New MacBook Air Hits the Web Working Sweet Spot
The iPad is a pretty nice mobile web working tool. But the new MacBook Air, with more processing muscle, better graphics and access to OS X and all the applications that go along with it, is the better tool for the road warrior.
Books and Video Win on the iPad, and Users Are Buying
Although the iPad is still relatively new, early indications are that a majority of users are willing to pay for content — whether it’s apps or games — and that news and music are the two most popular forms of media consumed, with books a close s...
Apple Fights Back In Video Chat With FaceTime for the Mac
Apple will soon have a whole bunch of new users for its FaceTime video chat application. At today’s “Back to the Mac” event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company is making a beta version of FaceTime video chat available today from Appl...
Apple TV: 250,000 Sold In Six Weeks
Apple didn't announce the number of Apple TVs sold as part of its earnings release, but Steve Jobs reported on the company's investor call that it's sold more than 250,000 Apple TVs since the company first made the product available in early September.
Apple Developing iAds for Video
Apple will be adding a video angle to its advertising offerings, and will soon begin delivering in-stream ads to videos shown on iOS devices. A new video ad product, slated to launch early next year, could boost videos available on the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.
Make Video Calls on the iPhone 3GS With iSeeU
Want Facetime-like video chat on your iPhone 3GS or Android phone, but you don't have a front-facing camera? Then iSeeU could be the right solution for you: It's a simple mirror that you mount to your phone to film yourself with your rear-facing camera. Neat.
Moving to Mac: 6 Months In
It's been about six months since I took the plunge and moved from PC to Mac. I thought it would be interesting to check in and see where I am now, how I am faring and what software I'm using.
Tango: Good Video Call Alternative for Android, iPhone
Android phones like the EVO and Droid X have a front-facing camera to enable making video calls. The iPhone 4 has a camera too, and while FaceTime is Apple's app for making calls on that platform, newcomer Tango makes calls possible on both iOS and Android.
Bluefire Reader: An iOS E-reader With Adobe DRM Support
I've really been enjoying reading books using e-book readers. But while many e-readers are good at what they do, they are either tied to a specific vendor, or don't support Adobe's widely-used DRM. For reading such books, the free Bluefire Reader for i...
Intel Pushing Tablets, iPad Pushing Battery Life
Tablets are the hot ticket in the computing space, if comments by Intel CEO Paul Otellini are any indication. Otellini admitted the iPad has impacted Intel's business, and the company is looking to the tablet space to rebound. Intel better be thinking ...
What’s a CDMA iPhone Worth to Apple?
With so much talk about Apple's iPhone coming to Verizon Wireless, it's easy to overlook the rest of the CDMA market, which has half-a-billion subscribers worldwide. CDMA iPhone sales of just 10 percent of the addressable market would boost Apple's rev...
iOS and Android Devices Continue Their Assault on Enterprise
IOS and Android devices are finding fast adoption by corporate customers, according to new figures from Good Technology, which found that iOS devices represented more than 50 percent of new activations from June to September, fueled by interest in the ...
