Archive | March, 2009
Apple considers unveiling new UI in Snow Leopard developer builds
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 […]
Continue reading...Apple activates iTunes Genius feature for TV Shows and Movies
24. March 2009
After initially appearing, and then disappearing, iTunes 8.1 has once again activated the genius feature for Movies and TV Shows. We gave it a quick little spin, using LOST as our test subject. Their recommended TV shows were pretty on-point, as it suggested Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Dexter, The Wire, 30 Rock, 24, and Mad Men. […]
Continue reading...EA announces 17 new upcoming iPhone games
24. March 2009
The iTunes App Store continues to grow at an astounding rate, and if downloads keep up at their current pace, we should see the billionth download take place sometime in the next two months. Games for the iPhone account for nearly 25% of all downloaded apps, and large publishing houses are increasingly devoting a significant […]
Continue reading...iPhone 3G photos appears on China Unicom website
24. March 2009
Photos of the iPhone 3G surfaced on the website of the Shanghai branch of China Unicom. NetworkWorld reports: The information (in Chinese), which listed smartphones supported by the 3G network China Unicom is building, appeared only on the Web site of the company’s Shanghai branch and did not say whether the products would be offered […]
Continue reading...Match.Com releases an iPhone App
24. March 2009
Instead of using their iPhones to look at porn, iPhone owners can now look for love with Match.Com’s new iPhone App. Match.com is an online dating site with over 15 million registered singles, and you can now you can browse all of them right from your iPhone. One of the more interesting features of the […]
Continue reading...Ngmoco CEO and Rolando developer heaps praise on the iPhone – “Better than the DS, better than the PSP”
24. March 2009
Neil Young, founder of iPhone development house Ngmoco, heaped some heavy praise on the iPhone yesterday during a keynote address at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Our love affair with the iPhone began by simply touching it. This was rapidly becoming the most important device I had ever owned. It was an all-encompassing, […]
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25. March 2009
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