Tag Archive | "politics"

Apple rejects “Throw a shoe at George W. Bush” iPhone app

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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Apple recently rejected a Pakistani developers iPhone application that lets users use the iPhone’s accelerometer to hurl a virtual shoe at former President George W. Bush.  If you recall, in the weeks preceding Bush’s tenure as President, he was giving a speech in Iraq when a journalist popped up and threw a shoe at him.  […]

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Obama team used to working on Macs are shocked to find antiquated Windows systems in the White House

Saturday, January 24, 2009

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The Washington Post had an interesting article earlier this week highlighting some of the technological hurdles the Obama team is encountering as it begins to set up shop in the White House. One member of the White House new-media team came to work on Tuesday, right after the swearing-in ceremony, only to discover that it […]

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Clarence Thomas sleeping during the inauguration?

Saturday, January 24, 2009

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Not on topic, but this was too funny to pass up.

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Obamafy yourself with Photo Booth

Friday, December 26, 2008

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If any of you left-leaning Mac users have some time to kill, check out this Photo Booth plugin that mimics Obama’s ‘Hope’ poster. The plugin was created by Dubi Kaufmann and can be downloaded (with instructions) from his website.  And sorry Tiger/Panther users, the plugin only works with Leopard.

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Apple nixes GPS on iPhone for Egyptian customers

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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In order to get the iPhone 3G into Egypt, Apple had to kill one of its newest features: GPS.  Apparently, the Egyptian government was afraid that iPhone users would be able to use their iPhone to pinpoint sensitive locations such as government buildings and military bases.  I’m not sure if this makes much sense because […]

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Obama Campaign has Mac fever

Friday, November 7, 2008

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The Un-Official John McCain iPhone App

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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This is hilarious.  Good thing Apple released that SDK, eh?

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