Archive | October 20th, 2011
Apple runs its first commercial for Siri
While watching Parks and Recreation earlier this evening, I saw Apple’s first ad for Siri. Here it is below.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs told Obama, “You’re headed for a one-term presidency.”
20. October 2011
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This Monday, the first authorized biography of Steve Jobs will hit bookstores. The book is easily one of the most anticipated titles of the year. Based on over 40 in-depth interviews with Jobs and over 100 interviews with former girlfriends, colleagues, and rivals of the Apple co-founder, the book is touted as a no-holds barred […]
Continue reading...Samsung says Galaxy Nexus was designed to bypass Apple’s patents
20. October 2011
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Google yesterday introduced its latest flagship Android device – the Samsung manufactured Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0, otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Now if you follow Apple at all, or even the broad technological landscape, you’re probably aware that Apple is currently suing Samsung alleging that its Android smartphones and tablets infringe upon a […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs regretted delaying his cancer treatment for 9 months back in 2004
20. October 2011
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Steve Jobs’ biographer Walter Isaacson will appear on 60 Minutes this Sunday to talk about all things Jobs and help promote his forthcoming book about the Apple co-founder. CBS has now provided a small preview of the upcoming interview with the most revealing tidbit being that Jobs, in hindsight, expressed regret for waiting 9 months […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4S Bill of Materials checks in at $188 for the 16GB model
20. October 2011
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The iPhone 4S may look like the iPhone 4 from the outside, but as Phil Schiller explained during Apple’s iPhone event two weeks ago, the inside has been completely reworked, refined, and improved. iSuppli recently conducted a teardown analysis of the iPhone 4S, investigated all of the new components therein, and found that the bill […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson to appear on 60 Minutes this weekend
20. October 2011
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It’s not an understatement to say that Steve Jobs upcoming biography, scheduled to hit stores on October 24th, is one of the most anticipated books this year. Though Jobs headed up a technology company, his influence transcended geeks and gadgets, a fact which was quite apparent following his death a few weeks ago when Apple […]
Continue reading...John Mayer reflects on Steve Jobs, recounts getting a pre-release iPhone
20. October 2011
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Apple yesterday held a special event celebrating the life and accomplishments of Steve Jobs on its Cupertino campus. As part of the 3 hour proceeding, and highlighting Jobs’ affinity for music, there were performances by Norah Jones and Coldplay. Looking back at some of the iPod media events Apple has held over the past few […]
Continue reading...AT&T announces over 1 million iPhone 4S activations
20. October 2011
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AT&T announced today that it’s already activated more than one million iPhone 4S’, making it their most successful iPhone launch in company history. “It’s no surprise that customers are clamoring for iPhone 4S,” AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega said in a press release, “and they want it to run on a network that […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook says Apple isn’t religious about “holding or not holding cash”
20. October 2011
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Apple’s cash on hand now checks in at $81 billion dollars. That’s insanely high and will only further encourage shareholders to clamor for either a dividend of a stock buyback. Apple of course is pretty conservative with its cash holdings. It doesn’t go out and buy companies half-heartedly and hasn’t issued a dividend in quite […]
Continue reading...Android’s new font, Roboto, looks awfully similar to Helvetica on the iPhone
20. October 2011
Google’s new premier smartphone – the Galaxy Nexus – features a new font dubbed Roboto. Now we’re not saying that Android derives a good deal of inspiration from iOS, but folks with a keener eye for fonts than we possess noticed that Google’s new system-wide font is awfully similar to Helvetica, the font Apple initially […]
Continue reading...Android’s Andy Rubin on Apple sans Steve Jobs, Siri, and more
20. October 2011
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Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin, who incidentally used to work for Apple, sat down on Wednesday with Walt Mossberg at the AsiaD conference to discuss, what else, Android and the latest Galaxy Nexus from Samsung. So while the bulk of the interview centered on Android and Google’s newly released Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, […]
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20. October 2011
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