John Paczkowski quoting a source on AllThingsD:
“Yes, yes — it’s essentially a repeat of the iPhone/Leopard scenario,” one source said, referring to Apple’s 2007 decision to pull engineers from OS X 10.5 to work on iPhone. “Not as much of a fire drill, though. It will ship on time.”
Yep.
Wow, they must be doing very bad.
I’ve been watching Barley for the past couple of months and it looks really nice. Watch the video to see how it all works.
Much respect.
James Thomson says this is the biggest update to the app since its initial release.
Seriously?
It’s available now for download.
John Moltz:
At the risk of sounding like your prototypical hipster, today’s rumors just aren’t as good as they used to be. The devices that we hear whispers about now — a smartwatch, a television, a cheaper iPhone—seem lackluster compared to the rumored products of days past—products that, when they actually appeared, changed entire industries.
IBM recently made a stop-motion cartoon using a scanning tunneling microscope to move individual atoms, according to Harry McCracken. It’s pretty mind-blowing.
IBM’s end-goal with its research is to dramatically increase the storage capacity of computing devices by creating transistors that are only a few atoms in length, but this is a fun and cool way to show how good they’re getting at moving individual atoms around.
“If I can do this by making a movie and I can get a thousand kids to join science rather than go into law school, I’d be super happy,” said IBM researcher Andreas Heinrich.
Walt Mossberg:
Although we are only about a month out from our 11th D: All Things Digital conference, we still have a few big speakers to announce, not the least of which is Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Cook was at last year’s conference, too. D11 takes place a few weeks before WWDC, so don’t expect Cook’s appearance to coincide with any big announcements from Apple.
Keep track of the most important moments in your life. Memories tells you exactly how much time has passed since those very special days.
A very simple and easy to use app.
“What a stupid idea,” I thought to myself.
As we finished our coffees, I think he sensed my apathy, and we parted ways. But just before I walked away, he asked a question:
“What do you think about the name we’ve been using? It’s called Pinterest.”
A couple of great stories from Dustin Curtis.
I am living goddamn proof of this people.
Spanish tennis player David Ferrer sent a tweet out to his more than 350,000 followers noting his pleasure with using Samsung’s new Galaxy S4, but accidentally sent the message from his iPhone.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That’s one way to drain to the battery of the iPad.
Apple Inc wowed the debt markets on Tuesday with the largest non-bank bond deal in history, offering a whopping $17 billion for sale as the U.S. computer giant switches strategy to placate restless shareholders.
Sources said investors could barely submit orders fast enough to get in on the deal from Apple, the only major tech company without a single penny of debt on its books.
No debt and they still had to placate shareholders.
The headline at the Motley Fool:
Samsung’s Mediocre S4 Reviews Are Bad News for Apple
This must be a joke, right? Not even Motley Fool are stupid enough to let that go on their site.
Right?
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins:
“In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore,” Heins said in an interview yesterday at the Milken Institute conference in Los Angeles. “Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such. Tablets themselves are not a good business model.”
The PlayBook may not be a good model, but the iPad is doing just fine.
Andy Forssell, Hulu’s acting CEO, shared details on how the company is doing, including growth metrics, new product innovation and upcoming content.
A service to be alerted when Apple’s Tech Talks are announced.
Great idea and I don’t mind paying for a service, but to be honest, having Reeder support is vital for me. Federico Viticci has a more in-depth look at the service.
Teacher’s Pet is an elegant contextual to-do list and reminder app, designed specially to help you do your job more effectively.
Nice looking app.
This is my favorite thing on the Internet today.
For the second consecutive study, Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of tablets in overall owner satisfaction. Apple achieves a score of 836 and performs well in four factors: performance; ease of operation; styling and design; and features.
Apple’s rating was a 5, which is the highest JD Power gives. Amazon, Samsung and Asus all received a 3, which JD Power classifies as “About average.” Acer got a 2 — that’s classified as “The rest.”
Consumer Reports talking about Apple:
The company scored far higher than the other big companies for the elements that make for successful online and phone support: ease of contacting staff, clarity of advice, technical knowledge, patience, and time for follow-up.
And here is what they said about Windows-based companies:
Clearly, there’s room for improvement in tech support: 24 to 40 percent of respondents who sought phone or online help from makers of Windows-based computers said the staff’s patience, knowledge, or clarity was fair at best.
This is so great. Don’t steal, people.
Doug van Spronsen writing about Ron Johnson and JCPenney:
I am not suggesting that great design isn’t effective, quite the contrary. But if the root cause of the issue is deeper, it might be better to start the strategy process a few layers back.
Great article and I agree. Selling iPhones, iPods and iPads is fairly easy because they are great products — the business side of things was working. Couple that with well-designed retail stores and you’ve got a winner.
The move has been a hugely positive one for us, it’s helped establish Tor and Tor UK as an imprint that listens to its readers and authors when they approach us with a mutual concern—and for that we’ve gained an amazing amount of support and loyalty from the community. And a year on we’re still pleased that we took this step with the imprint and continue to publish all of Tor UK’s titles DRM-free.
Hey Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple – are you listening?
Comparing the Samsung Galaxy S4 to the S3 and Apple’s iPhone 5, the iPhone 5 was the clear winner.
Quality usually wins.