Archive | March 25th, 2011
Apple releases iOS 4.3.1 update with minor bug fixes
Apple earlier today released its iOS 4.3.1 update for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The update mostly addresses minor bug issues, though a report from BGR earlier in the week said that the update will also fix battery drainage problems that have plagued users running iOS 4.3 Some of the acknowledged bugs acknowledged in the […]
Continue reading...Motorola working on homegrown mobile OS – Rumor
25. March 2011
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There’s no denying that Google’s Android OS effectively saved Motorola from the dredges of smartphone irrelevancy, but with Android now the mobile OS of choice for an inordinate number of handset manufacturers, Motorola is reportedly working on its own homegrown mobile OS to prevent becoming over reliant on Google. Infoworld is reporting that Motorola […]
Continue reading...Miniot’s wooden Smart Cover for the iPad 2 is awesome
25. March 2011
Check out this wood emblazoned iPad 2 cover from Holland-based Miniot, a company that, from the looks of their website, specializes in all things wood. The new cover from Miniot is carved from a single piece of certified wood, is clearly a twist on and functions exactly like Apple’s own Smart Cover. It fits flush over the […]
Continue reading...Jony Ive gives Office creator Ricky Gervais a free iPad 2
25. March 2011
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Okay, we’re not gonna raise a fuss. Even though thousands of folks lined up for hours on end in order to get their hands on Apple’s new iPad 2, if you helped create The Office you’re afforded a few luxuries – like receiving an iPad 2 from none other than Apple design master Jony Ive. In […]
Continue reading...“Lion will blow your mind”
25. March 2011
After spending 30 days with a beta of OS X Lion, Jose Gutierrez is impressed: Mac OS X Lion has been out for a month now in a Developer Preview form. I have been using it since day one. After a month of testing and normal use, I can say with confidence that Lion will […]
Continue reading...The NeXT/Apple engineering culture clash
25. March 2011
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David Casseres writes the following in the wake of Bertrand Serlet leaving Apple: Pretty soon he was standing up in front of seasoned Apple software engineers and lecturing us on how not to make mistakes when cutting and pasting code. I said at that time that I had never felt so thoroughly disrespected as an engineer […]
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25. March 2011
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