Archive | March, 2011
PayPay VP Sam Shrauger: Apple’s new subscription rules will stunt iPad 2 popularity
While most of the fallout from Apple’s new in-app subscription guidelines seems to have subsided, it’s not all quiet on the western front just yet. Remember, publishers, critics, and users alike expressed unmitigated anger at Apple seeking to get a 30% cut from all subscriptions that originate from an iOS app. In the wake of that […]
Continue reading...The lunacy of Steve Jobs’ “reality distortion field”
4. March 2011
Steve Jobs has charisma. He has panache. Hell, he might even be the most interesting guy in the world. Whatever you wanna call it, Jobs has an uncanny ability to pitch a product in a way that makes you think “Man, my funds are running low, but jeez, I gotta pick me up one of […]
Continue reading...Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata chastises smartphone game quality
4. March 2011
In the blink of an eye, the mobile gaming narrative has shifted from handhelds like the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP to smartphones like the iPhone and a slew of Android devices. With smartphone consumers now having tens of thousands of affordable gaming titles at their disposal, long-time gaming companies like Nintendo are suffering as […]
Continue reading...Why Apple’s DNA puts the iPad 2 ahead of the competition
4. March 2011
There are a lot of nuggets to devour from Apple’s iPad media event, but one tidbit worth writing about is Steve Jobs’ take on the tablet market and why he feels Apple is uniquely positioned to succeed where other tablet manufacturers are not. In essence, it cuts at the very way Apple views the tablet […]
Continue reading...Apple addresses 57 security bugs in iTunes 10.2 update
4. March 2011
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Zdnet writes: If you use Apple’s iTunes software — whether on Windows or Mac OS X — it’s important that you immediately apply the latest software update. Apple has shipped iTuens 10.2 as a highly-critical patch to cover a whopping 57 security vulnerabilities, some serious enough to allow hackers to take complete control of a […]
Continue reading...“When Smart People are Bad Employees”
4. March 2011
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Great read from Ben Horowitz describing how extremely intelligent and capable individuals can easily double as bad employees. For instance, take the Flake. Example 2: The Flake Some brilliant people can be totally unreliable. At Opsware, we once hired an unequivocal genius—I’ll call him Roger (not his real name). Roger was an engineer in an […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 hands-on video looks fast as hell
4. March 2011
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iPad 2 hands-on video courtesy of PC Mag.
Continue reading...How Apple views the iPad
4. March 2011
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John Gruber writes: Jobs seemed particularly ebullient throughout, but never more so than when discussing the iPad’s competition. There’s a palpable sense among everyone from Apple I spoke to yesterday that this is the biggest and most important thing in the history of the industry. The this isn’t just the iPad. It’s the whole iOS ecosystem — […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 – it’s all battery baby!
4. March 2011
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Steve Jobs made a point of bragging about how the iPad 2 is faster, lighter, and thinner than its predecessor. Moreover, the iPad 2 has better hardware, a gyroscope, and of course, front and rear facing cameras. Still, Apple was able to maintain the astounding 10-hour battery life it achieved with the original iPad.
Continue reading...Google removes over 51 popular malware-infested Android apps
3. March 2011
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Yeah yeah, Google’s Android platform is open and amazing and makes Apple’s iOS ecosystem look like a Russian gulag in comparison – or so some folks would have you believe. Seriously, while Android’s openness does have some positives, it also carries the potential for mischief.
Continue reading...New “All My Files” icon in OS X Lion pays homage to Steve Jobs
3. March 2011
“All My Files” is a brand new feature in OS X Lion that helps a user organize all of his/her files with a number of different sorting options. While that might sound boring, the icon for the new feature is anything but. If you zoom in on the icon you can see that the virtual files, […]
Continue reading...iTunes now boasts over 200 million credit card accounts
3. March 2011
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As he usually does, Steve Jobs kicked off his presentation yesterday by detailing the growing number of iTunes users. As it stands now, iTunes has over 200 million individual accounts, which of course translates into 200 million separate credit card accounts. “Amazon doesn’t publish their numbers,” Jobs said, “but it’s very likely that this is […]
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4. March 2011
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