The Mobile Spoon

A good friend of mine, who’s always geeking out over the latest AI trends, hit me up with a question: “What’s going to happen to my sensitive work email data once Apple’s new AI starts working its magic all over the cloud?” Great question, right? So, I thought it might be a good idea to get into the weeds a little bit (based on what we know so far) and try to explain how Private Cloud Compute (PCC) actually works. Buckle up, because this actually feels like AI finally meats privacy! Private Cloud Compute Apple just dropped a game-changer and an oxymoron at the same time: Private Cloud Compute (PCC), which is just like inventing a Private Public Transportation...  This tech lets your iPhone, iPad, or Mac handle super complex AI tasks by offloading them to Apple's ultra-secure cloud. Think of it as giving your iPhone a brain boost, but without sacrificing your privacy. On-Device vs. Cloud Processing Apple has always been about on-device processing. Your iPhone does all its magic, li...

What's the difference between Apple Watch Series 4 (44mm) and Series 3 (42mm)? I was not sure, so I decided to spend £399 to check it. Apple products tend to provoke criticism at first sight and then, after a while, you buy them. A smartphone with no 3G? a tablet without a camera? Silly looking airpods? A notch? Let’s get them all. And now there’s the new Apple Watch. While the 3rd generation added some cool new sensors - the 4th generation adds… well, 2mm and a slightly modified design. Apple tries to convince us that it’s a "redesigned/reimagined" product, but looking at the reviews, I wasn’t quite sure there are significant differences between the models. So after a lot of hesitations, I decided to walk into the Apple store during my recent travel to London. I knew it might end up with me buying something I don’t need, but I just couldn’t resist it. The new Apple Watch was there. It was staring at me as I anticipated... So beautiful, so...

Evernote’s redesigned mobile app aroused my curiosity and after a break of 2 years, I decided to give It another try. 48 hours later, my main conclusion is that the new Evernote reminded me, once again, why I love Apple so much. For years I’ve been using digital tools as my notebook replacement. It started with Microsoft’s OneNote , but when mobile started to take over, and Microsoft still had issues understanding this new world, I had to switch to a friendlier tool. I found Evernote ; a modern, mobile-first app that had everything I looked for: a simple design, speed, multiple device support, it was perfect for my humble needs. As I was collecting notes, Evernote was collecting users, fans, API’s, apps, built on top of its’ ever-growing platform, and it became big. Too big. Overloaded with features, lists, views, I started to dislike the new Evernote… the cute little app evolved into a monster, while my original requirements remained exactly the same: ...

[This post is from 2011, but it's still valid!] Recently I've been thinking about the "I" meaning in all of Apple's products: iPod, iPad, iPhone… what's the "i" for? Internet? Nowadays the world wide web isn't such a new or a cool thing anymore, right? The Internet is a given. Is it "i" like "me"? I looked for an answer and found it in an interesting article that included the following: "It was early 1997 and Steven P. Jobs had just recently returned to Apple as Interim Chief Executive Officer (At first he was just there to help and publicly stated that he did not want the full-time job at the time). Apple was about 6 months from full insolvency and company morale was at an all time low. There were warring factions and fiefdoms pitting any number of internal groups against each other, with each assigning blame for Apple’s slow demise.  Steve Jobs spent his first few months cutting irrelevant products. He felt that the...