A complete Velvet Revolver – Fender signature artist Duff McKagan, Slash, Scott Weiland, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner – got back together this week for a one-off performance in support of the “Love You Madly” event, a benefit concert for the late John O’Brien, a longtime friend of Kushner.
You can read more about the show on the official Fender blog. Here’s a video of the band from last night’s show. […]
Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Progress Report details our efforts to improve worker protections and factory conditions. This report also includes results from our 2011 audits.
One of the great things about Apple’s iOS devices for musicians is having the ability to play and record our guitar while on the go. When the hardware and software allowing us to do this was first introduced, we gave the companies a little leeway on the quality just so we could play. […]
Diehard Mac & Apple fans often have a lot in common — personalities, creative professions, a similar sense of style and aesthetics, taste, and a love for technology. As Apple fans we love to hang out in cafés with our Macbooks and iPhones. Cupidtino is like that neighborhood café where the people are hip, decor is classy, conversation is intelligent and prices are reasonable. But it’s open at your convenience, folks are from around the world, and it’s less awkward to talk to someone.
If you’re going to meet someone with common interests, why not start off with an Apple fan.
Line25:
Textures are used in web design to avoid the cold/fake/digital appearance of flat solid colours, to instead add an element of realism and that sense of something real.
I’m a fan of subtle textures. Some people take it too far for my tastes though.
MG Siegler:
Holy shit, over 70% of the Android phones sold in the U.S. are now contributing money to Microsoft’s pockets. Microsoft, not Google.
Amazing how much money Microsoft is making from Android.
New York Times:
Apple said in a statement that it had temporarily suspended sales of all iPhones at its five mainland China stores for the safety of customers and employees. The phones will still be offered online, through Apple’s official partner, Unicom, and at authorized resellers. The statement did not say when Apple stores would resume selling the iPhone 4S.
The crowd threw eggs at the store when it didn’t open. Who goes to buy a phone with a pocket full of eggs?
Mat Honan:
I just switched the default search engine in my browser from Google to Bing. And if you care about working efficiently, or getting the right results when you search, then maybe you should too.
The fallout continues.
Join iTunes expert Kirk McElhearn as he helps you think like an iTunes power user so you can get the most out of your audio, video, and book collections in iTunes 10. You’ll also learn the best ways to transfer media to your iPad, iPhone, or iPod.
Published by Adam and Tonya Engst, and written by Kirk McElhearn. Hard to go wrong with that combination for an ebook.
Love seeing things like this.
Look beyond what is announced. That, I believe, is the key.
Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph was at CES this week challenging all comers to take the “Smoked by a Windows Phone $100 challenge.” According to The Verge, Microsoft had 30 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. […]
Stephen Hackett posted an interview that he did with me this week. If you want to know the who, what, where and why, go have a read.
Alex Knight:
I have spoken friends of mine who have been long-time Blackberry fans, and they aren’t holding their breath for any miraculous event where the company will suddenly bounce back.
This is a key point. Not even RIM’s loyal followers believe there is a chance in hell the company can recover from its embarrassing missteps over the last few years. Even at its worst times, Apple’s core customers believed in the company.
[Via Laughing Squid]
Mac Rumors:
Target has confirmed its plans to launch “store-within-a-store” concepts for Apple products in 25 of its stores around the United States. The announcement comes alongside a broader effort called “the Shops at Target” that will offer special focuses on certain products.
Best goalie in the NHL. Hilarious commercial. […]
John Gruber discussing Google’s search and Google Plus integration and the company’s doublespeak on the issue:
The best case scenario for Google is that Eric Schmidt, in his new role as chairman, has turned into a loose cannon who should just shut the fuck up.
Not much else to be said.
Inside Apple reveals the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that allowed Steve Jobs and his company to churn out hit after hit and inspire a cult-like following for its products.Based on numerous interviews, the book offers exclusive new information about how Apple innovates, deals with its suppliers and is handling the transition into the Post Jobs Era.
The book is available for pre-order from Amazon.
“If you use a MacBook, iMovie is the best way to do it.”
Couldn’t agree more.
Seriously, I love what people can do with CSS3.
Shakie is an expressive motion controlled percussion instrument for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Pellets create sounds and rhythms as you move and shake them. Shakie’s built in pellets include maraca, shakers, tambourine, castanet, bells and spoon.
Looks cool.
Apple on Wednesday sent out an invitation to The Loop and other media outlets to attend a special event being held in New York City next week. […]
“Differentiation is positive, fragmentation is negative,” Schmidt said during an appearance here at the Consumer Electronics Show. “Differentiation means that you have a choice and the people who are making the phones, they’re going to compete on their view of innovation, and they’re going to try and convince you that theirs is better than somebody else.”
I’m a total loss for words.
Adobe took a lot of heat last year for its pricing of future versions of Creative Suite. The company responded and said it would have promotions to help customers purchase CS6.
This is what Adobe said today: […]
Federico Viticci:
No one is defending the argument that folks like Samsung copy everything that Apple does. Or that Apple doesn’t copy certain trends sometimes. But the amount of shameless copying and blatant efforts of coming up with unoriginal marketing jargon going on at CES are just too much for me.
I think Federico summed up many people’s CES experience.
The Atlantic:
We broke down the trajectories of 17 tablets from CES 2011. In the final tally, I think you could say one is a qualified success (the Asus Eee Pad Transformer), one did OK (the Motorola XOOM), and several flopped (Dell Streak, RIM Playbook) or made no impact (Coby Kyrus, Cydle M7 Multipad, Naxa NID-7001). Nine never were heard from again.This is why it’s OK to ignore CES. Most of the product announcements (the majority in this case) lead nowhere, and if some product is really important, you’ll hear about it via some other avenue.
Ouch.
Reuters:
The once-dominant corporation founded by Michael Dell has seen a growing crop of tablets and smartphones entice consumers away from PCs. But Dell learned from the hastiness of some of its peers and understands better now how consumers value the “ecosystem” of a tablet as much as the hardware, chief commercial officer Steve Felice said.
Good that Dell finally realized what Apple knew for years — ecosystem counts.
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After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago, my wife and I decided to take it to the next level. We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto
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