Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Dinosaurs Devour the iPhone
Sink your all too pointy teeth into the “DINOSAURS: American Museum of Natural History Collections” App. Since their extinction, these magnificent creatures have never looked so lively!
The American Museum of Natural History has provided their unbelievable assortment of world-renowned dinosaur exhibits, research and pictures, and now they have projected it all onto one [...]
IMPULSIVE REVIEW of “Ms. PAC-MAN” App
Sensationally sexy, Ms. PAC-MAN! The application “Ms. PAC-MAN” is one of those rare addictive and insatiable games that are offered on the iPhone, and worth paying for. For $2.99, the full version App is available, and highly recommended.
Although there is a “Lite” version of “Ms. PAC-MAN” available to download on the iPhone for [...]
IMPULSIVE REVIEW of “The New York Times” Application
Intelligent writing…objective views…ground breaking discoveries…these are what makes up “The New York Times” newspaper. The stand-alone tabloid has been a pillar of media and news casting around the world for decades. The innovative journalism and inspiring articles influence myriad readers of all ages.
With an iPhone, “The New York Times” application is available for [...]
The Web celebrates 25 years of Macintosh
With the 25th Anniversary of the Macintosh upon us, it comes as no surprise that the web is celebrating the milestone with retrospectives on Apple.
Over the weekend many sites posted interesting looks back at the history of Apple. Time Magazine posted their Top 10 Apple moments. Read Write Web posted “Mac: 25 Years in [...]
iMac turns 10, Apple “All-in-One” turns 25
May of 1998 was a big month. It was the first time the world was introduced to the iMac. With it, a new era of design for Macs and PCs was launched, and its safe to say that the look of computers has never been the same.
Its amazing to see how the iMac [...]
Powerbook Duo – Apple’s First Sub-notebook
The “sub-notebook” rumors that just won’t go away are all anyone is talking about going into Macworld 2008. Recent Apple patent filings only further the rumor mill as they spin around hyping up this little device that we don’t even know exists yet.
Instead of rumor-mongering I thought now might be a good [...]
Woz is now a Disney owned Robot. Really.
Disney’s Spaceship Earth was recently retooled, and rumor had it that Steve Jobs was going to be turned into an animatronic addition to the ride. Thankfully, that didn’t happen – and instead, Woz, the loveable guy that actually invented the Apple Computer is there instead.
You can see a small version of him above, but there [...]
Apple “puck” mouse named one of the worst Tech products of all time
The Apple hockey puck shaped mouse shipped with iMacs in 1998. It was hard to hold, uncomfortable, and cheap feeling. It was a terrible mouse. The guys at cNet UK think it was SO terrible that it’s one of the worst tech products ever invented.
I tend to agree that it was an [...]
YouTube Find: Computer Connections 1985 Apple Commercial
A local ad from Tulsa Ok for an Apple II from 1985. This is not only a “great” Apple commercial, but it’s a great local commercial as well. This we all had local commercials growing up, with some ridiculous guy making an ass out of himself…ah memories…
FLASHBACK: Complete NeXT System 4 Sale on Ebay
You can now get your hands on a Complete NeXT system, including printer, CD-Rom Drive, NeXT Cube, Monitor, and more on Ebay. The NeXT Sysyem, of course, is the computer that Steve Jobs and Co. developed after he was ousted from Apple in the 80s. The system is running, and looks like it’s [...]
