Archive for January, 2010

Steve Jobs at Apple Town Hall meeting: Harsh words for Google, Adobe

Filed under: Other Events , Internet Tools , Steve Jobs Steve Jobs recently held a Town Hall meeting for Apple employees, and according to Wired , he had some very choice words for both Google and Adobe . While these likely aren’t direct, word-for-word quotes, as they come from employees who spoke to Wired and MacRumors on condition of anonymity, if they’re even in the ballpark of what Jobs said, Apple’s response to both Google and Adobe can be summed up in two words: “Bring it.” On Google: “We did not enter the search business. They entered the phone business .

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Cult of Mac Favorite: Skimble Tracks ALL of Your Active Life

What it is: Skimble is a fitness-tracking iPhone app that stands out from the crowd by keeping track of rock climbing, swimming, and even yoga. Why it’s cool: Maria Ly created Skimble because she found no good tools for tracking the sports she had become passionate about in recent years.

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Join us for a TUAW Talkcast tonight at 10pm Eastern

Filed under: TUAW Business , Apple Our talkcast returns to the virtual airwaves this evening as usual, bringing your chance to get in on the discussion with us. This week’s topic? Obviously, the iPad will be front and center as we discuss and digest what Apple’s new device means for the world (and whether it’s underwhelming or overpowered), but we’ll also talk about Adobe’s Flash and whether it’s even worth pursuing for us Mac users , as well as the iPhone revision that wasn’t (but hopefully will be later this year)

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101 Apple Inspired Tees for Fanboys (And Girls)

If you’re an Apple fanboy (or girl) and your tee shirt repertoire doesn’t include as many Apple inspired tees as it should—you’re in luck—Coty over at cotygonzales.com has come to your rescue. With much sweat and toil, he’s put together a huge list of 101 T-Shirts for Apple Fanboys and the Mac Faithful that

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Chart of the Day: Apple’s Sub-$1,000 Price Points

Boy Genius Report has an interesting chart of Apple’s price points. The site claims the chart shows that Apple has all the price points covered: “From $59 to $7,000, if you want an Apple product, there’s a pretty darn good chance you’ll be able to pick something in your price range. Simply brilliant,” says the site.

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No Flash Support in iPhone OS – What is the Reason Behind it? And Does it Matter?

Ever since Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, it seems like the world has been divided into two – One group comprising of those who adore the iPad and the other group that hates it. For the moment, it appears like even a lot of traditional Apple fanboys have chosen to…

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The store is DOWN

Filed under: Other Events In the course of Apple Events, there comes a time as FCC approvals draw near, and announcements hang in the balance, that the store goes down and a great hush goes through the land. It is a time of great reflection and contemplation as each of us stands with ‘bated breath, anticipating the technology shortly to debut

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All about EPUB, the ebook standard for Apple’s iBookstore

Filed under: Odds and ends , Books Overlooked in much of the hype about the iPad announcement earlier in the week was a comment by Steve Jobs in the Keynote presentation where he mentioned that the iBooks app for iPad would take advantage of the popular EPUB format for electronic books. Since we’re all going to get a lot more familiar with this format in the near future, we felt it would be a good time to provide our readers with more information about EPUB.

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Steve Jobs on Google, Adobe Flash, Next Gen iPhone, New Macs and more

Wired is reporting that Steve Jobs had a town hall meeting with Apple employees late last week following the launch of their latest creation, the iPad. At the town hall meeting, he is rumored to have spoken on quite a few topics such as rivalry with Google, reason for not..

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Need for Speed Shift

Things have shifted for the better in the world of iPhone car racing games. Need for Speed Shift from EA Sports brings the exciting world of NFS to your Apple handheld, and soon to be released iPad.

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Some thoughts on using the iPad as an IT support tool

Filed under: Odds and ends , Troubleshooting I make part of my living as an Apple consultant, so one of the first thoughts that went through my mind on Wednesday when I first saw the iPad was “would I be able to use that to help support my clients?” After a bit of thought yesterday while waiting for files to be loaded onto a new server I was installing, I think the answer is a resounding yes. Usually when I’m visiting my clients, I lug along a computer bag filled with various tools along with my MacBook Air

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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is a full featured console game for the iPhone and iPod touch from Rockstar Games. Originally GTA Chinatown Wars was released for the PSP and Nintendo DS, and now it has been formatted and recreated to work on the iPhone. This game is really a full featured app with

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