Wow, the rest of the companies are pretty pathetic. eBay (6%), Amazon (15%), Twitter (21%), Google (48%) and Facebook (49%).
Presidential selfie was a Samsung promotional stunt
Because nobody in their right mind would use that piece of shit unless they were getting paid.
World Autism Awareness Day
Guitar Center’s financial woes
Just incredible that they’re in this position.
Fantastical 2 for iPad
All the beauty of Fantastical, but now for the iPad. I use it for the Mac and iOS—I beta tested the iPad version and love it.
Amazon announces Fire TV media streaming device
The Fire TV device will stream Amazon Prime Instant Video titles as well as content from other providers such as Netflix and Hulu. Amazon also bundled games into the device with support for an external $39 Fire game controller. Well-known gaming studios such as Disney, Gameloft, EA, Sega, Ubisoft and Double Fine have partnered with Amazon to bring their titles to the Fire TV device.
Some competition for Apple TV.
One-third of consumers abandoning wearables
So far, there aren’t clear signs of quite what it is that smartwatches and fitness trackers are replacing…
That’s key.
TextExpander touch
New gestures include left and right swipe to navigate through screens and a three finger tap to share snippets or notes. Improved organization options include reordering of snippet groups via drag and drop and moving snippets between groups. The new snippet group info view includes a setting to turn off expansion of the group’s snippets.
Lots of changes and additions, including being built for iOS 7.
Crowdfunding for journalists
This is very interesting. It’s kind of like a cross between Kickstarter, but with a writing platform like Medium. It would be very nice if something like this worked.
3D art
This is just incredible.
Apple’s Phil Schiller testifies
Still on the stand, Schiller is getting into slightly new ground as he is asked to think back to his first reaction to the first Samsung Galaxy.
“It looked so much like an attempt to copy the iPhone,” Schiller said.
Competition is not the problem here. Blatantly stealing and copying Apple is the problem.
HTC’s last bet
Good story from Hayley Tsukayama looking at the HTC M8.
Apple wants $2 billion from Samsung
“The total damages are high,” said Harold McElhinny, a lawyer for Apple. “But I hope you understand the reason the damages are high is because the scope of Samsung’s infringement is massive.”
Samsung should be made to pay every penny.
iWork updated for Mac, iOS and iCloud
Big day for iWork. The updates can all be downloaded from their respective App Stores.
iWork on the Mac
– Delete, duplicate, and reorder sections using the page navigator in Pages v5.2 – Set margins and create headers and footers in print setup in Numbers v3.2 – Enhanced presenter display options and new transitions including Droplet and Grid in Keynote v6.2
iWork for iOS
– Improved support for bi-directional text in Pages v2.2 – Progress indicator for calculations in Numbers v2.2 – New remote feature lets you control slideshows on other devices in Keynote v2.2
iWork for iCloud beta
– New “view only” setting lets you share documents you want others to view but not edit – Updated design in document editor – Open documents directly from iCloud Mail
Dixie Chicks: Not Ready To Make Nice
Such a great song. I’ve been listening to it over and over.
Black Label Society: My Dying Time
The first single from Zakk’s upcoming album, “Catacombs of the Black Vatican,” which will be released on April 8.
Aspyr game showcase
Lots of great Mac games here from Aspyr.
Amplified: Doc Oc Arms
Jim Dalrymple and Dan Benjamin talk about the evolution of a small business, making things you like instead of what the audience wants, wearable tech, guitar modeling vs. the real thing, and more.
Fools of the Year
Has it been another year again?! Because, really, reading the work of these pundits, it seems like it’s been a lot longer. But catalog the atrocities we must! For history must know … that … uh …
Ladies and gentlemen, the Macalope.
iPhone 5s vs. HTC One M8: Which camera is better?
Speaking as an amateur photographer, I think Allyson Kazmucha did a great job with this comparison. Looking at the pics, I don’t think the panoramas were a tie—the iPhone 5s won that.
OkCupid urges boycott of Mozilla over CEOs gay marriage views
“Mozilla’s new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples,” the message said. “We would therefore prefer that our users not use Mozilla software to access OkCupid.”
Designer Marc Newson “wouldn’t be seen dead wearing” Google Glass
“What Google have done thus far, I wouldn’t be seen dead wearing. It really looks pretty stupid,” he said.
Indeed.
iPad Air & iPad mini with LTE available in China
Great news for China.
Johnny Cash, Eighties Man
Johnny Cash is one of the best ever. I wish I could have met him.
Bennie and the Jets
One of Elton’s best songs.
Truck advertising with optical illusions
This is so incredibly cool.
Accessibility as innovation
Steven Aquino:
So often, the tech commentariat — and a few of my Android-loving friends — disparage Apple for a perceived “lack” of innovation, arguing that Cupertino has failed to deliver to market anything truly innovative and revolutionary since introducing the original iPad in 2010.
The problem with exclusively tying innovation to hardware is that it misses, obviously, the innovation that can be made in terms of software. More specifically, I contend that an underrated aspect of Apple’s ability to innovate is the strides made by Apple’s Accessibility efforts, particularly on iOS.
What a great article.
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Aggregation is plagiarism
This argument has been going on for a long time and I always find it interesting.
The misinterpretation of Virginia Woolf’s suicide letter
She left behind a remarkable body of work — from her poignant diaries to her magnificent essays to her little-known children’s books to “the longest and most charming love letter in literature” — and a cohort of heartbroken friends, but the most stirring thing she left behind was her suicide letter to her husband Leonard.