The Mac App Store launched today and out of the blocks the most popular app by far is the official Twitter app (download from the App Store). While everyone else is ooh-ing and ah-ing over it’s shiny-ness, look at me! I’ve got Super Secret settings *grin*
Tag Archive: Apple
Reading on the iPad: iBooks vs Kindle
So I’ve had my iPad for a little over a month now. By far the thing that I do the most on it is to read ebooks. In fact that was one of my main motivations of buying the iPad in the first place. In this past month, I’ve read at least 3 whole novels…
Now I understand all the fuss about the Kindle
So I got an iPad. Don’t worry, I’ll spare you the fanboy gushing. I actually want to talk about Amazon’s Kindle service. I’ve been wanting to stop buying paper books for a while now. I’ve also been buying ebooks in PDF and ePub format. Reading these ebooks have been less than ideal because I’ve had…
Which geek am I?
Suffian pointed me to the 56 Geeks project on Flickr. The closest I come to is the Apple Geek, although I would consider myself a bigger Internet Geek
iPhone beggars
Mark Pilgrim comments on Apple’s philosophy of locking products in regards to the iPhone. Money quote: I thought the big draw for Apple hardware was that “It Just Works.â€? By breaking it, you must know you’re giving up the “Just Worksâ€? factor, so what’s left? Rounded corners? If wishes were iPhones, then beggars would call…
Microsoft goes DRM-free too
Microsoft will now also sell DRM-free EMI tunes on their Zune Marketplace. Apparently they’ve been in discussion for ‘some time’ but this looks like they’re totally following the leader (Apple) here. Microsoft changes tune on selling DRM-free songs (ComputerWorld)
Apple Computer
Jon Gruber tells us why Apple is more of a computer company than ever, despite dropping ‘Computer’ from its name: This isn’t a new direction for Apple. It’s the same path the company has been on all along. Cool new software powered by OS X, running on beautiful, well-designed hardware describes the iPhone and the…
EMI drops DRM
Hell is freezing over! EMI, Apple partner on DRM-free premium music. Good on EMI and this shows all Steve Jobs’ doubters of his sincerity for DRM-free music.
Beatles on iTunes soon?
BBC is reporting that EMI will hold a special event together with Steve Jobs later today in London and speculates that the Beatles’ catalogue will be going online soon.
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