Archive | November, 2009
Gimzodo takes a more tempered view of Motrola’s new Droid
With the Droid launch just days away, the hype surrounding the latest device from Motorola has taken on iPhone like proportions. And to Motorola’s credit, it seems that every Droid review we’ve come across has been overwhelmingly positive, and also to Motorola’s credit, the spec sheet on the Droid is undeniably impressive. But just as […]
Continue reading...Apple officially announces over 100,000 apps available for the iPhone and iPod Touch
4. November 2009
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Apple today issued a press release announcing that there are now over 100,000 apps currently available for download in the iTunes App Store. “CUPERTINO, California—November 4, 2009—Apple® today announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. iPhone® and iPod touch® customers in 77 […]
Continue reading...Report: Microsoft to lay off 1,000 employees this week
4. November 2009
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TechFlash is reporting that Microsoft is poised to layoff even more workers as early as today. This latest round of layoffs is expected to be noticeably smaller than the first two — numbering in the hundreds but totaling less than 1,000 overall. Some portion of the new cuts will serve as the final phase of […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs earned the biggest executive bonus of the decade
4. November 2009
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may only earn $1 a year in salary, but don’t think that everyone’s favorite technology visionary is struggling when it comes to putting up numbers in his bank account. For starters, Jobs holds a boatload of Apple stock, which is saying something given that Apple’s stock price has recently flirted with […]
Continue reading...New promo commercial for Motorola Droid is tight as hell [Video]
3. November 2009
We can’t lie, this commercial for the upcoming Motorola Droid is cool as hell. It’ll take more than a commercial, though, to convince us that it’s a better device than the iPhone.
Continue reading...Gamesalad brings iPhone development to the masses
3. November 2009
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TUAW reports on a a company called Gamesalad which enables users to create iPhone games using a “game creator development tool.” There’s also a $1999 membership service that lets you customize every aspect of your games, and provides you with direct customer support, which is supposed to be for “elite users” (like, we guess, actual […]
Continue reading...AT&T sues Verizon over “misleading” commercials
3. November 2009
AT&T is suing Verizon over the following commercial which takes a jab at AT&T by misappropriating Apple’s famous iPhone tagline, “There’s an app for that”, and replacing it with “There’s a map for that”. AT&T asserts that the map shown in the commercial implies that AT&T lacks coverage in all of the white spots on […]
Continue reading...Motorola Droid lacks multitouch – Is Google afraid of a lawsuit from Apple?
3. November 2009
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The upcoming Motorola Droid is the latest darling of the tech blogosphere, and there’s no denying that its specs, and in particular its gorgeous 3.7-inch screen, are objectively impressive. But lost in the mix of all Droid discussions is the fact that the Droid isn’t multi-touch enabled and doesn’t offer users the ability to pinch […]
Continue reading...“Don’t cry for me, Cupertino”, sung by David Pogue
3. November 2009
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Check out this clip of NYT tech writer, and Macs for Dummies pioneer David Pogue singing a little Evita parody at a Boston Book Festival. Don’t be too surprised, though, as Pogue is a former Broadway music conductor with a distinguished degree in Music from Yale University.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs return to Apple, and how Apple can survive against a swarm of Android devices
3. November 2009
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Jean-Louis Gassee has an interesting piece up analyzing the current battle for smartphone supremacy. Gassee, in case you’re unfamiliar, Gasse was a former Apple executive who occupied a number of high profile positions within the company during the 80’s. Before he was ousted by the Apple board in 1990, he was in charge of Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Report: China Unicom only sells 5,000 iPhones on launch
3. November 2009
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China Unicom announced on Tuesday that it had only managed to sell 5,000 iPhones since the device first launched in China last week. China Unicom is China’s second largest mobile carrier, and though they’re publicly saying that they’re satisfied with iPhone sales thus far, you can’t help but peg the initial sales as disappointing given […]
Continue reading...Disgraced iPhone spammer indicted on 4 counts of mail fraud
3. November 2009
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A shady, dishonest, and generally all-around douchebag iPhone developer who was kicked out of the iTunes App Store this past August for copyright infringement was just recently busted by the FBI for launching denial of service attacks against Yousendit.com, a website he helped found. The dumbass in question is named Khalid Shaikh, and up until […]
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4. November 2009
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