Archive | June, 2010
Walt Mossberg’s “Holy Shit!” moment with eBay CEO John Donahoe
At last week’s D8 conference, Walt Mossberg sat down with eBay CEO John Donahoe where the two took some time to talk about eBay’s iPad app. As is quite apparent, Donahoe is pretty enthusiastic about the eBay experience on Apple’s shiny new toy, but here’s why the video is worth a peep.
Continue reading...Apple releases “iTunes Connect Mobile”, lets users monitor app analytics
10. June 2010
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Apple today released a new homegrown app called “iTunes Connect Mobile” designed to help developers keep track of and monitor sales, statistics, and trend data for their app. The iTunes Connect Mobile application allows developers to access their sales and trend data from iTunes Connect. You can now view your daily and weekly sales data […]
Continue reading...Appsfire pulls out of the App Store citing lack of communication from Apple
10. June 2010
Steve Jobs proudly boasted that the iTunes App Store receives 15,000 app submissions every week in up to 30 different languages. More than that, Jobs noted that 95% of those submissions are approved within 7 days. Sounds great, right? Sure. Unless, of course, you happen to be part of that 5%. Earlier today, the folks […]
Continue reading...A look at the iPhone 4’s gryroscope
10. June 2010
Peter Cohen of The Loop explains what the iPhone 4 gyroscope is all about and why you should care. iPhone 4 adds a gyroscope – a device that measures orientation, rather than just velocity. Gyroscopes are commonly used in aircraft to measure pitch, roll and yaw, and the iPhone’s gyro is no different in this […]
Continue reading...Is Dan Lyons the best Newsweek can do?
10. June 2010
Newsweek tech writer Dan Lyons and Apple aren’t exactly the best of friends. Apple has given Lyons, who you might also know as the Fake Steve Jobs, absolutely no access to Apple since he assumed tech editing duties at the publication in 2008. In other words, Newsweek has never gotten a pre-release Apple product to […]
Continue reading...New York Times bans use of the word “Tweet”
10. June 2010
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The New York Times, largely regarded as the “newspaper of record” here in the United States, is putting the clamp down on the use of the word “tweet” in news articles. Phil Corbett, who assumed the role as the Times’ standards editor back in 2009, sent out a memo to employees yesterday explaining why the […]
Continue reading...Analyst: T-Mobile may get the iPhone before Verizon
10. June 2010
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Move over Verizon, T-Mobile may be jumping to the front of the line in the ongoing race amongst carriers to join AT&T as a heralded iPhone provider. In recently issued research report, analyst Shaw Wu of Kaufman Brothers writes that T-Mobile may start carrying the iPhone by 2011, and as early as this fall. Much […]
Continue reading...Apple’s new iOS agreement already attracting Antitrust attention
10. June 2010
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Wow, that sure didn’t take long at all. The Financial Times is already reporting that Federal Regulators are already planning to investigate the ramifications of Apple’s new developer agreement which effectively prohibits rivals such as Google and Microsoft from getting into the market for mobile ads on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. According to […]
Continue reading...10 cool Safari Extensions worth installing
10. June 2010
One of the great new features in Safari 5 is that Apple has at last given developers the tools to create extensions, and they’ve wasted no time getting their hands dirty and have already churned out some notable add-ons worth mentioning. Gmail Checker – Don’t bother surfing over to Gmail every 5 minutes with this […]
Continue reading...iPad Wedding [Video]
10. June 2010
Okay okay, there is a tinge of merit to the argument that technology seeping into all aspects of our lives’ isn’t always a good thing. Case in point – this Wedding video wherein the couples’ vows are read off of an iPad as part of the ceremony. And further compounding technology’s infiltration into all aspects […]
Continue reading...O2 offers similar early iPhone upgrade plan as AT&T
10. June 2010
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For a limited time, O2 is offering iPhone customers an early opportunity to upgrade to the next-gen iPhone even if they’re not currently eligible for a standard upgrade. For a fee of 20 pounds (about $32) for each month remaining on an ineligible contract, users can pay off the remaining balance on their contract at […]
Continue reading...Some Apple links for your enjoyment: read on, gentle reader
10. June 2010
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The iPad is not a Magazine – Interesting perspective from Smoking Apples Ars Technica reviews Aperture 3. Their verdict? “So good that I’d put up with the crashing to use it” iPhone users are the most satisfied – MacWorld Patents Come to Live: Video Calling, 3-Axis Gyroscope, and Video camera – Patently Apple Apple and […]
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10. June 2010
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