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 Feb 16 2010 | Filed under: Cringley, Gadgets, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, iPhone
They’re baaaack. Just when you thought the dragon had been mortally wounded and sloughed off to its cave to die, it comes back spitting fire and disturbing the neighbors.
At this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft introduced a new mobile operating system that appears to be nothing like any OS it’s ever invented, borrowed, [...]
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, 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 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 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 13 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Santa, baby, iPhone
The Verizon and AT&T dustup is turning out to be far more entertaining than any tired old Microsoft vs. Apple campaign. After a series of scorching “there’s a map for that” TV ads by Verizon mocking its competitor’s spotty 3G coverage, AT&T ran to a federal judge crying “Daddy daddy daddy, that mean old [...]
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 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.
dan tynan on Jun 24 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, iPhone
Has the high-tech icon really returned to health and his old job? Apple would like you to think so. Cringely’s not so sure.
dan tynan on Jan 02 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Apple, Cringley, Facebook, Infoworld, Microsoft, Web 2.0, iPhone, yahoo
Yes, it’s time again for Cringely to go out on a limb and start sawing. Here are his key predictions for the coming year in tech.
dan tynan on Jul 14 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Quizzes, Uncategorized, iPhone
So the iPhone 2.0 has finally arrived last Friday, and what a friggin’ disaster it was. Apple’s servers were totally overwhelmed with traffic from people trying to activate their new phones, as well as those trying to download software from the iTunes AppStore and upgrade their iPhone 1.0 firmware. A total screaming c******f**k ensued, which [...]
dan tynan on Jun 09 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, Lists, Steve Jobs, iPhone
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
In case you’ve been living in a cave, today marks the first day of the Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference and Steve Jobs’ keynote, which Apple watchers have declared will be the venue where Jobs unveils iPhone 2.0 — a 3G broadband, GPS-enabled model of the [...]
dan tynan on May 23 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Identity Theft, Microsoft, iPhone
(This entry originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
Slouching toward Cupertino. It’s not every day the Second Coming gives you advance notice, but the resurrection of the Jesus Phone — in 3G, for the first time ever! — is now (unofficially) slated for June 9. Or so says gadget blog Gizmodo, quoting “someone [...]
dan tynan on Apr 04 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, iPhone
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
Full speed behind. It seems the rumors of XP’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft has bowed to overwhelming demand and decided to give XP a reprieve, kinda sorta. Scheduled to get the gas chamber in July, XP will continue to live [...]
dan tynan on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Infoworld, iPhone
Thousands of worshipers flock to view ‘holy site’ in Los Altos garage
by Dan Tynan
They came alone or in groups, giddy with excitement or hushed with awe. They brought flowers and ribbons and broken down Powerbooks. They lined the sidewalks of this quiet suburban neighborhood, patiently waiting to see what everyone had been talking about.
There, on [...]
