The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Apple … And so begins the War. Scene 6, End part 1 It was only a matter of time before both Apple and Google would find themselves on top and staring at each other. Microsoft was now #2 and Apple was king of the hill, but Google was not far behind. And after Apple kicked Flash out of the studio, Google made a point in their last… Read More
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Apple … A Challenger Appears! Scene 5 Apple had worked hard and fought hard to get back to the top. And now they were ON TOP. Bigger then Microsoft, Bigger them Adobe, Bigger then anybody. But the new sound was not Apples alone, and soon Google began to do it for themselves. And do it well. Too well. That’s the problem with… Read More
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Apple … it’s Apple’s world, and Flash is not a part of it. Scene 4 Apple worked hard and working with Google, they broke through with stage show that was polished, yet could be seen anywhere.. and was seen everywhere. So popular was this show that Flash wanted to be a part of it. But Apple had other ideas. -> Scene 5: A Challenger Appears! -> Scene 5: A Challenger… Read More
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Apple … A New Apple. Scene 3 Down but not out, Apple got back to business. Getting their original manager back, they focused on the new way of doing things, the new way of thinking. And by taking cues from the new startups around, Apple began its return to the spot light. Bigger then anyone would have thought. But they were not… Read More
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Apple … Google Rising. Scene 2 And now we are at Scene two.. Apple has hit the skids. Accepted a deal from Microsoft to get $13 a track. Apple dumps their old manager and gets their first one back. Now what? … but change is in the air. The scene is changing… -> Scene 3: A New Apple -> Scene 3:… Read More
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Apple … In comic form. Scene 1 Inspired by the I/O conference.. EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT GET A PHONE! .. I whipped up this script in about 20 min. The drawing by Josh Flores took a little longer. Any of the events in this comic having anything to do with reality, its purely coincidental… I still need to code up links,… Read More
Play PacMan from Google search logo Now how cool is this? If you go the classic Google search page, you will see large image of a modified pacMac game using the word Google as part of the layout design as part of the celebration of PacMans 30th bday! Really? Its been 30 years? Now, press insert coin.. Wap! Your playing! You… Read More
How to span across multiple monitors using microsoft remote desktop RDC Tip # 41 I have window7/office 2010 on my laptop and XP on the work computer. I much perfer using the laptop, but I have multiple monitors on the work desktop. So I have been dealing with a RDC call into the laptop and working off one monitor Which stinks I have a few documents… Read More
Must have iphone apps after bricking your iphone and a clean wipe As a general rule with jailbroken iphones, do not install something that has not already been installed on at least a few hundred other iphones. Second rules, keep your phone backed up. I broke both of those rules and I’m now paying for it. First, I have been really lazy and have not backed up… Read More
At&t reception in SF is better, but not good enough, and no Verizon iPhone? Over the last 2 weeks I have noticed that my iphone was working slightly better in my office here SOMA in San Francisco, the home of cell phone purgatory. But not good enough. And of course, I still get dropped calls in Oakland and in Palo Alto. So now what? Well, I already decided that… Read More
Connect a mouse to the iPad with Magic Mouse Yes folks!!! Sick and tired of having to put down your beer to click something on your ipad?? Hate having to reach up to the table when your ipad is set up like a monitor? Have you had it with smudge marks?? Cant get the ‘chessie poofs’ dust off the screen??? Well those days are… Read More
Playing with the Android tablet Alpha Actually, I’m not even sure I should call it an Alpha. The folks at Adobe basically hacked together this device to run android so that they can show Air displaying a magazine. Now.. WHY would someone take a CLEARLY hacked device to a show? Perhaps because they are so pissed at Apple they were willing… Read More
Adobe flash (AS3) to iPhone back from the dead? This is SERIOUSLY rumor control, but I’ve read on electronista and a few other sites that Apple may change the iphone4.0 SDK to avoid a possible FTC antitrust investigation. Now this does not mean flash will be on the iphone or ipad any time soon, or anytime I figure short of going through jailbreak, but… Read More
Jailbreak ‘Spirit’ for iphone ipad 3.1.3 3.2 is out. Finally. I was wondering how long this would take. I have to tried it myself, my general rule is to wait for awhile and see how it goes. But if you are a poor soul that updated accidentally, then there is hope!! Now this jailbreak supports 3.2 as well as 3.1.3. However, 3.2 is still… Read More
Top 10 ish iPad jailbreak applications The iPad just got its official jailbreak with ‘Spirit’ from MuscleNerd. WIN! Now many of my top jailbreak apps for the iphone does not make sense for this version of the ipad since it does not have a camera, but we all know the next version will. … Read More
iPad 3G is now available Yesterday was a big day in the Great Tablet War. Both Microsoft’s Courier and HP’s Slate went down in defeat. Google, the only major player left has yet to join the battle. As such, we can call Apple’s iPad as the victor in the first major engagement. And now their forces grow with the iPad3G.… Read More
The HP Slate dies. 2 major players killed in the Tablet War in one day! Wow. Just read in Techcrunch, ( ta for the tip @thekenyeung ) that HP is killing the slate. At least in its current format. There is a possibility it can come back running WebOS. But till we know for sure, its dead. So who is left? Google. I have not heard much on the gSlate,… Read More
MS Slate Courier is dead. First major victom in the Great Tablet War Its kind of a shame really. Although once I read the specs and saw the mock ups, I know this would not fly, but it would have been interesting just to see. The idea of a two screen slate is intriguing to say the least. But Microsoft finally owned up to building one and owned… Read More
Palm finally sells to HP. Stock jumps $1.50 Well, they finally sold. About time too. 1.2 billion. Although HP says its because of the ‘top in class’ OS, I would say the IP’s had more to do with it. Still its done and now Palm had ended one life and begins another. And given the stock jump, its off to a good start.… Read More
Free turn by turn navigation for the iPhone iPad from Google.. Game over man Oh man. Tom Tom and other GPS companies are rolling over in their soon to be mobile graves. AT&T’s monthly fee based turn by turn, questionable to even support it anymore. Google turn by turn is already available on Android and soon to be on the iPhone. We already know that, but the news is… Read More