4/11 Apple and its Patent Wars

Blog 4/11

All,

Write about anything you wish today. There's only a week of blogs left, so catch up because they'll be due on the 20th of April.  No exceptions.

Let's talk about Apple again. Ever since the iPhone became a phenomenon, many competitors tried to copy its style and compete against it. Did they sell like hotcakes? Think again, almost every single iPhone competitor fails. Is it because it does not have an Apple logo on it? Perhaps, but the real reason behind it is it's vast smartphone patents. Apple patented so many patents for the iPhone that it is hard for competitors to even try to emulate the style and features of the iPhone.

Just Yesterday, Samsung was being sued by Apple for infringing on their iPhone designs and user interface. While this is interesting, the ironic part is that Apple is the 2nd biggest customer of Samsung. To put that in respective, Apple bought $5.7 billion dollars worth of chips from Samsung last year. With this lawsuit going on, Samsung has a very hard decision to decide on.

4/18 Georgia on my Mind

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posted by James Thomas Miller at English 1102-425 & 515 Spring 2011 - 22 hours ago

All, Who's your favorite musician/musical artist from Georgia who was famous *before you were born*? Why?

To be honest, I don't really listen to anyone before I was born. The reason is because my family moved over to America in 1990 and they're not fluent in english and therefore I wasn't exposed to music in the past. As I grew up, I listened to mainstream radio station music and thats what I like. As far as a famous Georgia born before me, Ray Charles is the only person I can think of. I remember the popular song "Georgia on my Mind" played in school and at plays and that is really the only time I heard Ray Charles. I know this is sad but its is the reality. 

3/30 Taylor Swifty

Blog 3/30

All,

Choose a song/video from the album by the artist you usually wouldn't listen to, post it and discuss why you were surprised, incredulous, etc., about the quality of the music.

I probably wouldn't listen to Taylor Swift. Better yet, I wouldn't even want to associate myself with Taylor because I'm a guy. That would be gay right? Well when we were driving to Athen, my friend turned on Taylor Swift. He is a huge Taylor Swift fan and I have to say he got a girlfriend. When I was listening to her song "Better Than Revenge," and " "Mine," I immediately say to myself, "gee her lyrics are clean." I was suprised by the catchiness of her songs even though she is country and it is clean. This goes to show that you don't need to talk about women, cars, and money to sell records. This women sold millions of records!

Taylor Swift's songs a re based upon her experience. This is what gives her song a more personal touch and connection that her fans can relate to. Unlike other artists who talk about money and cars, she actually go through it and on top of that writes her own lyrics. I am surprised by her talent as she is very young. Other than that I would recommend guys listening to Taylor Swift when you're with your girl because they dig that.