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?
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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…
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…
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…
AT&T shows off iPhone at CTIA
Engadget reports that AT&T COO Randall Stephenson very briefly showed off the iPhone yesterday at CTIA. Stephenson said that AT&T (formerly Cingular) has received over 1 million customer inquiries about the device since Macworld. How many of those will turn into sales? That’s anyone’s guess, but it is very clear that the iPhone has the…
The 10 Most Useful Defaults Write Commands for OSX
At their heart, Macs are very tweakable machines. OSX is a great operating system because most settings work just fine as they are, but with a few simple Terminal commands you can change just about anything that doesn’t suit you perfectly. These commands are called Defaults Write Commands, and when entered into the OSX command…
What the iPhone needs next – organization
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for the iPhone 3.0. I’m sincerely hoping by then that we have an improvement on the organization of the iPhone Apps – because they are seriously starting to get out of hand. I currently have 7 of the 9 available screens filled to the brim with…