Monthly Archives: July 2011

∞ Apple releases iOS beta 4 to developers

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Apple is plugging along with more iOS updates. The company has been on a furious pace lately, working on Macs, Lion and iOS. You might think that they would have slowed down this week, but apparently not. Of course, this … Continued

∞ Apple may surpass Exxon Mobil in market cap

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Electronista: “Apple added $60 billion to its market cap during the month of June. The company may be able to leapfrog Exxon if several planned products prove enough of a catalyst…” Wow. And if it comes to pass, Apple will … Continued

∞ T-Mobile slams the iPad

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BGR.com: A new page on T-Mobile USA’s website makes some fairly bold claims about the carrier’s premier Honeycomb tablet, the LG G-Slate. In comparing the sleek device to its steepest competition at AT&T and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile says the G-Slate … Continued

∞ Apple's new MacBook Air packaging

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I am always amazed at the detail Apple puts into the simple things with its products, like packaging. But that’s the first impression we have of the product, so it does matter. With the latest MacBook Air, Apple changed from … Continued

∞ The future of the PC industry

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Ben Bajarin: I believe that this inflection point can be described as going from personal computing to personalized computing and will be defined by tablets and smartphones that take all types of shapes, form factors and designs that make the … Continued

∞ Microsoft Xbox profit doubles, shipments up

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James Brightman, IndustryGamers: “Now, in Microsoft’s just released fourth-quarter and year-end earnings, we see that Xbox 360 shipped 13.7 million units (up from 10.3 million in 2010) and operating income more than doubled for the Entertainment and Devices Division from … Continued

∞ Acer says Apple is starting a patent war

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AppleInsider: “As Apple’s patent lawsuits against HTC have created concerns among market watchers, and have even strongly impacted HTC’s stock price, Wang pointed out that the player, which started the patent war, wants either money or market influence and should … Continued

∞ Sony insurer doesn't want to pay for data breach

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Ben Berkowitz, Reuters: “One of Sony Corp’s insurers has asked a court to declare that it does not have to pay to defend the media and electronics conglomerate from mounting legal claims related to a massive data breach earlier this … Continued

∞ Google+ snags 20 million users

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ComScore: To get a better understanding of how Google+ is performing to date and who is using it, comScore pulled together some figures based on the first 21 days of its public existence (June 29, 2011 – July 19, 2011). … Continued

∞ Apple in talks to buy Hulu

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Bloomberg: Apple is in early talks that may lead to an acquisition offer for Los Angeles-based Hulu, said the people, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly. This is interesting. Apple could do a great job with an streaming video service, … Continued

∞ Apple TV competitor Roku 2 plays games

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Dan Moren at Macworld writes: “The top-of-the-line XS model also includes the Roku 2’s new Bluetooth motion-capable remote. In addition to using the buttons to control browsing and playback on your Roku 2, you can use the motion sensitivity to … Continued

∞ PlayBook approved for U.S. Government use

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Reuters: This certification … enables the U.S. federal government to buy with confidence knowing that the PlayBook meets their computing policy requirements for protecting sensitive information,” said Scott Totzke, a senior vice-president for BlackBerry security at RIM. Apparently nobody in … Continued

∞ Review: Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6

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The first measure of any professional audio product or instrument is its sound quality. Once you have that, the rest is often a matter of personal preference. In this instance, the hardware that is the vehicle bringing your audio into … Continued

∞ AirDrop only works with certain Macs

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AirDrop is a new feature in OS X Lion that lets you wirelessly send files to other OS X Lion users, without Wi-Fi. But it only works on certain Macs. Apple has posted a KnowledgeBase article explaining which ones work:

∞ Anonymous, LulzSec, respond to FBI

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“These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies. “We are not scared any more. … Continued

∞ Common sense advice for people who have online communities

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“So, I beseech you: Fix your communities. Stop allowing and excusing destructive and pointless conversations to be the fuel for your business. Advertisers, hold sites accountable if your advertising appears next to this hateful stuff. Take accountability for this medium … Continued

∞ How real journalists behave

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Rob Pegoraro: For years, I’ve had to tell sometimes skeptical friends and family members that real journalists don’t do that. We are generally uncouth, sometimes lazy and screw up in plenty of other ways–not least when we drop stories because … Continued