Monday, June 30, 2014



Apple drops Aperture 






Timed with Aperture announcement, Apple updates remaining pro apps: Final Cut, Motion, Compressor & MainStage






Apple will no longer develop Aperture or iPhoto, OS X Yosemite Photos app to serve as replacement







Aperture better keep working for a long while.

Apple must be counting on a technology leap in image capture and reproduction.

Photos: Every photo you take on all your devices





Why Google, Amazon and Apple are making set-top TV boxes






Apple: Conspiracy? What conspiracy?






Everybody wants a slice of the Apple pie






Could Apple TV be one of Apple's hottest iDevices of the Year?






"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" uses advanced imaging tech to imagine an apocalyptic future—with an iPad cameo






Widespread Verizon Wireless outage affecting payments and new phone sales






Apple job postings confirm six new Chinese retail outlets






With iPhone 6 expected soon, iPhone 5 gets price cut






For Apple fans dreaming of sapphire iPhones, Liquidmetal could be a cautionary tale






When zoomed-in, the photos of the Apple construction site show great detail, gives a real feeling of size and scale

This is like building the world's tallest skyscraper one mile high, laying it on it's side, then bending it into a circle.

If the finished structure were straightened out and set on end, it would be twice as tall as the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa Tower, which is 828 meters high and 163 stories tall. 

The Apple Campus 2 building will be 1.6 kilometers tall, have 2.8 million sq ft of office space compared to 3.3 million sq ft of "floor area" in Burj Khalifa, yet it will be only 4 stories tall, not including underground areas. 

Latest aerial photos reveal rapid progress at Apple Campus 2 construction site

The diameter of the ring is 1,615 feet (492.25 meters), which makes it wider than the Pentagon. The circumference will be nearly a mile (1.6 km) and the planned office floor space is 2.8 million square feet (260,128.5 sq m) 









Apple airs new "Parenthood" iPhone ad focusing on home devices & families






11 cool things parents can do with an Apple iPhone






Apple heads for home: Why HomeKit may not bring an 'iLight' or 'iLock,' but a new Apple TV






It's the games, stupid!

Metal in iOS 8: Explained






One of the smartest things Jobs and Apple ever did was to concentrate on education

Apple to update iTunes U on iPad with student class discussions, teacher course creation & management









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Friday, June 27, 2014



Apple's users spend 4X as much as Google's





Macs are growing, PCs are waining

Apple - mapping out Mac's future revenue






Times have changed

Which is more evil, Google or Apple





Apple's Jimmy Iovine at work: combining a hot artist, beats headphones, a Macbook Pro, iPhone 5s, and sex.

Something the old Apple would have found hard to pull off.  

This UK singer, Ed Sheeran, is on fire and could pass Coldplay in the UK charts soon

The video had 5,932,330 views after 28 days on YouTube

I first saw his TV spot during The Colbert Report the other night

Beats by Dre x Ed Sheeran: New Beats Solo 2 Commercial





Who can duplicate Apple's killer cross marketing play?  

Sheeran on iTMS:






I had lunch at the Pint Room in Carmel yesterday, and the packed venue was transfixed watching US v Germany on large screen TVs.

The 300+ crowd was mostly late 20s and early 30s who probably played soccer in school.

But the take-away here is that they all had iPhones that they kept checking, probably for work, which they were skipping.

iPhones, not Androids.

Apple's World Cup soccer story hints iWatch






Why Apple really cares about your privacy




Honeywell already has an app to counter nest thermostat

Apple said to be working on "mainstream" smart home hardware







Hmmm?  Didn't they try this before?

Apple Inc., ARM & Qualcomm aggressively poaching IBM's chip designers






Apple's hire of former Atlas Wearables software engineer hints at deep 'iWatch' activity tracking capabilities






Teardown of new $199 16GB iPod touch finds same design & parts as 32GB & 64GB models






I knew that was the voice of Robert Preston from The Music Man:  76 Trombones, You've got Trouble,

What's with that "go you chicken fat go" iPhone ad?






Amazon is killing competition, not Apple

Bezos should be in a federal prison

Amazon said to be 'increasingly ruthless' in negotiations with UK publishers






The elephants in the Google I/O Room: Glass and Plus





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Thursday, June 26, 2014


Google to copy Apple more closely than ever

That's the take away from Google I/0

Starting with the Logo on Moscone 



The show inside was a flop: coverage towards bottom of page



Rumor: Third beta of Apple's iOS 8 will be provided to developers July 8






Product Red thanks Apple for partnership, clarifies Bono's comments at Cannes Lions appearance







Apple manufacturer Foxconn announces record $131.8 billion earnings






Letting big box stores give a discount usually means that new iPhones are pretty close to shipping, a month or two away at most, and it deters people from buying new cheap Android phones.

Costco makes up with Apple, starts selling iPhone and iPad online at discounts of up to $120





More price cutting ahead of upgrades

Apple launches $199 16GB iPod touch with rear camera in 6 colors, slashes prices on 32GB & 64GB models






The only thing you need to read about today's weird Google I/O keynote







Google's Sundar Pichai targets the enterprise with Android L, featuring Samsung Knox







What a surprise, the new Android L will copy everything that Apple just debuted in iOS 7.

Look at these Glassholes!   

Is that Tony Fadell on the left?

Google unveils Android L with colorful new 'Material Design' UI, creating 'depth' within pixels





A little bit evil?

Basically Google stole iOS 7 source code, partners with Korean criminals, bullies people, and is reviled in San Francisco and Silicon Valley by the citizens. 

Google reveals its real face: unfocused, unoriginal and a little bit evil






This reminds me of something


Oh, right





Finally you can test your Android app!





Comcast is turning your home router into a public Wi-Fi hotspot




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