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- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 3 (The Verdict) by Tarun
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- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 1 (The Motive) by Tarun
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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: Apple
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: The Trends and Challenges of the Touch Panel Industry →
Interesting look at different panel types used in popular tablet PC devices. Most important to note is the chokehold that Apple has on this industry. Via Digitimes: Many large cellphone brands such as Apple an HTC have been requesting for … Continue reading
Link: Dropbox Killer →
Arnold Kim: Apple has decided to move this one-to-one over to iCloud and is automatically signing up MobileMe users to the 20GB (+ 5GB free) tier plan in iCloud at no charge. We previously detailed the iCloud additional storage pricing … 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: Wireless Charging Demo →
This is the wireless charging concept previously patented by Apple a month ago. The company created a demo video using an iMac charging a keyboard, mouse and tablet simultaneously.
Weekly Download #7: Facebook and Design, Robots, Technology and Intelligence, Bing, Zune, Apple TV
This week’s show is a day early because of a certain concert that a certain co-host is attending. We talk Facebook and their recent efforts to beef up their design team; robots taking over the world; technology and its correlation … Continue reading
Link: Here We Go Again →
Like the Roman Empire, Apple eventually should decline. That’s a pretty safe statement — whatever goes up, must come down. Apple is no exception. Apple may be at a peak, but they do not necessarily have to have a marked … Continue reading
What Apple TV Should Be
Apple TV has always been considered a “hobby” for the firm. What should Apple TV be for the mass consumer market? Tarun discusses the relationship of streaming, instant content, and the future of Apple TV. Continue reading
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
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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: Foxconn to Replace a Portion of its Workers with 1 Million Robots →
Fixing poor working conditions with machines that can’t feel. Interesting.
Link: Apple Has More Cash than the USA →
A little over a decade ago, Apple was crawling on its knees. Now: According to the latest statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had an operating cash balance Wednesday of $73.8 billion. That’s still a lot of money, but … Continue reading
Weekly Download #6: MacBook Airs, Replacing Steve Jobs, 3D Tech, Google+, Sprint, Politics
If you want to get to the meaty stuff, you’ll want to skip the first 5 minutes–Tarun did not know that a certain food-service company went public, so his mind was blown. We discuss the new MacBook Airs; who could … Continue reading
Link: Sprint in a New Direction →
Sprint is the only major carrier without the iPhone (if you exclude T-Mobile, who may be bought by AT&T). This means that their low sales can be attributed to not having the iPhone… right? Wrong. Sprint lost their luster long … Continue reading
Link: Missing OS X 10.6? →
We are now 8 days into the new version of OS X and Apple has already sold over 1,000,000 copies of its newest operating system. Some people are more thrilled than others about all of the new features of Lion. … Continue reading
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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: How Low Can You Go? →
Mel Martin poses a question: [I]f you don’t have an iPad yet, would a cheaper tablet from Apple get you to the Apple Store? And if not, would an Android tablet and $250-$300 tempt you to try one? If I … 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: What is Microsoft’s “single ecosystem”? →
As the article points out, you can’t expect unification simply out of having a consistent UI. The underlying operating system and chip architecture are a couple of other things to think about. Apple has just now developed a consistent UI … 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: No Drama Replacement →
John Gruber: Everyone wants this to be an interesting story, but it’s not. There is no intrigue. If Jobs steps down in the foreseeable future his replacement will almost certainly be Tim Cook. Boring, but true. I like the thoughts … Continue reading
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
Weekly Download #5: Borders and E-Books, Apple Earnings, Smartphones, Intel
Borders bites the dust (maybe inevitably), Apple posts a phenomenal quarter because of great smart phone sales, and Intel is sadly struggling because they haven’t gotten into that smartphone space as effectively. This show could be sponsored by you – … 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