The GigaOM Network: Cleantech | Tech Insider | Gadget Gurus | Online Video | Open Source | Web Life | Research | Live Events | About | Contact

Apple Announces Buy Online, Pickup In-Store

Written on November 07, 2009 by Charles Jade and 6 people have commented

Seeking to better manage the holiday deluge of visitors to Apple retail outlets, the company is now offering customers the option of ordering online and picking up purchases at their local store.
According to the new webpage, you can reserve an item “online today and it will be waiting for you to pick up and purchase [...]

Apple Says “The Holiday Lineup is Set,” Nothing More, Nothing less

Written on October 27, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 6 people have commented

Sometimes, like today for instance, I think Apple’s PR department is given only one mandate: to confuse and titillate. Why today especially? They just contacted Gizmodo to notify them that while Gizmodo has Phil Schiller saying there won’t be any new Apple products this year…the actual quote is “the holiday lineup is set.”
So Apple seems [...]

14 Ho Ho Holiday iPhone Apps

Written on December 17, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 3 people have commented

I’m a holiday junkie. I watch all the Christmas specials (including a copy of PeeWee’ Christmas Special which I have on VHS. It’s the only reason I still have a VCR), I make hot chocolate, I bake, I go absolutely insane. My insanity now extends to my iPhone, which has recently experienced a rash of [...]

Ecardlets: Greeting Cards for Your iPhone

Written on December 01, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 7 people have commented

If you’re like me, sending holiday cards is one of those “necessary evils” of the holidays. A new service, Ecardlets.com, hopes to make the process a little easier — at least for your friends with iPhones.
Ecardlets.com is a San Francisco, CA startup founded by ex-Microsoft and ex-Googlers, and has just launched its initial public [...]

Poladroid Adds 1940’s Flare to Your Modern Snaps

Written on November 16, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 17 people have commented

Macs are definitely not all-work and no-play machines, and this fact is made even more evident via a nifty little application called Poladroid. With holidays coming up, nostalgia will most likely be at an all-time high and Poladroid helps you inject some into your modern pictures in a very slick way.
Not content to just provide [...]