Bloomberg:
Richard Williamson, who oversaw the mapping team, was fired by Senior Vice President Eddy Cue, said the people, who asked not to be named because the information wasn’t yet public. Cue, who took over last month as part of a management shakeup, is seeking advice from outside mapping-technology experts and prodding digital maps provider TomTom NV (TOM2) to fix landmark and navigation data it shares with Apple.
Eddy is cleaning house.
Harry Marks rounds up all the excuses from major publications who falsely reported on Monday that Google bought ICOA. Not a single apology, but lots of finger-pointing.
Samsung has announced the winner of its Smart App Challenge and look who made it to the top! Our old “friends” from Feeling touch with their Gun & Blood shooter! “Their” game is surprisingly similar to our very own Overkill. People with really sharp eyes might even call it a clear copycat, a rip off, a shameless robbery, and we would be inclined to agree with them.
Stay classy folks.
If a musician’s greatness is measured by the breadth of his influence — and how else should we gauge it? — Jimi Hendrix’s legacy commends him as one of the most inspiring virtuosos who ever lived. Consider just a few of the acts who explicitly cite Hendrix as central to their sound, or who pay tribute by incorporating at least something of him into their work: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Miles Davis (who, of course, influenced Hendrix, as well), ZZ Top, Stephen Stills, Public Enemy — the list is as long as it is dizzying in its variety.
Apple’s iPhone 5 sales have pushed iOS into the No. 1 spot for smartphone operating systems in the US, according to a new report released on Tuesday. […]
Great sounding amps. Check out the videos on the page for some tone samples.
Love Billy Gibbons. […]
Michael Bartholomew takes a look mobile market share, usage share and the seeming disconnect between the two.
Arik Hesseldahl got to the bottom of rumors that Google bought ICOA Wireless:
But people within the company say that contrary to a press release posted on PR Web, Google has not bought ICOA, a Rhode Island-based player in public Wi-Fi Networks.
It fooled a lot of people this morning. Good job Arik.
From October 2011 through September 2012, the combined net profit of Microsoft, Google, eBay, Yahoo, Facebook and Amazon was $34.4 billion. Apple alone made $7 billion more.
In the same period, Dell, Asus, Intel, Acer, IBM, Lenovo and HP, i.e. virtually the entire PC industry, made $19.3 billion or less than half of Apple’s profit.
How’s that for some context.
Fascinating how one of the most recognized landmarks came to be.
But what makes Amazon not just amazing but downright dangerous is that as a financial matter it has something even better than profits—the boundless faith of the investment community.
It’s truly amazing how the investment community treats Amazon differently than many other companies.
Ringer for iOS and Mac. Effortless iPhone ringtones, text tones, and alert tones. Easily select just the right part of your song to turn into your ringtone. See the waveform for your media so you can quickly find the spot you are looking for. Control fade in and fade out. Choose the gap between rings. Auto volume balance keeps ringtones from being too loud or too quiet. Ringer on the Mac lets you use just about any media including video and automatically imports tones into iTunes, ready to sync to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
I can’t wait to see Microsoft’s quarterly earnings when they reveal how many Surface tablets were sold. They will tell us, right?
We’ve come a long way in a relatively short time.
One is packed, one isn’t.
On March 5th, a collection of 12 previously unreleased recordings by Jimi Hendrix will see the light. People, Hell and Angels follows Hendrix in 1968 and 1969 as he works on material apart from the Jimi Hendrix Experience and suggests new, experimental directions.
I’ll definitely be buying this album.
The big kahuna in the mobile shopping landscape: the iPad. Apple’s tablet “generated more traffic than any other tablet or smartphone, reaching nearly 10 percent of online shopping,” according to IBM’s report. The next device in line was the iPhone, with 8.7% of shopping traffic, then all Android devices combined with 5.5% of traffic. The iPad’s 10% slice of mobile retail translates to a whopping 88.3% of tablet shopping traffic, with the Nook, Kindle and Samsung Galaxy tablets all eking out shares of 3% or less.
What is it people do with these other tablets and smartphones?
This fellow was leaving a voicemail when he witnessed an accident between a man and four old ladies. What happens next is nothing short of hilarious. The Loop reader Jack sent this to me and said the guy’s laughter reminded him of me during Amplified.
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They probably don’t even know what they are fighting for.
This collection of video tutorials by the one and only Kenny Gioia takes you inside Kenny’s personal recording lair and shows you step by step how kenny sets up and records the foundation of any rock / pop tune, the drums. From set up to performance to editing, it’s all here, meticulously demonstrated by multi-platinum engineer and producer Kenny Gioia.
Kenny Gioia is far and away my favorite trainer when it comes to Pro Tools and music in general. He has a great way of teaching that I throughly enjoy.
You have to give respect to talent in all music genres. These kids rock it out.
Brian Hall takes on Henry Blodget, founder of Business Insider.
The beard could take them all.
Much respect crazy drummer. […]
The Korea Times:
The chief executive of Samsung Electronics has expressed confidence about the ongoing patent battle with Apple, saying that no smartpohone can exist without patents from Korea’s technology giants.
“The truth never lies. Without Samsung-owned wireless patents, it’s impossible for the Cupertino-based Apple to produce its handsets,” said Samsung’s mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun.
This is going to be a long battle.
Peter Cohen takes a look at Sid Meier’s Railroads! game at Macworld.
The Times of Israel:
The application, which is not an official warning system, is the brainchild of 13-year-old Beersheba resident Liron Bar. Bar provides constant reports on missile attack warnings, known as Color Red alerts, and rocket strikes in the south on his Facebook page as well.
Kudos to this kid, but I do wish we lived in a world where it wasn’t necessary.
I got a note last night from Kai Aras about some demos he’s done using iOS to control the Philips Hue lights. He has an explanation on each video page about what exactly is going on, so you can read those as well. […]