Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

Daft. Stupid. Pointless. Want one.

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Like me, when you hold your shiny iPhone in your hand, you’re probably thinking the same thing. “Yes, it’s lovely, shiny and a testament to the best marriage of industrial design and technology I could ever imagine… but I wish I had an old-fashioned telephone handset to dock the iPhone into.”

Well, have I got the product for you.

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Record companies demonstrate idiocy – again

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Just doing a little light reading over brekkie and – yet again – there’s a story in the “geek press” about the record companies and publishers in the US doing all they can to protect their out-dated business model.

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Blogging from the iPhone…

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Just a short test post loyal reader. Thought I ought to try out the WordPress app for my iPhone.

I tend to be very 2009 and use my laptop to write my posts, so thought I’d see how the iPhone fared.

Erm. It’s a mixed bag. Sitting on a bench enjoying the morning sun whilst I write is a pleasant change. But, as a proficient typist who tends to “just write” then edit later, I’m not sure if iPhone blogging is suitable for anything other than short and sweet posts.

Now an iPad, that might be a different story…

Now *this* is cool…

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

…or maybe it’s just me.

“Eye of the tiger”, the Rocky classic by Survivor, played by a bunch of guys using nothing but iPads as musical instruments… oh, and occasionally spinning on their heads.

The apps they used are:
Real Drums
Pro Keys
Baby Scratch
Guitar Mania

(I’ve found these links myself based on information in the YouTube video’s comments… hope they’re the right ones!).

PC vs Mac: the debate goes on

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

So, those folk at Microsoft have noticed that Apple has started to get popular on the computer front and decided to come out with their guns blazing.

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Steve Jobs kills Flash in one afternoon

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Adobe, this is your ass. Apple just handed it to you on a plate.

The following is an ‘open letter’ that Apple boss Steve Jobs has posted onto the company’s web site this afternoon.

Expect Adobe’s share price to drop… and drop…
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Apple gives Adobe the finger

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Now the fight gets a little more interesting.

In the red corner we have Apple. Champions of industrial design. Noted control freaks. And, frankly, one of the few companies pushing the boundaries in consumer technology at the moment.

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Make your own Apple boss

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Copied from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):

“I love this — papercraft artist Jay Hauf has constructed a little papercraft Steve Jobs cutout. Over on his Flickr account, he’s posted a picture that you can print out, cut out, and then fold up into the form of our favorite CEO. The little figure even comes with a paper iPhone, though I guess if you want (and if you’re a little skilled with Photoshop), you could put an iPad or another Apple product in there.”

If you want your own paper-based CEO (and, frankly, who wouldn’t?), then visit Flickr.

iPad announced… geeks complain…

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

So Apple finally announced it’s latest gadget – the iPad. Possibly the most-eagerly awaited tablet since Moses was on the scene (© All today’s newspapers), the iPad is – in layman’s terms – an VERY BIG iPhone… but without the phone bit.
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Retro web sites

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Forgot about this until I stumbled upon it again today: what would the Apple web site have looked like in 1983.

apple1983

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