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Gizmodo paid $10,000 for “lost” iPhone 4G
Update: Steve Jobs talks about Gizmodo, claims they tried to extort Apple The Internet is abuzz today with Gizmodo’s hands on preview of what appears to be Apple’s next-gen iPhone. In case you missed the build-up to the story, someone found a cased iPhone on the floor of a bar in Redwood City. From the […]
Continue reading...The density of Mac users across the US [Map]
18. April 2010
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Ever wonder where the highest density of Mac users are? Well wonder no more, friends. The folks over at Experian Simmons did a little survey work to come up with the above map detailing where the highest concentration of Mac users in the US are located. As you can tell above, Mac users tend to […]
Continue reading...What no Flash on the iPhone really means [Photo]
16. April 2010
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Continue reading...Back when Jonathan Ive had hair… and a mustache
14. April 2010
You might know Apple design guru Jonny Ive as the suave, aston martin driving mind behind iconic Apple products like the iPod and the iMac, but it wasn’t too long ago that he was a shaggy haired and mustachioed Brit talking about how a computer can be a sexy piece of machinery. Here he is […]
Continue reading...Bill Gates on Steve Jobs circa 1998: “He knows he can’t win”
13. April 2010
Back in 1998, Bill Gates was comfortably ruling Microsoft’s empire while Apple was bleeding cash and meekly attempting to stay in business. Now, 12 years later, Bill Gates is retired and Steve Jobs has masterfully transformed Apple into one of the most innovative, successful, and profitable tech companies in the world. While some of the […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs responds to criticism over changes in iPhone developers agreement
12. April 2010
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Apple created a virtual firestorm this weekend when news got out that Apple would no longer allow entry into the app store for apps that were created using cross-platform development tools. Rather, if you want to get on the iPhone, you better get up to speed on either C, C++, or Objective C. Gret Slepak, […]
Continue reading...Why Apple marches to the beat of their own drum
6. April 2010
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has a great post up detailing why a company should never listen to their customers. To be clear, this doesn’t mean that companies shouldn’t take customer feedback and complaints to heart, but rather that customer suggestions for new features shouldn’t be the driving force behind a new product or service. […]
Continue reading...In controlled test, iPhone’s capacitive touchscreen still reigns supreme
24. March 2010
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Back in January, the Moto Development Group tested the efficiency and accuracy of capacitive touchscreens across a number of devices. When the dust settled, the iPhone’s touchscreen reigned supreme. But not everyone was convinced that the testing was all that telling, particularly because it was done with a human finger, making the test prone to […]
Continue reading...A cheese sculpture of Steve Jobs.. WTF!
24. March 2010
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Imagine walking into a party and seeing this bad boy staring you in the face. An Apple fan named Ken with a passion for all things culinary decided to combine his 2 loves and create a block of cheese in the shape of Steve Jobs’ head. And no folks, this isn’t The Onion. And what […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs riding a 1966 BMW motorcycle
19. March 2010
In a pretty rare and none-too-often seen photograph from 1982, Steve Jobs can be seen cruising along on a 1966 BMW motorcycle. The photo originally ran in a 1982 National Geographic article titled “High Tech, High Risk, and High Life in Silicon Valley”. In the article, Jobs is quoted as wishing that the Apple computer […]
Continue reading...10% of Microsoft employees reportedly own iPhones
16. March 2010
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Even though Google is fast taking the lead, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more vibrant tech rivalry than Microsoft v. Apple, if only due to a historical competitiveness between two companies that stretches back more than 2 decades. If I may get nerdy on ya’ll for a second, I once tried to buy […]
Continue reading...Why Smule won’t be developing mobile apps for Android
10. March 2010
Apple’s App Store is in many ways the lynch-pin that helps the iPhone maintain its status as the top smartphone on the market. While competitors continue to mimic the iPhone’s UI, one area where companies like Google, RIM, and Palm have struggled is in creating an app store comparable to the massively successful iTunes App […]
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19. April 2010
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