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- WWDC 2012: The Train Keeps on Rollin' by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 3 (The Verdict) by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 2 (The Experience) by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 1 (The Motive) by Tarun
- A Month With Metro for Xbox 360 by Chris
- 2012 by Tarun
- Redefining Reading and Sharing: Flipboard for iPhone by Tarun
- Dropping Their Guard by Tarun
- Design Unification with Google Apps by Tarun
Podcasts
- Weekly Download #38: Google I/O, Podcasts.app, Mansfield
- Weekly Download #37: WWDC, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone 8
- Weekly Download #36: Nokia's Abysmal Quarter, More on Instagram, Sony, Nest, Apple & Gaming, Patents
- Weekly Download #35: RIM, IE, iPad, Lumia and Windows Phone 7.5
- Weekly Download #34: Windows Phone, Google, RIM
- Weekly Download #33: the New iPad, Apple TV, Draw Something, Mike Daisey
- Weekly Download #32: Apple "New iPad" Press Conference Event
- Weekly Download #31: iPad 3, Google Goggles, T-Mobile, Facebook, iFactory, Chomp, Microsoft, Nokia, Siri
- Weekly Download #30: Mountain Lion, iPads, Browser Cookies, Nook, Playbooks, Blackberry
- Weekly Download #29: iPad 3, Apple TV, Patent Uselessness, Facebook, Bing & Social, Google's Living Room
Category Archives: iOS
Link: Nintendo Investors want Apps →
In our podcasts we’ve discussed the fact that Nintendo needs to focus on software and not hardware. It appears that the investors of Nintendo are agreeing with us! “They just don’t get it,” MF Global FXA Securities Ltd. said in … Continue reading
Cutting the Keyboard
With tablets becoming a popular computing tool, Tarun muses the concept of cutting the keyboard from devices we use everyday. Do we need a keyboard as a primary input? Will virtual keyboards be the standard in 10-20 years? Continue reading
Link: iPhone as a Primary Gaming Platform →
Definitely the direction things are going. Keep in mind the major console producers’ (sans Microsoft) missteps as of late.
Link: Skype Now Available on iPad →
After a long wait for many users, Skype is now available on the iPad. The new iPad optimized version of Skpe utilizes the front and back cameras built into the iPad 2. Video calls can be made over 3G or … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iOS, Mobile
Tagged calls, communications, messaging, skype, video, video conference
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Link: Samsung vs Apple (Round ?) →
There is an ongoing patent dispute between Apple and Samsung that has certainly taken an interesting turn. Samsung is stopping the sale of its new Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia until it figures out what is going to happen with … Continue reading
Link: EA: Our Fastest Growing Platform Is the iPad →
John Riccitiello, EA CEO: Consoles used to be 80% of the industry as recently as 2000. Consoles today are 40% of the game industry, so what do we really have? We have a new hardware platform and we’re putting out … Continue reading
Link: Cannibals →
Horace Dediu graphs the cannibalization that the iPad has on the Mac, but notes that the Mac market is still growing 7.5 times the rate of Windows PCs. The numbers show that the iPad is becoming the new standard for … Continue reading
Link: eBooks on iPad →
Apple’s recently updated App Store in-app purchases policy change seems to be causing some strife in the eBooks app world. It appears the Google Books app is no longer available and the Kobo reader app was informed it could no … Continue reading
Link: Lynda.com →
Shout out to a great service used at Indiana University. The software training they provide is unmatched. The app is a great solution for mobile training, too.
Link: Siri Surfaces →
I love the idea of a personal assistant, but speech recognition technology is not sophisticated enough. A real assistant would be able to recognize context with the thought stream you convey. Siri does a decent job at this, but the … Continue reading
Link: Apple Changing Up Corporate America →
“Apple sold 33 million iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches, just a 6% less than under the estimated second-quarter shipments of personal computers from Hewlett Packard, Dell, and Lenovo- combined.” It appears the “Post-PC” era Apple continues to talk about is … Continue reading
Link: Schmidt Makes Dig at Apple →
Yesterday in a post about HTC’s falling share prices I said things would start to get interesting. Well, today Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has come out and said: “We have seen an explosion of Android devices entering the market and, … Continue reading
Link: HTC Shares Tumble; Patents to Blame? →
It’s no secret that the competition between Apple and Google is quite intense, but things may have just heated up a little bit more. With Apple winning the initial patent dispute between it and HTC things could get very interesting. … Continue reading
Link: LTE Not the End of Carrier Separation →
For a year or so my friends and I have enthusiastically awaited the arrival of real “4G”. When I say this, I mean LTE. Carriers are using all kinds of gimmicks and tricks to call their networks 4G, but the … Continue reading
Link: The VideoChatting Madness →
With all of the recent talk about video chatting I felt it was important to give the readers close comparison between all of the services that are currently out there. We have talked about many of these services in the … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apple, Facebook, Google, iOS, Social Networking
Tagged facebook, facetime, Google Hangout, skype, social networking, video, video chatting, videochat, youtube
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Verizon Begins Tiered Data
For anyone looking to start a new Verizon contract should be aware that Verizon started their tiered data packages today. The new plans allow customers to purchase a wide range of data options. As many observers will note, this has … Continue reading
Link: A Bit of Cell Phone History →
Today marks the 20 year anniversary of the first cell phone call over the GSM standard. This may not seem like a big deal, but GSM is now the dominant technology across the globe. The GSM standard has come a long way … Continue reading
Link: Designing For Android →
tap tap tap: For those of you asking if we plan to port our apps to Android, read this article and you’ll likely have your answer iOS = one resolution type. Android = free for all. The support for apps … Continue reading
Link: HP Licensing its Mobile OS →
WebOS maker HP has is reportedly set to start licensing its mobile operating systems to other manufactures. Both Microsoft and Google already sell their respective operating systems to multiple manufacturers. This could be a great move for the company for … Continue reading
Link: Swiffy →
This is excellent news for iOS, and the video looks stunning on this small example. I wonder if this is just as good in converting larger, obtuse Flash files like banking websites; etc. In any case, a browser plug-in would … Continue reading