Archive | March, 2010
An iPillow with a charming backstory
It’s not terribly unusual to see crazed Apple fans express their devotion to all things Apple in interesting and creative ways. From Apple tattoos to Apple themed pastries, if you look hard enough, you’ll find that people have been able to incorporate Apple into just about every type of object you can think of. This […]
Continue reading...The tradeoff between backward compatibility and innovation
25. March 2010
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Steve Cheney has a thoughtful piece up detailing the inherent tradeoff faced by tech companies when it comes to balancing backwards compatibility and innovation. Cheney writes that Apple in particular has been able to strike a workable balance that gives it enough room to move forward without the risk of alienating its existing user base. […]
Continue reading...Army officials check out Apple’s development labs
25. March 2010
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A number of the the US Army’s top technological minds recently took a trip to Cupertino, California to visit Apple’s top secret development labs to discuss the possibility of using Apple technology in future military initiatives. According to a recent Army press release, Apple welcomed a number of staff members from the Army’s Research, Development […]
Continue reading...2 Authors behind recent motion based smartphone patent work for Google and Apple
25. March 2010
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Earlier this week, All Things D reported that the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a broad sweeping patent titled, “Method and apparatus for controlling a computer system”. The patent, which was first filed in December of 2004, describes methods for motion-based control of a smartphone. According to the patent authors, the patent “facilitates an […]
Continue reading...Apple’s share of US gaming revenue jumps 500%
25. March 2010
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Flurry Analytics recently took a look at Apple’s share of the mobile game market in terms of revenue and the results were pretty astounding. As you can see above, Apple’s share of mobile game revenue from 2008 to 2009 skyrocketed 380%. To be fair, though, the app store didn’t even launch until June of 2008 […]
Continue reading...Harvard joins Apple’s iTunes U program
25. March 2010
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Apple’s iTunes U program is a special area within iTunes that lets Universities provide educational content (lectures, lab demonstrations etc.) typically available only to paying students to the public at large. While some of the content is restricted to students who attend a specific university, the breadth and diversity of information available to the masses […]
Continue reading...CBS wrapping video content in HTML 5 in anticipation of iPad launch
24. March 2010
The Other Mac Blog (no, not that one.. the other one) reports that CBS has begun testing video clips wrapped in HTML 5 on their website in anticipation of the upcoming iPad, which of course won’t support Flash. MacRumors did a bit of legwork of its own and discovered the following: We investigated further and found […]
Continue reading...In controlled test, iPhone’s capacitive touchscreen still reigns supreme
24. March 2010
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Back in January, the Moto Development Group tested the efficiency and accuracy of capacitive touchscreens across a number of devices. When the dust settled, the iPhone’s touchscreen reigned supreme. But not everyone was convinced that the testing was all that telling, particularly because it was done with a human finger, making the test prone to […]
Continue reading...Mobile advertisers and big name Publishers look to take advantage of the iPad
24. March 2010
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Mobile advertisers are gearing up to roll out new mobile ads specifically tailored for the upcoming iPad, and a number of big time websites, like USA Today, are already on board. The website ClickZ is reporting that the mobile ad firm AdMarvel has teamed up with Gannet publishing to introduce new and engaging ads poised […]
Continue reading...A cheese sculpture of Steve Jobs.. WTF!
24. March 2010
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Imagine walking into a party and seeing this bad boy staring you in the face. An Apple fan named Ken with a passion for all things culinary decided to combine his 2 loves and create a block of cheese in the shape of Steve Jobs’ head. And no folks, this isn’t The Onion. And what […]
Continue reading...Random House wary of inking iPad deal with Apple
24. March 2010
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With only a few days before the iPad hits store shelves, Random House, the worlds largest book publisher in terms of sales, has yet to ink a deal with Apple to make its content available on the iPad. While other big name publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Harper-Collins, and Penguin are all on board […]
Continue reading...“ARM: The Democratization of the CPU”
24. March 2010
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ARM is the democratization of the CPU outside the Wintel paradigm. Every significant tech company, Samsung, Qualcomm, Cirrus, DEC, Sharp, Texus Instruments, Yamaha, LG, NEC, Nvidia, and even formerly Intel makes ARM processors. Instead of “Intel Inside”, the freedom and openness of the ARM architecture allows Apple to make their own ARM-based SoC (System-on-chip). Apple A4 […]
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25. March 2010
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