AppleInsider: The city is currently in the midst of its review process of Apple’s plans. The first step of the review involves an environmental impact assessment that will evaluate traffic, noise, air quality and will provide the public with an … Continued
∞ Sprint says no to the PlayBook
Greg Bensinger at WSJ.com: The decision means the device hasn’t yet found any support from the three largest U.S. wireless carriers, which includes AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Without their backing, RIM will have to bear the burden of sales and … Continued
∞ Apple will not hold iPhone 5 event on Sept. 7
Reports began to surface yesterday that Apple would hold a special event on September 7 to launch the new iPhone, but that’s not happening.
∞ Dell discontinues the 5-inch Streak
Brad Linder: Dell has stopped selling the Dell Streak 5 inch Android tablet/smartphone. The original Streak launched last year as Dell’s first Android product. It blurred the lines between a tablet and a phone by pairing a reasonably large 5 … Continued
∞ Apple releases Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
Apple Support Web site: The Lion Recovery Disk Assistant lets you create Lion Recovery on an external drive that has all of the same capabilities as the built-in Lion Recovery: reinstall Lion, repair the disk using Disk Utility, restore from … Continued
∞ iPhone vs. Android state by state
Dan Frommer: Jumptap, a mobile ad network, just published its latest monthly metrics dump, including this map, which highlights the dominant smartphone platform in each state. In particular, it seems that the south and west are Google Android country, while … Continued
∞ AT&T removing unlimited plans for some jailbroken iPhones
9to5Mac: We’ve gotten word from some readers that AT&T is moving forward and removing unlimited plans for users who jailbreak iPhones to tether or hotspot off of AT&T’s unlimited data plans (for those grandfathered).
∞ Should Google really 'whine like a bitch?'
Brian S. Hall: If you have a monopoly business and generate monopoly profits and take those monopoly profits to another industry and *gave away* what your competitors (must) charge for, which led you to quickly capture the *dominant* maret share, … Continued
∞ Cult of Mac disproves its own rumor
Cult of Mac yesterday afternoon: We’ve gotten word from a previously reliable source that Apple is discontinuing the Magic Mouse in favor of the Magic Trackpad. Cult of Mac last night: Our source in Apple inventory has followed up with … Continued
∞ PCalc update adds support for external keyboards in iOS
PCalc is ideal for scientists, engineers, students, programmers, or indeed anybody looking for a feature rich calculator. It includes an optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of button layouts, an extensive set of unit conversions, a paper tape, … Continued
∞ Acer says MacBook Air, iPad are 'short-term phenomena'
DigiTimes: Acer founder Stan Shih has commented that the fads for ultrabooks and tablet PCs are both short-term phenomena and urged companies in the notebook supply chain to come out with more value-added products through innovation. You keep telling yourself … Continued
∞ RIM needs to focus and think like a leader
Harry Marks talking about Steve Jobs’ ability to say no: RIM needs to take the same approaches to their products – learn to say “No” and focus resources where they’re needed. The PlayBook was a disaster, but it didn’t have … Continued
∞ Apple sues fake retail stores
AppleInsider: After a number of fake Apple retail stores in China gained publicity online, Apple appears to have taken legal action, undoubtedly looking to shut down the counterfeit locations designed to look like its own operations. Apple has gone on … Continued
∞ Apple No. 1 in worldwide smartphone shipments
Market research firm IDC on Thursday released its worldwide smartphone market numbers for the second quarter of 2011 and Apple is in the lead.
∞ Graphic: How Apple changed phone design, except with RIM
My good friend Matthew Panzarino at TNW sent this to me today. Pretty much sums up what I’ve been trying to say. Apple innovated; everyone else followed; RIM stayed the same.
∞ Seven years of BlackBerry: This is why RIM is in trouble
Take a look at these photos. The 8700c was released in 2004 (I have one of these) and the 9900 was released this week. RIM had seven years to change the design or do something, but they look pretty much … Continued
∞ RIM customers try to save the PlayBook
A forum user at CrackBerry.com made a suggestion to fellow PlayBook owners to help save the device.
∞ Study: 67% of BlackBerry users want an iPhone
Ed Sutherland at Cult of Mac: The good news for Apple came in a study of 216 smartphone users by Piper Jaffray Apple-watcher Gene Munster. The study found 67 percent of BlackBerry owners plan to buy an iPhone as their … Continued
∞ HP TouchPad gets another price cut
Ina Fried: Earlier this week I noticed the 32GB model at Costco for $479 — $120 off the standard $599 price. Then, a few minutes ago, while watching ABC’s “Modern Family,” I caught an HP TouchPad ad touting that the … Continued
∞ Getting guitars in time with drums using Pro Tools
A great video from Russ at the Air Users Blog on how to use Beat Detective and Elastic Audio to bring guitars and bass in time with the drum kit.
∞ Instagram sees 150 million photos shared
Instagram: On October 6, 2010 we launched Instagram in the App Store as a way for people to easily share their lives through photos taken on their iPhones. Since then, we’ve seen more than 7 million people from all around … Continued
∞ Google says Apple, Microsoft trying to 'strangle' Android
David Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer: But Android’s success has yielded something else: a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents. They’re doing this by banding together to … Continued
∞ Time to bring 21 magazines to iPad
AppleInsider: Publisher Time Inc. announced on Wednesday that all 21 of its magazines will be available on Apple’s iPad this year, including currently unavailable titles like Entertainment Weekly and InStyle. In addition to the iPad, Time’s magazines will be available … Continued
∞ Apple looks to buy another $5 billion in patents
Bloomberg: InterDigital’s engineers invented some of the technology for high-speed mobile phone networks now used by the world’s biggest handset makers. The King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based company may fetch more than $5 billion, according to analysts at Algorithm Capital and … Continued
∞ Apple sued for using copyrighted photo in TV ad
New York-based photographer Taea Thale is suing Apple for using one of her copyrighted photos in an iPhone television ad.
∞ Steve Jobs still regularly involved with Apple's decisions
Tim Bajarin on Steve Jobs: They tell me he calls in regularly. He talks to Tim, he talks to the top guys, he talks about the Apple stores,” Bajarin said. “But while he used to micromanage everything in ways that … Continued
∞ iPhone rules Internet usage on airplanes
Apple leads in almost every market it enters these days, and now you can add another metric to the list: connecting to the Internet while flying.
∞ Images of iCloud calendar, contacts, mail, documents
In addition to releasing iCloud storage prices on Monday, Apple also released a few images of what its Web services will look like. You can view them all on Apple’s Web site.
∞ Apple outlines iCloud storage pricing
Apple on Monday updated its iCloud Web pages, detailing how much it will cost for users to purchase more storage on the service.
∞ iPhone 5 in October, not September says Paczkowski
John Paczkowski: Sources with knowledge of the situation say reports claiming AT&T has blacked out employee vacations during the last two weeks of September in preparation for the retail debut of the next iPhone are misinformed. I thought September, but … Continued