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Jon Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs is “personally responsible for killing the music business” – Here’s why he’s wrong
So many song titles to riff off of, it’s hard to know where to start. Well, here goes. Not only does rocker Jon Bon Jovi give love a bad name, he’s now taken to trashing iTunes and Steve Jobs as well. The Bon Jovi front man recently lamented the changing landscape of the music buying […]
Continue reading...Why movie trailers always appear on Apple’s website
10. March 2011
Apple’s movie trailer page is not only a great spot to check out previews for upcoming flicks, but is often the first spot on the web where movie trailers even appear. But why is that the case? Tackling the question, former Apple web designer and developer Chad Little – whose first position within Apple was […]
Continue reading...The lunacy of Steve Jobs’ “reality distortion field”
4. March 2011
Steve Jobs has charisma. He has panache. Hell, he might even be the most interesting guy in the world. Whatever you wanna call it, Jobs has an uncanny ability to pitch a product in a way that makes you think “Man, my funds are running low, but jeez, I gotta pick me up one of […]
Continue reading...New “All My Files” icon in OS X Lion pays homage to Steve Jobs
3. March 2011
“All My Files” is a brand new feature in OS X Lion that helps a user organize all of his/her files with a number of different sorting options. While that might sound boring, the icon for the new feature is anything but. If you zoom in on the icon you can see that the virtual files, […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs reminisces about building illegal blue boxes with Woz [Video]
25. February 2011
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A great video find of a bearded Steve Jobs (with a curious blue denim button-up) reminiscing about the good ole’ days he spent with Woz tinkering with and building illegal blue boxes to make free telephone calls around the world. We were so fascinated by them that Woz and i actually figured out how to […]
Continue reading...Apple products appeared in 30% of Number One films in 2010
25. February 2011
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It’s really hard to watch TV these days and not see Apple products adorn the screen. From Entourage to The Office and 30 Rock, iMacs and iPhones are often on full display. Apple’s pervasive product placement also occurs on the silver screen, with brandchannel reporting that of the 33 number one films in the US […]
Continue reading...An Apple retail store employee tells us what it’s like on the inside
21. February 2011
Apple likes to keep a tight lid on things, including its employees who are often forbidden from blogging (at least in their official capacity) and from otherwise letting anyone know what they’re working on. This culture of secrecy even extends down to Apple’s retail employees, which is what makes the following expose all the more […]
Continue reading...Hilarious iPad 2 hands on review [Video]
21. February 2011
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Yes, the iPad 2 hasn’t launched yet, but this uber-creative spoof review of Apple’s next-gen iPad courtesy of Eskild E. Fors and Anders Overgaard is absolutely hilarious and must be seen in its entirety. We can’t recommend this enough! via exkild
Continue reading...“We are Apple (Leading the Way)” – 1984 promotional video
16. February 2011
Check out this ridiculous and in-house produced Apple Mac (or Lisa??) promo released back in ’84. If you’re in need of a laugh, check out the dude at the 2:48 mark who’s walking around holding a Lisa computer like a damned laptop!
Continue reading...Video of 24 year old Steve Jobs prepping for his first Television appearance circa 1978
9. February 2011
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In a never before seen clip that surfaced just a few days ago, a 24-year old Steve Jobs is seen prepping and getting mic’d up for what may very well have been his first Television appearance, circa 1978. Visibly nervous, Jobs is excited when he sees his image on a nearby monitor, and at one point even asks, […]
Continue reading...Mac Plus + iPad + Helmet = One creative DJ
3. February 2011
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Move over Pauly D, there’s a new DJ in town and his name is DJ Kid Chameleon. Now there’s unquestionably an abundance of DJ’s who fall under the Techno/Electronica genre, and in our humble, albeit limited experience, the bulk of them are all interchangeable. Except, of course, for DJ Kid Chameleon. So what makes this […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs and the original spinning beach ball of death [Photo]
1. February 2011
There’s nothing more frustrating to a Mac OS X user than the dreaded spinning Beach Ball of death. Steve Jobs, though, doesn’t seem to mind at all. Pictured above is a young Jobs kicking around a Beach Ball at a 1987 NeXT company retreat. The spinning beach ball of death, which is technically referred to […]
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16. March 2011
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