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Apple & Yerba Buena Center: A Gallery

Apple & Yerba Buena Center: A Gallery
The iPhone 5 announcement is about to happen at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple’s favorite venue for media events. Take a look at how Apple has literally put its mark on the building over the years. Read more…

Yerba Buena Center is Ready for iPhone 5 Event

Yerba Buena Center is Ready for iPhone 5 Event
Over the weekend, photogs in San Francisco have been snapping pics of the outside of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, aka the location of many an Apple Event, including this week’s iPhone 5 announcement. But what is Apple saying with this huge banner? Read more…

7 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Make on Your iPad

7 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Make on Your iPad
Everyone knows the iPad is terrific for drawing, decent for word processing, and fantastic for photo editing. But what else can you make with your Apple tablet? These seven answers are guaranteed to surprise you. Read more…

Amazon Takes on iPad With 9-Inch Tablet

Amazon Takes on iPad With 9-Inch Tablet
At a press event in Santa Monica today, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos threw his hat into the ring in the war on iPad’s dominance of the tablet market, with the announcement of a 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD. Read more…

Here We Go: iPhone Event Officially Set for 9/12

Here We Go: iPhone Event Officially Set for 9/12
Confirming months of speculation and rumors all over the web, Apple today sent out the official invite for its next big media event, to be held on September 12th. It’s iPhone time. Read more…

Is This the World’s Biggest Apple Fan?

Is This the World’s Biggest Apple Fan?
David Wu, an Apple fan working out of a 2m-by-2m office in Hong Kong, has taken his love of Apple to a new extreme. He’s turned his office into an Apple Store. Read more…

Review: Mix 2 Color

Review: Mix 2 Color
Remember when you learned about how primary colors could be mixed together to create more colors? Maybe you can’t remember it now, but your little one will remember mixing colors him- or herself when they play Mix 2 Color for iPad. Read more…

Steve Jobs’ Most Outrageous Moments

Steve Jobs’ Most Outrageous Moments
One thing everyone can agree on about Steve Jobs: he never failed to be interesting. From his “Reality Distortion Field” to his frequent temper tantrums, he was notorious for his outrageous behavior. Here are some of his most memorable moments of outrageousness. Read more…

The Story of Mister Macintosh

"Mister Macintosh" pin design by Folon.
[Image courtesy of DigiBarn Computer Museum.]
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.” Read more…

Apple Spoofed Ghostbusters in 1984

Apple Spoofed Ghostbusters in 1984
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. Read more…