dan tynan on Mar 12 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld
It’s time again to dip into the reader mailbag and pull out some nuggets from the residents of Cringeville. First up this morning is Gene Mosher, who has an issue with Apple’s patent suit over HTC’s touch screen technology (see "Apple vs. HTC: No matter who wins, we lose").
Mr. Mosher’s claim to fame: As [...]
dan tynan on Mar 09 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, iPhone
James Cameron’s Avatar may have changed how films are made with Avatar, but Steve Jobsis changing how business is done in Hollywood.
dan tynan on Mar 06 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Google, Infoworld, iPhone
Apple has lawyered up and is out for blood — or at least, blood money. Its patent suit against Taiwanese handset maker HTC is further proof that the cold war between Cupertino and Mountain View is quickly escalating into a shooting match with live ammo.
Apple could easily have chosen to sue Palm, whose [...]
dan tynan on Jan 28 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, Steve Jobs, iPhone
The circus is finally over. The carnies are pulling down the tents, the clowns have packed up their seltzer bottles, and we are basking in the soft sweet afterglow of greatness.
So much for Obama’s State of the Union address. Now about that Apple event earlier today. By now you’ve probably seen or read dozens [...]
dan tynan on Jan 25 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, iPhone
Forget Obamacare or the new Republican senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Pay no attention to the New Orleans Saints or the Jay Leno/Conan O’Brien soap opera. You can even safely ignore the Chinese and their cyber-shenanigans. There’s only one thing happening in the world this week, and it’s taking place in about 48 [...]
dan tynan on Jan 08 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Google, Infoworld
So earlier this week Google did indeed unveil the Nexus One “superphone,” and yet life is strangely similar to how it was on Monday.
I did not attend yesterday’s highly anticipated press event, but based on the live blog coverage (as well as the live blog coverage of the live blog coverage) it appears to have [...]
dan tynan on Jan 08 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Gadgets, Google, Infoworld, iPhone
If anything has become clear over the last six months it’s that people are chomping at the bit for a new kind of device, one that brings the Web to them wherever they are but without the compromises currently required by cell phones (too small), net books (require a table or desk) or Kindle/Nook [...]
dan tynan on Dec 31 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Facebook, Future Tech, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0, amazon, youtube
It’s kind of hard to believe the first decade of the third millennium is almost over. Seems like only yesterday we were pulling out our hair worrying about Y2K; now we worry about whether enough total strangers are following the minutiae of our lives on Twitter and Facebook.
The last ten years have been dominated [...]
dan tynan on Dec 29 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Foolishness, Geekishness, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, Twit or Tweet, amazon, yahoo
What do Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and AT&T all have in common? They’re all winners of Cringely’s awards for bringing low comedy to high tech.
dan tynan on Dec 17 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, iPhone
My post last week about how AT&T treats its customers like losers got quite a rise out of readers. It even provoked a response from AT&T itself.
Per company spokeshuman Seth Bloom, that “You’re a loser” text underneath the image on their online sweepstakes was a “regrettable mistake” and has been changed. (I checked, [...]
dan tynan on Dec 15 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Google, Infoworld, Web 2.0, iPhone
Google Phone mania has hit the Webberlands. If the rumors are to be believed, Google is on the verge of introducing its own handset called the Nexus One. It will be be built by HTC, use Android 2.x, be available for use with any US-based GSM network (like T-Mobile or AT&T’s), and be sold [...]
dan tynan on Dec 14 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld
On the heels of AT&T’s disastrous attempts to fight back against Verizon’s clever “there’s a map for that” ad campaign (Luke Wilson? Is that all you got?) comes more bad news for those who’ve hitched their smart phones to Ma Bell’s wagon.
In a speech to a tech conference this week, AT&T suit Ralph [...]
dan tynan on Dec 10 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld
Just when you thought the CrunchPad was dead (or that Michael Arrington might actually shut up for five minutes) comes news of its revival, only this time it’s got a new name and a new daddy.
In an effort to “tell their side of the story,” erstwhile CrunchPad manufacturers Fusion Garage held a press event [...]
dan tynan on Nov 20 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Google, Infoworld, Steve Jobs, Web 2.0, iPhone
Apple Tablets? Google Phones? CrunchPads? Don’t expect to find any of those under the tree come Christmas. But that won’t stop people from writing about them.
dan tynan on Nov 17 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Steve Jobs
And now, a word from our sponsor.
Yes, this is true: Last year Apple Inc. filed for a patent on technology that would force you to watch advertisements, no matter how hard you tried to avoid it.
First made public back in October, the notion is getting more attention thanks to an essay in [...]
dan tynan on Nov 05 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Music, Steve Jobs, iPhone
Well it finally happened. Digital versions of The Beatles’ catalog are finally coming to Apple. It’s just not the Apple you’re thinking of.
On December 8, you may be able to buy all of the recently released digitally remastered Beatles songs — along with 13 mini video documentaries — on an apple-green 16GB USB [...]
dan tynan on Oct 26 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft, Music, iPhone
Amidst all the hubbub last week surrounding Windows 7 — not to mention Burger King’s 7-layer Windows Whopper — I totally missed one of the key anniversaries in tech history.
As MacWorld’s Scott McNulty notes, the iPod quietly turned 8 last Friday. My first reaction: Only 8? Hasn’t it been with us forever?
But no. [...]
dan tynan on Oct 06 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, Microsoft
You can’t stumble around the Internet these days without bumping into it. News, rumor, speculation, and hot gossip about — no, not David Letterman’s love life (who knew he had one?) or the Jon and Kate Gosselin train wreck — but Tablet PCs.
Yes, over the last year the PC’s buck-toothed, developmentally challenged second [...]
dan tynan on Aug 21 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, Steve Jobs, iPhone
Did Apple try to strong-arm Palm into a ‘don’t touch ours, we won’t touch yours’ hiring arrangement? If so, it may have run afoul of antitrust laws.
