December 2009
50 posts
Brief: TSA subpoenas bloggers to find source of... →
The Transportation Security Administration is attempting to find the source of a leak of a sensitive security directive that followed a failed airline bombing attempt on Christmas Day. Two travel…
Brief: Dismissal of iPod hearing loss lawsuit... →
A class action lawsuit filed in 2006 alleging that Apple’s iPods can damage a user’s hearing was dismissed in Apple’s favor last year. The decision was appealed, but the Ninth Circuit Court of…
Brief: iWork '09 sales boosted 50% by aggressive... →
iWork doesn’t get much press beyond news of new releases, but the low-cost office suite is quietly gaining popularity with Mac users. The newest data from market research firm NPD reveals that iWork…
Nokia hurls new salvo in spat with Apple,... →
Nokia has stepped up its beef with Apple, taking the fight to the International Trade Commission. The company has filed a complaint with the ITC, alleging that “virtually all” of Apple’s…
Brief: O2 apologizes for lousy iPhone service in... →
US iPhone users, especially in densely populated areas like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago, are no strangers to issues like slow data connections, dropped calls, and late notifications of…
“Fixing the problem doesn’t mean voting out the feckless Democrats or the...”
– Lawrence Lessig (via squashed via marco)
Brief: Report: iPod touch more popular than iPhone... →
If the iPod touch is a gateway drug for future iPhone users, then Apple should feel confident that it will have plenty of future iPhone users after this holiday season. From an analysis of App…
Brief: AT&T dancing around mysterious New York... →
A peculiar website notice suggests that AT&T may be blocking New Yorkers from ordering iPhones online because New York isn’t “ready for the iPhone,” though the device currently remains available…
Brief: Apple exec: Jobs "happy" with unannounced... →
The flood of Apple tablet rumors isn’t abating, especially now that the device is expected to be unveiled as soon as a month from now. Now, a source from inside Apple suggests that Steve Jobs…
Brief: Class action suit targeting iMac G5... →
A class action suit filed against Apple over iMac G5 displays that eventually went south after the warranty expired has been dismissed by a federal judge. However, the judge left open options to…
Brief: Apple may bump camera in next-gen iPhone to... →
When Apple unveiled the iPhone 3GS in mid-2008, it included serious improvements to the built-in camera hardware, bumping the resolution from 2 to 3.2 megapixels. That trend may well continue with…
Brief: WTO: China violates int'l trade law by... →
The World Trade Organization has ruled that China’s practice of funneling media imports to state-owned companies—which facilitates the country’s long tradition of censorship—violates…
AT&T Mobility CEO rebuts tiered iPhone data... →
Continued rhetoric about “data hogs” causing service disruptions on AT&T’s wireless network came to a head earlier this month when AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega told the crowd at UBS’s annual…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Bebel Gilberto (20)
Tramlaw (15)
The Gaslight Anthem (12)
John Coltrane (7)
Led Zeppelin (5)
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Brief: App Store success several times what Apple... →
The runaway success of the iPhone App Store, which Apple didn’t even launch until a year after the first iPhone became available, caught even Apple by surprise. The 2-billion-apps-sold milestone,
Brief: Psystar not down and out just yet, website... →
Last week, Dow Jones Newswires quoted a Psystar lawyer, Eugene Action, who said that the company was shutting down and firing its eight employees in order to comply with an injunction…
iPhone worm code suggests mobile botnets may be... →
So far, what little malware has been released for the iPhone has only affected the small percentage of folks who jailbreak and leave an SSH daemon running with the default root passwords….
3D high-def movies coming to your living room on... →
Hollywood has been so enthralled with the recent renaissance of 3D in the theater that the Blu-ray Disc Association has finalized a specification for delivering full 1080p high…
Apple working on automated 3D point-of-view... →
Apple has a healthy R&D budget for a company of its size and spends quite a bit of time patenting interesting technology. Sometimes the technology ends up in future products and sometimes…
Brief: iPhone outgrows WinMo's US installed base... →
After months of beating Windows Mobile in quarterly market share by units sold, the number of active iPhone users has surpassed the number using Windows Mobile-based devices, according to the…
PastryKit: best iPhone Web app library you never... →
Web developers have gone to great lengths to create Web-based applications that can match, or at least mimic, the look and feel of native iPhone apps. The “look” part isn’t all that…
Brief: iPhone blowing up worldwide, big in Japan... →
Apple continues to add more markets for the iPhone worldwide, and the strategy is paying off. The latest analysis from mobile ad firm AdMob reveals that the number of unique users of iPhone OS-based…
Psystar gets permanent injunction, legal warning... →
Psystar’s quixotic quest to “open” Mac OS X from the clutches of Apple has been stifled by a permanent injunction from a federal judge. The order bars the company from distributing computers…
Apple's Myriad JavaScript Frameworks
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SproutCore is used by the MobileMe team. Publicly advertised, targeting desktop-class web applications. Chief competitor: Cappuccino. (IMO SproutCore’s gem is the DataStore layer. To my knowledge, nothing has caught up with it yet.)
Gianduia used by Apple retail. Not advertised yet, but you can see a demonstration on Apple’s One to One (requires buying a new Mac+contract) or for...
“Please, make a screenshot of this word file and just put it in there somewhere....”
– This is why I rarely do freelance wok anymore. (via clientsfromhell)
Healthy Mac sales growth fueled by 74% increase in... →
So far, Apple’s first fiscal quarter of 2010 is showing signs of becoming another record quarter with big year-over-year increases in Mac sales for October and November. The latest US sales…
Apple walks away with six AdWeek accolades for... →
AdWeekMedia has announced a number of awards for the best in advertising and branding for the first decade of the millennium. It’s probably no surprise to most of our readers that Apple was on…
“The last time the Democratic party fucked up healthcare this profoundly I was a...”
– matt langer - So here we are.
iMac's popularity, screen issues cause shipping... →
Apple has moved back the shipping date for a number of customers who ordered 27” iMacs recently, apologizing that the company has been unable to keep up with demand. However, the delays may…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Bebel Gilberto (65)
Debbie Gibson (24)
The Appleseed Cast (9)
Converge (4)
108 (1)
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Claim that crappy iPhone service is Apple's fault... →
iPhone users all over the US generally agree that AT&T’s 3G service is nowhere near as stellar as the company claims—we have seen the look on iPhone users’ faces when an AT&T commercial…
Adobe warns that the Flash train is leaving... →
Buried deep within a bulletin announcing a security update to Flash is a dire warning for Mac users somehow saddled with a G3-equipped machine. Adobe Flash Player 10.1, the …
Apple to fold Lala into iTunes, transform into Web... →
Apple is supposedly planning to use its acquisition of online music service Lala to transform iTunes into a Web-based service, according to sources “briefed” on the strategy….
The floodgates open for 3G video broadcasting on... →
Today, Ustream Live Broadcaster is now available from the App Store, and it enables live video broadcasting from an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G over either WiFi or 3G cell network to…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Shelter (23)
The Gaslight Anthem (21)
Rye Coalition (19)
Spandau Ballet (17)
Magnolia Electric Co. (14)
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Dragon Dictation mostly delivers hands-free typing... →
A company called Nuance, known for its speech recognition software, has released an iPhone app that will transcribe your speech into editable text. Dragon Dictation for iPhone will then let…
“If, as reported, the Democrats have dropped the public option, they have...”
– Some Assembly Required (via azspot) (via marco)
Analyst: Apple tablet launching in spring to crush... →
These days, a month can’t go by without some analyst or industry “insider” stoking the flames with new rumors about an Apple tablet. Such is the case with Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner,…
Dragon Dictation mostly delivers hands-free typing... →
A company called Nuance, known for its speech recognition software, has released an iPhone app that will transcribe your speech into editable text. Dragon Dictation for iPhone will then let…
Apple loses $21.7 million in patent suit, appeal... →
Last week, a federal judge entered final judgement against Apple in a patent infringement suit brought by OPTi Inc. US Magistrate Judge Charles Everingham granted Apple’s motion for judgment…
iPhone gaining in enterprise IT, still needs OTA... →
Its sleek design, elegant interface, and trove of mobile apps has made the iPhone one of the top smartphone choices for consumers. Corporate IT departments have been a different story, as…
iPod touch is gateway drug to iPhone for Facebook... →
The iPod touch is often viewed as the de facto replacement for the iPod line, which, despite owning 70 percent or more of the mobile music player market since early this decade, has …
Apple may acquire Lala for cloud-based iTunes... →
Apple is reportedly in negotiations to acquire online music streaming service Lala, according to sources speaking to Bloomberg News. Details of the rumored acquisition are unknown at this…
Apple quietly bumps some Mac Pro and Xserve BTO... →
Apple has added new build-to-order options for some of its Mac Pro and Xserve models. Specifically, a 3.33GHz 3500-series Xeon processor is now an option for the lower-end quad-core Mac Pro….
New Senate bill targets unfair early termination... →
Prompted by Verizon’s recent increase in early termination fees for some users, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has, along with three colleagues, introduced a bill in the Senate to…
Hands on: Mog All Access puts world's music in the... →
Mog, which until this week focused its efforts on aggregating music blogging, has launched a new All Access music streaming service. The company hopes that All Access’s combination of fast…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →
Journey (33)
MC Plus+ (9)
Wilco (9)
Trans Am (9)
The Allman Brothers Band (6)
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Steve Jobs intervenes, approves Knocking streaming... →
A persuasive e-mail from an iPhone developer to Steve Jobs helped Pointy Heads Software get its Knocking Live Video—the first official iPhone app capable of streaming live video over 3G and…