John Gruber:
One interesting note: the 5C and 5S have a price overlap at $199. At that price, you can get either a 32 GB 5C or a 16 GB 5S. For those who don’t care about technical specs, I think the $199 5C is going to win.
I agree with John on this. Generally, I feel the people that would have purchased a new iPhone anyway will get the 5s, but at this price point, you may see some people switch for the colors.
Very cool.
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Jim and Dan discuss the Apple event, and Jim’s hands-on experience with the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s.
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There is nothing better to read your RSS feeds than Reeder. I love this app.
James Thomson updated his calculator apps, adding a lot of new iOS 7 support.
In this issue, Jim Dalrymple talks about his experience with the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s at Apple’s event; Jim also discuss the iTunes Festival being held in London, England this month; Christopher Russell looks at how iPads help in education; Matt Gemmell remembers retro gaming consoles; and Tom Ellis gives you some tips on what you need to make music on your Mac.
After Apple’s iPhone event ended this morning, I had a chance to spend a few minutes with the two new phones and wanted to post some thoughts. […]
Apple will hold its much-anticipated iPhone event this morning at its Cupertino headquarters. I’m here and will bring you live updates as they happen. As with all live updates on The Loop, we’re going old school, so refresh your browser for the latest updates.
The event begins at 10:00 am PT.
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We don’t know for sure if Apple is working on a product called the iWatch, but even the hint that they were sent Samsung on a quest to be Apple to market with it. Samsung won the race, but they made several fatal flaws that could cost them dearly. […]
Love it.
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With Intermission, you can jump back and replay something you missed, then resume live playback. Use it to pause any audio while you take a call, answer the door, or use the restroom. You can even pause streaming audio on services like Pandora, iTunes Radio, or Spotify to build a buffer, then skip right past the ads and songs you don’t want to hear!
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A new book from Federico Viticci.
Back in 2010 the NSA published “Hardening Tips for Mac OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’” (PDF), a terse, two-page pamphlet recommending a series of security precautions. The agency hasn’t updated that pamphlet for more recent versions of OS X—so I thought I’d do so in the agency’s stead.
Some security tips and explanations.
More iOS music goodness from IK Multimedia.
A federal jury yesterday rendered a verdict that makes Google (Motorola) a convicted patent troll. It has been found to have breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing flowing from Motorola’s FRAND licensing pledges to standard-setting organizations. None of the companies typically described as trolls have actually been convicted of similarly unlawful conduct.
Ouch.
I bet these sound incredible.
Some nice looking guitars and basses here including a Rosewood Telecaster, a Geddy Lee 1972 Jazz Bass and a Gold Top Dusty Hill Precision Bass.
It seems unimaginative to me. I don’t know, I just expected more.
Stupid lawsuits.
An article I wrote for Fortune on how important the iTunes Festival for the bands that participate.
Apple on Tuesday sent out invites for a special event to be held on September 10, 2013 at the company’s Cupertino, Calif. headquarters. According to the invitation I received today, the event will start at 10:00 am PT.
It is widely expected that Apple will introduce a new iPhone at event.
Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós performed at the iTunes Festival in London last night to a packed house. I had an opportunity to speak with the band before the show about the festival and its importance. […]
Wow. I don’t know what else to say.
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Om Malik:
Microsoft’s legacy as a PC monopoly holder made it incapable of handling the fast changing, rapidly shifting post-mobile world. And now for the next year Microsoft will be distracted by integrating the two companies — all at a time when Samsung will be releasing a barrage of new phones, Google will be improving on Moto X and Android and, lest anyone forget, Apple will have a trick or two up its sleeve. Oh, by the way, there is that other Seattle-based company: Amazon has been quietly working on its own phones and has plans to take on the current smartphone establishment. And they don’t even care about making a profit — they just want marketshare.
That’s probably just how the next year will play out.
It’s a big deal, but I don’t think it will come as much of a surprise to most people.
An article I wrote for Fortune on Apple’s motivation for doing the iTunes Festival.