Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Apple’s Mistake
I don’t think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken.
I don’t think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken.
One thing that strikes me about Chrome OS and Litl is that neither bother trying to do everything Windows or Mac OS X can do.
Unless you’ve just arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn’t good for you.
“SOME of the best-loved technology on the planet” is how Apple describes its products when recruiting new employees.
There’s a new sign Windows 7 is off to a strong start: Web surfers have started moving to the operating system much more quickly than they did its troubled predecessor, Windows Vista.
A new research report says Windows 7 on Saturday surpassed 4 percent of all devices visiting Web sites that day, a little over two weeks after the commercial launch of the product.
Meet Ken Segall–the man who dreamed up the name “iMac” and wrote the famous Think Different campaign.
The creators of “iDon’t Care,” a video spoofing Motorola and Verizon Wireless’s “iDon’t” ad, said some of their detractors are missing the point.
Three Boston-area ad-agency staffers developed “iDon’t Care.” They said they aren’t affiliated with Apple or any of the other companies involved in the original campaigns–they are, however, iPhone and Mac loyalists, said Jon, one of the video’s editors.
Hey, I love a blue screen of death as much as anyone, but I wouldn’t drive to the mall just to see one.
So of course there’s some degree of herd mentality in every industry.
The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple today that reveals various concepts behind a newly advanced service in development that entails subsidizing an incredible array of hardware from Apple.
There is absolutely nothing coincidental about Apple launching new products today.
The era of such a deeply philosophical data center question is upon us.
As iPod sales ease, the company is focusing more and more on software–to the dismay of the record labels
Microsoft is about to find out whether it can prevent further defections to the Macintosh among college students by charging less for Windows 7 than a typical textbook.
On Thursday, the company announced on Twitter that college students in the U.S. can upgrade their PCs to Windows 7 Home Premium edition for only $29.99, as long as they have a genuine copy of Windows XP or Vista already installed on their systems.
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