When Apple’s iPad event ended last week, I walked out of the venue, spoke to Phil Schiller for a couple of minutes and went into a meeting with Apple executives. That’s where I picked up my new iPad and Apple TV. […]
Review: Apple TV
I love my Apple TV. I love my new Apple TV even more.
I picked up the new Apple TV from Apple after the iPad event, so I’ve been using it for about a week now. […]
Motörhead releases its own booze
I don’t know what would happen if you drink it, but I’d give it a go.
Getting the NeXTcube up and running
Rick Fillion talks about getting his NeXTcube working.
Self expression
Matt Alexander:
Producing a weblog – whether you choose to contribute substantive content of your own or not – is not a matter of competition, but of self-expression.
I agree with Matt. I encourage all new writers to have a voice of their own, not just follow the crowd. I follow people, not companies.
Changing of the guard in the podcast world
Like most things, the old give way to the new. A good list of podcasts that are taking over.
Nike+ FuelBand
Bobby Solomon tests Nike’s newest lifestyle product, which the company describes like this:
Nike+ FuelBand tracks your activity through a sport-tested accelerometer, then translates every move into NikeFuel. Nike+ FuelBand tracks running, walking, dancing, basketball – and dozens of everyday activities.
MacUpdate bundle: 11 Mac apps for $49.99
MacUpdate started its spring Mac software bundle today. The bundle features 11 Mac apps worth $378 for $49.99. Apps in the bundle include VMware Fusion 4, Drive Genius 3, PDFpen 5.
In defense of Readability
I’ve linked to articles defending Instapaper, so it’s only fair to get the other side of the story.
Apple begins hiring at Anobit
Parth Dhebar:
Turns out, after a round of layoffs which took place earlier this year, Apple’s recent acquisition, Anobit, has started to recruit workers. Anobit dismissed dozens of employees in sales, marketing, and sales and administration right after the acquisition and closing its enterprise server activity. Now, Anobit is focused on the development of storage-efficiency chips for Apple’s products.
A crock of shit
Fred Wilson:
Yahoo! thinks they can bully Internet newcomers with their bogus patents. And that’s a line they should not have crossed. Because other companies have bogus patents too. And they’ve opened themselves up to be sued back. Frankly I’d like to see it happen just to show them how stupid they are.
Telling it like it is.
Loyalty and Instapaper
Rian van der Merwe:
My loyalty comes from the fact that I’m unable to separate Instapaper from its creator, Marco Arment.
And it works really well.
iPads and physician training
Lucas Mearian:
In November 2010, researchers gave Apple iPads to 115 University of Chicago internal medicine residents. The residents were able to access electronic patient records, the hospital’s paging system to order tests, and medical publications for reference information.
Apple says Proview trying to unfairly get more money for iPad trademark
AppleInsider: “Proview clearly made that arrangement so they wouldn’t have to give the money to their creditors in” mainland China, [Apple spokesperson Carolyn] Wu said. “Because they still owe a lot of people a lot of money, they are now … Continued
Pros and cons of a smaller iPad
Kyle Baxter:
I have no doubt that Apple is working on a small iPad, but that’s a separate question of whether they will actually release it. Let’s think through it.
That’s always important to remember. Apple experiments with a lot of different products, but that doesn’t mean they’ll ever get released. Having said that, Kyle has some interesting points.
PlayBook gets a keyboard and trackpad
You thought I was joking, right. No, it’s true. The most backward tablet in the world just got worse. The only thing they forgot was a stylus — maybe they can get some from Samsung.
What the hell are these guys thinking?
Using bold colors in Web design
As we look around the web, we see so many examples of designers who have brilliantly used color in web design projects to make the page or various page elements really pop. Even in some cases when we see designers opting for more minimal designs, using bold splashes of color can really take the look to fantastic new heights in very simple ways.
And I thought I was being bold with The Loop’s purple.
More on attribution
Ben Brooks brings up some good points about this “via” and “hat tip” debate.
Infographic madness
Om Malik:
It is my belief that in modern times, no success goes unpunished. Infographics, too, were “punished” for their success.
Agreed.
UAE Cabinet adopts iPad
On Sunday, HH Sheikh Mohammed tweeted the launch of the iPad “Minister e-briefcase” for UAE Cabinet members.
Every government should do this.
Butt-Head Astronomer
Apple soon changed the codename to “BHA.” Upon learning that it stood for “Butt-Head Astronomer,” Sagan filed a lawsuit for defamation of character, and lost. I can just see Steve giggling as he changed the codename. Update: As many of … Continued
84% of companies buying tablets will buy iPads
Going forward, better than one-in-five companies (22%) say they’ll be purchasing tablets for their employees during 2nd Quarter 2012, and the percentage reporting they’ll buy Apple iPads has jumped to the highest level of corporate iPad demand ever seen in a ChangeWave survey.A total of 84% of companies planning to buy tablets next quarter now say they’ll purchase iPads – a 7-pt leap since the previous survey.
Aggregation, over-quoting, and rewriting
I agree with Marco.
Security content of Safari 5.1.4
In addition to the list of bug fixes, Apple posted the security improvements in the new version of Safari.
Tether for iPhone goes HTML5
Tether’s new version for the iPhone is purely based on HTML5 and creates a completely wireless connection over AdHoc. This circumvents the need of buying the application directly from Apple’s App Store and allows any iPhone or iPad with a … Continued
Game developers eye the iPad
Reuters:
Apple Inc’s faster and sharper-looking new iPad is drawing the notice of the traditional video game industry, as developers are envisioning games for it that have more in common with the visceral 3D shooter “Call of Duty” than “FarmVille.”
This could be a huge market for Apple. Instead of coming straight at it, Apple is outflanking everyone — the next year or so will be very interesting.
More on ranking the rumors
The Atlantic Wire posted its own roundup of iPad rumors and how sites did in calling the features.
Sidekick 4.0 [Sponsor]
Sidekick is a stealth little Mac app that automatically updates laptop settings based on where you are. It takes care of annoying tasks so you can focus on what you need to do.
By controlling a huge variety of settings, Sidekick makes your laptop more secure, efficient, portable, and personalized. It can automatically change your default printer, connect to a server, run a command in Terminal, lock the keychain, change the system location…the list goes on. Visit the Sidekick website to learn more.
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JailbreakCon
Matt Brian:
Commencing on September 29 at the South San Francisco Conference Center in California, JailbreakCon welcomes back many of the speakers that travelled from the US to London last year, including Cydia creator and prominent Jailbreak activist Jay “Saurik” Freeman, members of the Chronic Dev Team and Barrel tweak creator Aaron Ash.
Jonathan Ive on making new Apple products
Q: What are your goals when setting out to build a new product?A: Our goals are very simple — to design and make better products. If we can’t make something that is better, we won’t do it.
And that, in a nutshell, is what Apple’s competition doesn’t get.