Two days ago, Apple released firmware update 2.2.1 for the iPhone. It had some minor bug fixes, and was supposed to improve audio playback, and well I’m not sure what else. And that got me thinking. In the past, when the iPhone was fresh and new and not 3G, every update was a big deal. The [...]
Written on January 29, 2009 | Posted in
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When I first purchased my iPhone last October, every software update was like an epic event. Of course, back then, there were major things being fixed and added all of the time. That last REALLY big update was 2.0 when the App Store was added and all hell broke lose as people started [...]
Written on November 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Keith talks about Boxee, a new Media Center for Mac.
Written on October 31, 2008 | Posted in
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Today there is an Apple event at 10 AM Pacific time, during which the the Willie Wonka of white earbuds will unveil some new laptops. I’m an occasional reader of the great mac rumor/news/commentary site macrumors.com , but I’ve noticed that they’ve gotten too good lately. The last iPod revision was pretty well nailed by [...]
Written on October 14, 2008 | Posted in
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Some of these developers are really making some incredible use of the iphone SDK, even the silly little ones like the lightsaber. I’m excited to try the guitar tuner app too. I don’t care about the people complaining about a price drop- Apple has taken something I bought over a year ago and made it [...]
Written on July 14, 2008 | Posted in
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Since I loaded the newest OS from Apple, 10.6 Snow Leopard, I have been on a quest to really give Safari a chance. I have not been a fan of Safari in the past. Ever since the birth of Firefox, I have been a strong supporter of that cross-platform browser.
But let’s talk about [...]
Written on July 9, 2008 | Posted in
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For our readers who might not know what Digg.com is, it is what is known as a “social news” site. It is intended to be a forum where users submit content that they think is interesting, (they “Dig” it) and other users vote on those stories based on how relevant or interesting it is. Over time, Digg has expanded past their original tech focus and is a general-interest site.
Written on July 7, 2008 | Posted in
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Last Friday marked the end of Bill Gates’ job at his company Microsoft—so he can now focus all of his attention onto his new life’s work, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Now whether you love or hate Microsoft, love or hate Bill Gates, you have to respect him. You have to respect [...]
Written on July 2, 2008 | Posted in
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Here is the first of a couple reviews for Snow Leopard as I am choosing to break it down and do it feature by feature as I use the programs in Snow Leopard. Keep in mind that this is the developer copy, and it may explain why some of the features don’t work like [...]
Written on June 26, 2008 | Posted in
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I am currently in the process of preparing to install Apple’s latest OS, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Please don’t ask where I got it from; let us just say that I have it for testing purposes.
Written on June 26, 2008 | Posted in
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