Archive | April, 2011
Authorized Steve Jobs biography, “iSteve: The Book of Jobs”, set for early 2012 release
In what we can only hope will be an eye-opening and unprecedented glimpse into the mind of Steve Jobs and the stories behind his storied life as a successful innovator, Simon & Schuster announced this weekend that Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography on the Apple CEO will hit stores sometime in early 2012. The title? iSteve: […]
Continue reading...Super Mario sculpture created solely out of actual bullets
8. April 2011
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There’s an inordinate amount of Super Mario Brothers inspired artwork out in the blogosphere, but this particular piece is especially cool and impressive. Using actual bullets, 45 ACP cartridges to be specific, Thatswhatido created the following sculpture of everyone’s favorite plumber. Also note that some of the bullets were painted to add a little bit of color […]
Continue reading...The design process behind OS X 10.0 and Steve Jobs’ remarkable level of involvement
8. April 2011
On March 24, 2001, after years of intense development, Apple publicly released the first version of OS X. OS X, based on the NeXTstep OS Apple acquired from Steve Jobs, marked a radical departure from the UI Mac users had grown accustomed to. There was the dock, the aqua interface, and of course, those red, […]
Continue reading...Apple working on feature-rich HDTV prototypes – Rumor
8. April 2011
Citing checks in Asia, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty wrote not too long ago that Apple is currently working on a number of HDTV prototypes. While Huberty, not surprisingly, isn’t able to supply more substantial information, she theorizes that an Apple Smart TV, as she dubbed it, could mesh together “TV/Video content, gaming, DVR, as […]
Continue reading...Did Apple Ban Best Buy from selling the iPad 2?
8. April 2011
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There’s trouble afoot at Best Buy. Word on the web is that Apple has forbidden Best Buy from selling the iPad 2 due to some shenanigans from the nationwide electronics retailer. CrunchGear is reporting that Best Buy stores came up with an artificial daily quota of iPads to sell, and once this number was reached, […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs on passion [Video from 2007 D5 Conference]
7. April 2011
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The following clip is excerpted from the 2007 D5 Conference when Steve Jobs and Bill Gates took the stage to chat with the WSJ’s Walt Mossberg. Below, Jobs talks about the passion necessary to truly achieve success not only in Silicon Valley, but in any avenue of life. People say you have to have a […]
Continue reading...Apple’s acquisition of worldwide touchscreen supply delayed RIM’s PlayBook for a month
7. April 2011
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On April 19th, RIM will finally release its PlayBook tablet after months of hype and hyperbolic statements from company executives. Priced at $499 to compete with the iPad, the PlayBook will sport a 7-inch screen and will feature a UI based on QNX software. Notably, the PlayBook will run Android apps from within an emulator, which […]
Continue reading...AppleSeed program puts pre-release copies of OS X Lion in hands of non-developers
7. April 2011
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With OS X Lion planned for a Summer release, Apple is increasing its efforts to garner user feedback on its next-gen OS. While Apple has long given pre-release copies of OS X to developers who subsequently inform Apple of any bugs or issues they come across, Apple is also seeking the input of non-developers as […]
Continue reading...Andy Rubin responds to claims that Android isn’t open, addresses fragmentation
7. April 2011
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Reports that Google was increasing the amount of control it exerts over handset carriers with respect to UI tweaks and the like garnered a good deal of press and generated some heated discussions last week. These reports were magnified further because they followed word that Android was going to delay the open source release of […]
Continue reading...Are the glass exteriors of Apple Stores the cause of so many attempted robberies?
7. April 2011
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In the past three months, there have been three attempted “smash and grab” robberies at a single Apple store location in Naperville, Illinois. Apple stores provide thieves with attractive targets on account of the expensive hardware it houses in addition to the glass exterior that many Apple retail locations feature. Earlier this week, one man […]
Continue reading...Slice HD brings realistic bloodshed to the iPad
7. April 2011
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Slice HD is an original and “sinister” $3 iPad app that requires users to move around very sharp blades in such a way as to enable the compression of a red “open” button. While trying to manipulate the blades, you have to be careful not to touch the sharp ends lest you get sliced. When […]
Continue reading...Microsoft debates overzealous retail expansion; Ballmer convinced “to hold back”
6. April 2011
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One of the integral components of Apple’s resurgence under Steve Jobs has been the company’s retail strategy. Though the ubiquity of Apple retail stores may make it easy to forget, it really wasn’t all that long ago that Apple products were hard to find, and often displayed haphazardly in stores like CompUSA and Office Depot where store […]
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10. April 2011
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