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Tag Archives: apple
Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
(I love that the filename for this Steve Jobs photo on apple.com is: http://images.apple.com/home/images/t_hero.png) It’s hard to believe that we’ll ever see such a passionate and imaginative inventor in this generation again. R.I.P. Steve. His 2005 commencement speech to Stanford:… Continue reading
The Fifth Ave. Apple Store Gets Boxed
Apple Store gets boxed, (Fifth Avenue, Manhattan), originally uploaded by Dan Nguyen @ New York City. Walked by the midtown Apple Store last night (July 1, 2011) and it was undergoing renovations. Even the stores get the white box treatment,… Continue reading
Anna Kendrick, etc. at the Apple SoHo store
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World at SoHo Apple Store, Michael Cera, Anna Kendrick, Jason Schwartzman, Edgar Wright, originally uploaded by zokuga. The cast of “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” made an appearance at the SoHo Apple store. I think I… Continue reading
Steve Jobs, adorably wrong, 14 years ago
Great time capsule from longform.org, a 1996 Wired interview with Steve Jobs, in which he makes a laughably wrong prediction on the impact of the web and an existential lament, long before his cancer diagnosis: The Web is going to… Continue reading
Birth Control? There’s an iPad app for that.
Pampers "Hello Baby" iPad app at the bar, originally uploaded by zokuga. The baby products label, Pampers, put out a free app called “Hello Baby” which lets you input your baby’s info, get a week-by-weeky depiction of what it looks… Continue reading
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Bercovici on 4G-iPhone: Apple could sue Gawker for buying “stolen goods”
DailyFinance’s Jeff Bercovici makes a compelling case that Gizmodo opened itself to criminal and civil penalties by paying someone $5,000 for the “found” iPhone prototype. He argues that California law compelled the finder, and Gizmodo, to make good-faith efforts to… Continue reading
iPad: First Impressions
So I plunked $580 for the 16GB wireless iPad (that includes tax and the Apple case), plus about $60-$80 more on apps. I already have a laptop, a blackberry, and a netbook…but I justified this luxury purchase because I do… Continue reading
Who better understands freedom of the press? An Apple supplier, or Chinese state police?
A Reuters reporter tried to photograph, from the street, a Foxconn plant that was rumored to be manufacturing parts for Apple products. Foxconn guards chased him, stopped the taxi he tried to escape in, and tried to drag him into… Continue reading
iPad Putdowns
No camera of any kind Appears to be a bigger version of the iPhone OS (no multitasking, standard file system, etc) Safari-lite (no Flash?) Unlikely to save newspapers Likely to be much cooler in the 6 month upgrade Still, I’m… Continue reading