Archive | April, 2010
Palm waives $99 fee for webOS development
Palm just might be starting to realize that, hey, you gotta have apps if you want to compete against the iPhone. To wit, Palm recently waived the $99 fee it formerly required developers to pay if they wanted to get their apps up on Palm’s app store. You know, the one that houses all of […]
Continue reading...Apple unveils third new iPhone ad this week – “Family Man”
21. April 2010
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Apple’s on an iPhone commercial roll. I suppose they’ll do anything to divert attention away from the you know what that was left at the you know where. But seriously, below is Apple’s third iPhone ad of the week, a spot called “Family Man” which we first noticed during last night’s episode of LOST.
Continue reading...Street Fighter meets MacBook Pro
21. April 2010
I can still remember the first time I ever played the videogame Street Fighter. Well, I can’t exactly remember the year (I think it was 91/92) but I do remember where I was – at the now defunct Boblo Island Amusement Park. Anyways, I sauntered into the arcade area after some water slide action and was […]
Continue reading...Gizmodo’s iPhone 4G coverage as a tabloid newspaper [Photo]
21. April 2010
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Gizmodo’s iPhone coverage as seedy tabloid journalism, as cleverly envisioned by Nick Bilton of the New York Times. Too funny.
Continue reading...Apple responds to Adobe’s claims that iPhone is a closed platform
21. April 2010
Apple’s recently updated iPhone developer agreement explicitly states that apps for the platform must be originally written in C, C++, and Objective C. This new rule, which naturally created a firestorm of controversy, put a damper on Adobe’s plans to get apps developed in Flash onto the iPhone via its new Flash-to-iPhone compiler. In response […]
Continue reading...AT&T releases earnings, reports 2.7 million iPhone activations
21. April 2010
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AT&T released their earnings for the first quarter of 2010 and reported EPS of $0.42 on revenue of $30.6 billion. AT&T also stated that they activated 2.7 million iPhones during the quarter, and that more than 1/3 of those iPhone users were new AT&T subscribers. During the last quarter, AT&T recorded 3.1 million iPhone activations, […]
Continue reading...Adobe to stop development of Flash to iPhone compiler, will focus on Android
21. April 2010
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Well, it appears that Adobe got the hint. Though not as sensationalized as a missing iPhone prototype, Apple created quite a stir a few weeks back when it updated its iPhone developer agreement with the following clause: Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit […]
Continue reading...Google acquires chip startup Agnilux, team comprised of former PA Semi and Apple engineers
21. April 2010
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Oh sneaky Google, what are you up to? Back in March, we reported that PA Semi founder and CEO Daniel Dobberphui (what a name!) had left Apple to join former PA Semi and Apple employees Amarjit Gill, Mark Hayter, and Puneet Kumar at another chip startup called Agnilux. Some LinkedIn snooping revealed that at least […]
Continue reading...RIM CEO Mihalis Lazaridis downplays success of touchscreen smartphones
21. April 2010
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Mihalis (Mike) Lazaridis, co-CEO and co-Founder of RIM, recently downplayed the success of touchscreen phones like the iPhone while touting his own company’s lineup of qwerty-based devices.
Continue reading...Gray Powell called the bar where he lost his iPhone “constantly”
20. April 2010
By now, everyone is familiar with the facts – Apple engineer Gray Powell left the next-gen iPhone he was testing at a bar called the Gourmet Haus Staudt, where he spent the night celebrating his 27th birthday. Later that night, an unknown individual came into possession of the iPhone where he then proceeded to sell it […]
Continue reading...Gizmodo dissects iPhone 4G, no user removable battery
20. April 2010
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Before handing back the “stolen” iPhone 4G to Apple, the folks over at Gizmodo managed to take the device apart piece by piece in an attempt to discover just how their scoop of the century was put together. Giz posted some new photos of the teardown process earlier today, and while there’s nothing extraordinarily new […]
Continue reading...Interview with Gawker founder Nick Denton regarding checkbook journalism
20. April 2010
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You might not have been familiar with Gawker founder Nick Denton before this week, but his bombastic and unapologetic demeanor in the wake of Gizmodo’s expose on the iPhone 4G recently thrust him into the national spotlight – well, tech spotlight. While many have criticized Gizmodo for paying money in exchange for what should have […]
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21. April 2010
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