Archive | December, 2008
Moby and other big names to be featured in new version of Tap Tap Dance
Tapulous, the company behind the popular Tap Tap Revenge game for the iPhone and iPod Touch is coming out with a new game that will feature well-known musical acts from EMI, the largest music publisher in the world. The game, which will be called Tap Tap Dance, will include songs from Moby, The Chemical Brothers, […]
Continue reading...Apple was the 5th busiest retail site on Cyber Monday
8. December 2008
The Monday after Thanksgiving was the largest online shopping day of the year, and despite having no significant sales, Apple was the 5th busiest site on the web. Fortune has the full scoop over here.
Continue reading...Why Microsoft Office won’t be going anywhere anytime soon
8. December 2008
A short and sweet explanation as to why web based applications won’t be a serious threat to Microsoft Office anytime soon: The problem is that many if not most medium to large enterprises have years of intellectual property tied up in complicated Excel spreadsheets, Powerpoint presentations, Access databases and Word documents riddled with embedded macros […]
Continue reading...iPhone texting gone wrong
7. December 2008
Who knows if this is legit, and sure, it could have happened on any phone, but it’s still worth a good laugh. via theChive
Continue reading...Apple Computer: The (Very) Early Years
7. December 2008
Computer Shopper has a very interesting article by Stan Veit, former Editor in Chief of the magazine, about the VERY early days at Apple, and his interactions with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs way back in the late 1970’s. It’s a very interesting read, and paints an unflattering picture of current Apple C.E.O Steve Jobs. […]
Continue reading...Use your iPhone to game on your TV
7. December 2008
After ArsTechnica uncovered a cool and undocumented SDK feature that allowed iPhone/iPod Touch to output video to a TV, it went step further and asked Freeverse, the makers of Moto Chaser, to do just that with their popular app store game. And they did. Freeverse came out with a TV version of Moto Chaser that […]
Continue reading...Massive crowd at Apple Store opening in Munich, Germany
7. December 2008
Apple’s first retail store in Germany attracted an impressive crowd. You can check out a cool panoramic of the scene over here. And some youtube goodness as well. via MacDailyNews and ifoAppleStore
Continue reading...$599 Apple netbook in the works?
7. December 2008
AppleInsider reports that Ezra Gottheil, an analyst from Technology Business Research (TBR), believes that current economic conditions have created an opportune time for Apple to release a netbook in the near future. Instead, he and TBR are confident that Apple will release a computer in the netbook class within the first half of next year, […]
Continue reading...Not everyone is buying the $99 iPhone Walmart rumor
7. December 2008
Macblogz, citing their own reliable source inside AT&T, claims that a 99 dollar iPhone is NOT coming to Walmart on December 28, contrary to initial reports from BoyGeniusReport. Based on every piece of information we’ve heard, and direct information inside AT&T, this is not happening. Our AT&T sources have been confirmed accurate in the past, […]
Continue reading...Microsoft starts a clothing line.. say what?!
7. December 2008
Microsoft, in its latest attempt to improve its tarnished image, has started a clothing line featuring some nifty retro designs. In doing so, Microsoft has again tapped the services of advertising juggernaut Crispin Porter & Bogusky, the firm that produced those funny (at least in my opinion) Seinfeld and Bill Gates ads, not to mention […]
Continue reading...App Store surpasses 300 million downloads
5. December 2008
Apple ran an advertisement in the New York Times today which noted that there have been over 300 million downloads from the iTunes app store and more than 10,000 applications available. The ad also highlighted a number of business, music, and entertainment applications currently available for download. This is a continuing trend in Apple’s efforts […]
Continue reading...Will.I.Am makes some funky beats with his iPhone
5. December 2008
Check out this clip of Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas gettin’ down and dirty with his iPhone. Via cultofmac
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8. December 2008
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