Archive | December, 2010
TapTapTap’s Camera + app rakes in over $160,000 in four day holiday stretch
After months sitting on the sidelines due to a ban from Apple, the Camera +app from TapTapTap was recently accepted back into the iTunes App Store and wasted no time raking in thousands of dollars thanks to an extremely busy download holiday season on iTunes. Over the past few years, the definition of “success” on […]
Continue reading...Opening 48 apps at once – A MacBook Pro with a SSD vs an HDD [Video]
29. December 2010
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It’s a shootout, ya’ll. A 2.5Ghz Core i5 17” MacBook Pro with an SSD vs a similarly spec’d MacBook Pro with a standard 5400 RPM HDD. Let’s try and open up 48 applications all at once and see how each machine performs. Here’s a hint – the SSD blows the HDD completely out of the […]
Continue reading...Must be cool in Hell this time of year
29. December 2010
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The Street, home to dubious analysts like Jim Cramer and Scott Moritz recently put out their list compiling the top 10 most innovative companies of 2010. So who topped the charts – Apple? Google? Some obscure technology company with an ultra-cool product? Negative on all counts. Why the most innovative company in 2010, according to […]
Continue reading...iPhone the most popular item on eBay in 2010
29. December 2010
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Every year, eBay releases a Top Shopped report which gives us a glimpse into some of the more popular trends of the past year. In 2010, Apple reigned supreme as the iPhone was the item with the most related items sold (1,634,674) while the iPad occupied the fifth slot with 621,399 related items sold. Notably, […]
Continue reading...Elliptic Labs to bring Kinect-like technology to the iPad
28. December 2010
Microsoft’s Kinect add-on to the Xbox 360 certainly provides a new twist to traditional gaming. In case you’re unfamiliar, Kinect enables gamers to control on-screen action by using their bodies. Kinect works via 3D motion sensing technology which can detect an array of gestures and even facial features – and now comes word that similar […]
Continue reading...Instagram nets 1 million + users
28. December 2010
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The uber popular photo sharing app Instagram continues to pick up steam. From the Instagram blog: It was 12:15am, October 6th and we had been working on the app non-stop, day and night for 8 weeks. With a bit of hesitation, I clicked the button that launched “Instagram” live to the Apple app store. We figured […]
Continue reading...Apple to release three iPad 2 models in 2011 – Report
28. December 2010
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In addition to the current Wi-Fi and UMTS 3G model iPads, Apple will reportedly deliver a CDMA version of the iPad 2 in 2011 as well, according to a recent report in DigiTimes. The report notes that Apple expects to ship approximately half a million iPad 2 units to channels in January with a shipment ratio […]
Continue reading...RIM was in disbelief following the introduction of the iPhone in January 2007
28. December 2010
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When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone, he explained that Apple was trying to create a smartphone that would leapfrog the competition by at least 5 years. Given that Android has made impressive strides as of late, the 5 year head-start afforded to Apple by the iPhone might be a bit generous, but there’s no […]
Continue reading...Video of purported iPad 2 case suggests slightly smaller form factor, flattened back
28. December 2010
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Following up on their report from last week which stated that the next-gen iPad will come with a smaller bezel, a flattened back, and wide range speakers, MacOtakara claims to have gotten ahold of two iPad cases purported to be designed for the iPad 2. By fitting the alleged cases with the original iPad, the […]
Continue reading...Infinity Blade easily one of the most successful app launches in iTunes history
28. December 2010
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Epic’s Infinity Blade, which you might have seen featured on an iPad commercial or two, is simply doing gangbusters on the iTunes App Store. Available for both the iPhone and iPad, Infinity Blade is a sword wielding 3D RPG Action Adventure that just launched on December 8 and is powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. […]
Continue reading...iPad growing in popularity among medical technology firms
28. December 2010
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A growing number of companies involved in the medical technology sphere are giving sales employees iPads in an effort to help bolster sales. The Wall Street Journal reports: Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp. are among the drug and medical-device firms making the move, while others say they are testing out the devices. […]
Continue reading...Apple approves “Ninja Steve” iPhone app
28. December 2010
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Oddly enough, Apple has some serious problems with Steve Jobs action figures but has no qualms about accepting an iPhone app called Ninja Steve which centers around a Steve Jobs psuedo look-alike and his efforts to destroy attacking Smartbots and “advancing droids.” Ninja Steve not only has the ability to throw Ninja Stars, but can […]
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29. December 2010
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