Love him or hate him, you can’t deny ‘His Steveness’ and his ability to put together short and to-the-point emails. Some may even call them legendary. If you’d like to do the same, but don’t have the kahunas to do so, the folks at The Joy of Tech have come up with an awesome solution.…
It’s Official: Apple has sold 1 million iPads since launching it only 28 days ago
Apple just issued a press release saying that they’ve sold 1 million iPads, and it only took them 28 days. Not bad for a form factor that I’m still looking at and wondering where exactly it fits into my life. Apple also took the chance to say that there are now over 5,000 iPad applications,…
The mobile roundup – The HP buys Palm edition
We were in sunny Orlando for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry conference this week and thought its new handsets would be the big story of the week but then Hewlett-Packard dropped $1.2 billion to buy Palm. While that deal will have significant ramifications for years to come, there was also some hot hardware introduced and some…
Get Ready For Some ‘Monster Mayhem’ on the iPhone
If you’re like me, your home is full of plenty of firearms and Twinkies just in case any monsters or zombies try to make their way into your peaceful sanctuary. If you’re also like me, you’ve never even fired a BB gun, which means you’ll be useless when the time comes to pump those monsters…
Get your 3G iPad now
You can now get an iPad that’s usable on the go (without a Sprint Overdrive) because Apple is selling the 3G version. The iPad 3G won’t be delivered until May 7th, but you can shell out the cash right now, if you so choose. You can nab the 16 GB version for $629, the 32…
This is the dude who found and sold the next-gen iPhone
That guy with the douche-bag beard is reportedly the person who found the next-generation iPhone in a bar and sold it to an online publication. The 21-year-old Brian J. Hogan, of Redwood City, California, said he was paid by Gizmodo but didn’t think he was doing anything wrong because he thought he was just selling…
Adobe CEO responds to Apple’s ripping of Flash
Apple CEO Steve Jobs took his war against Flash to a new level with a letter outlining why this pervasive web technology isn’t allowed on the iPhone OS. Adobe wasn’t going to sit around while all this smack was being talked and its CEO, Shantanu Narayen, had a few choice words in response during an…
Suck it, Steve. iPhone porn still going strong
While Steve Jobs has clearly expressed his distaste for Android by saying “Folks who want porn can buy an [sic] Android phone.”, the iPhone is in no way in short supply of pornographic material, even after they pulled 5000 apps from the App Store. Although Jobs makes a good argument about the availability of porn…
Apple acquires Siri – May the voice-powered wars begin.
Siri is a voice-powered personal assistant application for the iPhone. The iPhone app’s website describes the app well: You ask. Siri Does. Not to be outdone by other voice-control services on Android, Apple has decided to buy the company, and will integrate Siri into their iPhone OS. All you need to do with Siri is…
Jon Stewart: Apple’s being ‘appholes’ over lost iPhone
You know the next iPhone is a big story when it catches the attention of Jon Stewart. During his popular show on Comedy Central, the host ripped into Apple’s reactions to the lost iPhone prototype. Specifically, he called out the company for supposedly initiating the police investigation that led to a whole lot of drama…