So Friday Sept 21 finally arrived, and with it, the latest iteration of the venerable iPhone. Me being the new-toy-nerd that I am, and one that is beginning to come to grips with what may be a severe case of Fanboyism, I dutifully ran down to my local Rogers store and waited in line with the masses to get my hands on the shiny gadget I’d wanted all my life…since 9 days prior
Read MoreSo as anyone whose interested knows, today Apple released the latest developer preview of iOS 6, named iOS 6 Beta 4. Several improvements were made, but the only thing about which anyone is talking is the omission of the dedicated YouTube app from the build.
Read MoreOn Wednesday October 5th 2011, the world lost Steven Jobs – the co-founder of Apple Incorporated – to pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. Love him or hate him, there is no denying he was a pivotal force in shaping the computers we know today. As I write this, I am flooded with memories past.
Read MoreAfter a long and well-publicized battle with pancreatic cancer, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has passed away at the age of 56. The statement from the board of directors can be read above. Boing Boing has put up a great tribute, in the form of a temporary site redesign that’s worth visiting.
Read MoreWhen Steve Jobs recently displayed Apple’s plans for a new Campus building in Cupertino, he may have let slip plans to move WWDC away from Moscone West and onto Apple’s own home turf.
Read MoreWWDC ’11 is in the can, and its message is clear: You want iOS on everything. No really. You do.
But here’s a little spoiler, Apple: No, I don’t.
Read MoreIn the past, the WWDC keynote has been shrouded in mystery, with no press releases or comment from Apple leading up to the event, and even the signage at Moscone West being deliberately vague, giving only a hint to what might be discussed.
Read MoreIt’s been a busy month for Adobe so far. Hot on the heels of the recent preview of Photoshop on the iPad, Adobe has today released the official Photoshop Touch SDK for tablet devices. The fact that Adobe has decided to release an SDK is exciting, since it strongly indicates that not only are we a step closer to a full-featured Photopshop app for tablets, but also full Photoshop integration into the core builds of third-party applications. From the press release: The Photoshop Touch SDK and a new scripting engine…
Read MoreAm I getting an iPad? Well that’s a fairly loaded question, filled with doubts and questions as to the practicality of such a purchase. I mean, it’s not a phone, and it’s not a laptop, and given that my day job means I spend a lot of time in teh photoshopz, the iPad doesn’t really fill a productivity niche for me, short of the ability to present concepts and materials to a small group in a quiet room. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want one.
Read MoreWhen we looked at a couple of SteelSeries’ gaming peripherals last year, the Xai mouse and 6GV2 keyboard, we were very impressed by both their quality and the technology inside. We were also impressed by the fact that, compared to most ‘gaming’ gadgets, their design was understated — even elegant. Very Apple-like, you could say. Now SteelSeries has decided to broaden their audio options to ”meet Apple Performance Standards for Music, Mobile, and Gaming”. Updated versions of the 7H and Siberia v2 headsets, already available for PC gamers, are coming…
Read MoreThe latest US numbers from Canalys show that Android has now surpassed Nokia as the best selling smartphone OS in the world. Though it started off slow, Android grew from 8.7% of the market in Q4 2009 to a massive 32.9% in Q4 2010. The big drop was for Nokia, which plummeted from 44.4% to 30.6% in the same timespan. All other smartphones saw a drop as well, with Apple’s iOS dropping less than a percent, while RIM dropped almost 6%. Since Windows Phone 7 launched in the middle of…
Read MoreAlthough no official launch dates are announced, the Samsung Galaxy Tab is set to appear on both Rogers and Bell here in Canada, probably by the end of November. We had a chance to get our hands on one, and came away suitably impressed. The Android based tablet, seen as the second mainstream device in the tablet behind the iPad, sports a 7 inch 1024×600 display using Samsung’s Super LCD screen technology, making it about half the size of the iPad. Unlike the silver back of the European version, Samsung…
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