Archive | July 1st, 2010
New Futurama episode pokes fun at iPhone and Apple customers in all sorts of ways
Futurama is back mother f’ers, and they wasted no time at all going after Apple and the iPhone. In tonight’s episode, titled Attack of the Killer App, the iPhone, or eyephone as it’s called in the show, takes center stage. The first Apple-related moment occurs when the gang sees a commercial for a new eyePhone […]
Continue reading...FaceTime, the perfect technology for deadbeat dads [Spoof]
1. July 2010
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Check out this spoof of Apple’s FaceTime promo video from the consistently funny folks over at CollegeHumor. Turns out that the FaceTime feature on the iPhone 4 is the perfect way for deadbeat dads to maintain the thinnest of connections to neglected children. At last, Apple is truly bringing people together. Great stuff, but CollegeHumor’s […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs: “Relax… It is just a phone. Not worth it”
1. July 2010
Update x3: BGR apparently got taken for a ride. Fortune reported just minutes ago that Apple PR has emphatically denied that the following exchange took place. So to be clear, none of the statements below can be attributed to Jobs. Who to blame? Jason Bufford, the ass who shopped the false story around. Well this […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs implies that Blu-Ray for the Mac isn’t on Apple’s radar
1. July 2010
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For a brief moment in time, Blu-Ray on the Mac seemed like a real possibility. Though Steve Jobs had in the past called Blu-Ray licensing a “bag of hurt”, the licensing scheme was simplified back in early 2009. Whereas companies looking to manufacture Blu-Ray players had previously needed to attain 18 distinct licenses from an […]
Continue reading...HP purchases music streaming site Melodeo for $30 million
1. July 2010
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TechCrunch reports: After snapping up the beleaguered Palm for $1.2 billion, Hewlett-Packard has purchased Melodeo, a Lala competitor, for roughly $30 to $35 million, according to a source familiar with the deal. The acquisition, which was signed this month, may seem inconsequential for a behemoth like HP, but it represents a major shift in strategy for the laptop-maker. With […]
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1. July 2010
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