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10% of Microsoft employees reportedly own iPhones
Even though Google is fast taking the lead, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more vibrant tech rivalry than Microsoft v. Apple, if only due to a historical competitiveness between two companies that stretches back more than 2 decades. If I may get nerdy on ya’ll for a second, I once tried to buy [...]
Continue reading...Why Smule won’t be developing mobile apps for Android
10. March 2010
Apple’s App Store is in many ways the lynch-pin that helps the iPhone maintain its status as the top smartphone on the market. While competitors continue to mimic the iPhone’s UI, one area where companies like Google, RIM, and Palm have struggled is in creating an app store comparable to the massively successful iTunes App [...]
Continue reading...What did Steve Jobs mean when he referenced, “Good artists copy, Great artists steal”
3. March 2010
The following video of Steve Jobs, shot during the 1996 filming of “Triumph of the Nerds” has been getting a lot of traction today in light of Apple’s lawsuit against HTC for allegedly infringing on 20 of Apple’s patents. In the video below, Jobs references a quote from Picasso and states, “Good artists copy, great artists [...]
Continue reading...Mac version of the Google “Parisian Love” Superbowl ad
28. February 2010
Check out this solid parody of the well-received “Parisian Love” ad from Google that aired during the Super Bowl. The creator of the video notes that his effort was unfortunately inspired by real life experiences he had with a PC at work. If I was bashing a PC user…it would be myself. Everything I put in that [...]
Continue reading...Tim Cook on all things Apple - iPhone, iMac, Apple TV, iPad, Apple retail stores and more
24. February 2010
Yesterday afternoon, Apple COO Tim Cook met with investment bankers from Goldman Sachs and answered a number of questions about Apple’s product line and Apple’s future direction. Below are the more pertinent tidbits, with the transcript provided courtesy of 9to5Mac. We’ll break down Cook’s insightful comments in an upcoming post. On Apple’s role as a mobile device [...]
Continue reading...Regarding Apple stance on multitasking and why most tech users are clueless
23. February 2010
Since the iPhone was first released, people have complained about its lack of support for third-party multitasking. This sentiment was further amplified when Apple recently announced the iPad, a device which also won’t support multitasking outside of Apple’s own apps. The proffered reason behind Apple’s reluctance to support system wide multitasking is that users will inevitably leave apps open [...]
Continue reading...Couple gets married inside an Apple Store [Video]
20. February 2010
You know, maybe everything they say about Apple-obsessed fans is on point. I mean, how else can you explain a couple deciding to exchange their vows and get married inside an Apple Store? Last Sunday, on Valentines day no less, Josh and Ting Li (both from New York) got married amidst a crowd of iPods, iMacs, [...]
Continue reading...Man’s house burns down, but his iMac survives
16. February 2010
We’ve always thought that Apple has done a subpar job of advertising the iMac, so maybe this offbeat story will serve as a good jumping off point for Apple to start spreading the word about one of its greatest products. The most recent iterations of the iMacs are slick and beautifully designed aluminum beasts. From a [...]
Continue reading...Musical acts not on iTunes
14. February 2010
With the iTunes Music Store approaching its 10 Billionth download, we thought it’d be a good time to go back and take a look at some of the high profile musical acts who still refuse, for one reason or another, to make their musical libraries available on iTunes. Now everyone knows that the most high profile [...]
Continue reading...A valentines day card for the Apple fan in your life [Photo]
12. February 2010
Someecards bringing the funny as always.
Continue reading...On Microsoft’s inability to innovate
4. February 2010
The New York Times has an intresting piece titled “Microsoft’s Creative Destruction” that takes a look at some of the reasons why Microsoft, who ruled the tech world back in the 90’s, has curiously been unable to succesfully innovate in a commercially viable way over the past few years. Microsoft Surface anyone? The author of [...]
Continue reading...What people said about the iPod when it was first announced
3. February 2010
Given the perplexing backlash and seeming hatred being directed at the iPad, we thought it’d be somewhat instructive to go back in time and take a look at what some people were saying about the iPod when Steve Jobs first announced Apple’s first MP3 player back in October, 2001. When first released, the original iPod [...]
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16. March 2010
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