Archive | January, 2009
Is the GarageBand Lesson Store the next big thing?
TechCrunch reports that the GarageBand Lesson Store could be the next big thing: Apple’s Lesson Store is the perfect compromise. Each lesson offers a lengthy video of the artist discussing how to play their song section by section, which is displayed alongside the music being played (either in tab or traditional notation) and a diagram [...]
Continue reading...iMovie ’09 Video Stabalization [Video]
27. January 2009
Check out this video of iMovie ’09 handling video stabalization to fix some otherwise jerky footage: iMovie ’09 stabilization test from Beau Colburn on Vimeo.
Continue reading...Apple-IBM disupte resolved: Mark Papermaster to begin work at Apple this April
27. January 2009
Apple announced today that former IBM employee Mark Papermaster will begin work at Apple on April 24th, and will report directly to Steve Jobs. If you recall, Papermaster was initially recruited away from IBM to head up the vacancy left by Tony Fadell in Apple’s iPod division. IBM subsequently began litigation to prevent this, claiming [...]
Continue reading...Apple releases iPhone 2.2.1 Software Update
27. January 2009
Apple today released an iPhone software update that addresses stability problems when browsing Safari, and fixes a glitch when attempting to save images from Mail into the iPhone camera roll. The update is free for all iPhone users.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs Interview in Playboy – 24 years later
27. January 2009
Playboy recently published online an interview they conducted with Steve Jobs in January of 1985. The interview offers a unique perspective into the mind of a then 29 year old Steve Jobs as he gives his thoughts and opinions on a broad number of topics ranging from how he met Steve Wozniak, his travels in [...]
Continue reading...Break your iPhone Screen.. On Purpose
27. January 2009
A soon to be released iPhone app lets users break their iPhone screens and blow up icons on the iPhone homepage. Check out this slightly over-produced video about the new app, aptly titled “Fracture.” It seems pretty cool, and looks gimmicky (read: fun) enough to become a hot selling app in no time. It’s also [...]
Continue reading...Man buys iPod, finds 60 pages of US Military information
27. January 2009
A New Zealand man recently purchased an iPod and was shocked to discover that his newly purchased device not only didn’t work, but contained an abundance of secret US Military information ranging from information about US military personnel to information about specific military missions. Yikes! ArsTechnica has more on the story over here.
Continue reading...iLife ’09 shipping and in stores
27. January 2009
Users who pre-ordered iLife ’09 have found that their orders have already shipped, and copies of Apple’s latest iLife update can now, reportedly, be found at Best Buy. It will be interesting to see what the reviews of iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand are like. When we went to Best Buy yesterday in search of a [...]
Continue reading...Latest iPhone Ad features new applications
27. January 2009
Apple’s latest iPhone ad features applications that can help you find a cab in any city in the world, figure out how to divy up a check, and even use your iPhone as a level to help you balance a bookshelf. While these apps aren’t new to the app store, they’re the latest in a [...]
Continue reading...Apple awarded multi-touch patent
27. January 2009
Apple was recently awarded a patent on its application for a “Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics.” The patent application, as a whole, stretches back to 2006 and covers a wide variety of multi-touch implementations on the iPhone. With the granting of this patent, which comes in [...]
Continue reading...Funny comment spam
26. January 2009
I got some amusing comment spam earlier today. It reads, “I think your blog need a new wordpress template. Downalod it from http://genericwpthemes.com. The site has nice and unique wordpress templates” Aside from the obvious misspelling of the word ‘Download’, how stupid do you have to be to advertise “nice and unique” wordpress templates with [...]
Continue reading...Interviews with Andy Hertzfeld and Steve Wozniak [Video]
26. January 2009
Check out this video interview with one of the key software developers of the original Macintosh, Andy Hertzfeld. Part of that spirit of.. the original Macintosh was the open ended nature, it was not a finished product, but a vehicle to put your own creativity to… More than any specific design element, it’s the spirit [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs demos the first Macintosh [video]
25. January 2009
Check out this clip of Steve Jobs, sporting an interesting bowtie, demoing the first Mac back in 1984. Note the humor in the presentation, the jab at IBM, and the audience reaction to Jobs’ showmanship and the Mac itself. It’s extremely reminiscent of when Steve Jobs first introduced and demoed the iPhone in 2007. If [...]
Continue reading...Flashback: Steve Jobs writes on the original Mac
25. January 2009
25 years ago, Apple introduced the Macintosh computer to the world. 25 years ago, Steve Jobs wrote a brief essay in Macworld about the work done on and the significance of the Macintosh. The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for [...]
Continue reading...A different point of view – Maybe Apple wasn’t threatening Palm after all
24. January 2009
Daniel Eran Dilger of RoughlyDrafted has an interesting article up arguing that Tim Cook did not, in fact, make a thinly veiled threat against Palm. While most other tech sites are already up in arms predicting litigation between the two tech companies (and showing no knowledge of the patent system in the process), Dilger takes [...]
Continue reading...Zune sales drop by 54%, down $100 million from last year
24. January 2009
All is not well over in Redmond. Fresh off the news that Microsoft would be laying off 5,000 employees, Engadget dug up an interesting tidbit in Microsofts quarterly filing that sheds some light on everyone’s favorite brown MP3 player. According to figures released by Microsoft, revenue from Zune sales decreased by $100 million from the [...]
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27. January 2009
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