It’s easy to go to someone’s sites and portfolio to get a sense of what they’re about. Product Managers still appear to be stuck in the “Let me tell you how awesome I am” rut, though. This is a generalization, of course, but what I’m mostly seeing right now is resumes that excel at vagueness.
I’ve seen many of those types of resumes over the years. It makes you sit back and say, “what does that even mean?”
An unpublished story flagged last week during our editing process led to an internal investigation that uncovered other examples in about 50 published stories, and our investigation is ongoing.
I guess it happens everywhere, I just don’t expect it from CNN.
My next vehicle will definitely have CarPlay.
It’s amazing the difference in sound the Neve 1073 Preamp plug-in makes.
Nice article from Tim Truby.
In this piece, I’d like to share some of the keyboard shortcuts and related functionality that I use every day on the Mac.
It’s amazing how many shortcuts I use everyday and don’t even think about.
All kinds of changes.
The ad, called Intelligent Details, is really nice. At the end they show a behind-the-scenes of how it was shit and put together.
It’s a free download.
I love this song.
Sensible words from Ben Brooks. Not being a good photographer myself, I take pictures with my iPhone and I’m happy that I had it with me.
This isn’t good for Avid—Bobby Lombardi in particular is a huge loss.
Coda 2.5 is essentially complete. But, we’re still encountering sandboxing challenges. So, in the interest of finally getting Coda 2.5 out the door and in the hands of you, our very eager and patient customers, we’ve decided it’s time to move on—for now.
In short: Coda 2.5 will not be sandboxed, and therefore will not be available in the Mac App Store.
It’s unfortunate, but the folks at Panic aren’t the only ones running into these issues.
Logic Pro X 10.0.7 was updated with a monster list of changes and improvements.
Apple on Tuesday unveiled a few new guest DJs and a new First Play on iTunes Radio. If you’re a fan of Coldplay, you’ll love this week’s First Play. […]
NASA was allowed to use the song for one year. That year is up today so the video will be removed from Youtube. All of Canada is extremely proud of Commander Hadfield.
If you already have an Apple TV, I see no reason to rush out and buy a Fire TV, unless you want easier access to Amazon content. Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from having both a Fire TV and an Apple TV, if they’re within your budget and you have enough TV/receiver inputs.In the end, I think the most important thing to realize about the Fire TV, and something that most reviews have missed, is that the Fire TV is merely Amazon’s opening salvo.
Good comparison between the two devices and, more importantly, services.
Sometimes we think too much in terms of how our tech gadgets are designed and not enough about how everything is designed. Om Malik has a few for us to look at.
Castro can now automatically play the next episode in your timeline. You can change the sort order of the timeline and have complete control over whether episodes will be streamed over cellular data or not.
Castro uses a new pitch shift algorithm which makes podcasts sound incredibly good when played at fast or slow speeds. No other podcast app sounds this good.
Nice app.
That is just an insane amount of money.
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It took me a while to get into Internet-based “streaming” music services. But I’ve finally warmed up to the idea that music files don’t have to be something that I physically possess.And streaming music services have finally gotten to the point where they offer enough value to offset the occasional interruptions in play or the intrusive ads.
I’ve been exploring some of the lesser-known features of streaming music services like Pandora, Spotify, iTunes Radio and Beats Music. (Beats, of course, may soon be acquired by Apple for $3.2 billion.) There’s a handful of others out there, including Rdio, Songza, Google Play Music and iHeartRadio, but the first four I mentioned are the ones I focused on for this column.
Do you use streaming music services? Which ones? What do you like/dislike about them?
This came from Microsoft’s TechEd Conference. Good for them, and Apple.
"About 27 million downloads" of the Office for iPad apps around the world since launch.
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This is great, funny, and entertaining.
Looks fun. I don’t use this type of thing on The Loop, but a lot of sites do.
The move is a big upfront expense on Apple’s part, but could pay off in the long run if the company can lure online customers away from retailers such as Amazon.com Inc and Best Buy Inc, industry experts say.
According to retail-intelligence firm StellaService, customers who buy a product from Apple’s online store can get a refund in under a week, versus 10 days previously.
Anything Apple can do to increase customer satisfaction is a win.
It’s been made clear by the many reports and unnamed sources from every reputed site on the Internet—and by Tyrese—that Beats Electronics will soon be acquired by Apple for around $3.2 billion. But what has not been made clear is why, and why now.Many have questioned whether Apple has run out of ideas—but this is one of the best decisions Apple has made in years. There are three main reasons why this deal likely happened, and all three show that Apple CEO Tim Cook has a keen awareness of the position his company finds itself in and is willing to make the necessary changes to keep Apple on top.
The author makes some very interesting points. I agree the key to the deal is Iovine.
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Marketing Insight, a South Korean firm that tracks users satisfaction rankings across a variety of factors, compared Apple’s iPhone 5s against Samsung’s latest Galaxy S5, LG G Pro2, Nexus 5 and other models. While Apple overall was significantly above average across every category, Samsung was ranked below average in design, display, processing speed, multimedia speed, size and weight, usability, response to touch, latest tech and UI design.
Sucks to be Samsung.
Email exchanges between National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander and Google executives Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt suggest a far cozier working relationship between some tech firms and the U.S. government than was implied by Silicon Valley brass after last year’s revelations about NSA spying.