Archive | November, 2010
The iPad provides a new twist on protesting [Video]
Behold the iProtester! Stop dilly dallying around the house, pick up your iPad, and head out to the nearest rally in town!
Continue reading...iOS 4.2 update now pushed back to November 16 – Report
12. November 2010
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If you were hoping to get your hands on iOS 4.2 today, sorry to disappoint you, but it’s reportedly been pushed back to November 16th. iPhoneHellas, which typically has a good track record when it comes to Apple related rumors, reported the news earlier today. Meanwhile, MacStories is reportingthat the reason for the delay is […]
Continue reading...Original Apple I computer expected to fetch as much as $241,000 at upcoming auction
12. November 2010
There’s Apple memorabilia and then there’s THIS. While Apple routinely sells millions of computers each and every quarter, the personal computing landscape was a lot different back in 1976. That it so say non-existant. Apple changed all that when they introduced the Apple II and brought computing to the masses, but the Apple I is […]
Continue reading...Was the Windows Phone 7 launch a bust?
11. November 2010
Windows Phone 7 was and is Microsoft’s last chance to catch up with the big boys that are Apple and Google in the smartphone race. A few years in the making, and sporting a brand new interface, Microsoft is throwing nearly a billion dollars worth of advertising behind Windows Phone 7 to help it hit […]
Continue reading...SkyFire nets developers over $700,000 in just one weekend
11. November 2010
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Earlier this week we gave Apple’s app review team props for accepting into the iTunes App Store Skyfire, an app which enables users to watch Flash video content on their iOS device. The app works as a layer on top of Safari as Skyfire’s servers convert Flash video into HTML 5 video whereupon it’s then […]
Continue reading...Apple and Twitter strike deal over Ping/Twitter integration
11. November 2010
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Twitter today announced that it would be integrating Ping, Apple’s social networking service in iTunes, with Twitter. Users will now be able to share musical discoveries, song previews, and links to purchased and downloaded music from iTunes right into their Tweets. On Ping you can easily link to your Twitter account to instantly find Ping users […]
Continue reading...“Don’t believe everything you read” – Jobs responds to report that AirPrint was pulled from iOS 4.2 update
11. November 2010
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One of the most anticipated features in Apple’s upcoming iOS 4.2 update is AirPrint, technology which allows users to wirelessly print documents from all iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad) to any local printers which support the feature. In typical Apple fashion, there’s no need to install drivers or download software. Yesterday a […]
Continue reading...Gizmodo lampoons Samsung Galaxy Tab – “A Pocketable Train Wreck”
11. November 2010
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With the holidays fast approaching, iPad competitors will coming out of the woodwork and flooding malls across the land with tablet devices sporting second rate software and sometimes clunky hardware. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, however, was supposed to be different. A true iPad competitor, it was dubbed. And now it appears that such assertions were […]
Continue reading...Apple did NOT acquire Wi-Gear
11. November 2010
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Earlier this week it was reported that Apple scooped up Wi-Gear, a San Francisco based company known for their premium A2DP stereo headphones as well as a Bluetooth 2.0 adapter for older iOS devices. The news, since proven to be false, prompted many to speculate that Apple was planning to manufacture its own stereo Bluetooth […]
Continue reading...ZTE Peel case is official – to launch on November 14th for $79 and $29/mo plan for 1GB of data
11. November 2010
Confirming rumors, Sprint announced on Wednesday that its ZTE Peel case will hit stores on November 14th. The Peel Case is designed to fit snug around an iPod Touch and provides Touch users with web access via a 3G connection – a nifty little service for when those free wi-fi networks are hard to come […]
Continue reading...Apple releases OS X update 10.6.5
10. November 2010
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Two days before it was rumored to drop, Apple released OS X update 10.6.5 on Wednesday. The entire installation package checks in at 680.1 MB and includes the following updates and improvements.
Continue reading...Google fires employee who leaked word of generous bonus and 2011 raises
10. November 2010
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Wow, Google is turning more into Apple day by day. Earlier today it was reported that Google was giving $1,000 in bonus cash to all 23,000 of its employees. Not only that, but Google was also planning on footing the tax bill on that generous gift so that each and every last Googler could keep […]
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12. November 2010
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