Archive | October, 2009
Apple Stores begin transition from EasyPay to iPod Touch
ifoAppleStore reports that Apple has begun transitioning from the EasyPay portable devices it currently uses to conduct on the spot sales to an iPod Touch with an attached scanner running point of sale software. First, the iPod touch scanner will allow employees to capture data from products that have multiple barcodes using a single pass, [...]
Continue reading...Developing for the iPhone v. developing for BlackBerry
28. October 2009
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Toktumi has an interesting article up discussing the disadvantage RIM is faced with as it attempts to position its app world to compete with Apple’s wildly successful iTunes app store. “Having recently developed versions of our popular Line2 app for both the iPhone and Blackberry platforms, I can tell you one major reason for RIM’s [...]
Continue reading...Demo of Windows 7 on Japanese TV show is a big fat FAIL [Video]
28. October 2009
Windows 7 has gotten a lot of favorable reviews thus far, but when a Japanese TV show tried to demo the new multi-touch capabilities of Microsoft’s new OS, well, let’s just say it resulted in a big fat FAIL.
Continue reading...Psystar’s Rebel EFI software is more trouble than it’s worth
28. October 2009
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Late last week, Psystar announced that it would be releasing software (Rebel EFI) designed to enable any PC user to install OS X on non-Apple hardware. But actually downloading the software and getting it to work is an entirely different story. Wired writes: “All you need to do is download a small file (7.6MB) and [...]
Continue reading...iPhone games starting to take advantage of iPhone 3GS power
28. October 2009
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The iPhone 3GS is a lot more powerful and significantly faster than its predecessor, and since being released this summer, apps that take advantage of the improved internals are finally starting to trickle into the iTunes app store. Kotaku reports: Gameloft’s Asphalt 5 is one of those games. While the racing title will play on [...]
Continue reading...Google announces free turn-by-turn app for Android, will the iPhone be next?
28. October 2009
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Google announced today that it plans to bring turn by turn directions via Google Maps to devices running Android 2.0, and it will include features such as voice recognition, live traffic data, satellite view, and search capabilities via names of business and landmarks, address’s be damned. You can check out a video preview of the [...]
Continue reading...Jim Cramer raises Apple stock target to $300, actually raises some good points
28. October 2009
Before Apple released its record breaking earnings report last Monday, Jim Cramer noted on his “Mad Money” TV show that Apple’s earnings would disappoint, and that investors should prepare themselves to “buy Apple on weakness on Tuesday morning.” Apple’s earnings, of course, blew analyst expectations out of the water, and in the following few days, [...]
Continue reading...Apple fanboy spoofs Verizon’s anti-iPhone commercial [Video]
28. October 2009
Round 1: About a week ago, Verizon launched a commercial pointing out all the features that the iPhone doesn’t have but that the upcoming Motorola Droid will have, such as a 5 megapixel camera and “widgets”, whatever that means. And adding insult to injury, if you want to call it that, Verizon laced their commercial [...]
Continue reading...Apple intends to fight Nokia patent lawsuit “vigorously”
27. October 2009
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Last week, Nokia made headlines when it sued Apple over what it claims are infringing iPhone technologies which relate to wireless connectivity, security, and speech coding. Nokia claims that Apple is infringing upon 10 Nokia patents in total, and according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Nokia is looking to collect 1-2% in royalties on [...]
Continue reading...The Palm Pre is one smooth playa [Photo]
27. October 2009
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This is a few weeks old, but still a hilarious spoof on the Palm Pre’s ability to sync up with iTunes, and as you might expect, it’s from the talented folks over at Joy of Tech. When Apple released iTunes 9, it broke syncability between the Pre and iTunes, but Palm subsequently issued a WebOS [...]
Continue reading...Report: Apple to extend health benefits to part-time employees
27. October 2009
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Macnn reports: Part-time workers for Apple will soon have the same medical benefits as full-time ones, sources say. Equal insurance is expected to become available in January, and apply to anyone working 15 or more hours a week, so long as a person also has at least a year of Apple experience. The company has approximately [...]
Continue reading...Apple shops upcoming “tablet” to Australian media companies
27. October 2009
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Hot on the heels of New York Times editor Bill Keller making reference to an Apple publishing device he called a “slate”, comes a report out of the Sydney Morning Herald which states that Apple has been shopping around its tablet device to a number of Australian media companies to see if they’re interested in [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft pulls out of Windows 7 themed episode of Family Guy
27. October 2009
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After seeing a rough cut of a Windows 7 themed episode of Family Guy, Microsoft has axed the promotion/sponsorship over concerns that the subject matter of the episode was far too racy and offensive to be associated with the Windows brand. Specifically, the themed episode wasn’t your typical Family Guy episode, but was instead geared as [...]
Continue reading...Report: Apple increases iPhone 3GS production by 20%
27. October 2009
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DigiTimes is reporting that OmniVision Technologies, which supplies Apple with the cameras in the iPhone, is experiencing a shortage of CMOS image sensors as a result of higher than anticipated demand for the iPhone 3GS. Specifically, the report notes that Apple has increased production on the latest iPhone model by a whopping 17-20%. This shouldn’t [...]
Continue reading...Why freelance iPhone development is becoming more popular, and easier to do
27. October 2009
With well over 85,000 apps and 2 billion downloads, the iTunes App Store holds a commanding lead over every other mobile app store. In many ways, the iTunes App Store has changed the face of gaming, having forced gaming heavyweights such as Sony and Nintendo to re-evaluate their gaming strategy as it pertains to PSP [...]
Continue reading...Symbian executive disses Android, implies that Google is evil [Video]
27. October 2009
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Symbian executive Lee Williams recently gave a candid interview where he tears Android and Google to shreds. Take a look below. Regardless of whether or not you agree with him, it’s nice to see someone shoot from the hip and not worry about being politically correct. Basically, Williams has a problem with Google touting the [...]
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28. October 2009
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