Archive | August, 2009
Does Apple fear Google is taking over the iPhone home screen?
With good reason, a lot of people think TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington is a douchebag, but he finally raises an interesting point in an otherwise scathing and elitist post about how Apple’s answer to the FCC’s inquiry over the removal of Google Voice is a bunch of BS. Multiple sources at Google tell us that […]
Continue reading...AT&T says it had nothing to do with removal of Google Voice, Apple takes the blame
21. August 2009
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In a letter addresed to the FTC, AT&T put all rumors to rest when it bluntly denied having anything to do with the removal of Google Voice apps from the iTunes App Store. Jim Cicconi, AT&T’s senior executive vice president for legislative affairs, wrote: AT&T was not asked about the matter by Apple at any […]
Continue reading...Apple calls Psystar’s deposition of Phil Schiller “harassment”
21. August 2009
General Hospital has nothin’ on the unfolding drama in the Psystar/Apple legal case. We reported earlier that Psystar’s deposition of Apple executive Phil Schiller didn’t go as planned, prompting Psystar to file a motion wherein it labeled Schiller as being “unprepared” to answer questions related to any lost profits incurrred by Apple as a result […]
Continue reading...Report: Snow Leoaprd to hit store shelves next Friday
21. August 2009
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Citing reliable sources, Macenstein writes that “support training for Snow Leopard has begun” with an expected ship date of Friday August 28 looking “extremely likely” at this point. Originally Apple was expected to ship Snow Leopard towards the end of September, but for whatever reason, it’s being pushed out the door a few weeks ahead […]
Continue reading...Psystar claims Phil Schiller was unprepared during deposition, responds to accusations of destroying evidence
21. August 2009
The ongoing legal saga between Apple and Psystar continues to get stranger and stranger. If you recall, Psystar bragged on its website a week or so ago that it would be deposing top Apple executives and that Apple would soon be getting “a taste of its own medicine.” The most notable figure on Psystar’s deposition […]
Continue reading...Apple and Google set to explain Google Voice removal later today
21. August 2009
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Apple and Google will sit down before the FCC later today and explain why Google Voice apps were removed from the iTunes App Store, a move which subsequently triggered a tremendous Apple backlash on the interwebs. From stories we’ve seen floating around on the web, AT&T was behind the apps removal, but it’ll still be […]
Continue reading...Microsoft encourages developers to charge more for Windows Mobile apps, and why that won’t be enough
20. August 2009
Earlier this week at the first ever Windows Mobile Developers Camp, Microsoft had some interesting things to say to its developers regarding app pricing on the upcoming Windows Marketplace app store. Speaking to a group of about 50 developers, Loke Uei, Microsoft’s senior technical product manager for mobile developer experience, suggested that developers should avoid […]
Continue reading...Report: Steve Jobs asked Palm not to hire Apple engineers
20. August 2009
In the wake of a U.S Justice Department investigation into questionable hiring practices at tech companies, it’s come to light that in August 2007, Apple asked Palm not hire any of its employees. According to former Palm CEO Ed Colligan, who once mocked Apple’s entry into the smartphone market, he and Jobs held talks in […]
Continue reading...Are we hyping up the Apple tablet into something it’s not?
20. August 2009
It’s widely believed that Apple will deliver a tablet sometime in early 2010, and even though the device’s specifications aren’t completely known, that hasn’t stopped analysts from talking about the millions of dollars in additional revenue that a tablet will bring in. It’s easy, though, to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding an Apple […]
Continue reading...The case for Tim Cook as an Apple board member
19. August 2009
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It remains to be seen whether or not Apple will give Eric Schmidt’s newly vacant seat on Apple’s board of directors to someone else, but in the meantime, speculation about who Apple should choose has run off in a number of interesting directions. Most recently, some have said that Apple shouldn’t give the spot to […]
Continue reading...Apple mistakenly releases “Mad Men” episode two weeks early on iTunes
19. August 2009
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Last night, Apple mistakenly released the third episode of “Mad Men” two weeks ahead of schedule. The episode, which has since been removed, appears to have been available exclusively to iTunes season pass subscribers. Commenting on the matter, AMC released the following statement: The third episode of ‘Mad Men’s new season was made available prematurely […]
Continue reading...Kid records series of music videos from within Apple Stores [Video]
19. August 2009
A little kid, who goes by the name of nicholifavs on YouTube, has been generating a significant amount of traffic for videos that depict him lip-syncing and dancing to popular music. And oh yeah, all of the videos are filmed from inside Apple Stores using the Mac’s built in iSight camera. Impressively, with random people […]
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22. August 2009
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