week.
Steve Jobs pitches Cupertino on stunning new Apple campus >> Mac Rumors
"Late last year it was revealed that Apple purchased a 98-acre campus from Hewlett Packard, just up I-280 in Cupertino. Last night, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in trademark black turtleneck and jeans, explained Apple's plans for the space to the Cupertino City Council. Here's what the new 4-story building holding 12,000 employees will look like when it's completed in 2015: "
Actually, you have to see if for yourself and decide which spaceship it looks like. Independence Day? Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?
GridCalc - Grid calculator and generator >> Problem AB
Because CSS can be a pain: "GridCalc is a easy to use grid calculator. Just enter the desired width of your page and an aproximate range for your column and gutter width and the calculator will give you all the possible combinations within the limits you entered."
Don't say we never do anything for you. (Via @katybairstow.)
iCloud's real purpose: kill Windows >> I, Cringely
"Jobs is going to sacrifice the Macintosh in order to kill Windows. He isn't beating Windows, he's making Windows inconsequential.
"Having been shown the way by Apple, I expect Google to shortly do the same thing, adding automated backup, synchronization and migration to Android and Chrome.Both companies will be grabbing for data, claiming territory, and leaving Microsoft alone to defend a desktop that will soon cease to exist.
"And what happens once all our data is in that iCloud, is there any easy way to get it back out? Nope. It's in there forever and we are captive customers — trapped more completely than Microsoft ever imagined."
Woah, slow down there. Chromebooks will nibble at Windows if they're successful. iCloud will make teeny dents in Windows revenue. What Apple (and likely Google) will want is to tie you more closely into their best ecosystems. Microsoft can play that game too, though. It already tries to.
July 2008: Global PC Installed base passes 1 Billion >> Gizmag
An interesting data point from July 2008: "Gartner's latest figures put the number of installed PCs worldwide as just having surpassed 1 billion units and at a growth rate of just under 12 percent annually, will surpass 2 billion units by early 2014. "So currently, it would appear, there are at least three times as many active mobile phones in the world as there are PCs, and internet access via the mobile phone is outpacing wireless access from a PC in many of areas of the world."
Mature markets (North America, western Europe, Japan) counted for 58% of installed PCs, but just 15% of the population. Gartner expected uptake to increase rapidly in emerging markets. We'll have to ask them...
Steve Jobs presents new campus plans to Cupertino City Council >> YouTube
Includes some interesting reminiscences from the Apple chief exec from his boyhood. Note how cleverly he negotiates things with the councillors. "Do we get free Wi-Fi?" "I think we pay taxes and the council should do that.."
You can follow Guardian Technology's linkbucket on delicious
To suggest links, tag articles on delicious.com with "guardiantech"
What's Twitter's identity now that it's Apple's identity provider? >> AllThingsD
"Facebook has set itself up as the leading identity provider on the Web, with more than 2.5m sites that operate Facebook Connect and social plug-ins, and something like 700m active users. Now Apple is propping up the smaller–and different–Twitter as a competitor.Twitter has 200m total accounts–it doesn't specify how many of them are active, or how many of them are real people. Apple, coincidentally, has sold 200m iOS devices total.
"Path CEO Dave Morin, who knows firsthand the challenges of social log-ins from his photo-sharing app, tweeted during the keynote yesterday, 'Twitter is the luckiest company on earth today.'
"But at least one analyst and many onlookers are playing devil's advocate by arguing that Apple is the bigger winner, having avoided paying to buy Twitter and reducing it to utility status."
Nokia: the patient's heart has stopped. Now the doctor 'helps' by starting to strangle the patient too >> Tomi Ahonen
"The retail chain has spoken. They are sending a message to Nokia HQ. No price discount, no new model, no marketing gimmick, no apology by the sales rep, the regional sales manager, the global VP of sales, not even a total retraction by the CEO is now enough. The retail channel is strangling Nokia in a death-grip choke-hold. They will not let go, until Nokia Board of Directors fires the CEO and reverses the stated strategic direction to Microsoft."
Hmm, unlikely to happen. The board wanted Elop because he would tear up the old Nokia. But it is currently looking like the Greece of the mobile industry, and suffering the equivalent of a gilts strike by carriers. They won't give it anything long-term.
IPv6 statistics >> Akamai
How was it for the world? Quite busy, it seems.
Problems >> Project Euler
We mentioned Project Euler yesterday; here are the problems to consider before you kick in. First one: "Add all the natural numbers below one thousand that are multiples of 3 or 5."
Remember, you're looking to get a computer to do this. If you can get it to play FizzBuzz while you do it, bonus points.
IPhone 4 dethrones BlackBerry as top-selling smartphone >> Business Insider
"Carriers worldwide sold more iPhone 4s in the first quarter than any other smartphone, suggesting Apple may benefit from holding off on the iPhone 5.
"Strategy Analytics said the iPhone 4 knocked BlackBerry Bold 9700 from the top spot after the Research in Motion device held the position for over a year."
Of course there are dozens of Android devices; Android share is still gathering pace. But RIM's problems - no phone in the top three for the first time in two years - are starting to snowball. Its quarterly results come out in a week.
Steve Jobs pitches Cupertino on stunning new Apple campus >> Mac Rumors
"Late last year it was revealed that Apple purchased a 98-acre campus from Hewlett Packard, just up I-280 in Cupertino. Last night, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in trademark black turtleneck and jeans, explained Apple's plans for the space to the Cupertino City Council. Here's what the new 4-story building holding 12,000 employees will look like when it's completed in 2015: "
Actually, you have to see if for yourself and decide which spaceship it looks like. Independence Day? Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?
GridCalc - Grid calculator and generator >> Problem AB
Because CSS can be a pain: "GridCalc is a easy to use grid calculator. Just enter the desired width of your page and an aproximate range for your column and gutter width and the calculator will give you all the possible combinations within the limits you entered."
Don't say we never do anything for you. (Via @katybairstow.)
iCloud's real purpose: kill Windows >> I, Cringely
"Jobs is going to sacrifice the Macintosh in order to kill Windows. He isn't beating Windows, he's making Windows inconsequential.
"Having been shown the way by Apple, I expect Google to shortly do the same thing, adding automated backup, synchronization and migration to Android and Chrome.Both companies will be grabbing for data, claiming territory, and leaving Microsoft alone to defend a desktop that will soon cease to exist.
"And what happens once all our data is in that iCloud, is there any easy way to get it back out? Nope. It's in there forever and we are captive customers — trapped more completely than Microsoft ever imagined."
Woah, slow down there. Chromebooks will nibble at Windows if they're successful. iCloud will make teeny dents in Windows revenue. What Apple (and likely Google) will want is to tie you more closely into their best ecosystems. Microsoft can play that game too, though. It already tries to.
July 2008: Global PC Installed base passes 1 Billion >> Gizmag
An interesting data point from July 2008: "Gartner's latest figures put the number of installed PCs worldwide as just having surpassed 1 billion units and at a growth rate of just under 12 percent annually, will surpass 2 billion units by early 2014. "So currently, it would appear, there are at least three times as many active mobile phones in the world as there are PCs, and internet access via the mobile phone is outpacing wireless access from a PC in many of areas of the world."
Mature markets (North America, western Europe, Japan) counted for 58% of installed PCs, but just 15% of the population. Gartner expected uptake to increase rapidly in emerging markets. We'll have to ask them...
Steve Jobs presents new campus plans to Cupertino City Council >> YouTube
Includes some interesting reminiscences from the Apple chief exec from his boyhood. Note how cleverly he negotiates things with the councillors. "Do we get free Wi-Fi?" "I think we pay taxes and the council should do that.."
You can follow Guardian Technology's linkbucket on delicious
To suggest links, tag articles on delicious.com with "guardiantech"
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