Archive | March, 2009
“The Adam Carolla Podcast” sets podcasting download record
“The Adam Carolla Podcast” is on a tear. A few weeks ago we reported that Carolla’s podcast became the #1 most popular podcast on iTunes in just one day, and that apparently was just the beginning. Late this week, podcasting guru and TWIT host Leo Laporte was a guest on “The Adam Carolla Podcast”. While […]
Continue reading...Friday evening link roundup
6. March 2009
Confessions of an Apple Store Employee – Macenstein Politicians aren’t feeling the BlackBerry Storm – Politico New sites sell unauthorized iPhone software – Wall Street Journal Apple so far immune to PC price collapse – Fortune New 17-inch MacBook Pros experience graphics trouble – Gizmodo Apple working on its green credentials – Ars Technica
Continue reading...iTunes App Store keeps on chugging along with over 25,000 apps
6. March 2009
The iTunes app store continues to grow at an impressive rate as the number of available applications surpassed 25,000 earlier this week. To put that into context, in mid-January Apple announced in a series of advertisements that the app store had over 15,000 applications. So in less than 2 months, the number of applications has […]
Continue reading...The absurdity of Wall Street
6. March 2009
Can Wall Street get any more ridiculous? Today, JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz lowered his earnings estimates for Apple and also lowered his projection of iPhone and Mac shipments, citing turbulent economic conditions. This earnings adjustment sparked a huge sell-off in Apple shares, with the stock dropping over 5% to $83.74 a share. What makes […]
Continue reading...Why iPhone users won’t flock to the Palm Pre come June
6. March 2009
Palm investor Roger McNamee recently stated that when the phone contracts of the initial iPhone owners expire this summer, they’ll all be jumping ship for the Palm Pre – which should be shipping by then. “”You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone. […]
Continue reading...Windows Mobile still in a world of trouble
6. March 2009
Microsoft is not sittin’ pretty these days. Its Windows Mobile platform continues to lose market share, and on top of that, it doesn’t appear that it’ll have a worthy competitor in the Mobile OS space until 2010. At Microsoft’s CIO summit this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer fielded a question about what steps Microsoft is […]
Continue reading...Microsoft has a branding problem
5. March 2009
I came across an article today titled “5 Great Microsoft Web Services You Probably Don’t Use” and was struck by the sheer number of different names Microsoft has for all its different services. More problematic, I think, is that the name of each service doesn’t usually hint at what the service actually provides. Even a […]
Continue reading...Making awesome music solely with iPhone applications – [Video]
5. March 2009
Check out this badass video of The Mentalists covering the song ‘Kids’ by MGMT using nothing but software downloaded from the iTunes App Store. The specific iPhone software used by the band includes Ocarina, Retro Synth, miniSynth and DigiDrummer Lite. via Macworld UK Related: Playing “Hot N Cold” on the iPhone with Ocarina [Video]
Continue reading...No 99-cent apps will be allowed on RIM’s new online store for BlackBerry devices
5. March 2009
With app stores seemingly emerging from every which way, RIM was able to snag the name “BlackBerry App World” before someone else stole the ‘world’ moniker. App World almost sounds like the equivalent of Disney World, only geared for young nerd instead. BlackBerry’s new online app store was originally scheduled to go live on Wednesday […]
Continue reading...A quick thought on why Amazon released a Kindle app for the iPhone
5. March 2009
Early reviews of Amazon’s Kindle app for the iPhone and iPod Touch have been overwhelmingly positive, but it also begs the question as to why Amazon would willingly offer iPhone users the Kindle experience completely for free. Not only might this cause existing Kindle owners to use their Kindle less (assuming they have an iPhone), […]
Continue reading...Amazon releases free Kindle app for the iPhone and iPod Touch
4. March 2009
Amazon yesterday released a “Kindle for iPhone” app that lets users download Kindle books from Amazons vast library and then transfer them to either their iPhone or iPod Touch. According to the app description, interested users won’t be able to peruse Amazon’s large e-book and newspaper catalog from within iTunes, but will instead have to […]
Continue reading...Apple introduces new iMacs, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro
3. March 2009
iMac Apple today introduced upgrades to its iMac line, including the most affordable 24 inch iMac to date starting at $1499. Apple unveiled 4 different iMac specifications that are in line with what was rumored yesterday. There are 3 configurations of the 24 inch model, and the lone 20 inch model comes with 2GB of […]
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7. March 2009
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