Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile carrier, sold 4.2 million Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhones in the fourth quarter, more than doubling from the third quarter, said Fran Shammo, finance chief of the company’s parent.
Seems like it’s going to be a big quarter for Apple.
[Via Matt Richman]
Chris Martucci on PayPal making someone destroy a violin to get his money back:
Indeed, the company specifies in its Terms of Service: “PayPal may […] require you to destroy the item and to provide evidence of its destruction.”
So the seller is out $2,500 and a violin that made it through WWII.
iPad users are estimated to have cumulatively downloaded three billion applications since the launch of the iPad in 2010. This was 19% of all cumulative downloads by Apple users. The iPhone took as long as two years before being able to achieve this level of downloads, while the iPad made it within nearly a year and a half. In comparison, Android tablets only have around 440 million downloads thus far.
WOOHOO, Android is winning. Oh wait…
Cult of Mac:
Apple has begun an attack on App Store piracy. The popular resource for cracked iOS apps known as Apptrackr recently said that Apple has begun sending large amounts of takedown notices, thereby forcing Apptrackr to relocate many of its servers and implement more steps for its users to avoid legal ramifications.
Good for Apple.
Beginning Friday, January 13, iPhone 4S will be available in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guam, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos and Uganda.
To celebrate the end of another exciting year in type, our type experts put their heads together to compile our annual “Best Of” list, highlighting the typefaces that surprised, impressed, and delighted us.
The Salt Lake Tribune:
In 1980, a plane carrying Frampton’s equipment (but not Framton himself, of course) for a show in Panama went down, supposedly destroying all of the instruments on board — including Frampton’s cherished 1954 Gibson Les Paul.But two fans, one in Holland and one on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, as well as the CEO of the Curaçao Tourist Board, were albe to reunite Frampton with the guitar in an emotional meeting last month in Nashville.
As most of us were celebrating the holidays and getting ready for the new year, one music legend was fighting for his life. Unfortunately, Richard Lainhart didn’t win his battle. Below is a note posted by his wife. There are also plenty of links to his music and videos […]
The Fender Select Stratocaster HSS takes the refined elegance of its triple-single-coil brother and amps it up through the roof with the extra power of a humbucking bridge pickup. Features include a striking Antique Burst gloss-lacquer finish and natural binding on a sleek flame maple-top body.
Okay, I want one of these.
It seems that not every company on the list of SOPA supporters actually support the bill. Taylor Guitars on Tuesday provided me with some information that explained how they initially ended up on the list of supporters […]
It doesn’t matter how much it costs, the PlayBook still doesn’t do anything.
This is exactly what I love about Universal Audio. They do a tips & tricks post and they go to the creator of the gear to host it. Definitely worth a read and don’t forget to watch the video at the end of the post.
In this video I run through the steps I use to make a chunky rock/metal preset for my guitar. I’m using the Pod HD500 hardware and software from Line 6 to create the tone.
Kara Swisher:
According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important — but not large-scale — event to be held in New York at the end of this month that will focus on a media-related announcement.
Yep.
I love the guy that gets frustrated and throws his notepad down.
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Why not, they copy everything else Apple does.
Many thanks to Instashuffle for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop. Instashuffle is a way to browse Instagram in an endless image stream. And it is now free. On the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with iOS 5 and later.
Dwight Silverman: The wireless carrier [Verizon] has dropped plans to charge $2 for payments made on its website or over the phone. Verizon announced Thursday it would charge the fee, but backed off a day later in the wake of … Continued
BBC:
Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.Mr Ive, who can now style himself Sir Jonathan, has been made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE).
Very nice, congrats to Jonathan.
MTD Bass (a.k.a. Michael Tobias Design) announced the creation of its new charitable non-profit organization, MTDLYFE, Inc.. MTD will host The First Annual MTD Family Reunion Benefit Concert and CD release party at The 2012 NAMM Show on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at JT Schmid’s in Anaheim, CA. All proceeds will benefit non-profit organizations that provide support for musicians, MusiCares and H.E.A.R. Contributions from the musicians, manufacturers and vendors, include support from Bass Player Magazine, Dana B. Goods, Epifani and Gallien-Krueger, MTD Bass will feature many of the company’s most notable artists, including Andrew Gouche, Bubby Lewis, Norm Stockton, Jerry Watts, and more performing live, plus on the double CD set available during the event.
I know people at MusiCares and H.E.A.R. This is a cause that is well worth your support. There is a PayPal link on the site where you can donate as much as you want — even a couple of dollars would help.
I plan to attend the benefit concert next month.
Ben Brooks:
That’s not that hard to understand and the fact that Wasserman can’t understand that shows why is opinion isn’t really that interesting. He then devolves to talking about Kelly Clarkson and Ron Paul… yay?
I love it that Ben speaks his mind.
I’ve been using Line 6 gear for many years and have watched them grow into one of the best amp modeling companies in the business. The Pod HD500 stompbox is yet another success in the Line 6 arsenal.
The HD500 is a lot of things bundled in one box. It’s an audio interface to your computer; an amp modeler; effects modeler; and a stompbox that can connect to your amp or PA. Basically, it’s a unit that’s built to do it all […]
Being a tech failure pretty much sums up the year every tablet maker, except Apple, had.
Marco Arment:
In fact, all Amazon has said is:But the Kindle has between 5 and 10 models, depending on how Amazon counts them.
- They’ve sold at least 4 million Kindles, total, this month.
- The Kindle Fire is the top-selling model.
The devil is in the details.
I’d be scared to death to go in for a meeting, but that’s cool as hell.
Reports began circulating earlier today that Apple would release two new iPads at Macworld Expo in January. These rumors are completely false […]
Marcelo Somers:
So with so much dependency on all this, I knew I needed to save this stuff. If Pinboard disappeared tomorrow, I need a way to access this stuff I’m saving. Maciej Ceglowski, developer of Pinboard, gives you the option at any time to export all your items as HTML, XML, or JSON. Data portability is good. However, there’s no automated option to do this.So I came up with a way to automate everything. This is an idiot’s guide to do it, since I’m by no means a pro at this stuff – I just poke around until I can make it work.
It’s not a big secret that I think Universal Audio makes the best professional audio plug-ins — I’ve said it a number of times. However, until now, you needed a Mac Pro and a spare PCI slot for the UAD card. The portable Satellite Quad changes all that […]
“The iPad, just as it is in the consumer market, is synonymous for ‘Tablet’ in the business market,” he wrote in Thursday’s e-mailed press release, “leaving Apple poised to take advantage of the increased spending intentions of these SMBs. NPD’s research shows that iPad purchase preference is higher among larger firms than smaller ones, which is an important indicator that Apple is gaining traction far outside its typical consumer space.”