Archive | March, 2010
Street Fighter IV hits the iPhone, but is it worth $9.99?
Well, it’s finally here. Street Fighter IV is now available for the iPhone. Now before you get all excited and rush over to iTunes to download it, you might be well advised to take a look at TUAWs’ review of the app. Before you go press buy, though, I’ll also tell you that I got […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs “giving his new liver a workout” [Photo]
10. March 2010
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A candid shot of Steve Jobs having a conversation with filmmaker Jon Chu at this year’s Oscars Awards. title and photo via Nathan Bowers
Continue reading...Pink Floyd and EMI fight over iTunes royalties
10. March 2010
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A few weeks ago, we took a look at a string of artists who were reluctant to make their music available on iTunes because they felt their albums should be experienced in their entirety, and not as the amalgamation of “singles.” Jay-Z summed things up nicely when he articulated why his album “American Gangster” would […]
Continue reading...Amazon looking to upgrade the Kindle’s web browser
9. March 2010
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A new job listing for Lab126, Amazon’s Kindle division, suggests that Amazon is looking to implement some serious changes to the browsing experience on the Kindle.
Continue reading...Amazing musical creativity on the iPhone [Video]
9. March 2010
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One guy and an iPhone is all you need for some bomb ass musical creativity these days. The app used below is called Everday Looper and lets users record their voice or a beat and loop it back, and then record something new with the original recording now serving as the background. After a while, […]
Continue reading...Analyst: iPad sales to eclipse all-time Kindle sales in just 3 monthsFB
9. March 2010
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FBR Capital analyst Craig Berger believes that Apple will ship approximately 5 million iPads in the first half of 2010 alone, a lofty achievement that would make the iPad the most ubiquitous e-book reader out on the market, eclipsing Amazon’s unofficial tally of 3 million Kindle’s sold. via Electronista
Continue reading...Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz on Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and patent litigation
9. March 2010
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A great read from former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz on his experiences dealing with the prospect of patent litigation with the likes of Apple and Microsoft. Here’s what he had to say about dealing with Steve Jobs. I feel for Google – Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too. In 2003, after I unveiled a […]
Continue reading...Apple releases iPad/iPhone OS 3.2 SDK
9. March 2010
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Earlier today, Apple released iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 4. The build checks in at 2.5GB and can be found on Apple’s developer site over here. We’ll keep you posted as to any notable changes and shocking discoveries as we’re sure developers poring over the new beta will inevitably find something worth mentioning.
Continue reading...Apple’s HTC lawsuit makes developers think twice about Android
9. March 2010
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Apple suing HTC for patent infringement seemingly came out of nowhere, but a new investor note from analyst Yair Reiner of Oppenheimer Research suggests that Apple has been in talks with a number of handset manufacturers over the past few months regarding their growing displeasure with what they consider to be the theft of their […]
Continue reading...Apple’s iTunes LP initiative was done at the behest of Record Labels
9. March 2010
According to a recent report from iPodNN, Apple’s iTunes LP initiative was not an in-house idea, but was instead done at the behest of record labels seeking to increase album sales. The creation of iTunes LP was largely the result of major label pressure on Apple, a series of telling leaks has revealed. Music industry contacts claim that […]
Continue reading...Does Microsoft pose a threat to Apple when it comes to mobile gaming?
9. March 2010
For a company as historically disinterested in gaming as Apple, it’s somewhat ironic that the iTunes App Store is largely anchored by the popularity of games. Looking forward, Apple’s involvement in gaming is about to be taken a step further in light of the excitement developers are showing over the upcoming iPad, and more recently, […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs looking healthy and snazzy at the Oscars
9. March 2010
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You might have heard that Steve Jobs was at the Oscars this past Sunday. Here he is looking healthy, snazzy, and surprisingly approachable on the red carpet. via Flickr
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10. March 2010
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