Apple's Future Could B Be Uncertain Without Steve Jobs

Toronto, Feb 19 (IANS) Reports about the deteriorating health of cancer-stricken Apple boss Steve Jobs have fuelled speculations about the future of the world’s most important technology company.

Reports say 55-year-old Jobs, who has been admitted at the Stanford Cancer Centre in Palo Alto in California since Jan 17, has just six weeks to live.

Though the reports have not impacted the Apple stock much, analysts and observers are uneasy about Apple’s future without its co-founder who has become synonymous with its unique products.

According Jeffery Young, who co-authored the book ‘iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act the History of Business,” Jobs’ illness will have a ‘significant’ impact on Apple as the iconic company braces for a stand-off with a brand-new Microsoft.

‘They’re facing a challenge that’s akin to what happened with Windows vs. Macintosh back in the 80s and 90s, where one very well-heeled challenger offered its operating environment to many different users at many companies to build its products,” Young told Canada’s CTV network in a morning interview from San Francisco Friday.

‘The same thing is happening now in the tablet and iPhone markets, where there are many different players and many products all competing against Apple with its integrated platform,” he told the network.

Young said he won’t say that Jobs will not return to lead Apple again. But his departure will have ‘significant’ implications for the company, he added.

‘Not so much in the short term – I think Apple will continue to execute and deliver the products. I think the real risk for Apple is in the mid-term, in the next couple of years, because it’s facing a major challenge from Google and Android in both the tablet and the iPhone markets.

‘That’s going to require the kind of insight and foresight that the company will be hard pressed to deliver without Steve there.”

Apple currently sits on a pile of cash to the tune of $60 billion and its share closed $350.56 on Wall Street Monday – down 2.16 percent.





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Facebook "Places"

Finally! Facebook "Places" is active in Singapore!




Some of my friends have been asking me on how to do this so I thought it's cool to add this little tutorial in here.

First, you need to make sure your Location services is active or been turned on.
To check, go to "Settings" in your iphone.






Click "General" then activate "Location Services to On".


You will have options which app you want to activate the service. I only chose few iphone apps like geo-location services app FourSquare and Gowalla because it drains alot of my iphone's battery.




You can now goto your Facebook profile and click "Places".






Enjoy your journey!:)


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iChangi Airport Singapore iphone app

Introducing the app that makes travelling through Singapore Changi Airport a breeze. From flight times, departure gates, real-time updates and even shopping & dining information – it’s all here.



At a glance:
- Enter your flight information once, save it and the app will push live updates to your home screen automatically.



- Receiving your loved ones at Changi? Tap in their flight details and be informed of up-to-date arrival information.


- Browse Changi’s shopping, dining and services guide.



- Be informed of the latest events and promotions at Changi.



- Access airport information (transportation, transfers, hotlines etc.) at your finger tips.
- View terminal maps with a simple swipe.


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ION Orchard - Singapore iPhone App

Visiting Singapore and you're an ipodtouch/ iphone user?

Don't forget to install this cool app from ION Orchard Mall.

"ION Orchard"




While inside the mall,
you can browse shops, restaurants or services and events offered so you won't waste a lot of time walking and searching for your preferred shops.









You can add in your favorites.



Do a specific search.





Add reviews, like stuffs and the best part is you can brag about it in Facebook!









Hope this is helpful iphone-tip to you and may you have an awesome time here in Singapore!

Subscribe now for more cool iphone apps updates. :)

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Photoshop for iPad- PS Express (Mobile Blogging)

Today,I feel like sharing this very useful ipad/ iphone app to you
- PS Express (Photoshop for iPad)




I use PS Express (Photoshop for iPad) mainly in my blogs.
It's simple yet intuitive enough to empower you in your mobile blogging.

In PS Express (Photoshop for iPad), you can
Crop, Straighten, Rotate and Flip your image.



You can adjust the Exposure , Saturation, Tint to your liking and even turn your image into a black & white, and increase/decrease the contrast.


In PS Express (Photoshop for iPad), you have the options in changing the look and feel of your image using the EFFECTS Tab.





There's Sketch to give in to your artistic mode,
Soft Focus if you want some blurry elements around or
You might just want to Sharpen your out-of-focus image a bit.



After everything is adjusted to your taste,
you can save the image in your Camera Album or brag about it
using your Facebook profile.

On the iphone, it allows sharing both via Twitter and Facebook.
But on the iPad, for now, it only allows Facebook sharing.

Hope this helps you a bit in your mobile blogging.
Will be posting more of this kind so stay connected.

Don't forget to Subscribe!

Have a great day...:)

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Whatsapp Update

Woow! Whatsapp's latest update allows Group Messaging with a Subject.
Now you can chat or gossip together with your whatsapp user friends the fun way. Lolx!

Another added feature is that, it gives you an option to download Emoji app directly from the app.




Plus you can now Block some undesirable people too!

Coool huh !
What are you waiting for??
Update now!

iPad Alert: Apple to Launch the iPad 2 on April 2nd or 9th

Apple will reportedly launch its second generation iPad on April 2nd or April 9th, according to a MacNotes.de report.

Reliable sources told us about the upcoming launch of the Apple iPad 2: the first or second Saturday in April will see the first sales of Apples new tablet. The iPad 2 will sell US-only for three months, and Apple Store-only for up to half a year. In July, more countries will follow. Walmart, Best Buy and Co. maybe have to wait until October until they are allowed to sell Apples new tablets.

The site is also predicting a higher resolution display, USB connectivity, and two cameras for the device.

Source: www.iclarified.com