February 2010
63 posts
Apple internally acknowledges more 27" iMac screen... →
The monstrous screen on the 27” iMac, while a beautiful sight to behold, can be equally unsightly when some flaw is discovered. Issues such as flickering video and cracked glass have been…
January 2010
39 posts
Apple may have business-friendly iPad features up... →
Disagreements about the lack of certain features aside, Apple clearly had casual computer users in mind when building the iPad. Still, that doesn’t mean Apple will ignore enterprise users,…
The iPad doesn't have a camera, but does it... →
Apple introduced its newest product on Wednesday—the iPad—suggesting that it fits in a space between an smartphone and a laptop. Both of those products typically have an integrated camera, so many…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
The Hood Internet (16)
Homecomings (9)
Saosin (9)
The Gossip (8)
Regina Spektor (7)
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Netflix CEO: not streaming to the iPad "in the... →
Apple CEO Steve Jobs called the iPad the “best device” for watching mobile video during its introduction on Wednesday. While the iTunes Store’s movie and TV offerings cover a lot of ground, services…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Lady GaGa (15)
Lupe Fiasco (11)
The Ting Tings (5)
Britney Spears (2)
Flo Rida (2)
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Apple announces the iPad →
Apple today unveiled its iPad, after years of rumors that the company was building a tablet-like device. Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the device today during a special media-only event,…
Watchmarco:
8 minutes on Obama’s first year, by Lawrence Lessig:
An analysis of what’s really accounts for the failures of this past year, and why regardless of your politics, you should be pushing for real change.
(via dalasverdugo, everyone)
Rage against the Mail machine: the genesis of... →
After years of frustration and joking about making a $500 commercial e-mail client for Mac OS X, developer Brent Simmons sounded a call late last week to create an alternate to Apple’s…
Days before iTablet-palooza, the rumor hits keep... →
With just days to go before Apple is likely to unveil a long-expected tablet device, rumors continue to circulate over its details. As the buzz continues, we wanted to wrap up what we have…
“Flash is often criticized by users who are frustrated with its poor performance...”
– Ryan Paul
Kids consume media as a full-time job—many getting... →
We already have a pretty good idea that most kids and teens probably spend too much time watching TV, playing video games, or getting online. The latest research from the Kaiser…
Parental Control glitch gives kids access to App... →
iPhone OS 3.x brought us beefed-up parental controls, giving parents finer-grained control over what apps their kids could purchase based on four standard age ratings. A side effect…
Apple may dump Google for Bing in iPhone search →
Apple is reportedly in negotiations with Microsoft to replace the default search engine in mobile Safari on the iPhone with Bing. Those negotiations may even result in Bing being added as…
Rumors explode about what to expect from Apple... →
The countdown toward Apple tablet nirvana begins in earnest as we are now one week away from Apple’s “latest creation” announcement. In addition to more rumors about the tablet, we’re…
Cloud storage may be main focus of Apple's Lala... →
Apple’s acquisition of Lala won’t form the basis of any iTunes subscription service, but instead may help Apple quickly build a cloud-storage component into the next version of iTunes. Apple will…
Apple responsible for 99.4% of mobile app sales in... →
The latest report from market research firm Gartner suggests that mobile apps are big business, and that business should only grow in the next few years. According to Gartner’s numbers,…
US broadband's average speed: 3.9Mbps →
In what has become a familiar refrain, the latest State of the Internet report from Akamai shows the US trailing in a number of metrics, including average connection speeds and…
Apple looking to spend some of its multi-billion... →
Apple has made a few high-profile acquisitions as of late, including mobile ad firm Quattro (which was Apple’s second choice after Google scooped up AdMob) and the music streaming service…
While PC market rebounds, Apple slips into 5th... →
Early estimates for fourth-quarter PC sales are in, painting a much rosier picture than the past several quarters. Even Dell, which had a significant drop in market share for 2009, managed…
Stanford offering updated iPhone dev course on... →
Like it did last year, Stanford University has posted the complete lecture and presentation slides for the Winter 2010 term’s iPhone Application Development course. If you aren’t in school or…
Intel's MacBook Pro update slip: what to expect →
Desktop versions of Intel’s next-gen processor architecture have made appearances in the top-end iMac models, but we shouldn’t have a long wait for mobile versions to show up in Apple’s…
Apple moves to improve OpenGL support in 10.6.3... →
After taking a brief holiday break, Apple managed to release the first developer beta of Mac OS X 10.6.3 last week. Among the 221 code changes, there appears to be some initial support for parts…
Apple reportedly hoarding all 10" screens for... →
Like it has done with supplies of NAND flash memory used in iPhones and iPods, Apple may be trying to corner the market on 10” display panels for an upcoming tablet device. Suppliers in Asia are…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
Daring Fireball Linked List: Avie Tevanian Joins... →
“Elevation Partners is becoming a regular club for former Apple executives.”
Orange "confirms" then unconfirms iTablet, more... →
Nothing is abating the stream of tablet-related rumors as we await a supposed reveal later this month. In yet another round-up of Apple tablet rumors, we look at a “confirmation” of the…
LED flash, better graphics, multitasking: 4G... →
Though most rumors as of late concern an Apple-designed tablet to be revealed later this month, the next version of the iPhone is getting its share of buzz as well. On top of a rumored CDMA…
Palo Alto will be prototype for revised Apple... →
Apple is planning to build a new Palo Alto store to serve as a “prototype” for future Apple Stores, featuring a completely transparent front and an indoor atrium “feel.” The revised, more open…
“To dismiss the system the Founders created and embrace the model favored by...”
– Mickey Edwards
“I am clear that our forks and plates are weapons of mass destruction or tools of...”
– Julia Butterfly Hill
Apple: pixels as touch sensors for brighter,... →
Touchscreens and multitouch technology make up a significant majority of Apple’s research into future user interface improvements, and the iPhone introduced some of those UI paradigm…
“The American political process is about as broken as the financial system.”
– Paul Volcker: The Lion Lets Loose - BusinessWeek
iTablet rumors: March arrival, Verizon 3G, UI... →
The countdown to a supposed unveiling later this month is bringing all sorts of Apple tablet rumors out of the woodwork. Here’s a roundup of some of the juicy tidbits that have come out…
Apple flirts with a 3D interface for mobile... →
A recent patent application uncovered by The Baltimore Sun details a user interface for interacting with three-dimensional objects. The described UI may show the future of interaction on the…
Brief: CDMA iPhone may finally ship on Verizon in... →
It’s the rumor that won’t die. After sitting on the sidelines while the iPhone drove up subscriber count and average revenue per user for AT&T over the past three years, Verizon may be getting a…
Brief: Apple acquires its own mobile ad firm to... →
Not long after Google announced it had acquired mobile advertising firm AdMob, Apple has announced the acquisition of its own mobile advertising firm, Quattro Wireless. The announcement came…
Brief: Nokia adds additional lawsuit in patent... →
In conjunction with its recent complaint to the International Trade Commission, Nokia has filed yet another patent lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the company violates 10 of its US patents…