January 02, 2006
Apple, Google Had Good 2005
Apple, I am betting is going to have a good if not great 2006. The reason I say that is because the company did rather well in 2005. While most of the world focused on the booming sales of iPod, Apple’s core business of selling computers also had a... [MORE]
December 19, 2005
So, One Year Later, How'd I Do?
Each year I make predictions. Each year, I review them and see how I did. Then, I make some more. Alright then. Here's my 2004 predictions post, written in late December, 2004. As much as I might wince at the one or two clunkers, I'd say I did pretty... [MORE]
December 08, 2005
MIT grad: "I needed help setting up my home network"
MIT grad and former Apple executive Don Norman recently said that instead of hooking up his own home network, he hired someone to do it for him. His point, of course, is that home networking is so difficult fewer people do it. I know many Lifehacker readers are the... [MORE]
December 06, 2005
NBC Joins iTunes
NBC shows now for sale on iTunes as Apple says it has sold 3 million videos in first two months. That's nice. But what's up with video blogs at iTunes?... [MORE]
December 02, 2005
Apple Plans to Pwn Your Living Room
Apple’s Macworld Expo is one month away and already there’s a gathering buzz about the company’s digital media ambitions. Alongside oft-reported rumors of the Mac mini transforming into a media hub like never before seen, there are suggestions that Apple is preparing to take a commanding lead in the... [MORE]
November 29, 2005
The Digital Living Room, Apple Style
My Jupiter colleague Michael Gartenberg is providing some great thinking about a rumor that Apple is going to spin its Mac Mini into a media-hub. I definitely agree with him when he says this could be a really significant, big deal. Interestingly, I was just considering buying a Mac... [MORE]
November 28, 2005
Search Engine Brands: Google is The Guide
There's been a bunch of buzz the last few days about the Search Engine Experiment. The live test lets you put in a search term: the results from MSN, Yahoo and Google are returned and you're asked to determine which set you think is the most relevant (and therefore... [MORE]
November 23, 2005
Jonathan Ive
Jonathan Ive, the man responsible for the iconic design of the iPod and iMac, has been interviewed by the UK's Daily Telegraph. Ive's aim at Apple is to make technology as useful as possible by making it simple to use. What you and I are left to deal with... [MORE]
November 21, 2005
Portal 2.0
Michael Parekh writes: there is a real problem as the big portal companies go into the Web 2.0 world, and it's a possibly intractable one. icrosoft MSN/Live, AOL, (along with Amazon, eBay and Apple for a sub-set of the portal services) need to come to terms with the reality... [MORE]
November 16, 2005
Apple May Raise iTunes Song Prices In a Year: EMI CEO
: Not necessarily a statement of fact, but so says EMI Music CEO Alain Levy...he said EMI had discussed the issue with Steve Jobs and believed Apple planned to end its single-price policy for iTunes. It would be a price-hike for popular songs and price drop for unknown acts...... [MORE]
November 15, 2005
Lugz Beats Crap Out of Eminem
While Apple and Lugz lawyers battle it out over whether Apple's agency TBWA\Chiat\Day copied a Lugz commercial for it's own Eminem commercial, good 'ol consumer generated media has taken the fight, appropriately, to the streets in another commercial which...... [MORE]
November 10, 2005
Malone On Murdoch, IPTV, Portability
: Liberty Media Chairman and CEO John Malone was downright loquatious during the company's 3Q05 earnings call. A few of the tidbits; you can hear it all on the audio if you want more. On Murdoch: "Our current view is News Corp. stock is cheap ⦠I think it's... [MORE]
November 09, 2005
King Kong on your iPod
Through Apple's website, the King Kong movie trailer is available for the iPod video also. I've found the link on iLounge, and I suggest you reading the entry because of the interesting comments users posted....... [MORE]
November 08, 2005
Wake me up when NBC and CBS do something really interesting
Sorry folks, but it was a tad underwhelming to read about CBS and NBC’s moves into video-on-demand, which—like ABC’s deal with Apple—allow consumers to buy a limited number of the networks’ series for later viewing. Was it that ABC, as...... [MORE]
Compress your SWFs.... up to 60-70%!
I just came across the handy little application today, its a tool that with advanced algorythms of vectors, shapes, morphing, Z-buffer, fonts and other optimizations can reduce the size of your SWF with up to 60-70%!You can of course set the amount of compression yourself. But this really sound like... [MORE]
November 07, 2005
Lugz wants Apple to pull plug on Eminem iTunes ad
On Friday Lugz issued a cease and desist letter to Apple and its ad agency TBWA/Chiat/Day, claiming their iPod spot featuring rapper Eminem is a direct rip-off of a past Lugz ad.If Apple does not comply, "we will take whatever legal action is necessary to protect our rights," Lugz... [MORE]
November 05, 2005
The iPod Economy
Check out this article from Reuters on the emerging/growing market for iPods. ...Apple will sell 10 million iPods in the fourth quarter, a strong follow-up to the 7 million sold in the previous quarter. But not all of these sales will be to new iPod owners. Piper Jaffray analysts... [MORE]
