Archive | April 27th, 2009
Apple hires new graphics chip guru; Mark Papermaster begins work at Apple
Yahoo! Finance reports that Apple recently hired former AMD CTO Bob Drebin as a Senior Director. What Drebin’s responsibilities will include remain unclear, but one thing’s for sure – Drebin sure does have an impressive resume.
Continue reading...MLB iPhone app nears $1 Million in Revenue
27. April 2009
BusinessInsider reports that the MLB At Bat iPhone app has sold over 130,000 copies thus far. At $10 a pop, that’s $1.3 Million in gross revenue, with $390,000 going to Apple and $910,000 to MLB. $10 for an app is definitely on the high-end, but the popularity of MLB At Bat clearly shows that people […]
Continue reading...Amazon purchases company that developed “Stanza”
27. April 2009
Amazon has purchased Lexcycle, the makers of the free iPhone and iPod Touch e-book reader “Stanza.” Since its release, Stanza has been an extremely popular application, garnering nearly 500,000 downloads in just the first 3 months it was available on iTunes. Fans of Stanza often claimed, and rightfully so, that the app turns any iPhone […]
Continue reading...Apple releases new “Get a Mac” web ad [Video]
27. April 2009
Apple today released a new “Get a Mac” web ad and we gotta say that it’s probably the funniest Apple ad in a while. Take a look below and let us know what ya think.
Continue reading...Setting up a Microsoft Surface table brings on headaches
27. April 2009
Gordon Miller over at Kinesismomentum has an interesting article about unboxing a Microsoft Surface table, and the frustrations involved with setting it up. In short, it seems that you get a big-ass table without any clearcut instructions as to how it should be set up. Miller concludes, No doubt it took a lot of very […]
Continue reading...SlingPlayer nearing release?
27. April 2009
SlingMedia, purveyor of SlingPlayer, wrote a brief note on its website hinting that the SlingPlayer app should be available on the iTunes App Store sometime soon. The note reads: We’ve submitted the first release of our application to the iPhone App Store. We are in close contact with our partners at Apple and are optimistic […]
Continue reading...Report: Quicktime X to include YouTube support in Snow Leopard
27. April 2009
AppleInsider is reporting that Snow Leopard will include YouTube support built right into Quicktime X, allowing users to quickly publish their videos onto the web from their desktop. In particular, the application will let users take any supported video file and upload it directly to YouTube. Users will be prompted to enter their YouTube username […]
Continue reading...The iPhone as a Mouse and Mosquito Repellent
27. April 2009
The following iPhone apps don’t seem to be well-reviewed, or reviewed at all, but their functionality is pretty unique so we thought we’d give them a casual mention. The first app is called Fone2Mouse, and it essentially turns your iPhone into a mouse. It’s wi-fi only, but that’s really besides the point. I mean, why […]
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27. April 2009
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