Apple’s Retina Display included in the iPhone 4 has caused quite a stir this week, including claims that Apple is misleading consumers. However, a vision scientist contacted by The Loop says Apple has it right. (more…)
As it has for several years now, Apple is once again offering free Apple Camp at its retail store locations. This year’s Apple Camp has a specific focus – helping kids learn the ins and outs of iMovie, the videomaking software included with iLife ’09. (more…)
A Japanese-language site has recently posted images of one of the most interesting casemods we can ever remember seeing: An iPad, complete with working keyboard, transferred into the case of a clamshell design-era iBook. The result is stunning – nice bookends to show what Steve Jobs and his team have accomplished since Steve’s return to Apple.
Hat tip to MacLife for putting this on our radar.
iPad in iBook [AppleNoir]
Ever since Apple unveiled details about this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), pundits and hysterical-minded developers near and far have been predicting the death of the Mac. This week, Daniel “Fake Steve Jobs” Lyons stirred the pot some more in his Newsweek blog, which I’m not going to bother to link to, because frankly I think it’s tripe and I don’t want to push any more page impressions his way than I absolutely have to. (more…)
One year ago today I sat in a hotel room in San Francisco and launched the next big project of my career in the Apple industry — The Loop. (more…)
Steve Jobs gave a quick demo on Monday of iPhone 4 to show off its new gyroscopic capabilities. These new functions will keep iPhone 4 competitive with new handheld gaming systems, along with – presumably – other iOS-enabled devices that Apple produces in the future. (more…)
While Apple didn’t talk about it during the keynote at WWDC earlier today, the company released Safari 5 late this afternoon. (more…)
iPhone 4’s introduction brings with it dramatic new video capabilities, and to take advantage of them Apple plans to release an iPhone version of iMovie. It will be available for purchase and download from the App Store and will cost $4.99, and it’s designed specifically for iPhone 4. (more…)
I got some hands on time with the iPhone 4 right after Steve Jobs introduced the device at his WWDC keynote on Monday. Obviously, there wasn’t a lot of time to test everything out, but here are a few quick observations. (more…)
During his keynote presentation to developers attending this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed that the App Store has paid out more than $1 billion to developers since going online. Apple returns 70 cents of every dollar spent on apps to developers. (more…)
Apple on Monday introduced iPhone 4, which will go on sale in the US, UK and Japan on June 24, 2010. Preorders are expected to begin on June 18, and it will cost as little as $199 for qualified buyers. (more…)
I’m in the WWDC keynote hall waiting for the fun to begin. I’ll have a live update of the event today that you can follow on the special live update page on The Loop. Tune in and join in on the fun.
MacTech magazine has announced a technical conference planned for November 3 – 5, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. The event is aimed at IT professionals and Mac developers, and will include sessions and activities throughout the day and evening. (more…)
It turns out the back-and-forth race between Apple and Google in the mobile operating system wars may not be so back-and-forth after all. A new study from Nielsen puts Apple’s iPhone market share at 28 percent and Google’s Android at 9 percent. That gives Apple more than three times that of Google.
The numbers put Apple in second place behind BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, which has a 35 percent share. In third place is Microsoft Windows Mobile with 19 percent, followed by Google, Palm (4 percent), Linux (3 percent), and Symbian (2 percent).Apple and Google both moved up by 2 percent in the first quarter of 2010. In the same period, RIM and Microsoft both lost 2 percent market share.
I’ve been tracking the amount of traffic coming to The Loop from people using Mac OS X 10.7 since about February 2010 and while it has risen significantly, I don’t think we’ll see much of it at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. (more…)
Gadgets and electronic devices are different today than they were years ago, and I don’t just mean with the technology, but how they fit into our lives. Apple’s iPad is truly a lifestyle device. The distinction between being somewhat of a tech toy and being a useful lifestyle product is key to its success long-term. (more…)
According to Valve Corp.’s Steam Hardware Survey, Mac computers already comprise 8.46 percent of Steam clients in the software’s first few weeks of availability. (more…)
If you were wondering why Apple chose HTML5 over Flash for the iPhone and iPad, you can see for yourself now. The company posted several examples of the types of content that can be made using the technology. Included in the showcase are video, audio, picture galleries and more. It’s definitely worth a look.
Apple posts HTML 5 demo page [CNET]
AT&T changed its data plans this week offering 200MB and 2GB plans instead of the unlimited plans many in the U.S. have become accustomed to using. For me, the change doesn’t really mean much because I don’t go over the smaller limit most months anyway. Joe Wilcox gives us five reasons why AT&T made the change in the first place and five additional changes they should make to the data plans, including rollover data.
10 things you should know about AT&T’s new smartphone data plans [Betanews]
You’ve probably seen lots of tear-downs from iFixit.com and cringed as you see the guys tear apart brand new gadgets — I know I have. On the recent MacFormat Podcast, Brad Gibson speaks with iFixit.com’s Luke Soules, Technical Director of iFixit.com to get the scoop on what they found inside Apple’s iPad.
MacFormat Podcast [MacFormat]
ChangeWave Research recently released a report that shows iPhone customers are the most satisfied among all smartphone makers — by quite a nice margin too. (more…)
Gizmodo’s plans to stop police from searching Jason Chen’s devices for information pertaining to the lost (or stolen) iPhone 4G appears to have failed — sort of. Lawyers for Gizmodo and the chief deputy district attorney for San Mateo County have come to an agreement to allow a third-party (called a special master) to search the devices and alert both sides of only information about the iPhone 4G.
After the search is concluded, the special master will send his findings of what he believes is relevant to the case on to the judge, who will then present it to Chen and his lawyers so they can make any objections. The judge will then decide what to forward to the district attorney. The process could take up to two months, Wagstaffe told CNET.
You may have heard that AT&T announced a couple of new data plans earlier today that essentially put caps on the amount of data that iPhone users can consume. Our friends at TUAW talked to AT&T today and have posted a Q&A from that interview.
Candid answers from AT&T on the new iPhone data plans [TUAW]
During his time at the D8 Conference on Tuesday, Steve Jobs went off a little on Flurry, an analytics company that collects data from mobile devices. The company gets developers to put the code in their apps and it sends data to Flurry. A vice president said they have been in touch with Apple to work out the problems.
Here’s what Jobs had to say last night:
“Some company called Flurry had data on devices that we were using on our campus; new devices,” according to Jobs. “They were getting this info by getting developers to put software in their apps that sent info back to this company! So we went through the roof. It’s violating our privacy policies, and it’s pissing us off! So we said we’re only going to allow analytics that don’t give our device info; only for the purpose of advertising.”“After we calm down from being pissed off, then we’re willing to talk to some of these analytics firms,” Jobs added. “But it’s not today.”
It’s interesting to watch the PC industry play catch-up with Apple’s iPad and make no mistake, that’s exactly what’s happening. The PC tablet has been out for some time, but they didn’t bring anything new to the game and they still don’t. (more…)
AT&T on Wednesday introduced new data plans to replace current iPhone unlimited data plans. The company also introduced the long-awaited tethering option for iPhone users. (more…)
I could write all day about what Steve Jobs said at the D8 conference last night, but why bother when you can hear from the man himself. Here are some clips on the topics we all want to hear Jobs’ views. (more…)
Music and Macs have been a huge part of my life, but I’ve never used them together like this. Those close to Stanford University can celebrate the integration of the two by seeing the final show of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra’s 2009-2010 season.
In a practice room on the Stanford campus last week, an ensemble of more than a dozen performing musicians gathered to rehearse for an upcoming chamber concert of student work. One young composer after another stepped to the front of the room, distributed scores, and started cueing entrances and ironing out details of coordination.Just another day in the chamber-music world, except for one key detail: Every musician in this ensemble was playing the same instrument – a MacBook.
Stanford Laptop Orchestra makes music with Macs [San Francisco Chronicle]
Following news earlier on Tuesday from Intego that it found some apps and screensavers that download spyware in the background when being installed, the company released a preliminary list of apps. According to Intego, the screensavers are all made by one company, 7art-screensavers. They will download an app to your system called PremierOpinion. (more…)
I am at Steve Jobs WWDC keynote and will provide live updates as they happen. The newest posts will automatically show up on the top of the feed. Enjoy the update! (more…)