Archive for March, 2008

Spot the Idiot: the TSA

Monday, March 10th, 2008, by moose

Michael Nygard gets stopped by TSA agents trying to catch a flight with his MacBook Air in his bag:
I’m standing, watching my laptop on the table, listening to security clucking just behind me. “There’s no drive,” one says. “And no ports on the back. It has a couple of lines where the drive should be,” [...]

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Ars Technica reviews Aperture 2.0, gives lukewarm praise

Monday, March 10th, 2008, by moose

Aperture 2.0: the Ars Technica review:
Aperture 2 isn’t doing anything groundbreaking over the previous version, but the better overall speed and Quick Preview combined with background processing alone will be worth the cost of the upgrade for many users. If you’re just checking out Aperture since running like the wind from version 1.0, rest assured [...]

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iPhone+SDK+App Store=Market Buster

Sunday, March 9th, 2008, by moose

I just watched the video of the “March 6 event” where Apple outlined their software roadmap for iPhone and announced the long-awaited SDK.
I’ve also been reading a lot on various websites and blogs about people’s reactions to said roadmap.I think Apple is on something really big here. Not just big as in “OMG! Leopard is [...]

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iPhone garners attention as a potential gaming platform

Sunday, March 9th, 2008, by moose

Funny how the iPhone SDK event was mostly about “serious” business stuff, but when you look over on the side of gaming sites and blogs, they get all excited by the potential for GAMES.
If, like me, you follow closely the videogames news, you can’t miss the whole buzz generated by the iPhone SDK event. And [...]

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Watch the iPhone Roadmap Event [UPDATED]

Sunday, March 9th, 2008, by moose

Apple - QuickTime - Apple March 6 Event:
On March 6, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone Software Roadmap. Watch the presentation now and see what’s ahead.  
(Via MacRumors.)
[UPDATE: you can now download the high-quality video through the iTunes Store.]

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John Siracusa on the iPhone SDK

Saturday, March 8th, 2008, by moose

John Sircusa:
Can’t help falling in love
But I can’t help but at least consider one particularly strong argument for the viability of Apple’s model: the game console business. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft all control which software gets sold on their respective platforms, and they all take a cut (in some form or another). And, like Apple, [...]

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Video: EA’s Spore game running on the iPhone

Friday, March 7th, 2008, by moose

Looks cool…

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Spot the Idiot: Steve Ballmer on the iPhone AppStore

Friday, March 7th, 2008, by moose

Ballmer dubious about Silverlight for iPhone:

He said he was concerned about Apple’s plan, unveiled Thursday, to let developers sell applications for the iPhone on iTunes and take a 30% cut of revenues. Ballmer suggested that Apple might charge Microsoft similarly to get Silverlight on the iPhone, though there is so far no evidence to support [...]

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