Archive for the 'Apple' Category

Pain Is A Gift

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Fans of Apple’s iPhone and iPad platforms should be thrilled by the exciting news coming out of Google last week.
At the company’s I/O conference they announced Android 2.2, or “Froyo,” a significant update to their mobile phone OS. The open platform powers many of the iPhone’s most viable competitors, including the Verizon Droid, and [...]

iPads In The Wild

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

In John Gruber’s excellent analysis of the Gizmodo iPhone theft, he touches on something obvious in retrospect: that prototype iPhones have to leave Apple campus sometime before they are available to the public, because it’s impossible to thoroughly test a phone without moving it around in the real world. You have to know how it [...]

Apple Downloads

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

For many years Apple has provided a valuable service to 3rd party developers, and to Mac users, by hosting a directory of software you can download and install for your Mac. You can browse the database on Apple’s web site: http://www.apple.com/downloads/.
This resource helps to bridge the gap between Apple’s customers, who are looking for solutions, and [...]

When I Joined Apple

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

 
When I joined Apple in May, 1996, the company was filled with geniuses who were trying to invent the future. Despite that brilliance, Apple was failing. I came on board because I was young, had just started using a Macintosh, and I knew something great was happening. I was eager to find out what it [...]