Time:
Do you ever have those days when you just can’t decide between an iced tea and a beer, and you think, If only I could combine them?No? Seriously, you don’t? Well, that’s not going to stop Molson Coors from launching Coors Light Iced T. The beer giant announced Tuesday it will roll out the new product in Canada next month, followed by a likely debut in the U.S. The iced-tea-flavored brew will contain 4% alcohol and no caffeine
Do. Not. Want. But I bet it still tastes better than Heinken.
Consumer Reports is looking at the Fisker Karma – an expensive electric car – and the thing broke down during the test.
John Gruber is on vacation so Dan Benjamin is joined by Jim Dalrymple of The Loop to discuss Apple rumors, 20 years of publishing and following Apple, the new iPad, iPhoto, the future of Apple, and much more.
It was a pleasure to fill in for John.
Cool Material:
If you were to write a list of all the potentially manly things a person could do, reading a cookbook would probably not be on it. The Better Bacon Book is a manly cookbook.Yes, it exists. It has 20 HD videos, 150 hi-res photos and 31 original recipes from top chefs that cover everything from Pancetta to Pork Belly to Bacon Crème brûlée.This could very well be the Bacon Bible.
If you’ve ever seen any of the guys who write for The Loop in person, you’d know there isn’t a vegetarian among them. We’d love this cookbook!
Many thanks to Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring The Loop’s RSS feed this week.
Say “hello” to Piezo!
Whether you want to record a Skype conversation, save a streaming radio program, or just record a quick voice memo, Piezo can do it. It runs on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 and it can capture audio from any application (yup, even sandboxed App Store apps).
Download Piezo free, then buy it in the App Store or directly through our store.
Apple said it’s closing down iWork.com and is encouraging users to switch to iCloud instead.
Slate:
Imagine you run a large technology company not named Apple.How are you feeling today, a day after Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the new iPad? Are you discounting the device as just an incremental improvement, the same shiny tablet with a better screen and faster cellular access? Or is it possible you had trouble sleeping last night? Did you toss and turn, worrying that Apple’s new device represents a potential knockout punch, a move that will cement its place as the undisputed leader of the biggest, most disruptive new tech market since the advent of the Web browser?For your sake, my hypothetical CEO friend, I hope you’re frightened.
Anthony Kay:
680 News is a local AM station in Toronto that does all news all the time. They started a Twitter feed back in 2008 that alternately informs and annoys. Then there are times you wonder if the person tweeting is actually lucid.
Apple’s doubling its workforce in Texas and building new headquarters for them, according to a statement Friday from Texas governor Rick Perry’s office.
With crime lord Charles Jericho now on the loose, San Francisco faces a terrible threat. Only one man can stand against him. He has driven the streets of a hundred cities and spent his whole life putting criminals behind bars. But to take Jericho down, there can be no turning back, and he knows that this may very well be his last ride. His name is John Tanner. He is the DRIVER.
I’m not much of a gamer, but I like driving and shooting games.
A blogger at a Chicago Tribune-owned site claims the newspaper’s reporters are stealing story ideas for the print publication.
Valve denies it’s on the cusp of introducing a “Steam Box” console to let players play games through its Steam online service – for now, Mac and PC gamers are safe.
Apple’s decision to refer to the A5X’s graphics capabilities as “quad-core” has left some people confused.
Apple became the biggest-selling phone manufacturer in Japan for the fall quarter, according to IDC Japan.
Wonder why Apple isn’t using Google Maps in iPhoto for iOS? Geoff Duncan thinks it’s because Google is insisting that new services which rely on the data let it display ads.
TECHi:
Space may or may not be the final frontier, but the television and movie series Star Trek and its subsequent incantations have sparked the imagination of sci-fi fans across the ages. From Kirk and Spock to Picard and Data, then back to a new Kirk and Spock, Star Trek has become one of the most influential fictional concepts of the modern era.From nerds to geeks to hipsters and beyond, the dreams of millions have been guided by the ideas of particle transporters, warp engines, and photon torpedoes. It is an icon of pop culture and road map towards a better distant future.
Time to get your geek on!
CNET:
Besides Apple, RadioShack is now open to sales of the new iPad.Today the company said it’s taking pre-orders for the new tablet, which was announced at an event yesterday and proceeded to go up for pre-sale only on Apple’s Web site.There is a catch for those who choose to pre-order with RadioShack though, buyers need to purchase a $50 RadioShack gift card, and make the pre-order from one of RadioShack’s retail stores.
A look at new 1080p video from the iTunes Store suggests that Apple is doing some interesting things with compression and with the hardware on the new Apple TV and iPad.
Young Audri Clemmons built a Rube Goldberg machine, and it is awesome.
Apple’s attempt to stop Kodak from selling patents it believes infringe on its own have been stopped by a federal judge.
The Verge:
An AT&T spokesperson says “We are working with Apple to enable this feature in the future, but we currently do not offer it.” So for the moment, hotspot capability on the new iPad appears to be a Verizon exclusive in the US.
Might make the choice of US carrier easier for some people.
OnLive, the streaming game service that lets you play Windows games on your Mac and iPad, is expanding into desktop apps – and is squarely in Microsoft’s crosshairs over licensing.
Upset that the new iPad isn’t called something different? Get over it.
iPhoto is the first iOS app to use OpenStreetMap data instead of Google Maps for geolocation.
Two separate surveys done months ago show that there’s strong consumer interest in Apple’s $399 iPad 2.
Air Wings lets you take to the skies as you pilot paper airplanes. It’s free and has a four-player multiplayer mode.
Apple’s iOS 5.1 release makes a change that some users may find confusing – some AT&T users may see “4G” for their data indicators, even though their phones aren’t working any faster.
Scott Bourne corrects some incorrect assumptions about the new Lytro Field Camera.
Nvidia is skeptical of Apple’s claim that its A5X processor is up to four times faster than Nvidia’s Tegra 3.
Apple and five major book publishers are under investigation by the Justice Dept. for alleged price-fixing of e-books.
