Entries by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla (6710)

Saturday
Dec192015

Review: SanDisk Wireless Connect Stick

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As a frequent traveller and someone who has to use various smartphones, notebooks and tablets for work and evaluation, keeping the files I am working on handy continues to be a challenge. The SanDisk Wireless Connect Stick is an essential for me as portable and wirelessly accessible storage.

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Friday
Dec182015

Spotify subscribers can now stream the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" OST

John Williams' iconic and masterful score for all the Star Wars movies has been one of the defining features of this beloved movie franchise and this continues for Episode VII. Just in time for the global opening of the film, Spotify is making available the entire soundtrack to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It's a nice, spoiler free way to ruminate on the movie before or after seeing it and Williams delivers another dramatic and heroic score that's intrinsic to the movie's character.

Friday
Dec182015

Breitling's smart wearable merges tech with craftsmanship

Marquee timepiece maker Breitling has revealed its wearable. The Exospace B-55 Connected is a genuine Swiss Timepiece with all tbe premium case treatments anf compilcations expected from a Breitling but it also interacts with a smartphone app for setting timers and accessing the chronometer's features. There's no social media, notifications or cute watchfaces here, just some very precise functionality. Read more about it here.

Thursday
Dec172015

Apple appoints Jeff Williams as COO, Johny Srouji as SVP hardware, Phil Schiller now in charge of App Store

Phil Schiller has been leading Marketing at Apple and is now taking charge of App Stores

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple has announced the promotion of Jeff Williams as Chief Operations Officer, the addition of Johny Srouji as VP of hardware and SVP of Marketing Phil Schller is now in charge of the App Store.

Williams is Tim Cook's second in command, a former IBM'er and now occupies Cook's position before Steve Jobs turned over the reigns to Cook in 2011. While it may or may not be an indication of succession for Apple's top executive position, it does show confidence in Jeff William's ability to manage operations as Apple scales in terms of operations and services.

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