Marketcircle on Monday said it would give 100 percent of its revenues on sales of Billings and Billings Touch from Monday until Wednesday, March 23 to the Red Cross. All sales including those sold through the company, the App Store, … Continued
Monthly Archives: March 2011
∞ Apple, RIM, Motorola sued for patent infringement
Apple is among seven companies being charged with patent infringement, according to court documents filed last Friday. All of the products allegedly infringing the patents are phones. The product named from Apple is the iPhone.
∞ Warren Buffett wary of Apple
Billionaire Warren Buffett said he has an aversion to technology companies like Apple, instead favoring companies like Coca-Cola.
∞ 88,000 sign petition against 'gay cure' iPhone app
More than 88,000 people have signed a petition asking Apple to remove the so-called “gay-cure” app from its App Store.
∞ A look at Apple's design guru, Jony Ive
If there’s one thing that sets Apple’s products apart from the competition, it’s the design. The man responsible for that is Jony Ive.
∞ AT&T acquires T-Mobile for $39 billion
AT&T on Sunday said it has entered into a agreement to purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash and stock deal worth an estimated $39 billion.
∞ Real Racing 2 budget hits multimillions
While the original Real Racing was produced on a more modest scale, indie iOS game developer Firemint went into seven digits to make the iPhone version of its new game, Real Racing 2 HD – one of the first games … Continued
∞ Valve marketing VP dishes on 'worthless' agency marketing
Valve, makers of the soon-to-be-released game Portal 2, has a dim view of the value of ad agencies. Marketing VP Doug Lombardi says: “With the Portal 2 ad, we play tested it and were able to make changes during production. With … Continued
∞ Mac App Store makes developers money
As if on cue with our previous article, PCWorld.com, (by way of Macworld.com), discusses a report that shows strong sales of Mac apps sold through the new Mac App Store. “Despite the small number of available titles, the average Mac … Continued
∞ Nintendo to 'hobbyist' devs: No thanks
Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime is giving the shrug off to part-time developers – the bread and butter of Apple’s vast App Store and a driving force behind Google’s Android Market. He dismisses them as “hobbyists” and says they have no place … Continued
∞ AT&T cuts price of iPad 3G by $100
AT&T on Friday slashed the price of the original iPad 3G by $100 throughout its U.S. retail stores.
∞ Mac Games For Japan Relief Bundle announced
Macgamestore.com has put together a bundle of 15 Mac games to give gamers a way to give money to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
∞ Microsoft claims credit for disabling huge spam network
Microsoft claims it has helped disable a “botnet” network purportedly responsible for sending billions of spam e-mails daily – at its peak, nearly half the spam afflicting computers worldwide. Microsoft worked with law enforcement officials to disable the computers responsible … Continued
∞ Apple's iPhone tops customer satisfaction list, RIM is last
For the fifth consecutive time, Apple’s iPhone has topped J.D. Power and Associates list of smartphone customer satisfaction.
∞ Gruber on why Nitro isn't available outside Mobile Safari
Earlier today a study that compared the iPhone to Android for Web browsing speed was found to be flawed. The company doing the test didn’t realize the embedded browser didn’t have the faster Nitro JavaScript engine, which was recently released … Continued
∞ A look back at the Atari Lynx
Boy Genius Report has a weekly feature called Throwback Thursday and this week’s was just too good to pass up — the Atari Lynx. For the time, it was pretty advanced, but unfortunately for Atari, it was released the same … Continued
∞ Visiting RIM’s offices with my iPad 2
I know that some people think I’m being mean to RIM, calling them out on not shipping any products and not really having a tablet strategy other than following Apple. I decided to change that and visit RIM.
∞ BlackBerry is the new Palm Pilot
I have had my share of rants about how RIM has handled its PlayBook introduction and the fact that they can’t seem to ship anything, but the non-existent tablet isn’t the only problem the company has.
∞ Steve Jobs emails employees affected by earthquake in Japan
Apple CEO Steve Jobs emailed Apple employees in Japan offering support of the company after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the country last week. If you need time or resources to visit or care for your families, please … Continued
∞ Study comparing Android to iPhone Web browsing speed flawed
A Canadian software company, Blaze Software, released a report today of what it calls the “largest ever research study of smart phone browser performance.” The problem is, the study is flawed.
∞ Podcasting on an iPad 2
I had an interesting Twitter chat yesterday with a fellow that wanted to do Podcast recording on his iPad 2, but couldn’t find the right software to do it. He said he was excited about the thought of GarageBand for … Continued
∞ The Daily faces 'moment of truth next week'
News Corp. chief digital officer Jon Miller told the audience at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit that The Daily faces a “moment of truth next week” when free digital subscriptions to the digital paper run out. The Daily has been … Continued
∞ Dear RIM…
I have to congratulate you on the restraint you’ve shown over the past month. You haven’t announced a new version of the PlayBook that isn’t shipping yet, which is a huge step forward for you.
∞ Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi edition due on March 27 for $599
Motorola Mobility on Wednesday announced the forthcoming release of a Wi-Fi-only version of its Xoom tablet. The tablet is expected to be released in the United States on March 27 and will cost $599.
∞ Hoard game coming to Mac via Steam on April 4
Big Sandwich Games is readying Mac and PC releases of its hit strategy game Hoard. The game will be released through Valve’s Steam game service on April 4, 2011 and will cost $9.99 (though users can pre-order and save beginning … Continued
∞ FileMaker releases Bento 4 for Mac; available on App Store
FileMaker on Wednesday announced the release of Bento 4 for Mac, a major new release of its personal database software. For the first time, it’s available from the Mac App Store. It costs $49, and users of previous versions are … Continued
∞ Adobe Photoshop Express 2.0 adds Camera Pack option
Adobe has released Photoshop Express 2.0, a new version of its universal image editing and sharing software for iOS. It’s a free download from the App Store.
∞ RIM believed the iPhone was 'badly flawed from day one'
RIM was taken completely taken off guard when Apple’s iPhone became an overnight success, according to a former RIM employee.
∞ Apple delays iPad 2 launch in Japan
Apple will delay the launch of the iPad 2 in Japan following the enormous earthquake, tsunami and ensuing devastation of last week, Reuters has learned.
∞ djay for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch available in App Store
Algoriddim on Tuesday updated djay for iPad app and released a version for iPhone and iPod touch users.