Dear Makers of Widgets and Apps, If your weather widget says the high is going to be 84 degrees but the actual high is already over your forecast, please make your widget/app smart enough to realize that 85 is higher than 84 and change the day’s high temp accordingly. Much love, Dave
Categories: Apple,Tech
Tagged: Apple
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- June 24, 2010 – 10:00 am
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- By Dave
Be sure and watch it in full screen. Looks like it could be the perfect mixture of visual, interactive elements and text – specifically designed to tell a story. Brilliant. While I wouldn’t want to read The Hunt for Red October like this, I think there’s a lot to be said for the forthcoming multimedia [...]
Categories: Apple,Awesomeness
Tagged: Apple
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- April 13, 2010 – 2:00 pm
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- By Dave
Say whaaaat? Apple approved Opera Mini Browser for the iPhone. Why is this a huge deal? In case you didn’t know, Apple has a tendency to reject apps from its beloved App Store on the grounds of “duplicate functionality.” So if your app does something even remotely close to a feature that’s already found on [...]
Categories: Apple
Tagged: Apple
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- April 13, 2010 – 10:48 am
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- By Dave
Dear Leader announced the next version of the iPhone operating system last week. Amongst its more notable features was the inclusion of multitasking, or at least a crippled version of it. Above is El Jobso with a screenshot of what it looks like. According to Engadget, “It’s not a ‘true’ multitasking system…You just double click [...]
Categories: Apple,This Blog
Tagged: Apple, This Blog
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- April 12, 2010 – 2:45 pm
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- By Dave
Guilty as charged 0
I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, Macbreak Weekly, and naturally the discussion was about the iPhone 4′s reception issues. (Have you noticed that I haven’t blogged a single thing about the iPhone 4?) They made a really good point about how snobby we can get when it comes to technology. Guilty. But [...]
Categories: Commentary,Tech
Tagged: Apple