Category Archives: Apple

Link: A View From The Top →

Erik Slivka, Macrumors: Samsung and HTC lead the Android pack and have experienced very strong growth, but each company’s smartphone shipments remains about half that of Apple’s. People vote with their wallets.

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Key Remarks from Siracusa’s Review of 10.7

Siracusa’s brilliant review is not for the faint hearted. Luckily, Tarun has broken it down page by page so you can wrap your mind around some of the highlight’s of the newest Mac OS, 10.7 or Lion. Continue reading

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Link: MacBook Airs Become Everyday Machines →

With 4GB standard and a multi-threaded processor, the MacBook Air has replaced the bottom end of the Apple laptop line. Not a bad bottom end, either.

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Link: 27,000 Words As An E-Book →

John Siracusa’s review of Lion is available as an e-book for $4.99. Peter Cohen provides some perspective.

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Link: Lion: Now Available →

As promised (and rumored), Mac OS 10.7 Lion is available on the Mac App store for download. (You could buy the USB disk for $69, though, which answers many of the lingering questions for people who own Macs in areas … Continue reading

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Link: OS X Lion Coming to the App Store July 20 →

During Apple’s Q3 Conference call it was revealed that Lion will launch on July 20.  There was no set time frame mentioned during the call, just that it was happening tomorrow.  The upgrade will be 29.99 and weighs in at … Continue reading

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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

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Link: MacDonald’s →

Peter Oppenheimer, Apple CFO: Apple Retail has been in business for 10 years. During this period, we have had over 1 billion visitors through our doors, many of whom are new to the Mac, as the Apple Store is the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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iOS + Mac OS = 10.7

Chris provides his take of the new Mac OS, 10.7 “Lion”. Continue reading

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Building an Ecosystem

Microsoft is crafting Windows 8 to be the first OS that unifies their mobile and PC platforms. For Apple, this concept is old hat. So, what does it take to create an ecosystem and is Microsoft ready to handle the challenge? Continue reading

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Link: What Else Is New? →

Of course, Microsoft is chasing Apple, which has more than 320 stores, including 86 abroad. Microsoft actually was once ahead of Apple on the retail front, opening its first retail store in 1999 at the Metreon shopping center in San … Continue reading

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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

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Link: Wireless Charging →

Arnold Kim: Apple describes a scenario where your iMac could be the source of this resonance power to provide a virtual charging area in front of your computer. Keyboards, mice and even mobile electronic devices like the iPhone or iPad … Continue reading

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Link: Jesus Diaz’s (Gizmodo) Review of 10.7 →

My main reply to this review is that Mr. Diaz doesn’t get it: Lion is designed to be the final piece of the iOS-ification puzzle of the new Apple era. Without iOS 5, the operating system’s main feature — deep … Continue reading

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Link: Notetaking In The Future? →

Yes, patent applications are just ideas that may never get implemented, but the concept is pretty cool: Meanwhile, a second filing for a “Communicating Stylus,” describes a stylus that includes a position sensing device such as an accelerometer, a tip … Continue reading

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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

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Link: Apple’s App Store Hits 15 Billion Downloads →

Eric Silvka, MacRumors: The milestone puts the App Store essentially on par with Apple’s iTunes Music Store, which the company announced as having reached 15 billion downloads at its Worldwide Developers Conference one month ago.

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Sitting on its Laurels

Apple has a lot of cash, but they certainly have plans for it. Tarun provides some insights to what Apple may do over the next few years with their extra capital. Continue reading

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Apple Seeds OS X Lion “Golden Master”

This morning Apple has pushed out its “Golden Master” version of Mac OS X 10.7, Lion, to developers.  Lion was announced back in October of 2010 slated for release “Summer 2011.” At Apple’s Word Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) it was … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Link: Samsung Seeks Ban on Apple Products Sale in U.S. →

Why don’t you reallocate your funding from legal to development, instead?

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The Answer to Facebook

“When one stands on the tallest mountain, all of the others seem small.” How can Facebook’s monumental incumbency be overthrown, and what does it take to create a successor to the social network? Continue reading

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