Not all of us use Macs to manage our iPods. Maybe you use Windows PCs at work, or perhaps you have a mixed environment at home. I’ve often been asked what tools I use for the iPod, so I thought I’d go over a Windows one today. (more…)
The news keeps getting worse for Palm. Days after a report surfaced that the company has put itself up for sale, Palm revealed in government filings that its head of software and services, Michael Abbott, will leave the company after April 23rd. Abbott previously worked at Microsoft as general manager of .NET online services. Palm also revealed in that filing that its CFO and senior VP of global operations have both received quarter-million dollar cash bonuses and stock grants to stay on for another two years.
Palm’s software chief quits [Network World]
A volcanic ash cloud from Iceland has grounded air travel throughout much of Europe. That’s stranded passengers including Norway’s prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, who was in New York City to attend President Obama’s nuclear summit. But Stoltenberg isn’t letting the ash cloud get in the way of his duties, thanks to an Apple iPad. The prime minister’s secretary confirmed to CNN that he’s been using the device to stay in touch with his home government during his unexpected delay.
Norway’s stranded prime minister uses iPad to govern from U.S. [Huffington Post]
Tricky Software – developers of Spore Creatures, Spore Origins and other games for iPhone and iPod touch – have released two new titles recently: Puff Deluxe, for the iPad, and Scarface: Last Stand, for the iPhone and iPod touch. Puff Deluxe is $3.99, and Scarface: Last Stand, published by Starwave Mobile, costs $6.99. (more…)
Experian Simmons has published a report ranking the ten biggest “designated market areas” (DMAs) for Apple in the United States. The Bay Area (including San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland), Boston and San Diego are the top three. Residents in the Bay Area specifically are 49 percent more likely than the average American to have a Mac, iPod or iPhone; Boston residents are 45 percent more likely.
Apple’s Top 10 U.S. Markets [Fortune]
Oceanhouse Media on Friday announced the release of three new Dr. Seuss apps for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The Lorax e-book, Lorax Garden Game and Dr. Seuss Senders are now available for $3.99, $2.99 and $2.99 respectively. (more…)
Instead of just posting my top ten favorite apps, or only a list of apps that I like, I decided to break down the apps that I’ve tried into ones I liked, didn’t like, hated, and wondered where they were. (more…)
Anyone that has listened to me talk about guitars or heard any of my recordings knows that when it comes to acoustic guitars, my favorites come from Taylor. (more…)
Gibson on Wednesday launched its own iPhone app, giving users several unique features. (more…)
Despite announcing earlier today that the iPad launch would be delayed by one month internationally, Apple still has Wall Street analysts on its side. (more…)
We all know that multitasking is an important part of iPhone OS 4, mostly because we’ve been told its important. Multitasking, or the ability to run multiple applications at the same time, is not an easy feat of engineering, but Daring Fireball’s John Gruber breaks it down and makes it easy to understand. If you’ve wondered what all the hubbub is about, this is a must read.
Mobile Multitasking [Daring Fireball]
Apple on Wednesday said it was delaying delivery of the iPad to markets outside the U.S. (more…)
Apparent Corp. announced Tuesday that it’s shipping Doxie, its document scanner for Mac OS X and Windows. It costs $129. (more…)
Apple on Tuesday unveiled new MacBook Pro models with faster processors, new graphics chips and other changes. The 13, 15, and 17-inch models have all been refreshed, with prices starting at $1,199. (more…)
In its effort to compete with Apple and Google in the lucrative smartphone market, Microsoft on Monday unveiled the Kin One and the Kin Two. The phones are targeted to young people on the low-end of the market. The phones will have access to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, as well as a built-in Zune player.
Microsoft launches Kin phones [The Washington Post]
A report on Monday suggests Palm may be seeking someone to buy the company. The company is reportedly working with Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to handle the search for a buyer, which may include HTC and Lenovo.
Palm, which helped pioneer the market for personal digital assistants, would offer suitors the WebOS software that competes against mobile operating systems from iPhone maker Apple Inc. and Google Inc. For Elevation Partners LP, the firm that owns about 30 percent of Palm, a sale may end the volatility associated with a stock that surged more than 10-fold since December 2008 before erasing most of the gain.
Palm Said to Tap Goldman, Quattrone to Find Buyers [Bloomberg]
As if Apple hasn’t had its share of good news lately, a new survey shows that interest among teenagers for the iPhone has nearly doubled in the last six months. (more…)
Adobe on Monday announced Creative Suite 5 (CS5), the newest version of its creative applications. The new products include five suites and is made up of 15 software applications. (more…)
If you’re a developer working on an app for the iPad, you might want to pay particular attention to the name. (more…)
It appears the Justice Department isn’t finished with its probe into hiring practices among technology companies in the U.S. (more…)
AOL on Saturday released an update for its AIM app on the iPad, fixing several nagging bugs. (more…)
I had the pleasure a few weeks ago to speak with Aaron Lewis, best known for his role as the frontman for Staind. (more…)
Twitter on Friday revealed that it had purchased Tweetie, an app designed and developed by Loren Brichter for the Mac and iPhone. (more…)
Daring Fireball’s John Gruber has a great article on why Apple decided to make some changes to the iPhone license agreement. He nailed it when he said that Apple cannot afford to let another company have control over how apps are made for Apple’s iPhone OS. Some good perspective.
So from Apple’s perspective, changing the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement to prohibit the use of things like Flash CS5 and MonoTouch to create iPhone apps makes complete sense. I’m not saying you have to like this. I’m not arguing that it’s anything other than ruthless competitiveness. I’m not arguing (up to this point) that it benefits anyone other than Apple itself. I’m just arguing that it makes sense from Apple’s perspective — and it was Apple’s decision to make.
Why Apple Changed Section 3.3.1 [Daring Fireball]
Apple on Thursday announced a new feature for developers that will be available in iPhone OS 4 — iAds. (more…)
One of the operating system features that Apple has been hit hardest for since the iPhone OS first hit the market is its lack of multitasking. iPhone 4.0 will bring an end to those criticisms. (more…)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said during the iPhone event on Thursday that Apple sold 450,000 iPads since the product launched last week. (more…)
Blizzard Entertainment on Thursday unveiled plans to release both standard and a limited-edition “Collector’s Edition” releases of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, its hotly anticipated real time strategy game. A release date has not yet been scheduled, but Blizzard indicated that it will announce the release schedule in the coming weeks. (more…)
Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, a former Apple executive, spoke frankly about his company’s trials and tribulations in a recent interview with Adam Lashinsky of Fortune. He admits that Palm has “hit a speed bump” in adoption of its WebOS smartphones, laying the blame on hardware issue, training, the economy and other factors. But he says that Palm is poised for success, likening the company to Apple when he first got there – with a fractional marketshare, but heavy investment in R&D in a rapidly growing market. “I think that having a small share of that market you can have a successful company. We just need to get up to scale, and that’s our number one goal,” he said.
Palm CEO puts his cards on the table [Fortune]
Many Tricks on Wednesday released Witch 3.0, the newest version of the company’s window switching utility.