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Tag Archives: apple
Link: Siri Reliability →
Marco Arment gives two reasons why Siri is not up to the Apple standard. I use Siri to make alarms, set calendar reminders, and occasionally check the weather. The service is pretty unreliable for me, perhaps because of the Apple … Continue reading
Weekly Download #27: Apple Earnings Call, iBooks Author, iPhone Supply Chain, RIM, Google+, Patent Laws, Regulation, Privacy
This week, Chris and Tarun discuss the Apple’s blockbuster earnings (as it was happening during the recording); iBooks author release; more on the iPhone supply chain; RIM’s cleaning of house; Google+ engagement numbers; Patent law uselessness; Storage sites being regulated; … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Android, Apple, Business, Design, e-books, Google, iOS, Microsoft, Mobile, News, Podcast, RIM, Social Networking
Tagged apple, ibooks, podcast
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Link: Perspective →
On Apple’s “record” Q4 Earnings: It was one of the most profitable quarters ever for any U.S. company, trailing only ExxonMobil’s record-setting $14.8 billion quarter from the fall of 2008, when oil prices were at an all-time high. (via John … Continue reading
Link: More On Patent Uselessness →
Apple really cares about its patents. So much so, that it has reportedly spent $100 million on protecting their IP. Except that the mobile landscape hasn’t really changed. People continue to produce property that infringes on Apple’s inventions, as if … Continue reading
Link: Thursday was Day 1 →
Jason Snell: I look at iBooks Author and wonder if it might be, even now, an alternative for publications that don’t want to build an app—or feel that the app they can afford to build won’t be very good. What … Continue reading
Link: Apple Releases iBooks Author →
Not quite “Garageband for textbooks,” but still interesting..
Weekly Download #26: Apple Event, SOPA & Blackouts, Google+ Search, Factory Conditions, Windows Phone
We discuss the upcoming Apple event on e-books (possibly textbooks); SOPA and the internet blackouts happening today (1/18); Google+ integration with Google search; Factory Conditions in Foxconn and other companies in China; why moving to the Windows Phone is a … Continue reading
Link: “Garageband for Textbook Publishing” →
Chris Foresman with the scoop from Ars: At the same time, however, authoring standards-compliant e-books (despite some promises to the contrary) is not as simple as running a Word document of a manuscript through a filter. The current state of … Continue reading
Link: “Store Within Store” Now At Target →
Apple shows no signs of slowing down its retail presence, who will be featured at 25 Target stores soon.
Link: ‘Retina’ Possibilities →
Eric Slivka interprets the announcement of Panasonic’s high resolution display as a preview of the technology to arrive on a MacBook Pro. Currently, Samsung and LG are the two makers of displays for the Pro and Air line.
Link: Beating the App Store Cutoff →
Apple’s Developer Portal will shutdown for the holidays on Thursday. Developers will not have any new apps accepted into the App Store for 8 days. Every year since the App Store opened this occurs and causes developer to scramble. As … Continue reading
Link: Microsoft Enters the iOS Game World →
It appears the folks at Microsoft even see the value in creating games for the mobile platform. Today Microsoft released its first iOS game. If you’re Nintendo, I’d suggest you take note…
Link: Apple’s Mac App Store Downloads Top 100 Million →
Apple: With more than 100 million downloads in less than a year, the Mac App Store is the largest and fastest growing PC software store in the world.
Link: Rethinking the Digital Future →
David Gelernter, a professor at Yale: Mr. Gelernter believes streams are a more intuitive, useful way to organize our digital lives, not least because, as the past and future run off either side of our screen, at the center is … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Computer Science, Design, Social Networking
Tagged apple, future, lifestream
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Link: iPhone 4S: Most Popular Cameraphone on Flickr →
The iPhone 4 remains at the top of all cameras, in general, for the site as well. (Pointed out by @RogerDodgerTM on Twitter, reported by MacRumors)
Link: Sony Trying TV Service →
Apparently the failings of Apple and Google to successfully create a TV solution that does not involve set-top boxes and cable providers isn’t stopping Sony from giving it a go. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sony is attempting … Continue reading
Link: Dropping Their Guard →
It is too early to tell whether Apple has loosened up or letting things slip through the cracks. The iPhone 4S, the only product to come post-Jobs, is built off of a strong predecessor. Apple still has solid supply chain management, a great foothold in the apps/music industry, and is dominating the tablet marketshare. This is the Apple we all know and expect. The real question here is — what do we do when Apple fails our expectations? Continue reading
Weekly Download #20: Apple Self-Checkout, Kindle Lending Library, Nook Tablet, Success in the App Store, Virtual Goods, Gaming
Tarun and Chris talk about Apple’s self checkout model; the new Kindle Lending Library; the Nook Tablet; How to be successful in the App Store; The value of virtual goods & Zynga; the continued influence of Apple on the gaming … Continue reading
Link: Apple Reduces Part Orders for 4Q11 →
Cage Chao for DIGITIMES: Apple has informed upstream suppliers of parts and components for iPhone 4S to delay part of their shipments for the fourth quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012 as sales of the iPhone 4S … Continue reading
Link: Concerns with Self-Checkout at Apple Stores →
Dan Frommer: So, is Apple just relying on the honor system? (Will it do spot-checks?) Or does it also have a Vegas casino-like security system in each of its stores? Neither would surprise me. I think that the scanning of … Continue reading
Link: The Biggest Influence on the Video Gaming Industry →
It isn’t Miyamoto.
Link: The Appillionaires →
Chris Stevens for Fast Company provides some tidbits from “Applillionares: Secrets From Developers Who Struck It Rich on the App Store“: “The closest thing I’ve seen to a ‘business model’ for marketing iPhone apps is to advertise like crazy until … Continue reading
Link: Skeumorphisms →
John Gruber comments on James Higgs’s post on the juxtaposition of leather-decorated apps on minimalist hardware. I think Gruber’s last statement is a great summary of why Apple chooses to perhaps go with this design philosophy: And as for the … Continue reading
Link: OS X Trojan Disables Updates →
It looks like there is a trojan that can now disable the automatic updating process for Apple’s anti-malware application. Hopefully a security update will available soon to fix the issue.
Link: Apple Falls Short →
Apple’s Q4 earning fell short of expectations for the first time in a while. Net profits are still up $2.32 Billion from this time last year. Another interesting note is that the iPod is down 27 percent from last year.