Technologizer

5Words: Tragedy Strikes Beloved Apple Tablet

Thursday, November 19, 2009

God, no: Apple tablet delayed. Courts: Verizon’s AT&T ads OK. AT&t’s snarky anti-Verizon ad. How to improve Office 2010. Flips to get Wi-Fi soon? Pre for $80; Pixi, $25. Trillian for iPhone now available. ThinkPad Edge: hey, what’s that? Blu-Ray for $78? That’s tempting. AOL to shed mucho employees. Michael Arrington annoys Lance Ulanoff. ________________________ Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS.

Dear Microsoft: Stop Trying So Hard

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Maybe it’s just me, but these days Microsoft seems to be trying as hard as possible to be cool. Obviously shaken up by the less-than-flattering image Apple’s Get a Mac ads have given it, everything it does these days seems just contrived to draw attention to itself so it can say, “Hey look! We can [...]

Needed at Apple: One Good Game Designer

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Apple’s cooking up something related to video games, and needs a jack of all trades game designer to get the job done. Apple appears candid in the job ad. The company wants someone to work on “interactive multimedia experiences” (read: video games) on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The right person must be a “passionate gamer” [...]

The Apple iPhone App Store Approval Process: A Really Inefficient Route for Getting to the Right Decision

Saturday, November 14, 2009

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Bobble Rep, the iPhone application that lets you find and contact your senators and members of congress and which depicts them as bobblehead dolls, is no longer an app non grata. After initially rejecting the program, Apple has done an about face and pushed it through to the App Store. (On my iPhone, at least, [...]

Political Caricature? There’s No App For That

Monday, November 9, 2009

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I long ago gave up on trying to cover every weird rejection of an application intended for Apple’s iPhone App Store, but this one merits quick mention. Tom Richmond, the excellent caricaturist whose work appears in MAD these days, has blogged about an app he co-created. It’s a guide to senators and members of congress [...]

5Words: Cheapie iPhone 3GS Coming Shortly?

Friday, November 6, 2009

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$99 iPhone 3GS for Xmas? Droid: What you should know. Skype legal hassles over! Please? Twitter starts to test retweeting. Windows 7 outselling Vista handily. Band Hero sued? No doubt! Slacker radio hits Android phones. Orb media streaming for Macs. It’s Wikipedia in handheld form. Technology isn’t making us hermits. ________________________ Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS.

Here’s the iTunes TV Subscription I’d Pay For

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Over at All Things Digital, Peter Kafka is reporting that he’s hearing that Apple wants to offer a $30 TV subscription service through iTunes, and is trying to stir up interest among content providers. He has very few details, but the basic idea of a technology company taking on cable with an Internet-based service appeals [...]

Hackintosh Trouble?

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Apple may be suing Mac clone merchant Psystar, but its policy towards individuals who install OS X on non-Apple hardware to create “Hackintoshes” seems to have been to ignore them rather than to frustrate them. That may be about to change. According to OS X Daily, Apple’s upcoming OS X 10.6.2 update prevents Snow Leopard from [...]

Apple TV, iTunes Updated; World Remains Unchanged

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Apple has dusted the cobwebs off of Apple TV with a new software upgrade that introduces a redesigned user interface, which is intended to make it easier to play favorites. iTunes 9.0.2 was released in conjunction with the update. Apple TV 3.0 has a redesigned main menu that adds shortcuts to recently rented or purchased movies. [...]

The T-Grid: Verizon Droid vs. iPhone 3GS

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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So Verizon’s Droid is official, and officially arriving a week from Friday. I’m smart enough to know it’s pointless to call any phone an iPhone killer, or even a potential iPhone killer–and that competing with the iPhone is much more about software and overall integration than it is about hardware specs. (If you could kill the [...]

iPhone On Track to Become #1 Smartphone in US

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Apple’s iPhone continues it’s march toward market dominance, a survey released by ChangeWave Research on Tuesday indicates. From June to September, Apple’s share of the market jumped from 25 to 30 percent, while competitors RIM and Palm basically stayed unchanged over the same period. RIM’s share fell 1 percent to 40 percent, while Palm’s share remained [...]

Psystar Selling Software to Build Your Own Hackintosh

Friday, October 23, 2009

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Psystar is about to become an even bigger thorn in Apple’s side. The company has announced software that would allow users to run Mac OS X and six other operating systems on a PC called Rebel EFI. If it sounds like virtualization software, you’re pretty much right. The company is even going as far as to license [...]

Apple’s Windows 7 Bashing Begins Now

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Hmmm! As I learned from All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher, even Apple ended up joining in the Windows 7 launch festivities today, in its own special way–by premiering three new “Get a Mac” ads that are specifically about the arrival of the new OS. They’re very funny, very clever, very mean, at least somewhat effective, and–at [...]

Magic Mouse Manual Suggests OS X Update is Coming

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Apple’s new Magic Mouse has a lot of people talking, but not just about its features. A tantalizing tidbit is tucked away in the hardware manual saying that the device requires OS X 10.6.2 or later to operate. Given the short time period that it takes customer orders to be processed, the folks at AppleInsider [...]

A Bevy of New Macs: More For Less, But No Major Surprises

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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As expected, Apple has rounded out its computer line with a bunch of new models which follow the traditional Apple pattern: They have better specs, upscale features, and the same prices as the models they replace–and they’re missing some rumored features, too. (Blu-Ray in this case, which is apparently still a bag of hurt.) The new [...]

Microsoft, Apple Debate Operating Systems

Monday, October 19, 2009

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Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 debate. Wolfram Alpha iPhone app: $50? Rock Band hits the iPhone. What’s Mozilla’s secret Firefox app? Scottsdale Microsoft Store opens Thursday. Thoughts on Twitter’s Lists feature. Sony shows a 360-degree display. Where’s that Sidekick data, Microsoft? Tweet: Verizon Pre early 2010. ________________________ Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS.