How Tim Bray Uses a Mac
Friday, November 14th, 2008Interesting insight into the workflow of the father of XML.
Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category
Interesting insight into the workflow of the father of XML.
50 Obama Facts
Monday, November 10th, 2008This list paints an interesting picture of our next President. He uses an Apple Mac laptop Macbook Pro? Air? Come on, we need details.
Lalala, Balmer Can’t Hear you
Saturday, November 8th, 2008From Macworld: “I’m not saying they’re not going to be a factor, but we’re in a world with Symbian, we’re in a world with BlackBerry, we’re in a world with Linux Mobile,” he said. Google might be a factor someday, but right now these competitors “look a little tougher to me.” ...
iPhone Tethering Coming Soon
Thursday, November 6th, 2008MacRumors hears from CrunchGear and their own sources that iPhone tethering is on its way. This from AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega, of all people. This feature will theoretically be built into the 2.2 software, coming soon.
Get Off My Lawn
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008The father of the cellular phone, Martin Cooper, doesn't care much for the iPhone: In an interview with Forbes.com following his talk, Cooper said that he had used an iPhone for a few weeks before handing it off to his grandson, saying that he couldn't navigate its contacts and that its ...
• How I Turned My Apple TV Into a Home Media Powerhouse
Monday, October 27th, 2008In the early days of the Apple TV, I followed the hacker community far enough to enable USB storage support and add the Perian Quicktime component. This was enough to watch downloaded TV shows, which is all I really wanted. But several software revisions later, Boxee provided an easy way to play Hulu ...
Gruber iPhone Interview
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008TechRadar has a short interview with John Gruber about the iPhone. What can Apple do to maintain the iPhone's momentum? "Keep pushing ahead technically. Faster CPUs, more storage space, more RAM. Then write software that takes advantage of those hardware advances. Also, continue nurturing the third-party iPhone developer SDK and marketplace. The ...
Nvidia - Powerful Tiny Chips
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008From Gizmodo: [The chip in the new Macbook Pro] can support up to 8GB of RAM. It can do on-the-fly GPU switching. And it can work together with the MacBook Pro's discrete 9600M GT. This software to make this all happen is likely slated for Snow Leopard. Apple is smart to not ...
Apple Quarterly Earnings
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008The story looks pretty good; tons and tons of iPod, iPhone, and Mac sales. But because Steve Jobs didn't announce an $11 trillion profit, AAPL is down 6.95 today. Right now is a great time to buy.
RIM Complains About iPhone Battery Life
Monday, October 20th, 2008From the APC article: “If you look at the iPhone as an example, and it’s a beautiful looking product, but it doesn’t give the heavy user a full day of battery life. One reason is that it’s not really a push email device, it’s what we call ‘poke and pull’ – ...
• MacBook Pro Review
Sunday, October 19th, 2008At last Tuesday's notebook event, Apple released a new set of MacBooks and MacBook Pros. The reviews and the press so far have skewed toward the MacBook, and deservedly so; the high-end MacBook is now significantly closer to the low-end Pro, and the aluminum models boast far better on-board graphics ...
Bob Barker is Not Hitler
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Another exciting episode of LoDo Conversations, this time to discuss the newly-released Apple notebooks. Also available on iTunes.
Macbook, Pro Benchmarks
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Primate Labs has compared the spankin' new Macbooks and Macbook Pros to last season's models. The results? Similarly configured machines perform similarly. I know, right?
Apple Unexpectedly Releases New Notebooks
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Steve Jobs proves he's still alive today by releasing aluminum updates to the Macbook and Macbook Pro, and giving the Macbook Air a bump. As a bonus, Apple also released a brand new 24" display to match the design of the newer products. I'll let the product pages provide the technical ...