Cody Brown writing on how the New York Times sent him a cease and desist for showing how to replicate “Snow Fall” and then demanded he not even mention their name on his site.
iPhone users will abandon iMessage for BlackBerry Messenger… Wait, what?
Just when you think we got rid of the RIM co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis comes back.
BlackBerry (BBRY) founder Mike Lazaridis said he’s confident that users of iPhones and other devices will embrace the company’s BlackBerry Messenger platform, which will be offered on rival phones later this year.
“BBM is by far the most compelling wireless experience and wireless social-networking environment,” Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-chief executive officer in early 2012, said yesterday at the Bloomberg Canada Economic Summit in Toronto.
GO AWAY!
iPad dominates online shopping traffic and revenue
Neil Hughes:
Despite growing competition from other tablets, Apple’s iPad still accounts for a whopping 89.28 percent of e-commerce website traffic, and also rakes in more money on a per-user basis than any other platform.
Where the hell are all these Samsung tablets I keep hearing about?
London’s Tube map done in CSS
That is very impressive.
Industry analyst Michael Gartenberg joins Apple
He is working on the marketing team under Apple’s global marketing chief Phil Schiller, according to sources.
Michael is one of the good guys. Congrats.
The harsh reality of the Android ecosystem
Om Malik:
HTC was the shining star during the early days of Android. Now it is reeling under the pressure of cheap Androids, a dominant Samsung and a management disarray. It’s a damn shame, as the new HTC One is actually a nice device.
I thought it would do better than it has.
Adobe Creative Cloud from a freelancer’s perspective
Jon Hicks isn’t happy with Adobe’s decision.
14-year-old plays Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption”
Wow. Much respect.
Apple says Google Now, Samsung Galaxy S4 infringe its patents
Google and Samsung “innovation” continues.
Stopping for a Heineken during a police chase
A fellow gets thirsty.
Tim Cook addresses US court system with Senate
I must admit, I missed this part of the Senate hearings yesterday, but I think Cook brought up some good points.
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Jesus Christ, Silicon Valley: Yahoo bought my blog
Jesus Christ, Silicon Valley on the belief that Yahoo bought his Tumblr blog:
In the meantime, whatever I want: mine. You want to talk excitement? That’s excitement. I just Amazon Primed a fucking speedboat.
LOL!
Apple posts Tim Cook’s and Peter Oppenheimer’s Senate opening statements
A Pale Horse Named Death: Lay My Soul To Waste
I just love A Pale Horse Named Death. Deep, dark music and lyrics that will take you on a journey like few other bands can. Go buy this. NOW!
Xbox One unveiled
The new machine sees Microsoft add a Blu-ray drive and Skype functionality to its console, built in feedback into its gamepad triggers, and upgrades its Kinect camera sensor to 1080p high definition resolution.
Xbox is the one Microsoft product I really like.
Apple is the world’s No. 1 most valuable global brand
Apple is some good company.
When Apple gets iCloud right
Gus Mueller gives us a list of four points when we’ll know that Apple got iCloud right.
Top 10 audio compressors
Bobby Owsinski takes a look at some of his favorite compressors. I love the ones he chose, especially the Fairchild and the Universal Audio LA series.
Watch Tim Cook’s Senate testimony
Here is Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer.
Gold-plated iPads
No surprise they’re in Dubai.
US Senate releases comments on Apple tax avoidance
Reading this will give you a good idea of what’s going to happen tomorrow. It’s going to be messy.
Microsoft Chrome Now Everywhere Parody
Coming soon to Google Glass.
The Doors Ray Manzarek dead at 74
Very sad.
New-look Flickr
Yahoo has been busy. I like this look better.
Marco Arment on Tumblr
Congrats to everyone involved. This is a great look at Tumblr from the inside.
iOS design in the future: Almost flat
This is along the lines of what I would expect in iOS. Not throwing everything away, but more updating and modernizing the interface.
Mackie mixers with iPad control
There have been a number of mixers that utilize iOS devices that I never really liked, but this looks promising. It’s the first one I’ve seen that I’d like to try.
Apple posts Tim Cook’s US Senate testimony
Great that Apple made this public.
A look at Tumblr
Anil Dash gives his perspective of Tumblr as it grew.