Archive | December, 2009
New “Mark the Spot” app from AT&T lets users pinpoint where coverage is lacking
Earlier today, AT&T released “Mark the Spot“, a free iPhone app that lets users tell AT&T where and when they experience dropped calls, shoddy coverage, data failures, and any other kind of call and network quality issues. Though as pointed out by 9to5mac, if you’re not getting reception, how can you let AT&T know? Ah, details. […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs helped consult Nicholas Negroponte on the “One Laptop Per Child” initiative
7. December 2009
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Apple’s business model of selling expensive and premium priced computers is an accepted par of the tech discourse, which makes it all the more surprising that Steve Jobs informally advised and provided feedback to Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the OLPC initiative. OLPC, in case you’re unaware, stands for “One Laptop Per Child”, and is […]
Continue reading...Apple’s purchase of Lala suggests Apple is making a huge push into cloud-computing
6. December 2009
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Apple recently finalized a deal to acquire Lala, a four year old startup that lets users purchase and download songs or stream them from the cloud at a rate of $0.10 per song. The purchase may seem curious on its own, but may be a part of Apple’s broader efforts to make a concerted push […]
Continue reading...Report: iMac and MacBook top-sellers in October
6. December 2009
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The NPD Group issued a report last week showing that during the month of October, the iMac and MacBook were the top selling retail computers in the desktop and laptop categories, respectively. Not only that, bu NPD issued a separate report last week indicating that nearly 48% of all desktop revenue in the US was derived […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller’s favorite iPhone apps
6. December 2009
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In a recent interview with the New York Times, Apple’s Senior VP of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller talked about some of his favorite apps for the iPhone, and the results really aren’t too surprising. First, Schiller said that he’s a fan of the music recognition app Shazam. Shazam essentially allows you to hold up […]
Continue reading...New Droid commercial ironically lambasts iPhone for being “pretty” and all about style
5. December 2009
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It sure must be nice to be an ad-exec. While the days of chugging Scotch during lunch a’la Mad Men may be a thing of the past, creating non-sensical and tangential commercials will never go out of style. Case in point, the most recent commercial for the Motorola Droid which tries to stick it to […]
Continue reading...Steve Ballmer legally changes his name to “Steve Jobs”
4. December 2009
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer shocked employees earlier this week when he officially changed his name from Steve Ballmer to Steve Jobs in the hopes that such a move would boost company morale, and subsequently help Microsoft reclaim much of the luster its lost to Apple ever since it first introduced the iPod. But the decision […]
Continue reading...IDC predicts Apple iPad in 2010, along with over 300,000 iPhone apps
3. December 2009
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The research firm IDC recently issued a report detailing a number of predictions regarding Apple’s rumored tablet and the iPhone. Check out some of the reports highlights after the break.
Continue reading...Watch MacHeads documentary for free online
3. December 2009
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MacHeads is an entertaining and engrossing documentary about Apple’s loyal and rabid fanbase. The film’s producers summarize the project thusly: In 1985, Apple aired the commercial Macintosh the Computer for the Rest of Us offering the general public the possibility of using computers in their homes for the first time. MacHEADS follows the story of […]
Continue reading...Did any of Apple’s app store reviewers ever play Nintendo?
3. December 2009
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I’m guessing “no”. How else can you explain the inclusion of the iRwego! app into the iTunes App Store. Seriously, this app screams copyright infringement, and yet, somehow, it managed to sneak in untouched.
Continue reading...I trust Psytar’s Rebel EFI software, don’t you?
3. December 2009
Psystar was recently on the receiving end of a brutal legal beatdown, and though they’re not selling Mac clones anymore, you can still purchase their Rebel EFI software on their website. Rebel EFI, in case you haven’t heard of it, is essentially some Psystar written code which purports to let users install retail copies of […]
Continue reading...Israeli high-tech firm drops perplexing patent lawsuit on Apple over live streaming technology
3. December 2009
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Just days after the upper echelon at Apple personally intervened to let the live streaming iPhone app Knocking Live Video into the app store, an Israeli high-tech firm called Emblaze Mobile has informed Apple that the app infringes on one of its media streaming patents in the US. As we reported this past Tuesday, Knocking […]
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7. December 2009
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