Apple iCloud and the potential for amazing things
Last Monday Apple released an interesting new product, iCloud. Now most people will groan at Apple’s unwavering love for everything “i-related”, but the idea of what iCloud is, is incredibly interesting. Initially thought to just be “iTunes in the cloud”, but it turns out to be much, much more. Overall iCloud is the replacement for MobileMe, as that was the replacement for .Mac, but goes a few steps further. Yes iCloud will give you email, calendar, contact syncing that MobileMe currently gives you, but deeply integrates with iOS to deliver something MobileMe could never do. With iOS 5, Apple decided to completely get rid of the need for a PC/Mac and let you sync everything from the cloud wirelessly or even from your computer, but wirelessly. WiFi syncing isn’t new at all, but it’s a welcomed feature that’s been missing since iOS was first brought to fruition. WiFi sync is nice, but what if you don’t have a PC/Mac? In comes iCloud.
read moreA rant about video games
While I’ve taken a step back from writing (it’s been close to 6 months now), there’s been something that’s been bugging me as of late…the lack of well everything in the video game industry. There are a lot of great things about video games, but let’s face it, there’s far too much crap out there and something should be said about it. With E3 having just passed, we got to see a lot of new games, but we also got to see a lot of bad games, and a lot of bad business decisions. I’ve asked myself a few times, “What makes a game a bad game?” Why is it that fewer and fewer games tend to innovate? Why is it that devs tend to play it safe and make mediocre games, instead of innovating and taking it to the next level? These are just a few things that bother me about the industry as a whole. Let’s dive a little deeper shall we?
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