Think Different

Could Jonathan Ive be Steve Jobs' Replacement at Apple?

Seeded on Sat Dec 8, 2007 9:50 PM EST (The Times)

Seeded by Kyle B

Could Jonathan Ive, the publicity-shy Essex boy who started his career designing toilets and combs, be close to performing one of the most extraordinary coups in American business history?

technology, apple, ipod, mac, iphone, design, steve-jobs, macbook, imac, jonathan-ive

The Elite Apple Corps - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Sat Dec 8, 2007 11:33 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Seeded by funlilliy

Whatever it is (Radio Shack for rich people? The Sharp-est Image?), the Apple Store isn't what it used to be, even a year or so ago.

technology, apple, mac, apple-stores

Apple Plans New Ultra-Portable Macbook with Solid-State (Flash) Hard Drive

Seeded on Fri Dec 7, 2007 9:37 PM EST (CNBC)

Seeded by Timothy Marquez (Clipped by Mydree)

According to CNBC, at Macworld 2008 next January Apple will unveil a new, ultra-portable Macbook. "[T]he device will feature a 12-inch screen and will be 50 percent thinner--and lighter--than current versions of the MacBook Pro...

technology, apple, laptop, notebook, macbook, flash-memory

Radiohead In Talks With iTunes On 'In Rainbows'

Seeded on Fri Dec 7, 2007 5:49 PM EST (billboard.biz)

Seeded by Brian Ford

The British alternative rockers' EMI catalog remains a notable omission from the world's leading download store because of the band's assertion that its albums remain complete.

entertainment, music, apple, itunes, radiohead, digital-music, itunes-store, in-rainbows

Apple Store 14th Street Store - Check out the Glass Staircase

Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 2:16 PM EST (Engadget)

Seeded by Kyle B

Walking up a staircase made of glass just seems an odd concept...

technology, apple, new-york, retail, apple-retail-stores

Apple should kiss and make up with NBC...fast

Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 1:42 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Seeded by Brian Ford

"Don't let the Macgeeks posting angry blogs against NBC fool you," McQuivey wrote in a report issued Monday. "The loser here is Apple, which relies on NBC Universal to deliver 30 (percent) of video download sales.

technology, television, apple, video, itunes, nbc, steve-jobs, nbc-universal, itunes-store, forrester-research

Report: Apple needs NBC back, and quickly

Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 11:08 AM EST (MacNN | The Macintosh News Network)

Seeded by Mydree

Apple needs to work hard towards getting NBC videos back on iTunes, argues a recent report by Forrester Research. Firm analyst James McQuivey claims that when NBC videos dropped from iTunes this past weekend, he warned Apple executives that there was too much at stake.

technology, tv, television, apple, ipod, itunes, nbc, apple-tv, ipods, itms

Connect360 3.2 adds DivX/XviD streaming from OS X to Xbox 360

Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 7:27 AM EST (MacNN | The Macintosh News Network)

Seeded by ZekeTyler

The software allows Mac owners to stream media to their Xbox 360 consoles, which normally restrict content to a limited number of formats loaded from Windows PCs.

technology, video, xbox, xbox-360, divx, xvid, gamevine120607, connect360

8 Predictions for Macworld 2008

Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 3:10 AM EST (applegazette.com)

Seeded by Spuds Stuff

Predictions are fun. I like predictions. I'm not always that great at them, but I like them.

technology, apple, steve-jobs, macworld

20% of iPhones in France unlocked

Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 3:56 PM EST (BBC News)

Seeded by Red Wolf

Mobile phone company Orange has said 20% of customers who have bought iPhones from it in France have opted for unlocked ones.

business, apple, france, iphone, mobile-phones, telecommunications, fr-news

iPhone Takes Over the Internet: Accounts for more Page Views than Windows Mobile

Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 2:41 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

Seeded by Kyle B

IPhone owners embraced the browser to the extent that they represented 0.09% of all Web pages viewed in November. That doesn't sound like much, but consider that through September, Apple had only sold 1.4 million iPhones.

technology, internet, apple, web, windows, iphone, safari, windows-mobile

Problems with the Mac promised land

Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 8:54 AM EST (CNET News.com)

Seeded by Mydree

It's never clear in the early going exactly how many people as a whole run into problems with Macs, since things get quickly blown out of proportion under the intense scrutiny paid to Apple. But the basic complaint seems to be: this ain't what we thought it would be.

technology, apple, mac, os-x, macintosh, osx, macbook, leopard, imac, macbooks

Google Pre-Launches New iPhone Interface

Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 3:20 AM EST (TechCrunch)

Seeded by Spuds Stuff

We heard a rumor that Google was going to launch a new interface for users accessing the site via an iPhone in the next few days. But an anonymous tip let us know it actually launched without any warning or announcement this evening.

technology, apple, google, iphone, interface

iPhone iSync: the beginnings of WiFi iPhone syncing

Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 6:19 PM EST (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Seeded by Kyle B

iPhone iSync is potentially a very interesting application with great promise. It's a GUI implementation of an rsync-based folder synchronization tool that works with WiFi. This means it will sync a folder on your Mac to your iPhone/iPod touch over the wireless network.

technology, apple, iphone, sync, wifi, wireless-sync, iphone-apps, hacking, iphone-hack

German court says T-Mobile can sell iPhone exclusively

Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 10:38 AM EST (Engadget)

Seeded by Kyle B

Surprise! The German courts have reversed the November decision and now say that T-Mobile has the right to sell the iPhone exclusively in Germany. As a result, the injunction granted to Vodafone has been dismissed. T-Mobile still has the right to seek damages.

technology, apple, germany, iphone, t-mobile, vodafone

YouTube: Apple's "Industrial Revelation" Mac Ad

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 6:10 PM EST (YouTube)

Seeded by Kyle B

Incredibly well-done ad. Apple ties their brand to the power of the individual.

technology, apple, mac, macintosh, apple-ad

Leopard Tip: Hidden AirPort Information in Leopard Menu

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 2:12 PM EST (db.tidbits.com)

Seeded by Kyle B

Leopard includes more information about Wi-Fi networks in the vicinity of your computer than meets the eye. Mac OS X 10.5 updates the AirPort menu in the system menu bar after you select, which is a neat feature and provides more accurate results.

technology, apple, macs, os-x, 10-5, leopard, airport, wireless, wi-fi, wifi

DVD Movies With an iTunes Copy: Worth More?

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 1:58 PM EST (The New York Times)

Seeded by Kyle B

More interestingly perhaps, the studios are hoping to create "premium" versions of DVDs that include a copy of the movie that can easily be put on an iPod (and presumably a laptop with iTunes or an Apple TV).

technology, apple, itunes, steve-jobs, movies, films, 20th-century-fox, dvd, video, ipod

Apple Tablet Contest: Apple Touchscreen Tablet Contest Winner and Gallery

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 2:56 AM EST (Gizmodo)

Seeded by Kyle B

Thanks for everyone who entered our Apple Tablet "Contest," showing us just how good some of you are at Photoshop and/or taking Apple's existing designs and improving on it.

technology, apple, macbook, macbook-touch, tablet-mac, steve-jobs, contest, mock-up, mockup

NBC officially removed from the iTunes Store

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 2:27 AM EST (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Seeded by Kyle B

Now that December has arrived and NBC's contract has expired, all of their content has been removed from the iTunes Store, as promised. That means no more Bravo, mun2, NBC, NBC News, CNBC, NBC Sports, Sci Fi, Sleuth, Telemundo or USA Network (Go ahead and look. We'll wait).

technology, apple, itunes, nbc, tv, tv-shows, video, ipod, steve-jobs

Panic Releases Coda 1.1

Seeded on Sat Dec 1, 2007 8:24 PM EST (panic.com)

Seeded by Kyle B

Panic just released a rather large update to Coda, moving it to 1.1. It fixes quite a few problems I was experiencing, and makes Coda a more "Leopardy" app. Go check for updates!

technology, panic, coda, web-development, html, css, apps

Faster IPhone on Its Way

Seeded on Sat Dec 1, 2007 2:38 PM EST (PhysOrg.com)

Seeded by Spuds Stuff

AT&T; Inc. says it plans to offer a version of an iPhone next year that runs on a faster wireless network so users can get speedier results when surfing the Web. This is great news.

technology, apple, iphone, mobile-phone

When Robert X. Cringely Speaks: Read Between the Lines

Sat Dec 1, 2007 1:18 PM EST

By Brian Ford

Robert X. Cringely (the Mark Stephens flavor) recently posted an article comprised primarily of doom and gloom speculation about the allegedly damaged relationship between AT&T; and Apple as it relates to the iPhone.

Continue reading this entry ...

technology, apple, apple-inc, robert-x-cringely, mark-stephens, iphone, 3g, edge-network, fud

AT&T; Suddenly Doesn't Like Apple So Much.

Seeded on Sat Dec 1, 2007 12:02 PM EST (PBS)

Seeded by Anchorman

AT&T; CEO Randall Stephenson this week said what I have been saying since last July -- that Apple and AT&T; would soon introduce an iPhone that works with AT&T;'s faster 3G wireless data network.

technology, atnt, at-t, apple, iphone, ipod, steve-jobs, phone, network

AT&T;: Faster 3G version of iPhone due in '08

Seeded on Sat Dec 1, 2007 10:59 AM EST (computerworld.com)

Seeded by Josh of Arc

Apple Inc. will release a 3G version of the iPhone sometime next year that connects to the Internet at much faster speeds than the current model, AT&T; Inc.'s CEO said yesterday, according to reports by Bloomberg.com.

technology, apple, iphone, at-t

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