Archive | April, 2010
When Steve Jobs posed for the inaugural issue of Macworld
The first ever issue of Macworld is a classic. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dressed in a pinstripe suit, standing over one the most revolutionary products in the history of tech – the original Mac. But as with most things involving Steve Jobs, the story behind the photoshoot is filled with all the requisite drama and […]
Continue reading...Apple fires engineer who let Woz play around with 3G iPad
28. April 2010
Remember this Santa Clausian photo of Steve Wozniak holding an iPad 3G a few weeks back? Well it turns out that Apple recently fired the engineer who let Woz play around with the iPad for a few minutes, presumably because he wasn’t allowed to show the device to anyone. Woz recently spoke about what transpired: […]
Continue reading...Rihanna sexes it up with an iPhone on Italian cover of Vanity Fair
27. April 2010
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Rihanna sexes it up with an iPhone on the April 2010 cover of Moda, the Italian edition of Vanity Fair. via iPhone Savior
Continue reading...What Adobe can do to get Flash on the iPhone
27. April 2010
Louis Gerbarg of devwhy nails it: If Adobe actually wants to persuade Apple to support Flash on iPhone (either as a plugin or compiled to native apps), I know how they can do it. They can get an awesome, high performance, Flash environment working on Android, and get a bunch of great Flash apps running on […]
Continue reading...Volume of app downloads on iTunes over 10x greater than on BlackBerry App World
27. April 2010
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RIM CEO Jim Balsillie revealed today that RIM’s BlackBerry App World has about 20 million registered users who download approximately 1 million apps daily. Apple’s iTunes App Store, in contrast, sees anywhere from 10 to 20 million app downloads every single day. Compounding things for RIM is that BlackBerry App World only has 5,000 or […]
Continue reading...Level headed Q&A about the iPhone/Gizmodo warrant
27. April 2010
With one side yelling that Gizmodo should burn in hell, and the other screaming that Apple is more evil than the smoke monster from LOST, it’s nice to finally see a level headed discussion of the pertinent issues surrounding the recent search and seizure of electronic equipment from the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen. […]
Continue reading...Confirmed: Apple purchased ARM design company “Intrinsity”
27. April 2010
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So long PA Semi, hello Intrinsity. Confirming earlier reports, Apple today finalized a deal to acquire Inrinsity, an ARM design company well-regarded for their lower power designs. Impressively, Intrinsity designs were recently EDN Innovation Aware finalists “in both the microprocessor and Innovator categories.” The purchase price for Intrinsity was reportedly $121 million, and the NYT notes […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Steve Jobs to appear at All Things D Conference in June
27. April 2010
Valleywag is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has tentatively agreed to take the stage at this year’s All Things D Conference scheduled to take place later this June. An appearance at D would not only speak to Jobs’ continuing physical vitality but also his willingness to grapple with some of the thorny new controversies […]
Continue reading...Apple reported iPhone 4G stolen, not lost
27. April 2010
With all the arm chair lawyers getting out of their seats and discussing the merits of the seizure of items from Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s home, it might be a good time to throw a fact into the equation. According to the Wall Street Journal, the police investigation and subsequent warrant for Chen’s home was […]
Continue reading...Jenna Jameson uses an iPad [Photo]
27. April 2010
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Adult film actress Jenna Jameson, who recently filed domestic abuse charges against her boyfriend and former UFC champ Tito Ortiz, has been up to some controversial tweeting as of late, dissing Ortiz’s rival Chuck Liddell any chance she can get get. You know, just innocent stuff about Chuck being a recovering alcoholic and all. But […]
Continue reading...Apple as a moral authority, keeping porn off the iPhone
27. April 2010
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There are so many Steve Jobs emails these days it’s becoming tough to keep up. One particularly noteworthy exchange that we missed last week happened in the wake of Apple’s rejection, and subsequent acceptance, of Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mark Fiore’s iPhone app, NewsToons. If you recall, Apple initially rejected the app because it satirized […]
Continue reading...Facebook Videos go HTML 5, now iPad and iPhone compatible
27. April 2010
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So long, Flash error messges! MacStories reports that uploaded videos on Facebook will now be played back in HTML 5, thus making them viewable on the iPad and iPhone. Videos uploaded before the recent change, however, will still require the Flash plugin for the time being.
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28. April 2010
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