Tag Archives: Apple

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 [...]

Smarter weather widget 0

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

Alice on iPad – THIS is how books will be read 3

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 [...]

In other news, Hell froze over 3

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 [...]

Steve Jobs reads my blog – AKA I totally called it 2

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 [...]