Category Archives: Tablets

Amazon Waterproof Kindle Oasis

Posted on October 15, 2017 by James Briggs

Interesting news that Amazon is selling a waterproof Kindle, and that previously Jeff Bezos used Kindles in a one-gallon Ziploc bag in the bathtub. I worked on the Cloud backend for the discontinued Ricoh eQuill waterproof business tablet. There are … Continue reading →

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PSA: Acer Aspire D150 Netbook Still a Viable Notebook

Posted on September 16, 2017 by James Briggs

While my Macbook Pro was getting the battery replaced recently, I used my Acer Aspire One D150 netbook daily. The Acer Aspire is an Intel N270 Atom-based 800×600 notebook running Windows XP, so I wasn’t expecting much overall, but it … Continue reading →

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Mobile and Sharing Economy in Manila – End of 2014 Review

Posted on January 1, 2015 by James Briggs

I was in Manila for the holidays. Here’s what’s new in mobile and sharing there. (Manila can be used as a proxy to understand other large SE Asian cities.) Ride-Sharing The biggest news in 2014 was the rise of “ride-sharing” … Continue reading →

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State of Mobile Internet in the Philippines 2013

Posted on May 27, 2013 by James Briggs

I was in Manila for the Memorial Day weekend, and went to the beautiful new Robinsons Magnolia Mall in New Manila, Quezon City. Here’s some info I got in the Globe Telecom store on the current state of mobile (phone … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Japan’s Electronic Giants?

Posted on April 17, 2013 by James Briggs

BBC has an excellent analysis of Japan’s decline in consumer electronics title, “What happened to Japan’s electronic giants?” According to Tokyo-based economist Gerhard Fasol, “the Japanese giants were overtaken by the digital revolution. The Japanese giants actually built their empires … Continue reading →

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