Archive | March, 2009
The Hottest iPods you’ll ever see
Classic: A fourth generation iPod Different girl, but same beautiful iPod SI Swimsuit Model Marisa Miller chillin with a fifth generation Video iPod. The iPod goes Retro.
Continue reading...Apple is all up in Microsoft’s head as Microsoft takes jab at Apple pricing in new commercial
27. March 2009
In Microsoft’s latest commercial, a girl goes looking for a 17inch laptop priced under $1000. If she can find one that meets her criteria, Microsoft foots the bill. At one point in the commercial, the girl goes into an Apple Store only to come out and say that the only sub-$1000 laptop for sale had [...]
Continue reading...Thursday Evening Link Roundup
26. March 2009
Palm Pre not going to be sold at Best Buy? – PreCentral (Palm is bleeding money, and they desperately need the Pre to be a runaway hit. Palm should do everything it can to get it into as many retail locations as possible, Sprint be damned!) John Carmack on porting Wolfenstein over to the iPhone [...]
Continue reading...BlackBerry App Store expected to launch on April 1
26. March 2009
Unless its some sort of lame April Fools joke, BusinessWeek is reporting that RIM’s attempt at an app store will go “live” on April 1. On Apr. 1, Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of Research in Motion, is expected to take the stage at the wireless industry’s annual trade show in Las Vegas and open the virtual [...]
Continue reading...Apple officially announces WWDC dates: June 8-12
26. March 2009
Apple today officially announced that this years Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place from June 8 to June 12. If you purchase tickets for the conference before April 24, it’ll cost you $1295.00. Afterwards, the price goes up by $300. As Apple likes to advertise, last years event sold out, so get em’ while [...]
Continue reading...Is this an example of too *much* technology?
26. March 2009
From a BusinessWeek article discussing some of the innovative OS features of the Palm Pre: So Palm set out to create software that would require no synching with a PC, and that would solve problems only a phone in your pocket could solve. For example, because the devices would combine access to GPS, online maps, [...]
Continue reading...Tiered pricing on iTunes to hit on April 7
26. March 2009
Well, we all knew it was coming sooner or later. The LA Times is reporting that the tiered pricing system for iTunes, which was announced earlier this year at Macworld, will go into effect on April 7. Under the tiered pricing system, record labels will be able to sell tracks for as low as 69 [...]
Continue reading...It’s Official: Apple inks iPhone deal with China Unicom
25. March 2009
The iPhone is finally coming to China. China Unicom on Wednesday confirmed that they have signed a deal with Apple to officially bring the iPhone to China starting on May 17th. China Unicom has over 150 million phone subscribers, and is the second largest mobile provider in China, coming in behind China Mobile which has [...]
Continue reading...“Woz goes Wild” – Monkey see Monkey do
25. March 2009
Oh man, you gotta check out these pics of Woz dancing, accompanied by look-alike photos from the animal kingdom. Here’s a taste of what you’re in for. You can take a look at the entire, and eerily accurate, collection of pictures over here. It’s definitely worth checking out!
Continue reading...Apple considers unveiling new UI in Snow Leopard developer builds
25. March 2009
Snow Leopard has long been touted as an OS X upgrade focusing primarily on core OS improvements such as system performance and efficiency. Some of the under the hood improvements expected in OS X 10.6 include a new Finder completely re-written in Cocoa, 64 bit support, Quicktime X, and support for multi-core processors and GPU [...]
Continue reading...Woz survives another week on “Dancing with the Stars” [Video]
25. March 2009
Woz survived the latest round of Dancing with the Stars even though the judges said his version of the Samba was one of the worst they’ve ever seen. Ouch! Well, at least it looks like Woz is having fun. Check out the video below.
Continue reading...Malware on the Mac: Caught on Tape [Video]
25. March 2009
Check out how these mofos attempt to spread a new RSplug Trojan horse to Mac users: via Sophos
Continue reading...Blockbuster announces TiVo deal, says Apple deal in the works
25. March 2009
Reuters reports: Blockbuster Inc plans to let TiVo Inc subscribers download movies to their home televisions from its online movie library, in the latest deal aimed at broadening the brand to computers and other gadgets. Under the deal announced on Wednesday, most TiVo users with high-speed Internet service will be able to view movies offered [...]
Continue reading...Why Scott Moritz is an idiot
24. March 2009
Usually when I come across an asinine article from an established website, I title it “So and so gets paid to write for <Insert Publication>?’ But I thought I’d spicen things up a bit this time and call a spade a spade. Scott Moritz may very well be a smart guy, but he’s clearly un-qualified [...]
Continue reading...iPhone cleans up at IGF Mobile Awards
24. March 2009
Last year the iPhone wasn’t even considered a gaming platform, which makes its dominating performance at this years IGF Mobile Awards that much more impressive. Out of 7 categories in the competition, games developed for the iPhone and iPod Touch took home prizes in 6. Keep in mind that IGF stands for the Independent Games [...]
Continue reading...iPhone accounts for 50% of US Smartphone traffic, 33% of Worldwide Smartphone traffic
24. March 2009
Check out the most recent data of February smartphone traffic from AdMob. It should be pointed out that these numbers don’t represent marketshare, but rather reflect the percentage of ad requests that AdMob’s 6000 network sites receive from a variety of smartphones. Worldwide, the iPhone accounts for 33% of all smartphone traffic. And here are [...]
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27. March 2009
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