Google TV 2.0 is released

I have mentioned the shortcomings of Google TV last year, and now Google TV is finally going to be half way decent. With the update, comes the Android Market, and an improved UI. The update isn't coming to all boxes at the same time, but will be showered down to all the boxes over a 24 hour period. I have yet to receive the update on my Google TV box, but I know others that have. If you're the owner of a Sony Internet TV device, expect the update today. Those with Logitech Revues will receive the update at a later time.

Contributions Steve Jobs has made

With the help of Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs revolutionized the computer industry by providing the first commercially successful personal computers.  This opened the door to other companies also manufacturing PCs as well.

Steve also saved animated film with Pixar.  Animation was  starting to die, Pixar teamed up with Disney to release Toy Story, and the rest is history.  (Disney has since bought Pixar)

With all the pirated music on the Internet, the music industry was losing money.  Then came the iTunes Store, which legitimized music downloads by selling them.  Now iTunes is the #1 music store in the country, which rivals "brick and mortar" stores in sales.

With everyone blogging these days, the printed word was starting to die.  Steve saved newspapers and magazines by giving them a new outlet to sell their products; that outlet being the iPad.

Remember the days when people used to handwrite letters?  A lot of younger people don't.  With e-mail, sms, mms, instant messaging and the like, the Postal Service is slowly dying.  Now you can create cards on your iPhone or iPod touch and they will be mailed out by post.  This could very well save postal workers from losing their jobs.

iOS 5 is out

iOS 5 has been released, but a lot of people are reporting problems installing it. This may be due to the Apple server failing under heavy pressure right now. The iOS 5 update brings the following features:

Facebook for iPad

Facebook for iPad has now officially been released, finally! The app will now allow for things that were impossible in Mobile Safari (such as video and photo uploads).

Steve Jobs, you will be missed.

Yesterday Apple announced that Steve Jobs died. I would have wrote this that day, but I wanted to wait until I could gather my thoughts. Steve Jobs was a true visionary and he will be deeply missed. He changed the world, not just the world of computers, but the world of humanity as a whole. Steve Jobs has a way with words, he could sell anything to anyone, but the thing he was most successful in selling was a dream. A dream that the world could change for the better. He provided the tools to get the job done. The iPad changed the way doctors delivered care to their patients, and the way autistic children could communicate with their parents. Over the years the Mac computers became more and more environmentally friendly, the Mac mini uses the smallest amount of watts in any desktop computer and each computer is highly recyclable. Steve dared to think differently, and that's what set him apart from the rest. When others told him he couldn't do something, he tried even harder to do it.

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not found of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or verify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.. Because they change things.

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
– Steve Jobs