Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category

Crunching the numbers: iPads vs texbooks

8 hours ago by Sal McCloskey | add comment

Some day in the (very) near future, we may no longer need a traditional backpack at school. Rather than carrying around a laptop and textbooks, we will be consolidating the various components of school gear down to a single device that fits nicely within our hands: an iPad. Many schools are already more »

Vintage hippie Steve Jobs video shows shy young man with a spark of potential

Feb 16 by Rocco Penn | 1 comment

The long hair. The mustache. The lack of a turtle neck. 32 years ago, Steve Jobs gave a presentation that wasn’t like the ones he has been famous for the last decade and a half but there are definitely flashes of the bravado and intellect that made him an icon. The video, gifted to the Computer History Museum by Regis McKenna, more »

Tim Cook is the Michael Corleone of Apple

Feb 14 by JD Rucker | add comment

It has been just over 4 months since Steve Jobs died. Since then, Apple continues to head in the right direction financially and has seen very little in the way of slowing down its development of products. Tim Cook, the CEO, has not had many public appearances since then and the ones he has had have more »

Is 4G enough to end the high-end tablet war for iPad?

Feb 14 by Lorie Wimble | 3 comments

The over-$500 tablet war was, for all intents and purposes, over once the iPad 2 came out with a front- and rear-facing camera. It was the missing feature that kept some people from buying the original iPad and pushed sales of the sequel to a higher level than many thought possible. Still, there were more »

The really quick evolution of Apple product designs

Feb 11 by Sal McCloskey | 2 comments

For the last three of decades, Apple has separated itself from the various competitors through company culture, innovative technologies, and stellar marketing efforts. They have built a passionate community around their products based upon a lifestyle-promise – owning an Apple makes the more »

Smartphones on pace to near 1 billion by 2015

Feb 4 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

The mobile-device explosion may be getting fueled in recent months by Kindle Fires and iPads, but smartphones continue to be the foundation of the incredible growth the mobile industry is experiencing. Apps and devices are fulfilling many aspects of our everyday lives in ways that weren’t even more »

Will Apple tap into China for more iPhone sales?

Jan 30 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

To get an iPhone that works in China, one must subscribe to China Unicom, the 2nd-largest carrier in the largest country in the world. That may not be enough to quench their thirst if recent statements by investment bank Morgan Stanley is to be believed. Late Sunday, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy more »

The face of mobile? One little girl appears in Apple AND Samsung commercials.

Dec 30 by Scarlett Madison | 4 comments

One of the most important ongoing stories in tech for 2011 was the incessant legal maneuvering between Apple and Samsung. The patent wars have crossed the globe with battles being fought every day in different countries and over different patents. Both sides have had major victories. Both sides have suffered devastating more »

"Blue Busters" video proves nothing, not even Apple, was immune to the 80s

Dec 30 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

Those of us who grew up in the 80s are well aware that the culture, attitude, and utter cheesiness of the era was impossible to avoid. “Cool” had a much different meaning than it did in the 60s, 70s, 90s, and 00s, and the video you’re about to watch was likely considered “totally radical, dude” by the more »

Apps are rising on Windows Phones. Should they be taken more seriously?

Dec 28 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

I’ll never forget when my boss at the time showed me his shiny new Windows Phone. I liked the interface, the feel of the hardware itself, and the responsiveness of the internet even on the (dreaded) AT&T network. I nodded politely and congratulated him on his bold move away from the norm (something more »

The Steve Jobs statue is beautiful, creepy

Dec 21 by Scarlett Madison | 4 comments

Steve Jobs has touched the lives of people everywhere in the world. His influence is unquestionable worldwide and we can expect to see many tributes created for the many since his death earlier this year. The first known statue was unveiled in Budapest, Hungary, where a life-size bronze rendition more »

Who will buy T-Mobile now?

Dec 21 by JD Rucker | 3 comments

The unraveling of the AT&T merger with T-Mobile was not entirely bad for the fourth largest mobile carrier in the US. They get $3 billion. It isn’t enough to keep them afloat for more than a year or two, but it does buy them time to find someone else. It gives them time to formulate a plan-B. Unfortunately, more »

Technology use on American college campuses

Dec 20 by JD Rucker | 3 comments

Colleges have always been a venue for the latest and greatest in technology to not only be used, but often created as well. Today’s and tomorrow’s college students are “ultra-connected” and many do not even know what life would be like without constant contact with the internet, their friends more »

Xbox and iPad soar, others plummet as desired gifts for kids

Dec 15 by Scarlett Madison | add comment

The trends of sales during the holidays often relies on the wants of children and teens. It isn’t just in their own gifts that we end up seeing the shift; adults will often follow the lead of their children when considering which gadgets to buy themselves and other adults. In 2011, the iPad continues more »