nVidia CEO see the MacBook Air as the future of laptop design
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has seen the future, and it is... Apple's present. He believes that in a few years you'll have trouble finding a computer that doesn't look like today's MacBook Air.
At the risk of offending the power users out there who can'...
Win two copies of myPhoneDesktop
I've mentioned myPhoneDesktop before, including listing it as one my best apps from 2010. It is, by far, my favorite way to send information to my iPad or iPod touch (works with iPhone, too): URLs, codes, phone numbers, anything that I need to get from...
Set AutoImporter’s preferences for cameras and iOS devices
When I plugin my SD card, I want one thing to happen: "Get my pictures (and videos) off this card as quickly as possible." I don't necessarily want to import them to iPhoto or do anything else with them right away, I just want them moved from Point A ...
Netgear CEO apologizes for part of anti-Apple rant
According to Macgasm, Netgear CEO Patrick Lo has clarified his earlier statement about Steve Jobs's ego. On Monday, Lo made reference to Steve Jobs "going away" soon, which most commentators (including us) found to be a fairly unsavory remark given th...
Keep your iPad 2 display hopes reasonable
The iPad 2 will not have a "retina display." That's the realization that most people have been coming to for some time now. Not long after the iPhone 4 came out, I read an article which mentioned the very significant challenges in bringing such a high ...
13 reasons why software is not free
When Steve Jobs announced the App Store, he made it clear that Apple would be happy to take on the costs of hosting and distributing free apps. I remember thinking at the time that he actually seemed to be pushing the idea of free apps.
Free apps helpe...
Microsoft "hasn’t ruled out" bringing Office to the Mac App Store
When Apple announced the Mac App Store, one of the inevitable concerns people raised was that "someday" Apple would make it the only way to install applications.
I said at the time -- and continue to believe -- that Apple won't do this for a number of ...
Apple approving third-party AirPlay apps
Appadvice.com has noted that Apple has approved a 3rd-party app which supports AirPlay. The app is called StreamToMe and requires iOS 4.3, which has not yet been released to the public although beta versions have been released to developers.
This sugge...
Official App Store account on Twitter
Apple has an official Twitter account for the App Store, appropriately named @appstore which promises "official App Store tweets including our featured apps, exclusive offers, and more."
The first post from the account came only a few hours ago, but th...
Wall Street Journal confirms iPhone coming to Verizon
Rumors of the iPhone coming to Verizon are almost as old as the iPhone itself, and earlier today we heard about a Verizon event next week, cleverly timed for 11 AM on 1/11/11.
That set off speculation across the Internet, but we paid special attention ...
Finder now offers to search Mac App Store for unknown file types
If you try to open a file in the Finder and it doesn't recognize the extension, it will now offer to search the Mac App Store for applications that can open that filetype. Before the Mac App Store's launch, the alert panel you see above would simply s...
