不管麥當勞等快餐店推出高級咖啡飲品意國與Starbuck在咖啡飲品市場齊分天下時,Starbuck卻老早將目光轉向互聯網市場,嘗試將自己的業務與多媒體內容進行結合。日前該公司正式宣佈與Yahoo、蘋果合作,在Wi-Fi服務中加設一個Starbuck Digital Network(星巴克數碼網絡),擬於旗下店內擬於店內推行數碼網路服務,向顧客提供免費多媒體大餐。此等多媒體內容包括天氣預報、紐約時報電子版、免費瀏覽未出版書籍精華版、iTunes免費歌曲下載以及通過SnagFilms網站下載精采記錄片等服務,多數免費內容均必須通過Starbuck分店提供的無線上網服務獲取。
Starbuck稱時下網友已將注意力集中轉向流動上網設備,他們的Starbuck Digital Network甫推出已吸引30萬用戶使用。其實Starbuck已非首次涉足互聯網內容服務,例如之前就曾跟蘋果合作在iTunes上提供購買精選音樂的服務,不過此次的Digital Network無疑在服務的範疇及深度均作出了大幅度的提高,且看未來Starbukc會否將此等服務引進大中華地區。
這個名為RayModeler 3D 的顯示器確實為顯示技術帶來革命性的突破,憑著其獨特的圓柱體機身體帶來真正的全方位的立體影像。舉例來說,現時有兩名觀眾,一位站在顯示器的刻有廠商標誌前方,另一名觀眾則站在沒有標誌顯示的方向,這時RayModeler 3D顯示器正播放出一名男士的形象。此時站在廠商標記前方的觀眾看到的是男子的五官、臉孔和衣服的正面,同一時間,站在另一方的觀眾所看到的則會是男子的後腦、髮尾以及其項背,換句話說我們可以在同一時點從360度看到男子的立體形象。
昨日市場研究公司faberNovel發表了名為「Apple 8 easy way to beat Microsoft (and Google)」的研究報告,剖析了蘋果近幾年運用了甚麼成功的策略,該公司有甚麼優點,今後將會面對甚麼風險,而它又應該以甚麼方法應付Microsoft及Google。筆者認為這份報告資料相當精煉,以下為當中簡報的網絡版,於此跟大家分享:
Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone. If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases.
Apple Sells Two Million iPads in Less Than 60 Days
CUPERTINO, California—May 31, 2010—Apple® today announced that iPad™ sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend. iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and additional countries later this year.
“Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.”