dan tynan on Aug 02 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, iPhone, Privacy, Spy v spy
And you thought those iPhone 4 signal problems were bad. At last week’s Blackhat conference, a San Francisco firm called Lookout Mobile Security revealed that third-party smart phone apps are stealing user information and (literally) phoning home with it. And by ‘home,’ I mean China. But unlike those bogus Droid X signal problems, this problem [...]
dan tynan on Jul 12 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, iPhone
The inevitable anti-Apple backlash has begun. And I’ve got to say, it’s been mighty fun to watch. Earlier this week Consumer Reports pulled its recommendation of the iPhone 4, after its tests determined there is indeed a problem with the phone’s external antenna. Even better, it’s called for Apple to recall all three million iPhone [...]
dan tynan on Apr 16 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Steve Jobs
Contrary to popular belief in certain circles, Steve Jobs can’t actually walk on water. But you wouldn’t know it based on how he and his company have been acting of late. Item #1. Over the weekend, a minor kerfuffle erupted when Daring Fireball blogger John Gruber noticed Apple had updated its Developer Probram License Agreement [...]
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 WebOS [...]
dan tynan on Feb 16 2010 | Filed under: Cringley, Gadgets, Google, Infoworld, iPhone, Microsoft
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, [...]
dan tynan on Jan 28 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, iPhone, Steve Jobs
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 24 2010 | Filed under: censorship, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, National insecurity, politics, Privacy
Yes, "information imperialists." That’s what the People’s Republic of China is calling us now, thanks to Google and the US State Department. Hey, it’s as good a description as any. The blowback against Google’s announcement that it was hacked by Chinese cyber agents– and in response would be lifting the restrictions that keep users of [...]
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 [...]
dan tynan on Dec 21 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld
Would you buy a gPhone? That’s the question I posed earlier last week, as rumors, news, and speculation about a new Google-branded “Nexus One” handset washed over the Webosphere. I got some interesting answers. Reader A. S. says he loves his Apple iPhone 3GS, but would still happily buy the Nexus One. First of all, [...]
dan tynan on Dec 15 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Google, Infoworld, iPhone, Web 2.0
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 directly [...]
dan tynan on Nov 20 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Google, Infoworld, iPhone, Steve Jobs, Web 2.0
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, iPhone, Santa, baby
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 man [...]
dan tynan on Oct 26 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, iPhone, Microsoft, Music
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, iPhone, Steve Jobs
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 Aug 10 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Google, Infoworld
After years of peaceful co-existence, the two Silicon Valley titans are suddenly at each other’s throats. But how much of this is real, and how is just for show?
dan tynan on Jul 17 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
One of geekdom’s oldest cold wars has suddenly turned hot, as Redmond and Cupertino duke it out in public. Cringe has an idea who’ll win.
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 21 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld
Google abruptly pulled the plug on its custom mobile interface, leaving both iPhone and Android fans in the lurch. Is this a sign of things to come from Google Inc.?
dan tynan on Jan 18 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld
It’s official: Steve Jobs is taking a six-month leave from Apple to fight some serious health problems. Cringely speculates on what life without Steve would be like.
dan tynan on Jan 07 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Copyrights and wrongs
Digital rights management is finally pushing up daisies — at least for music. But did Steve Jobs pay too high a price? Cringe has the skinny.
