Archive | January, 2011
Samsung shipments of mobile processors to Apple to increase by factor of 4 in 2011
The Korea Times reports that in 2011 Samsung will ship four times as many mobile processor chips to Apple as it did in 2010. Samsung might compete with Apple with products like the Galaxy Tab and the Samsung Nexus S, but doing business with Apple is huge business. The only detail known appear to be […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 will not come with an SD Card slot – Report
29. January 2011
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It’s been widely assumed that an SD Card slot was all but guaranteed to be a part of the iPad 2, but a new report courtesy of AppleInsider states that an SD Card slot will not be a part of the next-gen iPad. The root of the SD Card slot rumors go back to a […]
Continue reading...Jonathan Mann sings “The Apple Patent Song”
29. January 2011
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Though not as good as the iPhone 4 antenna song, Jonathan Mann’s latest effort, titled The Apple Patent Song is still worth checking out.
Continue reading...Not surprisingly, Google CEO Larry Page described as a brilliant jackass
29. January 2011
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With Eric Schmidt out and Larry Page now in as CEO of Google, Business Insider spoke to a number of current and former Googler’s who were anything but bashful in revealing their opinions about Page. There is, of course, no denying that Page is as sharp as they come, but as with any brilliant personality […]
Continue reading...Man catches 50 ping pong balls in one minute using chopsticks
29. January 2011
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Some offbeat weekend posting: Jerry Seinfeld has a great bit about chopsticks, I’ll tell you what I like about Chinese people. They’re hanging in there with the chopsticks,aren’t they? You know they’ve seen the fork. They’re staying with the sticks. I don’t know how they missed it. Chinese farmer gets up, works in the field […]
Continue reading...Autotuned clip of Steve Jobs introducing the original iPhone
28. January 2011
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Whether you love or hate autotune, there’s no denying that the vocal effect which alters a singer’s voice to attain perfect pitch has had a profound affect on music, and to a lesser extent, pop culture. The first time autotune was prominently used in a song was in Cher’s 1998 song “Believe.” Since then, autotune has […]
Continue reading...FBI charges iPad hacker the “Weev” for accessing thousands of iPad user email addresses
28. January 2011
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This past June, the FBI arrested a hacker named Andrew Auernheimer for publicizing a security exploit on AT&T’s servers and attaining 114,000 email addresses of iPad users in the process. When federal agents first burst into Auerheimer’s apartment armed with a search warrant, they found a smorgasbord of Ecstacy, LSD, and schedule 2 and 3 pharmaceuticals. […]
Continue reading...Apple updates their website; adds HTML 5 animation
28. January 2011
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If you mosey on over to Apple.com, you’ll notice some subtle yet noticeable design changes. Gone is the traditional light grey navigation bar and in its place is an arguably sleeker and darker shade of gray. Moreover, Apple tweaked their site by adding some spiffy HTML 5 animations which you can check out by going […]
Continue reading...Egypt shuts off the Internet
27. January 2011
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Renesys report that Egypt’s attempts to quell rising strife within its borders have taken a disturbing turn: Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic routes through Egypt […]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt wasn’t always “in the know” as Google CEO
27. January 2011
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Though Eric Schmidt will no longer be responsible for handling day-to-day CEO duties at Google, an old 2009 interview with the former CEO reveals that even as the head honcho, he wasn’t always aware of what good ole’ Larry and Sergey were up to. Reporter: Please talk about M&A plans and goal of one acquisition […]
Continue reading...Apple releases iTunes 10.1.2 with CDMA iPhone syncing support
27. January 2011
Apple this afternoon released iTunes 10.1.2, an update which brings with it syncing support for the upcoming CDMA iPhone 4 set to launch on Verizon on February 10. iTunes 10.1.2 syncs music, movies, and more with iPhone 4 (CDMA model) and provides a number of important stability and performance improvements. iTunes 10.1 came with several new […]
Continue reading...Apple and News Corp to unveil “The Daily” on February 2nd
27. January 2011
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Apple has begun sending out invites to a media event set to be held next Wednesday at the Guggenheim Museum where Apple exec Eddy Cue and News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch will unveil the first iPad-only newspaper dubbed The Daily. Confirmed to cost $0.99 a week, The Daily will be the first app to make use of an […]
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29. January 2011
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