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Ukrainian Secretary of Defense Rasa Bogatyreva plagiarizes Steve Jobs’ Stanford graduation speech
We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas, Steve Jobs once famously said. And even more famous than that quote is Jobs’ entire 2005 commencement address at Stanford where the Apple CEO delivered an inspiring speech that traced his life as a young tech enthusiast all the way up to his bout with Cancer […]
Continue reading...Man brings goat into Apple retail store [Video]
1. August 2011
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Mark Malkoff had an interesting observation. As far as he could tell, customers in Apple retail stores could do whatever they wanted. In fact, Apple gave customers so much leeway that it seemingly welcomed patrons to sing songs, record online videos, and even bring in housepets. Malkoff had even heard rumors of Apple Store patrons […]
Continue reading...Mac propaganda at McDonalds [Photo]
26. July 2011
Yes folks, Macs just work – and this free wi-fi setup guide from an Australian McDonalds really drives the point home. It really can’t get any simpler than this: Step 1. Click On Airport icon. Step 2. Select “McDonalds FREE Wi-Fi” from the list of available networks. Step 3. Open your browser. via Twitpic
Continue reading...Behind the scenes of the Nortell patent auction – Google bids Pi as Apple and Microsoft seek to weaken Android
2. July 2011
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Earlier this week, Apple was part of a consortium of tech heavyweights that won an auction for over 6,000 Nortel patents. The final and winning bid came in at $4.5 billion and came from a grouping of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, and Sony. Left outside in the cold were both Intel and Google. Interestingly […]
Continue reading...Apple co-opting third-party app features in iOS 5: Fair or Foul?
13. June 2011
Apple’s iOS 5 update brings with it a number of long sought after changes, from a revamped notification system to the ability to use the volume button to take a photo. The unfortunate but inevitable fallout that results from a major iOS update like this is that Apple often replicates the functionality of third party […]
Continue reading...Before New Balance, Steve Jobs wore Adidas
11. May 2011
It’s almost become a running joke. If you see Steve Jobs, you can bet your bottom dollar he’s wearing Levis, a black turtleneck, and of course, his patented New Balance sneakers. Indeed, it’s hardly a surprise that this is the style MicGadget styled their Steve Jobs action figure after. Of course, Apple ended up taking […]
Continue reading...If iPad sales were counted as Mac/PC sales [Chart]
4. May 2011
With the emphatic arrival of the iPad, there’s been growing talk of the iPad being a post PC device ushering in a new post PC era. Indeed, PC sales are beginning to slow down, with new data from Gartner relaying that PC shipments have been declining for three straight quarters here in the US. So […]
Continue reading...A poem about the iOS location-tracking “scandal”
28. April 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall In iOS 4 some data was found that made people think Apple was following them around location data for months on end people were pissed at Apple, this wasn’t pretend Consolidated.db was the name of the file but the truth of the matter was that it had been around for awhile helping detectives […]
Continue reading...How to use the Grep command in Terminal to cheat at Scrabble and Words With Friends
13. April 2011
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Terminal is an Apple utility that gives users control over their Mac via a command line, enabling them to use Unix commands to accomplish all sorts of tasks. For instance, you might be surprised to learn that you can play games like Tetris and Pong from within the terminal app. But today we’re going to […]
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...MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman says iOS users are more likely to purchase content than Android owners
4. April 2011
Android may have surpassed both Apple and RIM in smartphone marketshare, but app monetization on the Android platform is still not as easy as it is for Apple’s lineup of iOS devices. Part of the problem, of course, is Android fragmentation. With a slew of Android handsets out in the marketplace, developers have to account […]
Continue reading...Wife says no to iPad 2, but Apple says ‘Yes’
22. March 2011
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A charming story about, of all things, an iPad 2 return. With the iPad 2 still a new product, Apple is paying especially close attention to the reasons underlying product returns to better detect potential product defects. [Apple’s] focus this week has been to troubleshoot all the iPad 2s that customers are returning to the […]
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3. August 2011
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