Steam finally appears on Macintosh
Update: My impressions of Steam on Mac appears at the end of the article. Valve finally released Steam for Macintosh! I downloaded the client today and started downloading Portal and Toki Tori. I own both for Windows and now since the Mac version is out, I now own the Mac version too. Valve says that [...]
Looks like Gizmodo had more than just a prototype
A new set of leaked pictures and a video has surfaced on a Vietnamese forum: For those of you who thought the first iPhone 4 leak made Apple even more careful with its secrets, it doesn’t appear so. This, or they maybe just gave up on their legendary secrecy, who knows. via: Appadvice.com The video [...]
Apple takes lead in US cell phone market
Just over 3 years ago (January 2007), Steve Jobs announced that Apple was going to go into the cell phone market with the iPhone. There were a lot of technology pundits that felt that Apple would not make it in this market. Steve Jobs felt that if they sold just 1% of the market (10 [...]
What’s up with the Apple blogging community?
The last couple of days there have been story after story about Gizmodo and their scoop of the new iPhone 4G. They have hundreds of pictures and tens of videos showing off this device that looks kind of like an iPhone. They started with blurry pictures and now have someone holding the thing and spinning [...]
You’re Not Google’s Customer
Coyote Tracks writes: This is why I find the Apple=closed, Google=open! analysis just too damn facile. Google sees “open” as a means to an end, just like Apple; the difference is that “closed” Android devices will never, strictly speaking, be Google’s doing. Google lets their partners close things off if they so choose, but so [...]
Are template-based apps next on Apple’s list of No-No apps?
Update (3/9 2:54pm): From what I can see so far, this banning/not approving apps that are template-based/cookie-cutter type apps doesn’t seem to be happening. There is a new developer, LMK.com, that has added 51 new apps all of which use the same app to display different data. Just the kind of think that Apple would [...]
Apple Creates ‘iTunes Preview’
This is an “extremely” basic look at all the items available on the iTunes Music Store/AppStore called iTunes Preview. I have to hope that Apple will do some major work to this site to improve it’s looks. It’s pretty spartan right now. No graphics or icons except for the three main sections of the store [...]
