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More brilliant Apple marketing: appealing to iPad and Mac owners for the iPhone
Jul 11 by Rocco Penn | 1 commentAs if they didn’t do a great job already of marketing each individual product they put out, Apple has stepped up their push in the phone market by appealing to those who already have iPads and Macs, as well as those who have friends who have iPhones, more »
Yet another iPad rumor: HD
Jul 11 by Rocco Penn | 2 commentsWhile rumors of an iPad 3 coming out later this year bouncing between yes, no, maybe, and we don’t know, the latest rumor seems to make a little more sense. An HD variation of the current iPad 2 is being considered as “likely” with double the current more »
Games, weather, and social media top mobile app downloads
Jul 6 by Connor Livingston | add commentOur mobile devices have many uses to us, well beyond the talk and text functionality of the past. Millions of mobile apps are downloaded to smartphones and tablets every day. The types of apps we download are an indication of what uses we see for more »
Zuckerberg Going Apple on Google
Jul 3 by Rocco Penn | 3 commentsIn this cartoon by the geniuses at Joy of Tech, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg invokes the 1981 ad that Apple ran in the Wall Street Journal “welcoming” IBM to the world of personal computers. The ad, of course, didn’t work out very well at the time but has become more »
Skype to release iPad app soon
Jun 24 by David Lux | 1 commentSkype has become a popular app for the iPhone, bringing video calling to millions of mobile users. Now the service appears to be heading to Apple’s iPad very soon. After accidentally leaking a video of the new product, Skype confirmed that it’s preparing an iPad app, but has yet to provide more »
Meteroic: Download music and movies to your iOS device
Jun 22 by Navneet Alang | add commentApple’s iOS, for all its benefits, is notoriously closed. Particularly annoying about this is that you have no access to the OS’s file structure, which means you cannot download music or video clips from across the web. Thankfully a new iPhone more »
It's time to call it: The Blackberry will never rise again
Jun 22 by Navneet Alang | 19 commentsFor the past couple of years, we have been waiting to see whether Research in Motion, the makers of the Blackberry, could rise to meet the challenge of iOS and, later, Android. And for a while, we were hopeful. Looking at RIM’s past and brand loyalty, more »
Skype for iPad coming soon?
Jun 21 by Rocco Penn | add commentIf the insinuation of this leaked video can be believed, Skype will soon be launching its very own iPad app. According to HotHardware, “If this proves true, avid users of Skype will no longer have to ‘double’ the iPhone version on their iPad to actually use more »
Why everyone should boycott the New York Post
Jun 19 by Rocco Penn | 6 commentsWe are at a very dangerous crossroads when it comes to the internet. Companies are doing what they think they need to do to be profitable and still bring the best content they can to their readers. Publications like the New York Post are trying more »
Maybe Jobs was right when he used the term 'magic' after all...
Jun 17 by Ty Dunitz | add commentMagician Marco Tempest has coined possibly the coolest term you’re gonna hear all week: technoillusionist. What is a technoillusionist? Why, a magician aided by technology, of course – in this case, a whole stack of iPods. You may argue that more »
Facebook iPad app prepares for launch
Jun 16 by Rocco Penn | add commentThe iPhone app was available the moment that the Apple App Store opened nearly 3 years ago. Their efforts for the iPad took a year and 2 versions of the tablet before they made it ready, but it appears to be ready to launch shortly. Sources close more »
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