June 11, 2013
For years, we were told iOS was "stale" and "boring" when compared to the futuristic and convoluted feature-rich Android interface. Green felt was bad and "flat" was the future.
Well, we got a "flat" user interface in iOS 7, with translucent menus, better typography, and a much crisper, cleaner look. Just ... more
May 29, 2013
At last night's D11 talk with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, Tim Cook was asked about Apple's plans for the future of television (surprise). Cook began discussing the $99 Apple TV, of which, "We've now sold over 13 million." Cook also said the Apple TV has been good "from ... more
May 13, 2013
Let’s pretend the Internet is a nice place and people are inherently good to one another (please stop laughing). Would it be wrong to assume, then, that when someone puts some effort into making something, that thing won’t be ripped apart and disgraced by people with significant audiences and even ... more
March 28, 2013
If you needed further proof Apple is a hardware company first and a software company second, look no further than its Internet-based syncing platform, iCloud.
Several articles have emerged from sites like the Verge and Ars Technica, which focus on developers' plights in implementing iCloud and Core Data Syncing ... more
March 14, 2013
Pundits are no strangers to criticizing companies, and those who want to maximize their SEO Klout verticals know the biggest target of them all is Apple.
Apple: Once, a company that could do nothing right and was doomed to failure is now a company that can do nothing right and is ... more
February 14, 2013
Why, I remember it like it was yesterday. Every tech journalist, blogger, and pundit had his (or her, lest I get angry emails) finger on the pulse of a hot new television set coming out of Apple R&D. Actually, it was only yesterday. Following that gem came rumors of a ... more
February 1, 2013
January 17, 2013
Are you ready to give your soul over to a higher power? Sorry, that seems a bit preachy. What I meant to say was, "Are you ready to tell Facebook even more about yourself?"
This Tuesday, Facebook held a press event to unveil its new Facebook Graph Search feature, which ... more
January 3, 2013
It's the talk of the town all over the blogosphere...mainly because there's nothing else to talk about. A bug in iOS 6 appeared at the start of the new year that affects users of the system’s Do Not Disturb feature. Normally, Do Not Disturb automatically deactivates at a set time each ... more
December 20, 2012
Our mobile devices make sharing the minutiae of our daily lives as simple as a single tap. A new social network appears, we sign up, tap through to the confirmation screen without reading a single word, and suddenly we're transported to a world where every photo we've taken looks like ... more
December 5, 2012
Some call me a contrarian. Others call me a glutton for punishment. And yet some even call me the pompetous of love, but that's a tale for another day. Regardless, I am not someone who takes a claim like "Company X is a failure" lying down, especially after seeing ... more