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One of the great things about technology these days is that we’re no longer tied to a physical office space or even a desktop computer. We’re quickly becoming a completely mobile society, especially in the business world. With Fuze Meeting for iPhone, business … Read More »
Apple very briefly mentioned a new HTTP adaptive bitrate streaming technology for QuickTime on desktops and on the iPhone at the WWDC keynote Monday. This development actually has some pretty significant implications for Mac and iPhone users and developers, and our sister site NewTeeVee has the … Read More »
Please tune in to our live coverage of WWDC 2009 Keynote where we’ll have photos and text updates throughout the entire event! You can tune in via live.theappleblog.com or @theappleblog. Read More »
As a reminder, we’ll have live coverage of the WWDC 2009 Keynote starting before the actual event at 8 a.m. PDT. The keynote starts at 10 a.m., so we’ll be providing all sorts of updates before and during the event! In addition to our live.theappleblog.com … Read More »
Starting at 8AM PST, TheAppleBlog will be providing live coverage of the WWDC 2009 keynote! Our live coverage service will allow you to make comments, view photos, in addition to the constant stream of new info! Be sure to drop your email address … Read More »
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Where, a location-based mobile application from Boston-based uLocate, is quickly becoming a must-have on newer mobile platforms such as the iPhone and Android. It’s been download 2 million times and garnered a million registered users, numbers that are likely to head further north once Palm launches … Read More »
Today is a big day for those of us in the GigaOM Network. After many months of hard work, we are proud to announce the launch of GigaOM Pro. GigaOM Pro is home to solid research reports … Read More »
This morning I noticed a new set of takeover ads on CNN.com. Creating custom Get a Mac ads just for the web has become more common over the past few months, with CNN.com and NYTimes.com getting the most play. It’s always interesting to see how Apple … Read More »
We’d like to say thanks to this month’s sponsor of TheAppleBlog: WunderRadio: Wunder Radio provides access to thousands of streaming Internet radio stations and on your iPhone or Windows Mobile Phone. Mozy: Back up your photos, music, and files with Mozy for as low as $4.34 … Read More »
With less than 24 hours left in our Paintbrush/Backblaze Contest, we need more entries! We’re really looking for some awesomely cheesy drawings here, so don’t feel like you need to be a pro artist. The cheesier, the better! As a reminder, we’re giving away two 1-year subscriptions to … Read More »
It would seem Jeopardy has taken over TheAppleBlog for the day! Jeopardy is one of those “classics” that I remember watching at grandma’s house growing up. Unfortunately, I was absolutely horrible at getting any of the questions right. Regardless of my inability to answer who forged the … Read More »
We’ve had a couple of really great entries for our Paintbrush/Backblaze Contest but would love to see more! We’re really looking for some awesomely cheesy drawings here, so don’t feel like you need to be a pro artist. The cheesier, the better! As a reminder, … Read More »
Yesterday we posted about a snazzy OS X-based painting app that could be considered the equivalent of MS Paint for Mac. Well, we decided it’d be a lot of fun to have a little contest to bring out the inner-artist in all of our readers! Send … Read More »
If you didn’t cringe at the “wanna” in the headline, then you clearly ain’t grammatically in tune with your self to write for this here bloggin’ publication. Okay, I’m done. I just needed an excuse to publish “ain’t” in an article. At any rate, we’re looking to bring … Read More »
Good morning TABers! I hope all of you (at least all of you in the U.S.) had a fantastically lazy President’s Day yesterday. I wanted to let all of you know that TheAppleBlog has jumped on the bandwagon and now has a Facebook page…so if … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Jan. 8, 2009, 3:00pm PT
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Apple’s iPod Touch devices might have been a hot gift over the holidays, according the data released by AdMob, a mobile advertising start-up. Apparently the iPod Touch requests more than tripled worldwide from November to December, with a particularly large spike in requests the week after … Read More »
Apple’s last Macworld Keynote Address is now available to view online. It was announced last month that today’s keynote would be Apple’s last at the Macworld Expo. It was also announced that Steve Jobs would not be delivering the address but that Phil Schiller, Apple’s … Read More »
We’ve made it in to the keynote, have decent seats, and currently really solid W-Fi. Crossing our fingers that the Wi-Fi (and our batteries) will stick around. The vibe here is update and people are handing out “Bring Steve Jobs Back” apple-shaped flyers. We’re not planning on doing … Read More »
I have been a frequent user of Truphone since it launched its mobile VoIP service over two years ago. What started as a simple VoIP client for Nokia Symbian S60 devices is fast becoming a unified client that does it all. You can make low-cost calls … Read More »
I was walking ’round the Moscone Center this morning after I snagged my media badge and noticed a guy sitting at the entrance to the Moscone Center. I inquired. Nick Lensander (of The MacTips Podcast) was, and currently still is, the first and only guy in … Read More »
Well, it’s 2009. The last year people can wear those ridiculous “200X” glasses. How unfortunate. 2008 turned out to be the biggest year in TAB’s four year history. The main event being that we joined the GigaOm family. It was an outcome I had in … Read More »
Today, IDG World Expo (the folks behind Macworld), announced that they will be holding a Town Hall Meeting at next week’s show. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 7 at 5PM PST in Moscone’s Gateway Ballroom, room 102. All Macworld attendees are free to and encouraged … Read More »
At this past year’s SXSW one of the most popular “tools” used by attendees was a web app called SCHED. It was immensely helpful in figuring out what events were offered, who was going, and if you wanted to go. I’m excited to announce that this … Read More »
Today, Apple announced that the upcoming Macworld Expo (Jan. 5-9, 2009) will be the last Apple attends. On Tuesday, January 6, Phil Schiller will give the opening keynote and, according to Apple, it will be the last keynote given at a Macworld. Apple says that trade shows … Read More »
When it comes to eBook reading on the iPhone, Stanza is our app of choice. Best of all? It’s free. With access to 10′s of thousands of books, it has a ridiculous selection of reading material and now that selection just got bigger. A lot bigger. Fellow … Read More »
Well it took long enough! Your favorite blog has finally got its act together and jumped on the social bandwagon! You can now follow TheAppleBlog on Twitter! We won’t be doing anything lame like just streaming our articles directly to our Twitter account…there’s a real, live … Read More »
Over on GigaOM, Narendra Rocherolle ponders the thought of the iPhone as a micropayments device: I was playing Texas Hold’em on the iPhone the other day when it struck me: If Apple allowed one-touch financial transactions inside apps — in the case of Texas Hold’em, for … Read More »
Om Malik has been testing the new Google Phone for the past few days. His take? This isn’t an iPhone competitor. If you look at it, you can very quickly see that G-1 is a Honda to iPhone’s BMW. After a few days of usage I have … Read More »
iPhone Developers ’round the world can breathe a sigh of relief today. Seven months after the release of Apple’s iPhone SDK, the restrictive NDA that Apple placed on the SDK has officially been dropped. We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released … Read More »
Apple dominates music and consumer mobility. The MacBook is selling in record numbers. But despite making consumer-friendly products for the whole family, Apple has failed in an increasingly important market that includes TV, movies, music and gaming, and will soon encompass videoconferencing, education and more: The … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Sep. 26, 2008, 10:09am PT
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Reuters is reporting that Nokia is going to release a touch-screen phone on October 2nd. The new device is code named “Tube” and will be a cheaper device focused on their hot growth markets such as India. Read the full article on GigaOM → Read More »
iPhone 3G Heads to Lithuania and Latvia – Starting this Thursday (Sept. 25), Lithuania and Latvia will be able to bask in the goodness of the iPhone 3G. TeliaSonera will be providing the telecom muscle to pull it off. Remix Radiohead – For a mere … Read More »
This morning, SanDisk announced its next foray into the world of digital music. Too bad this digital music idea, like their previous ones, will be going the way of the dodo bird. SanDisk’s slotMusic product is a 1GB microSD card loaded with an album. You … Read More »
This past week the Associated Press announced that their Mobile News Network received some 16 million page views for the month of August. How does this relate to Apple? 95% of those 16 million page views originated from iPhone and iPod touch users via Mobile Safari … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Sep. 21, 2008, 7:17pm PT
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We’re looking to expand our already amazing staff of writers! These are paid, freelance positions that will almost certainly guarantee you world fame and fortune. Okay, so the world fame and fortune part isn’t guaranteed, but you never know! If you are interested, please contact us and … Read More »
Today Apple released a statement recalling all iPhone 3G ultracompact USB power adapters. It seems a small percentage of the adapters have a predisposition for the metal prongs to snap off in the electrical socket, potentially having some unfortunate side effects. The ultracompact USB adapters were … Read More »
Tonight, during The Office, Microsoft began airing its “phase 2″ of their $300 million ad campaign (after giving Seinfeld the boot) which features regular, everyday users saying “I’m A PC”…yes, it’s a direct response to Apple’s I’m A Mac/I’m A PC ads. The ads are actually … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Sep. 18, 2008, 8:00pm PT
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iPhone Dev Process – Some really great insight from developer Mike Ash on the whole development and app store submission process for NetAwake. Zero-Day Exploit Code For Quicktime Posted – Supposedly Apple has ignored a submitted vulnerability and in turn the person who found … Read More »
The very first panel at today’s Mobilize Conference was on the economics of mobile development. The iPhone was thrown around a bit (and more specifically, the distribution format of the App Store), but the overall topic was a bit more broad. Representatives from Microsoft, Adobe, RIM, … Read More »
Microsoft, what are you thinking? Seriously. Crispin Porter, the agency behind Microsoft’s seemingly failed ad campaign (and if not “failed”, then certainly “confusing”), has been kept on board for “phase two” of Microsoft’s $300 million ad campaign. The angle they are taking for phase … Read More »
CrunchGear is reporting that after only 2 commercials, Microsoft is giving Jerry Seinfeld the boot. The general consensus on the two ads that have shown has overwhelmingly been that people just straight out don’t get them. Both ads mention next to nothing about Microsoft … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Sep. 17, 2008, 8:35am PT
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Just a quick heads up that tomorrow we will be providing coverage of the Mobilize Conference in San Francisco. There will be a couple of cool iPhone specific companies presenting as well as almost a dozen other mobile companies. Hopefully we’ll be able … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Sep. 16, 2008, 7:49pm PT
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Get iTunes 7′s Album View back in iTunes 8 – Think the album view from iTunes 7 is gone? Think again. iPhoneModem – If you’re the jailbreaking type and want to share your iPhone’s internet connection with your computer, check this out. This unsupported app … Read More »
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Over at GigaOM Pro, Michael Wolf poses a really interesting question: When will television have its own App Store? Today’s TV application marketplace is in a similar place today as Apple was in its pre-App Store state: lots of Read More »