Steve Jobs always wanted the Mac’s interior be as beautiful as its exterior. Does Apple’s new iPad live up to its heritage? Will the iPad Norm and Will “borrowed” from Adam survive the day? Super Interesting!
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Review of the reviews – Apple’s new iPad
A review of the reviews from Om Malik. The new iPad reviews are out and here is my summary of those reviews: LTE is fast, the retina display is stunning and immersive, the new processor is speedy, the camera takes great pictures now, and the more (1 GB) memory makes the iPad awesome. In short, it is …
Apple updates iCloud to include Movies and TV Shows – with an extra bonus
Two years ago I bought a movie, The Dark Knight, and then promptly deleted it during an iPhone backup. I haven’t seen the movie since then, which stinks even though it was probably my mistake. That is until today when I went into the “Purchased” section of iTunes and found it ready for download in iCloud. …
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Say hello to OpenStreetMap – the Wikipedia of maps
In October 2011, Google finally revealed pricing for Google Maps services. Lightweight usage was still free…significant load volumes would begin to incur charges: basically, services and applications that generated more 25,000 map loads per day would be charged $10-$40 for every additional 1,000 map loads. For businesses put off by the new costs of Google Maps, …
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Wanna stay competitive in today’s cell phone market? – Then buy 24 million iPhones
Earlier this morning, mobile phone carrier Sprint released its 10-K filing with the SEC for the fiscal year ending in December. In the filing, it revealed that it had made a commitment with Apple to purchase a minimum number of iPhones from Apple amounting to $15.5B in outlay. Horace Dediu of Asymco makes a good …
Wanna stay competitive in today's cell phone market? – Then buy 24 million iPhones
Earlier this morning, mobile phone carrier Sprint released its 10-K filing with the SEC for the fiscal year ending in December. In the filing, it revealed that it had made a commitment with Apple to purchase a minimum number of iPhones from Apple amounting to $15.5B in outlay. Horace Dediu of Asymco makes a good …
iPads for every kindergartener – early results show a positive trend
This is the nation’s first public school district to give every kindergartener an iPad. And the implementation was done very carefully, with the research component built in from the start, not added as an after-thought. — This fall, the district randomly selected 8 of its 16 kindergarten classes to receive iPads. There’s been ongoing professional …
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New Apple OSX adds share buttons for Vimeo, Flickr, Twitter – continuing to snub Facebook, Google
Apple’s decision to unfriend Facebook has turned out to be a boon for third-party social services that are now finding their way into Apple operating environments. The biggest winner of them all is Twitter. In iOS 5, Apple integrated Twitter. And just like that the company saw “sign-ups more than double and the number of tweets …
Apple, changing its ways after Steve via private product briefings
“We’re starting to do some things differently,” Phil Schiller said to me. We were sitting in a comfortable hotel suite in Manhattan just over a week ago. I’d been summoned a few days earlier by Apple PR with the offer of a private “product briefing”. I had no idea heading into the meeting what it …
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Will Apple’s iBooks Author open the door for a new form of journalism?
As a journalism instructor, it’s iBooks Author that has me most intrigued…because it’s not just for textbooks, and not just for textbook publishers. It is a fantastic tool for communications professionals, including journalists. Let me cut to the chase: I think iBooks Author could be the platform for a whole new form of rich-media, long-form journalism. …
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