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Diehard Apple fans measure their geek cred by how much lore and minutia they know. Here’s a story from way back when that I hadn’t heard, about Steve Jobs’ idea for “a mysterious little man who lives inside each Macintosh.”
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The Story of Mister Macintosh
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At that same Hawaiian sales staff conference where the video was shown of Steve Jobs impersonating FDR, there was also this. It’s called Bluebusters, and it’s four minutes of Apple staff spoofing Ghostbusters.
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Apple Spoofed Ghostbusters in 1984
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The iPhone has been the driving force behind smartphone technology for years. The release of the original iPhone in July 2007 introduced us to a world where you could not only use your phone to make calls and send txt messages but also take photos, film videos and browse the internet all at the push
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iPhone Apps You Can’t Live Without
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After just three days of deliberating over one of the biggest patent trials in judicial history, Apple tonight was awarded a huge victory over longtime rival Samsung.
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Apple Wins Big, Samsung Must Pay >$1B
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Facebook just posted a brand new version (5.0) of its iOS app, which it claims is faster and smoother than the old one. Of course, it wouldn’t take much to make that true; the old app was a sputtering, lumbering piece of crap.
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Facebook App Gets Major Overhaul
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Apple is near and dear to the hearts of the millions of Apple fans all over the world. But now the company has become more “dear,” financially speaking. The Cupertino, Ca. company has announced that the company is now the most valuable company in the history of Wall Street. Apple stock increased by three percent
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Apple is Now The All-time Most Valuable Company
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NorthPark Center in Dallas Texas is home to what was once “the most corrupt Apple Store in America,” according to a scathing exposé by Gizmodo and confirmed by The Dallas Morning News. Could it be true?
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Is This Texas Store a Bad Apple?
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Let’s face it. If you’re not a math nerd, then spreadsheets are dull as dirt. But a new iOS app called Grid is changing the definition of what a spreadsheet is, making it a dazzling, intuitive tool for practically anything you can imagine.
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Grid: Who Knew Spreadsheets Could Be This Much Fun?
Apps
Twitter is about to implement strict new rules about what kinds of apps can access their API. In English, this means one thing: your favorite Twitter app may soon stop working.
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Twitter’s Screwing Over 3rd Party Apps
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What do you do with your old Apple devices? Do you (gasp!) throw them away? These clever Apple fans have repurposed their old stuff, finding new life for beautiful products of yesteryear.
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Repurposed Apple Products
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