Monday - April 14, 2008
Rumors are floating around that Microsoft is considering retail stores, like Apple's, to showcase its products. The problem is, there's nothing to showcase, and while Apple understands the retail store paradigm and has products to back it up, Microsoft does not. This week, BusinessWeek, in addition to analysts from Gartner, have pointed out that the level of customer pain with regard to Vista has been caused by Microsoft's inability to innovate with the monster code base of Windows.
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Friday - March 21, 2008
It may be some time before any Apple news rivals the iPhone software development kit or the MacBook Air, but it's nonetheless been a busy week for Apple-focused bloggers. Apple updated its Airport Express WiFi mini router to the faster 802.11n standard, delivered a new version of Safari, fixed dozens of security weaknesses, and saw Mac sales shoot through the roof in February.
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Wednesday - March 5, 2008
My "Creative" for the day, I was told, would be "Sundown." I recently took a test tutorial through Apple's One to One program. The service, which costs $99 a year, allows anyone from a novice to an experienced techie to sit down with an Apple guru one hour a week for one year. These eager teachers, dubbed "Creatives," patiently unpack secrets to everything from the basics of operating an iPhone to movie making.
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Friday - February 22, 2008
Jon Lech Johansen was born to kill digital rights management technology. He started as a teen, adopting the handle DVD Jon. In addition to cracking open the technology used to encrypt DVDs, he's taken his hammer to Apple's FairPlay DRM. Recently, DVD Jon and partner Monique Farantzos founded DoubleTwist, a company that offers products designed to simplify the flow of media across devices and social networks.
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Wednesday - February 20, 2008
DVD Jon, who gained fame as a teenager for hacking the encryption scheme for DVD movies and has since been a thorn in Apple's side, is going corporate. The hacker, whose real name is Jon Lech Johansen, has released two products that simplify the flow of media across devices and social networks.
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Wednesday - November 14, 2007
It's still all about the iPod. In the past year, Apple has introduced two products hailed as revolutionary in at least some corners. The iPhone came to market with almost unmatched buzz for a mobile device. The Apple TV, meanwhile, got a more lackluster welcome, but was still viewed as a steppingstone toward making the Internet a more viable distribution channel for feature-length video.
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Monday - October 29, 2007
Consumers planning to splurge this holiday season and buy iPhones for the whole family will have to make other plans and they will have to pay for any iPhone purchased with a credit or debit card. Apple and AT&T have tightened restrictions on sales of the popular sought device in an effort to prevent resellers from scooping up the handsets.
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Monday - October 1, 2007
The newly opened Apple store in the Natick Collection just outside Boston is a brightly lit, minimalist space meant to highlight the company's cutting-edge products. Employees swirl around the store to answer questions and keep a close eye on the iPhones being pawed near the front window. Meanwhile, just a few miles west, Mac reseller Macs at Work reflects an entirely different philosophy.
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Thursday - July 5, 2007
Wireless carrier O2, owned by Spain's Telefonica, is leading the race to become the exclusive iPhone provider in the UK, according to press reports. However, the company has denied cutting a deal with Apple. A variety of other carriers also reportedly are making headway in vying for contracts in other European countries: T-Mobile in Germany, Orange in France and Vodafone in a number of other areas.
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Thursday - May 10, 2007
Roxio has released a software application that converts computer-based video file formats and DVDs into files compatible with Apple TV, the iPod and the soon-to-be-released iPhone. The converter, dubbed "Roxio Crunch," is designed for Mac users. It can convert native QuickTime file formats such as MPEG-4, as well as non-QuickTime file formats such as MPEG-2 and DivX.
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Thursday - March 22, 2007
After a slight delay, Apple said it is now shipping Apple TV, a set-top box for playing computer-based video on television sets. Last month, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company delayed the launch of the much anticipated gadget designed for streaming video and other content from computers to TVs. The device is priced at $299.
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