Day three was good, but, I must say, not quite as interesting as day two.
I talked to an Apple representative who was standing near the iPhone that was on display, and I asked a couple of quesitons. She confirmed that the iPhone’s battery is not removable. When I asked her if third-party developers would be [...]
Day One of Macworld was cool for the Keynote, but I didn’t see anything cool on the show floor, and I didn’t attend any conferences.
Day Two, however, was much cooler.
The only presentation I saw was a bit of the Macworld Best in Show (some representative from Adobe talking up the CS3 beta), but I got [...]
With Macworld ‘07 only a few days away and rumor sites incessantly churning out rumor after rumor, the last thing you probably want is a bunch of Mac geeks giving their completely uninformed opinions on what will transpire in the keynote. If that’s the case, we’ll see you on Tuesday when you can get the [...]
Today I received a letter in the mail from a writer claimed to work at an Apple affiliate. In the letter he stated some very good scoop and encourage me to write about it here on TAB. So without further anticipation, I intend on spilling the beans on Tuesday’s announcements.
Before I do, I want to [...]
I seem to remember this game originating maybe as far back as a couple years ago, though I apologize for not remembering who’s brainchild it was. But what for the past few Keynotes has been only a printable (usually pdf) version, has been coded and made available as a little app for OS X.
Maybe [...]
This is pretty sweet for all you home brew fans out there. This guy made his Nintendo DS function like an iPod, using the lower (touch) screen as the click wheel. Not overly useful - unless you have a DS and not an iPod - but pretty cool anyway.
My Son’s got a DS, [...]
The title that I gave the announcement (yesterday) about Adobe bringing Premiere back to the OS X platform reminded me of this video I saw one time. I apologize, but I can’t recall where I found it. So if you’re that person, or know where I can point credit, please let me know. [...]
Since it’s not yet a category to which an award is given, Apple will have to settle for “Marketer of The Year” for 2006.
I know this isn’t new news, but I thought The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs was worth a mention. A wonderful window into the inner workings of Steve? [...]
An eagle-eyed Digg’er points out that the Keynote at next week’s MacWorld Expo will be 2 hours long. Typically it runs a little more than an hour, but not this year kids. We get a solid 120 minutes of his Steveness telling us about all the tech and hardware we didn’t [...]
Well, the new year - and another work week - has begun.
I trust everyone had a fun and safe series of holidays, but it’s time to get back to business. There’s a whole new year ahead, and that of course means plenty of new resolutions, ups, downs, crazy Apple Rumors, and the [...]
Well, Microsoft has said it themselves, Windows Vista (due out in about a month) will be a huge nightmare to support.
On the official Vista development blog, Microsoft claims a study, conducted by IDC and commissioned by Microsoft, found that Vista will create 100,000 new jobs in IT, and that for every $1 Microsoft makes from [...]
Phill Ryu’s MacHeist has just hit the $50k mark for charity which means all of the nearly 5,000 people who have purchased the software bundle so far will now be getting a NewsFire license.
If MacHeist users purchase enough to raise $100k for charity (25% of all purchases are donated) then all of the users will [...]
Here’s another one. Apparently riled some HP execs in a meeting on Wall Street. Nice. “That notebook you’ve got there is a challenge to us.” Guess the friendly days of HP selling iPods are long passed.
I’ve been tracking the growing popularity of Macs in the Business World, here and here.
Via TUAW
Mac user Nancy Spoolman got an early Christmas present from her PC-using son, Corey: a handcrafted oak clock in the shape of Apple’s famous logo.
Dubbed the ‘Macintock,’ an engraved plaque on the bottom reads “An apple a day keeps the viruses away.”
“I think he’s telling me he is switching,” Nancy said. “I love his [...]
MyDreamApp, MacHeist, MacZOT!, MacAppADay - these are all recent or current marketing plans that have originated in the world of Macintosh software. With the exception of MacZOT! (which follows something of a Woot plan of attack, offering one smokin deal a day) these ideas are all pretty unique.
MDA and MH have drawn [...]
It’s a few years since the Switcher ads ended, but the rate of Mac converts is higher than ever, Apple has successfully completed the Intel transition, and market share is on the rise. So what does Apple decide to do? Start a new advertising campaign, this time with twice as many people per ad, for [...]
Geez, I think I’m gonna start this as a regular sort of topic here at The Apple Blog. This’ll be the 2nd example this week of a business leader in a seat of power talking about their move to Macintosh computers (here’s the other from this week). Fellow Denver-based Apple blogger, David Chartier [...]
These days, everyone seems to have an opinion on what Apple’s going to do next. It’s not surprising to see analysts base their prediction for Apple stock entirely on an upcoming product. Doing that is fine for, say, Intel, because their roadmap is available for public scrutinity. But for Apple, everything coming next is just [...]
How many of you Mac users out there have ever attempted to persuade someone to Get a Mac? How many of you have ever engaged in a debate or argument with a user of a certain other operating system over the virtues of your respective OS? Quite a few, I might guess. How about [...]
Apple has posted three new “Get A Mac” ads:
Gift Exchange shows the Mac give the PC an iPhoto book. The PC remarks that it looks like a lot of work, but then the Mac replies that it only took a few clicks in iPhoto. Then, the PC gives the Mac a C++ Programming Guide.
Sales Pitch [...]
