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Voice of Objectivity: New Smartphone Upgrade Options Are A Good Deal

Yoni Gross — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:00:25 +0000

The U.S. mobile industry has seen an interesting change in the last few weeks. Three of the big four carriers now offer plans that let you upgrade your phone more often than the standard two years. They sure do sound exciting, with names like Edge, Next, and especially JUMP! (with caps and punctuation included in […]

Voice of Objectivity: Carrier IQ Really Isn’t That Scary

Yoni Gross — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:30:10 +0000

The last few weeks have seen tremendous outrage among consumers against a piece of smartphone software known as Carrier IQ. In all fairness, the reports sound like it does some pretty terrifying stuff, logging virtually everything you do on your smartphone, without your permission or even knowledge of its presence. It doesn’t sound like avoiding […]

Voice of Objectivity: That Android Update Chart Doesn’t Matter

Yoni Gross — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:52:28 +0000

With the launch of iOS 5 and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in the last couple of weeks, the question of Android fragmentation is in the news once again. This time, it’s taking the form of a chart, comparing the upgrade life of various Android devices to different versions of the iPhone. The results don’t […]

Voice of Objectivity: Apple’s Not Changing Yet

Yoni Gross — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:56:30 +0000

In 1985, the board of Apple Computer asked co-founder Steve Jobs to resign. That decision proved so catastrophic, that 12 years later, on the verge of bankruptcy, the company brought Jobs back as CEO. He took the struggling company he helped build and turned it into the most valuable corporation in the world, as Apple […]

Voice of Objectivity: WebOS Isn’t Dead Yet

Yoni Gross — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:00:34 +0000

In the wake of HP’s announcement last week that they were discontinuing WebOS hardware, the tech world has been quick to pronounce the death of the late Palm’s mobile platform. This is, after all, its second fatal blow in as many years. HP wasn’t ready to announce any hardware partners they were licensing WebOS to. […]

Voice of Subjectivity: You Can Do More Than Riot With A Blackberrry

Yoni Gross — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:31:51 +0000

Like the various uprisings of the Arab Spring, the London riots have led to a surprising amount of talk about the technology people use when operating en mass against the government. Text messages, Facebook, Twitter, and now Blackberry Messenger have all been targeted by governments as the sources of uprising.

Voice of Objectivity: London Is Burning

Yoni Gross — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:30:30 +0000

The last week has brought a series of astonishing events to the streets of London. Looting, burning, at least 5 people are dead, thousands are in jail, and there has been over $350 million in property damage. It’s not the kind of scene you see every day, especially in a modern western democracy like the […]

Voice Of Objectivity: 3D Is The Future

Yoni Gross — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:25:14 +0000

Hollywood takes a lot of flack these days for 3D movies. The 3D effect is irrelevant to most viewers at best and actively detrimental to the experience at worst. In exchange, theaters increase ticket prices from the usually ridiculous to the simply outrageous. Admittedly, I’m the first to agree with these complaints. I saw Harry […]

Voice of Objectivity: Who Needs 4G Compatibility?

Yoni Gross — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:22:19 +0000

LTE is the form of 4G that looks like the wave of the future for most of the world. At first, it appeared that the U.S. was doomed to repeat the mess of the 3G era, with LTE and WiMAX standing in for GSM and CDMA. That fiasco seems to have been averted, with Verizon […]

Voice of Objectivity: Netflix Had No Choice

Yoni Gross — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:45:10 +0000

Voice of Objectivity is an ongoing column meant to temper the tendency of the Techcited to run away with the most exciting or controversial ideas in technology’s near future. The opinions presented here do not necessarily represent the views of Techcitement or this writer. Someone’s got to keep a cool head around here. I guess […]