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OS Xbox Pro Mod is undeniably awesome [Video]

Sunday, November 29, 2009

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It’s not everyday you come across a mod that’s 100% badass, but Will Urbina’s recent OS Xbox Pro mod definitely fits the bill.  Urbina is a 24 year-old aspiring video editor from San Fran who, surprisingly enough, isn’t a Mac fan.  Nevertheless, because employers want to see some Final Cut experience, Urbina realized he better […]

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Family Guy makes fun of Apple’s Spinning Beach Ball of Death

Monday, November 23, 2009

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Family Guy creator Seth MacFalane may be a Mac user, but that doesn’t mean he can’t have a little fun at Apple’s expense.  Below, check out a clip from Family Guy poking fun at the dreaded Spinning Beachball of Death.  If MacFarlane wanted to go old school, he could have used the old Apple wristwatch […]

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Not all mobile app stores are created equal – Why Microsoft’s mobile strategy stinks

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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It’s no secret that Windows Mobile is floundering, but what’s surprising is that Microsoft still doesn’t seem to be aware that they’re steering a sinking ship.  Not only is Windows Mobile 6.5 light years behind the iPhone OS, but Microsoft’s mobile app store is also thin to the point of being comparably non-existent when held […]

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Jonathan Ive speaks on the brilliance of Apple design [Video]

Monday, November 9, 2009

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Objectified is a 2009 documentary about Industrial Design, and Apple design guru Jonathan Ive was naturally a perfect choice to be interviewed for the film.  Ive, of course, has behind some of Apple’s most memorable designs, such as the iPod, the first iMac and its subsequent updates, and the iPhone as well.  Below, check out […]

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How the iMac moniker and “Think Different” ad campaign came to be

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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CultofMac has a fascinating interview up with TBWA executive Ken Segall, the man partially responsible for the Think Different campaign in addition to starting the whole “i” trend that took over Apple’s product line going all the way back to the original Bondi Blue iMac. Segall describes that when Jobs returned to the helm of […]

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“Don’t cry for me, Cupertino”, sung by David Pogue

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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Check out this clip of NYT tech writer, and Macs for Dummies pioneer David Pogue singing a little Evita parody at a Boston Book Festival.  Don’t be too surprised, though, as Pogue is a former Broadway music conductor with a distinguished degree in Music from Yale University.

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A working 42-inch iPhone 3GS as a halloween costume.. say what?!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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Okay, we’ve seen people dress up as iPhones and an assortment of other gadgets before, but this takes thing to an entirely new level.  The iPhone costumes below, powered by a car battery, are legit in every sense of the word, with the large display coming courtesy of a full size 42-inch LCD TV. How […]

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A 1979 profile of Steve Jobs and Apple from Time Magazine

Friday, October 30, 2009

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In 1979, Time Magazine profiled a then young Apple Computer, along with its hotshot young co-founder, Steve Jobs.  It’s always interesting to take a look back at where Apple came from, especially when you can gauge what the pulse on Apple was from within the pertinent time period itself.  The funny thing is, in the […]

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Apple fanboy spoofs Verizon’s anti-iPhone commercial [Video]

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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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 […]

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Why freelance iPhone development is becoming more popular, and easier to do

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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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 […]

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Is the new iPod Nano a flop? And does it even matter?

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Earlier this week, Apple announced that it just recorded it most profitable quarter in company history, a fact largely due to impressive Mac and iPhone sales.  iPod sales, however, were down 8% from the same quarter a year-ago.  Interestingly, though, sales of the iPod Touch were up an astonishingly high 100%, a figure which Apple […]

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Report: BlackBerry’s App World is the most expensive app store

Monday, October 12, 2009

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In a recent report encapsulating data from September, app store analytics company Distimo found that BlackBerry’s App World holds the distinction of being the most expensive mobile app store. The report found that the average price for an app on BlackBerry’s App World is more than three times higher than apps found on Apple’s iTunes […]

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