I’m on my way to Austin for a new iPhone
At&t was no help, but Apple was much better. I’m on my way to the closest Apple store in Austin. It’s a 4 hour round trip drive, but I should have a new iPhone before the end of the day.
September 2023
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Xtreme Mac Luna – Review
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of iPod dock equipped radios and alarm clocks. I look at a lot of them here, but not everything gets reviewed, primarily because a good portion of them aren’t worth writing about. The primary thing that these companies seem to forget when they construct these iPod playing monstrosities, is…
Apple Gazette Daily Episode 24 is Live!
More Apple Gazette Weekly coming soon, No iPhone in Canada?, and Best Buy to sell more Macs… You can subscribe via iTunes, or by RSS feed, or… you can directly download the episode right here. In addition to that, you should be able to play every episode of the podcast directly in your browser by…
Apple Travel+: Imagining Travel Posters As If They Were Apple Ads
Apple’s advertisement posters are legendary and instantly recognisable – clean, easy to read, thought-provoking. They’re a major part of why Apple products have become so beloved, so it’s only natural that they’ll continue to play an important role as the company seeks to expand its reach and influence. Recently, Apple unveiled a new streaming TV…
Parallels Version 4.0 has been released
Parallels Desktop 4.0 has been released for th aMac. The newest version of the Parallels Desktop is claiming a 50% speed increase over the previous version of the software, support for more OSs and a few other features. It has even added support of many 3D games. You can find a full list here. Parallels…
Apple Says ‘No More New Products Until Next Year!’
Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing has said that Apple will not introduce any more products this year, according to Gizmodo. Well, thank the geek gods. I don’t think I can handle anymore new Apple product announcements for the mean time. And I don’t mean that in a bad way. At…
YouTube Find: Triumph of the Nerds – a Look at Apple and the first GUI
This is an interesting excerpt from the documentary Triumph of the Nerds (which was produced before Jobs returned to Apple in 1997). This clip focuses on the GUI, and how that interface was copied by Microsoft from Apple…after Apple copied it from Xerox.
Thoughts on the Keynote (WWDC 2007)
You know, expectations always lead to a letdown. It happened to just about everyone in the world when Star Wars: Episode One was released…it happened when M*A*S*H ended…hell it happened when my father saw Forrest Gump for the first time. Expecting something to be amazing and/or unforgetable almost always leads to disappointment. So, it’s no…
Axemarket.com Review: This online broker is offering traders the features they need – Axe Market Review
Trading has come far since the days of haggling in the marketplace. With the advent of online trading, anyone with an internet connection can now buy and sell stocks, commodities, and other assets from the comfort of their own home. And while online trading has made it easier than ever to get involved in the…
BBM for iOS updated with support for WiFi-only iPads
BBM for iOS updated with support for WiFi-only iPads (via The Inquirer) CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Blackberry announced an update for its iOS Blackberry Messenger (BBM) app on Friday, which sees the service arriving on the iPad. The update, which bumps BBM for iOS to version 1.0.4, adds support for WiFi-only iPad devices, which…
Google Maps app for iOS clocks 10 million downloads in just two days
Another concrete sign that Apple really bungled its Maps app for the iOS is the sheer volume of downloads for the Google Maps app that was reported shortly after it was officially released in the Apple App Store last December 12. According to Jeff Huber, the senior vice president of commerce and local at Google,…
High-Res New Looks at Apple’s “Mothership” HQ
The city of Cupertino has released some detailed floor plans and artist renders of the planned new Apple campus that’s been dubbed the “Mothership,” because of its massive, circular, wheel-like footprint. I captured some super-high-res screenshots of the renders, and they are jaw-droppingly gorgeous.