Archive | February, 2010
And the winner of Apple’s 10 billion song download contest is..
Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia who purchased “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash. Apple issued a press release commerating the event earlier today. “We’re grateful to all of our customers for helping us reach this amazing milestone,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “We’re proud that iTunes has become the […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs can’t drive 55
24. February 2010
Comments Off on Steve Jobs can’t drive 55
Steve Jobs turned 55 today. To celebrate, he dyed his hair black and grew a stache’. Oh, Steve, will you ever learn?
Continue reading...iTunes nets 10 billionth song download
24. February 2010
Comments Off on iTunes nets 10 billionth song download
While the iTunes App Store is busy getting all the accolades and causing competitors to have fits, the iTunes Music Store has quietly been trucking along, ratcheting up song download after download. Today, Apple announced that iTunes has now served over 10 billion song downloads. The individual who made the 10 billionth download, who has […]
Continue reading...Ngmoco CEO sees huge potential for the iPad
24. February 2010
Comments Off on Ngmoco CEO sees huge potential for the iPad
Things certainly seem to be firing on all cylinders over at Ngmoco, the popular iPhone game development company started by former EA employee Neil Young. Earlier this week, Ngmoco secured over $25 million in venture capital funding in addition to purchasing Freeverse, the development house behind some of the more popular iPhone games of all-time. […]
Continue reading...Comparing the Nexus One OLED screen to the iPhone’s LCD screen
24. February 2010
Comments Off on Comparing the Nexus One OLED screen to the iPhone’s LCD screen
By all accounts, the Nexus One’s OLED screen is breathtaking, but when you match it up with the iPhone’s LCD screen, which comes out on top? MobileCrunch has an in-depth comparison that’s worth checking out over here.
Continue reading...What’s wrong with this keyboard?
24. February 2010
Comments Off on What’s wrong with this keyboard?
A little ole’ fashioned prank.
Continue reading...Apple reportedly lays off 40 Final Cut team members
24. February 2010
Comments Off on Apple reportedly lays off 40 Final Cut team members
Two weeks ago, former Apple engineer and After Effects guru Pete Ward tweeted that Apple had let go of a good number of employees from the Final Cut team. Apple laid off 40 of my old Final Cut team yesterday, lots of good people, despite high profits. Apple can be pretty evil. Lest you be worried, […]
Continue reading...Video walk through of Photos app from iPad SDK 3.2
24. February 2010
Comments Off on Video walk through of Photos app from iPad SDK 3.2
Check out this interesting walk through of the photos app on the iPad, via the recently released 3rd beta of the iPhone SDK 3.2, which still remains iPad only. via 9to5Mac
Continue reading...Video of John Gruber’s top 10 list of Apple challenges from Macworld 2010
24. February 2010
Comments Off on Video of John Gruber’s top 10 list of Apple challenges from Macworld 2010
At Macworld 2010, John Gruber gave an insightful talk on 10 challenges facing Apple. You can check out a quick summary here, or watch the video in full below. Highly recommended.
Continue reading...iPhone 3.2 SDK points to front facing camera, video conferencing capabilities for the iPad
24. February 2010
Comments Off on iPhone 3.2 SDK points to front facing camera, video conferencing capabilities for the iPad
Days after 9to5Mac discovered icons and code in the iPhone 3.2 SDK that strongly hint at support for video chat and conferencing capabilities comes even more evidence from the third beta of the SDK courtesy of MacRumors. We’ve been told that if you go digging into Apple’s private framework which controls the camera, the iPad SDK […]
Continue reading...10 years later, Arnold Kim and MacRumors are still going strong
24. February 2010
Comments Off on 10 years later, Arnold Kim and MacRumors are still going strong
Wired has a nice profile up of MacRumors’ Arnold Kim, who today celebrates 10 years in the Apple rumor business. Kim, of course, famously started Mac Rumors while still a medical student, and the site would soon go on to become the most popular Apple blog on the web. Arnold Kim quit his job treating kidneys to dissect the secrets of […]
Continue reading...Latest iPhone Ad – Family Travel
24. February 2010
Comments Off on Latest iPhone Ad – Family Travel
Check out the latest iPhone ad from Apple, titled Family Travel. I actually saw it make an appearance during PTI yesterday, which, as you may or may not know, is temporarily sans Tony Kornheiser for his remarks about Hannah Storm’s outfit and Chris Berman’s weight.
Continue reading...
25. February 2010
Comments Off on And the winner of Apple’s 10 billion song download contest is..