In other words, that third wave of creative destruction and the reinvention not just of the media but of the wider culture it represents is beginning to break. This is only the start.
Some say it isn’t where you’re going nor where you’ve been that counts, it’s just precisely where you’re at as you join your life’s internal dots. So let us now speculate on the meaning of the latest location-focused iTunes promo, as spotted by TechCrunch.
iTunes right now is featuring the top five location-based services via its iTunes Store, both on the Web and the iPhone. And we think the promo is a table-setting deal for future Apple ads-serving solutions. Read the rest of this entry »
So here’s the story. It seems young boys between 6 and 9 who spend too much time on their games consoles are less educated and less capable of reading and writing than kids the same age who aren’t tied to their Xbox, PlayStation or Wii.
Apple’s iPhone is becoming the dominant device in key territories of SouthEast Asia, while in the UK carrier O2 continue to aggressively defend its iPhone franchise as price war breaks out.
O2 is planning to launch a two-year Apple iPhone tariff for £25 per month. The tariff will include 100 minutes and unlimited texts. That follows announcement of a SIM-only deal last week.
O2 has much to fight for. It has sold over 2 million iPhones in the UK, but now faces stiff competition from other carriers who have broken its once exclusive hold on UK iPhone sales. Vodafone and Orange are both seizing share, with the former company confirming 100,000 new iPhone sign-ups in the first week the product went on sale.
We’ve talked before about Apple’s hobby product, the Apple TV. Tim Cook even characterised the product as that once again during a recent analysts call – but we suspect Cupertino’s being cunning once again, and one day the Apple TV will morph into something completely different – a games console.
At least one games industry analyst agrees (video below) and it really isn’t a massive stretch right now to imagine how such a step could take place:
First, use an iPad or iPhone or iPod touch as the game controller(s);
Microsoft is considering including support for Mac OS within future Windows Phone 7 series of devices.
Speaking to Engadget this weekend, Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman, (director of consumer experiences for Microsoft’s mobile division) would neither confirm nor deny the plan – all he seemed prepared to commit to was to concede that there are “internal discussions” as his team is considering the plan.
What could make this interesting is Microsoft’s confirmation the other week that Windows Mobile 7 will offer a Zune client, in order that devices powered by the OS won’t be completely out of the iPhone’s league.
Skeptical Science has introduced its really rather useful iPhone app which offers you the counter-argument for all the strange statements skeptics make.
It helps you find out what the peer reviewed science has to say about global warming. The navigation by skeptical argument allows you to take a statement and find out for yourself whether it is based on credible science or not.
Skeptical Science allows you to:
- learn more about the science of global warming
- respond to statements by skeptics with hard science
Apple is at once the world’s most secretive company while also being the one which generates more column inches than any other firm on the planet. Millions of people worldwide are fascinated by what happens in Cupertino, even if they don’t use the disruptive products invented there.
What follows are six of the most essential titles any Apple watcher should read and own if they really want to build up their understanding of the company.
We’ve been watching Apple at work and play for a long, long time. We consider these to be the key titles to help boost understanding of the history and philosophy of the company.
We know that Mac website editors across the planet have a few books forever in the shelf behind their desk, and we figured it would be of some interest if told you which books they are.
So, whether it’s to satisfy your own curiousity, or for a Christmas or birthday present for an Apple fan, we think you really can’t go wrong with any one or all of these titles. Read on…
This image shows the sliced up remains of an (apparently rather deeply yummy) cake dispatched by Adobe to UK media as a birthday gesture to mark the 20th birthday of Photoshop.
That’s nice (though InDesign didn’t get a cake last year for its tenth birthday). And apparently the cake was/is rather deeply yummy, as it should be to mark the anniversary of what is arguably an important, a culturally- important product which has transformed photography and design.
Now, we know that journalists everywhere are being sent these happy birthday Photoshop cakes, and there’s nothing wrong with the company marking the anniversary of that culturally important product. (Though perhaps a non-Flash based UI would be better for Mac users)…
So – ignoring the Amazon prices, in the UK Adobe charges customers $945.54 for a product it charges US customers $699.99 for. That’s a difference of $245.55. Accepting a 17.5 percent VAT hit on the US price that would raise the UK equivalent to $822.50. So what’s that additional $123 dollar mark-up for?
So here’s the story. It seems young boys between 6 and 9 who spend too much time on their games consoles are less educated and 
We’ve talked before about Apple’s hobby product, the Apple TV. Tim Cook even characterised the product as that once again during a recent analysts call – but we suspect Cupertino’s being cunning once again, and one day the Apple TV will morph into something completely different – a games console.
