3rd January, 2019.
Right then …
It is, as I think I mention in the intro, Thursday … !
Which means … well, frankly, I’m going to have to go out for a walk, at some point.
My GP would definitely give me a meaningful look if I don’t!
But, right at the moment … ?
I’m more concerned about Star Trek Discovery’s air date.
Series two hits town on January 17th, of this year.
Rather than the 3rd: which is when I though it was!
At any rate … ?
We have a date for when it starts.
Which means I’ve something to look forward to: and time to catch up with the last series of House of Cards: which is looking good.
At least … the first episode certainly is … !
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Hmmm …
As regulars will tell you … ?
I’m a bit of an Apple fan.
So, waking up, this morning, to news that Apple CEO, Tim Cook, has announced that Apple’s issued a profits warning.
One that Cook blames — in part — on the economic situation: where sales, aided by President Trump’s trade war, is doing damage.
It’s a little worrying.
One thing I do know the reporter highlighted, was an apparently lack of innovation at the company: innovation that Apple’s seen as being good at.
Today’s streaming services? Are, partly, due to Apple turning iTunes into not just a media player, but a place you could buy songs for your iPod.
The smart phone market?
Got a massive kick up the proverbial when Apple introduced the iPhone.
Apple Pay, and the Apple Watch?
Got the idea of contactless payment introduced to the world.
But I take that reporter’s point.
There were rumours that — at about the time Steve Jobs died in 2011 — Apple weren’t going to release the revamped Apple TV that we see before us: the little app laden streaming box we have, today.
The rumours were that Apple was doing to release a full on smart TV set: at a time when smart TVs were relatively unheard of.
My thinking?
Is that reporter has a point.
Had Jobs survived, we’d’ve seen a genuine Apple smart TV: when they were as rare as rocking horse poo.
That … ? Would have been innovative …
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