Couch Controlling the Mac with your iPad
[Originally published in the SA Magazine Issue 6]
I can’t go back to using my iPhone. It feels so, restricted, small, and useless—yes, I will go as far as to say it’s nothing more than a dumb phone to me—and the reason is that apps behave and respond so differently on the iPad. They do so...
Documents To Go, now on iPad
Documents To Go updated for iPad →
The office suite has been updated for the larger screen. It isn’t an innovative user interface by any stretch of imagination—it’s practically a bigger version of its iPhone counterpart. However, where it may fail in terms of UI—especially when compared to the iWork apps—it has a terrific document workflow...
Magazines on iPad cost more than on paper
Magazines on iPad cost more than on paper →
Nat Ives, AdAge:
A year’s worth of Popular Science in print, for example, runs you $12 if you order through the magazine’s website and $10 if you find it on Amazon. A year on the iPad, however, will cost you $29.95. That’s 83¢ a print issue through Amazon,...
AT&T introduces new “We Hate Our Customers” data plans for iPad
AT&T introduces new “We Hate Our Customers” data plans for iPad →
AT&T seems to have gone completely bonkers. The new plans are DataPlus, which for $15 provides 200MB of bandwidth per month. And DataPro, which for $25 a month provides just 2GB of data transfer. As if this wasn’t enough, they’re charging $20 a month...
Steve Jobs interviewed at D8
Steve Jobs interviewed at D8 →
Engadget’s more comprehensive liveblog →
An absolutely brilliant insight into the life and philosophies of the man behind Apple, Inc, from the man himself. I pray AllThingsD is kind enough to provide us with the full video of the event.
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Quick recommendation: Movie2iTunes
Quick recommendation: Movie2iTunes →
If you’ve ever wanted to quickly get Movies and TV Shows into iTunes, Movie2iTunes couldn’t be more painless. Simply drag media into the droplet icon, and it sends it to iTunes. If it detects a TV show, it will automatically parse the show name, season and episode numbers, and set the correct...
Google dumping Windows
Google dumping Windows →
As part of a large corporate policy, to switch to a better platform:
“We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said one Google employee. “Many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly towards Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks,” said another.
New hires are now given the...
The iPad is not a Magazine.
The release of the Wired magazine app for the iPad has triggered much talk in the design community. The iPad is a new device, and everyone’s trying to make sense of it. What does content look like on the iPad? We only have had a few hundred years of experience with print, compared with a...
2 million iPads in 60 days
2 million iPads sold in 60 days →
I can’t for the life of me figure out why people want to buy a big iPod touch?! What is it about this device that’s so… magical?
[Update: #sarcasm]
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The next AppleTV revealed
The next AppleTV revealed →
Engadget has a tip off about what the next AppleTV will be like.
The new architecture of the device will be based directly on the iPhone 4, meaning it will get the same internals, down to that A4 CPU and a limited amount of flash storage — 16GB to be exact —...
Air Display for iPad: Pretty freakin’ EPIC
Avatron is one of those companies which has some terrific software engineers. Air Sharing has been a top favourite among iPhone users, making its way into the iPad. When I first heard about Air Display, I wasn’t expecting much. The concept was great, but how good could such an execution be?
Turns out, Air Display is...
Apple surpasses Microsoft as world’s biggest tech company
Apple Is Now Worth More Than Microsoft →
Apple’s market cap closed at $222.12 billion, while Microsoft’s closed at $219.18 billion.
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