Archive | March, 2012
CBS CEO Leslie Moonves rebuffed Steve Jobs’ invitation to provide content for an Apple HDTV
Before Apple officially entered the phone business and the iPhone was nothing more than a rumor, people were skeptical of Apple’s ability to enter the phone business and succeed. After all, what the hell did Apple know about phones? Of course, the revolutionary iPhone made instant believers out of everyone and changed the smartphone landscape […]
Continue reading...What Regis McKenna told Steve Jobs in the wake of iPhone 4 antennagate
16. March 2012
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The antenna problems associated with the iPhone 4 were largely overblown. Nevertheless, the ongoing media frenzy that surrounded the iPhone 4 back in the Summer of 2010 was so negative that Apple was forced to act – and it did by offering free bumper cases to all iPhone 4 users. The reality is that customer […]
Continue reading...Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppleman looks just like George Clooney
16. March 2012
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Yelp went public two weeks ago, and as these things tend to go, the stock quickly rose up to $25ish a share, giving the online review site a valuation of $1.5 billion. Not too bad for a company still looking to deliver positive earnings. But we’re not here to talk about the merits of Yelp’s […]
Continue reading...The problem with advertising on Twitter and Facebook
15. March 2012
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Not every medium lends itself to advertising, even if we’re talking about tends if not hundreds of millions of active users. Sir Martin Sorrel insightfully points out: The point is that Facebook is a social medium, not an advertising one, like search or display. It certainly is one of the most powerful, if not the […]
Continue reading...Digg founder Kevin Rose to join Google
15. March 2012
Quite fascinatingly, Liz Gannes reports that Digg founder and all-around Web 2.0 maven Kevin Rose has been hired by Google. It remains unclear what Rose’s role within the company will be, but something social is undoubtedly a safe bet. The hiring comes at an interesting time, or perhaps not, given that Rose’s latest venture – […]
Continue reading...The iPad: A force to take on the Xbox and PS3
15. March 2012
During Apple’s iPad unveiling last week, Epic Games president Mike Capps took a few minutes to demo Infinity Blade: Dungeons, the latest installment of the exceedingly popular Infinity series. During the course of the demo, Capps mentioned that the new iPad “has more memory and a higher resolution than the Xbox 360 or the PS 3.” […]
Continue reading...An original Macintosh icon vs. a 512×512 iOS icon [Photo]
15. March 2012
Jesus Diaz put up a fascinating comparison of the 512×512 icons Apple currently uses on the Mac and iOS devices and the 16×16 icons Apple used on the original Mac. Absolutely incredible. Here are some more staggering numbers: 28 years ago, a monochrome icon on the Mac was 16 x 16 pixels. It only took […]
Continue reading...The Verge’s iPad third-gen review: “In a class by itself”
15. March 2012
You won’t find a more thorough review of the new iPad than Josh Topolsky’s piece for The Verge: Yes, this display is outrageous. It’s stunning. It’s incredible. I’m not being hyperbolic or exaggerative when I say it is easily the most beautiful computer display I have ever looked at. Perhaps it has something to do […]
Continue reading...Ahead of new iPad launch, Corporate Market shows enhanced interest in Apple’s tablet
15. March 2012
Apple was never one to cater to the corporate market, but in the iPad, they have a product that’s so appealing in its own right that the company is making inroads into market segments that were previously dominated by other companies. Highlighting this telling shift in support, a recent ChangeWave survey of 1,605 business IT buyers […]
Continue reading...Apple warns Hong Kong scalpers not to queue up outside
15. March 2012
Apple’s new iPad is set to launch in Hong Kong on Friday, and it’d be quite the understatement to say that Apple product launches there go off without a hitch. Unfortunately, scalpers are a big problem when it comes to Apple products as folks looking to make a quick buck are notorious for trying to […]
Continue reading...T-Mobile’s 4G network will be iPhone compatible
14. March 2012
Despite seemingly credible reports that T-Mobile would get the iPhone 4S, T-Mobile today remains the only major US carrier without Apple’s heralded smartphone. And T-Mobile will be the first to admit that it has had an effect on their bottom line. Just a few weeks ago, T-Mobile released their earnings report for Q4 2012 and […]
Continue reading...Al Jazeera to air documentary on Syrian unrest, shot entirely with an iPhone
14. March 2012
The civil unrest in Syria continues to grow as the corrupt government there continues its violent crackdown on its dissenting populous. The UN estimates that more than 7,500 individuals have been killed over the past few months by Syrian authorities. Later today, Al Jazeera will be broadcasting a documentary on the happenings in Syria that […]
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16. March 2012
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