Archive | March, 2011
Thanks to 512 MB of RAM, Safari browsing on the iPad 2 is much improved
As expected, teardowns of the iPad 2 confirm that Apple’s new tablet comes with 512 MB of LPDDR2 RAM. The original iPad came with 256 MB of LPDDR1 RAM. One of the immediate improvements users of the iPad 2 will experience as a result is a smoother browsing experience on mobile Safari. In the video […]
Continue reading...Authorities arrest “elite pirate” in Sweden
12. March 2011
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TorrentFreak reports: Anti-piracy group Antipiratbyrån say police have arrested “an elite pirate” in Sweden. The man in his thirties is claimed to be an administrator of multiple ‘Scene’ servers carrying as many as 7,000 movies to which around 100 people had access. The man is said to have denied the charges but the prosecutor says […]
Continue reading...Twitter’s numbers
12. March 2011
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Twitter has over 200 million registered users but only a small percentage of those users are actually active – 25 million to be exact. And of that 25 million sampling, only 7 million users are “meaningfully active.” via PC Mag
Continue reading...Users report yellow tint on iPad 2 screen; issue will resolve itself
11. March 2011
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Some of the folks who lined up and picked up a shiny new iPad 2 today are reporting that the device’s screen exhibits a faint yellow tint. Remember that iPhone 4 owners also experienced a similar phenomenon and that the yellow shade eventually dissipated. Explaining the issue as it pertains to the iPhone 4 and […]
Continue reading...iFixit tears down the iPad 2
11. March 2011
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It wouldn’t be an Apple product launch without the dudes at iFixit doing their customary teardown. Check it out over here.
Continue reading...Graeme Devine on what makes a good iPad game – 60 fps and no virtual joysticks
11. March 2011
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Graeme Devine is a programming legend who began working at Atari when he was just 16 and would later go on to help develop popular titles like Quake III Arena and Halo Wars. In 2009, Devine ended up in Cupertino where as a member of Apple’s iPhone Game Technologies division, he was tasked with improving […]
Continue reading...iPad 1 battery vs. iPad 2 battery
11. March 2011
How did Apple crank up the internals on the iPad 2 while maintaining impressive battery life? Well, they put in an absolute motha’ of a battery. Check it out compared to the battery used in the original iPad. Indeed, the iPad 2’s battery is 1.8x larger than the one found on the original. via app advice
Continue reading...The implications of Microsoft’s partnership with Kayak
11. March 2011
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Microsoft recently struck a deal whereby travel results on Bing will be powered by KAYAK, a niche travel-centric search engine that helps users find attractive deals for flights, hotels, cruises, and rental cars by scouring the net and finding the best possible deals from an assortment of sites. It’s a useful travel booking search aggregate, […]
Continue reading...Leo Apotheker’s strategy to right the HP ship
11. March 2011
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Newly minted HP CEO Leo Apotheker has grand plans to re-align the company’s trajectory. One interesting item on the agenda includes a plan whereby every HP computer shipped in 2012 will come pre-loaded with both Windows 7 and WebOS. The move is aimed at attracting developers to create a wider breath of applications that will […]
Continue reading...Purported engineering photos of the iPhone 5 reveal larger screen
11. March 2011
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Purported photos of the iPhone 5 courtesy of idealschina. The images below are close in appearance to the iPhone 4, but note that the screen appears to be slightly larger. Remember, previous iPhone 5 rumors suggested that the next iPhone would come with a larger screen. We just got what appears to be mold engineering […]
Continue reading...3 Degrees of Wikipedia – iPhone app style
10. March 2011
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3 Degrees of Wikipedia is an interesting and original iPhone app premised on finding common links between two different Wikipedia entries in 3 steps or less. Move over 6 degrees of separation, there’s a new sheriff in town. Well, sort of. The app lets players make their own games – i.e “What’s the link between […]
Continue reading...Fleshing out those Thunderbolt details
10. March 2011
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The star of Apple’s MacBook Pro refresh two weeks ago was undoubtedly Thunderbolt, a new and blazingly fast transfer technology developed by Intel and Apple. Delving deeper into the technology, Gelnn Fleishman of TidBits relays a lot of interesting info about Thunderbolt.
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12. March 2011
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