Archive | April 1st, 2010
Apple rolls out new iPhone 3GS commercial – “Commute”
Apple’s latest iPhone commercial is called “Commute” and highlights the device’s ability to multitask while on a voice call. The showcased apps include: – MassTransit ($3.99) – Here, File File! ($9.99) – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal (Free)
Continue reading...Time Magazine profiles Steve Jobs and the iPad
1. April 2010
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In furtherance of Apple’s marketing blitz for the iPad, Steve Jobs appears on this weeks issue of Time Magazine where Stephen Fry profiles Apple’s iPad. Fry was also able to spend a rare hour interviewing Jobs, with one of the more notable exchanges being: In five years, Jobs has emerged from two serious health scares. […]
Continue reading...PC Mag video review of the iPad
1. April 2010
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PC Mag has a solid video review of the iPad.
Continue reading...ITC agrees to investigate Apple’s complaint against HTC
1. April 2010
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If you want some job security in today’s tough economic environment, working for Apple legal seems like a safe bet. Apple’s legal hounds have been especially busy over the last few months, being both on the receiving and giving end of a number patent disputes. In early March, Apple announced via a press release that […]
Continue reading...Apple highlights websites with iPad ready video content
1. April 2010
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Apple today unveiled a new page on its website highlighting a list of prominent websites who are making video content available for the Flash-less iPad via HTML 5. The listed sites include CNN, Reuters, the New York Times, Vimeo, Time, Major League Baseball, Sports Illustrated, and TED. Earlier this week, online video provider Brightcove also […]
Continue reading...Free Netflix streaming app coming to the iPad
1. April 2010
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It’s a match made in heaven. A free Netflix app for the iPad will be available on April 3rd, allowing Netflix subscribers to instantly stream TV Shows and movies from Netflix’s large library of content just as you would from a computer. In a nice touch, users will be able to manage and adjust their […]
Continue reading...Andy Ihnatko on Apple’s dedication to “invention”
1. April 2010
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Andy Ihnatko makes a telling and insightful point about Apple’s efforts to constantly push the envelope. In fact, after a week with the iPad, I’m suddenly wondering if any other company is as committed to invention as Apple. Has any other company ever demonstrated a restlessness to stray from the safe and proven, and actually […]
Continue reading...iPad battery life impresses, lives up to Apple’s hype
1. April 2010
Promises of long battery life on tech devices tend to be looked at with skepticism. And rightly so. Often times, when a manufacturer says that such and such a product can run for ‘x’ amount of hours between charges, the fine print typically mentions a few caveats, such as screen brightness turned half way down […]
Continue reading...Andy Ihnatko unboxes the iPad
1. April 2010
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For all you uber dorks out there, peep this video of an iPad unboxing courtesy of Chicago Sun-Times journalist and MacBreak Weekly regular Andy Ihnatko.
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1. April 2010
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