Archive | January, 2009
iPhone push notifications – where the hell is it? Does anyone care?
It’s been over six months since Apple first promised that it would soon deliver push notifications for the iPhone, and six months later, we’re still waiting. Some have criticized Apple for only allowing its own programs to multitask, and with the upcoming Palm Pre supposedly being able to handle up to 15 programs running concurrently, […]
Continue reading...1983 Macintosh Dating Game ft. Jobs and Gates [Video]
28. January 2009
Check out this 1983 Apple Macintosh Dating Game starring Steve Jobs as the host, and starring Fred Gibbons, Mitch Kapor (the former president of Lotus), and Bill Gates as the contestants. Yes, you read that correctly 🙂 Jobs is clearly having the time of his life as he asks each of the contestants when they […]
Continue reading...iPhone Dev Team warns of upgrading Jailbroken iPhones with new iPhone Software Update
28. January 2009
The iPhone Dev Team is advising users of jailbroken iPhones NOT to install Apple’s latest 2.2.1 iPhone Software Update. Astonishingly, the update might brick your iPhone. Is it just me, or has jailbreaking an iPhone become an exercise in futility and irrelevance. I mean, I suppose it’s one thing if you’re jailbreaking it so you […]
Continue reading...Windows 7 to ship with multiple versions?
27. January 2009
Hopefully, for Windows users, the following screenshot isn’t a sign of things to come – namely that, like Vista, there will be multiple versions of Windows 7 for users to choose from. Assuming this is an accurate representation of things to come, Microsoft is planning on releasing FIVE different versions of Windows 7! Are you […]
Continue reading...Is the GarageBand Lesson Store the next big thing?
27. January 2009
TechCrunch reports that the GarageBand Lesson Store could be the next big thing: Apple’s Lesson Store is the perfect compromise. Each lesson offers a lengthy video of the artist discussing how to play their song section by section, which is displayed alongside the music being played (either in tab or traditional notation) and a diagram […]
Continue reading...iMovie ’09 Video Stabalization [Video]
27. January 2009
Check out this video of iMovie ’09 handling video stabalization to fix some otherwise jerky footage: iMovie ’09 stabilization test from Beau Colburn on Vimeo.
Continue reading...Apple-IBM disupte resolved: Mark Papermaster to begin work at Apple this April
27. January 2009
Apple announced today that former IBM employee Mark Papermaster will begin work at Apple on April 24th, and will report directly to Steve Jobs. If you recall, Papermaster was initially recruited away from IBM to head up the vacancy left by Tony Fadell in Apple’s iPod division. IBM subsequently began litigation to prevent this, claiming […]
Continue reading...Apple releases iPhone 2.2.1 Software Update
27. January 2009
Apple today released an iPhone software update that addresses stability problems when browsing Safari, and fixes a glitch when attempting to save images from Mail into the iPhone camera roll. The update is free for all iPhone users.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs Interview in Playboy – 24 years later
27. January 2009
Playboy recently published online an interview they conducted with Steve Jobs in January of 1985. The interview offers a unique perspective into the mind of a then 29 year old Steve Jobs as he gives his thoughts and opinions on a broad number of topics ranging from how he met Steve Wozniak, his travels in […]
Continue reading...Break your iPhone Screen.. On Purpose
27. January 2009
A soon to be released iPhone app lets users break their iPhone screens and blow up icons on the iPhone homepage. Check out this slightly over-produced video about the new app, aptly titled “Fracture.” It seems pretty cool, and looks gimmicky (read: fun) enough to become a hot selling app in no time. It’s also […]
Continue reading...Man buys iPod, finds 60 pages of US Military information
27. January 2009
A New Zealand man recently purchased an iPod and was shocked to discover that his newly purchased device not only didn’t work, but contained an abundance of secret US Military information ranging from information about US military personnel to information about specific military missions. Yikes! ArsTechnica has more on the story over here.
Continue reading...iLife ’09 shipping and in stores
27. January 2009
Users who pre-ordered iLife ’09 have found that their orders have already shipped, and copies of Apple’s latest iLife update can now, reportedly, be found at Best Buy. It will be interesting to see what the reviews of iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand are like. When we went to Best Buy yesterday in search of a […]
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28. January 2009
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