How Apple Creates 3D Flyover Maps
How does Apple create those 3D “Flyover” Maps of major cities? And why are they such a mess when you zoom in close?
October 26, 2023
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10 Great Hidden Features of iOS
While one of iOS’s strengths has always been its simplicity and ease of use, the mobile operating system that powers the iPhone and iPad isn’t without its complexities too. In fact, since its initial release back in 2007, iOS has continued to gain functionality with nearly every update, and it has gotten to the point…
Office For Mac 2011: First Impressions
A week or two ago, I waxed poetic about Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, which is set for release on October 26th. After a few quick e-mails, I was in contact with one of the MS press team, and just today I received a free press copy of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. It’s going…
Apple Rumor Round-up: The Rumor Mongers are out in Full Force
Wow…the iPhone has been out for a little over a week, and the rumor mongers have already kicked it into overdrive. It’s seriously getting out of hand. Either people are just flat out making things up left and right, or Apple has a serious leak. Let’s start with Think Secret who are bringing the whole…
Buffalo Wings: Not “Just” Another Flappy Bird Clone?
In spite of the fact that Apple has slammed down the hammer on Flappy Bird knockoffs on the App Store, we still hear of clones left and right; and if I thought that Flying Cyrus only made it because of the reference to the infamous pop star, I was wrong. Big time. Here’s another Flappy…
RUMOR: Leopard and iLife/iWork coming in March?
A report from Think Secret suggests that we’ll be seeing the next generation of Mac OS as early as this March. The sources in the Think Secret article state simply that things are wrapping up quickly (faster than even Apple anticipated). There have long been rumors that Apple would release Leopard in March, but so…
Hate a Dirty iPhone Camera? Get an EyePatch Case!
How often do you clean your iPhone? I’m a stickler for clean gadgets, so all my devices get a “sponge bath” once a week. If you’re like me, then the cameras on the iPhone is one detail you pay attention to. The last thing you want is a smudged camera that takes just-as-smudged photos. You…
More Crazy Talk from Bill Gates
The CrazyGates 07 tour continues, this time in a Business Week article where, after commenting that he wouldn’t buy an iPhone…Why? Because he likes to dial the numbers with one hand (of course), Bill Gates said the following: So the key trend to look at is the importance of software and then say who really…
This Week’s Best Apps #24
It’s a good week to be an iDevice owner. Some truly outstanding — and long-awaited — apps came out this week, and I’ve curated them for your perusal. Let’s dive in…
The iPhone comes to France – for a variety of prices
Of all the places that the iPhone has gone on sale, I think France is – by far – the most interesting. Orange, who has the “exclusive” contract with Apple (but it’s hardly what I would call exclusive at this point) is reporting that over 50,000 users have already placed orders for Apple’s revolutionary phone…but…
5 Things We Now Know About the Apple Watch
On Monday of this week, Apple held a highly anticipated press event in San Francisco during which they introduced a stunning new laptop, lowered the price of the AppleTV, and revealed their final plans for the launch of the Apple Watch. During the event, we not only received demonstrations of just what the Watch is capable of,…
Apple releases two new iPhone Ads
Yesterday Apple released two brand new iPhone ads. They seem to have, thankfully, abandoned the previous campaign which focused on individuals telling iPhone stories. These ads are a return to the original style of iPhone ad, with one entitled “Facebook” showing off the Facebook web app, and another which shows you how you can look…