July 2012
52 posts
Apple to offer icloud.com email addresses with iOS... →
AppleInsider :
Alongside the various new features seen in Monday’s iOS 6 beta 3 release, Apple revealed that new and existing iCloud users will be getting new email addresses ending in “@iCloud.com” based to their AppleID account names when the mobile operating system rolls out later this year.
Well, that would make sense : Apple has always been struggling with...
Office 2013 preview →
Tom Warren for The Verge :
Microsoft is entering an age of Metro in 2013, but its Office division is still lagging behind on its touch story and any innovation it could bring to truly improve the touch experience for productivity apps like Office. Luckily, there’s no solid competition for Office yet on emerging touch-based devices. The clock is ticking.
My belief is that Office 2013...
What experience in programming teaches you →
John Graham-Cumming listing the top things he learned about programming. Anyone who works in this domain should read his piece, even if they already “know” all of it.
I can’t find a single point that doesn’t resonate with my own experience. Inspiring.
Hacker exploits iOS flaw for free in-app purchases →
Sick of pointless in-app purchases for a game, a Russian hacker figured out a way to fool the iOS apps, making them beliee you actually buy content when you’re really not. The system looks pretty straightforward : a few certificates installed on the device, a custom DNS and a proxy that tells the app what it wants to hear. Doesn’t even require jailbreaking.
It only works for...
Apple is back with EPEAT →
Bob Mansfield, in a press release :
We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system. I recognize that this was a mistake. Starting today, all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT.
So they’re finally back. Looks like they eventually convinced EPEAT that the MacBook Pro Retina is...
The Real History of the @reply on Twitter →
Funny how Twitter was shaped around how its users interact with it. Remember when Hashtags were handled by a third-party service ?
Doesn’t looks like it’s that true any more.
Apple's 'Post-PC' and Microsoft's 'PC Plus' were... →
Turner’s slide, titled “In Our View, Apple Has It Wrong!”, points to quotes from Steve Jobs in 2010 and Tim Cook in 2012 emphasizing the differences between tablet computers and traditional PCs, and announcing the beginning of the “Post-PC era” with the introduction of the iPad. Turner then introduces Microsoft’s preferred phrase, “PC Plus.” In...
The Future Of Apple’s Dock Connector →
Cult of Mac, breaking down the Apple Dock Connector :
When Apple first introduced the 30-Pin Dock Connector in 2003, they made it to be future proof, with a pin available for every conceivable connection… but after a decade of tech innovation, even Cupertino’s sophisticated soothsaying has reached its limits. In 2012, many of the pins on the 30-Pin Apple Dock Connector are reserved for...
The Microsoft's PC+ era →
The Verge, reporting Microsoft’s Kevin Turner
“We actually believe Windows 8 is the new era for the PC plus,” says Turner. “We believe with a single push of a button you can move seamlessly in and out of both worlds. We believe you can have touch, a pen, a mouse, and a keyboard.”
Apple and Microsoft clearly diverge on the future of personal computing.
Apple...
The poetry of Steve Ballmer →
Excellent piece by Horace Dediu putting side by side declarations of Steve Ballmer from 2012, 2010 and 2007.
The latest batch
We are trying to make absolutely clear:
We are not going to leave any space uncovered to Apple
We are not.
No space uncovered that is Apple’s
[…] But we are not going to let any piece of this [go uncontested to Apple]
Not the consumer cloud
Not...
Now That the Surface is a Tablet, What's the Table... →
Tom’s Hardware
TechCrunch points towards a little footnote at the bottom of surface.com intended to aid lost souls that arrived at the URL in search of Microsoft’s smart table.
“Looking for the Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft Pixelsense? Visit www.pixelsense.com,” the note reads.
At least they kept the good name for their consumer product.
Samsung and Verizon allow you to pay more for a... →
Ars Technica
Android Central is reporting that Samsung will be offering an unlockable Verizon-compatible “Developer Edition” of its Galaxy S III smartphone on its website for $599. Verizon is the only carrier in the US whose subsidized version of the S III, currently available for pre-order at $199, will come with a locked-down bootloader, preventing the installation of custom...
Windows 8 vs Windows RT: what's the difference? →
TechRadar
Both Windows RT and Windows 8 run the new Metro interface, but Windows 8 can also drop down to the traditional Desktop for older apps. Windows RT can’t: while it does have the old Windows Desktop for some of Microsoft’s own apps, the desktop won’t be available to third-party software.
Many people still believe Windows RT is Metro-only. While this is true for...
SBTFlickerView →
I (very) recently realized I had to release some code on the open. I guess I’ll try to think about how what I can do can help other people, that’s a good principle of design.
SBTFlickerView is a couple of class I wrote more than a year ago to display an horizontal carousel composed of several clips. I did my best to implement the UITableView delegate/datasource pattern.
Not as Cool →
I don’t really know which side of this lawsuit really has won, this time.
The case for a 7.8″ iPad →
There seems to be no doubt about if whether or not Apple is planning the release of a smaller iPad. So, the question is: if Apple is to release a 7-inch-or-so tablet, how would they do it ?
The problem is: how to integrate this new product into the idiom logic of the iOS ecosystem (it’s a tablet or it’s a phone, there’s no gray area) ? If it’s a tablet and it...
Apple Removes Green EPEAT Electronics →
The Wall Street Journal
“They said their design direction was no longer consistent with the EPEAT requirements,” Frisbee said.
Seems like the Retina MacBook Pro design choices forced Apple ask the removal of its products from EPEAT.
Frisbee said that the structure of that laptop would have made it ineligible for certification. “If the battery is glued to the case it means you can’t...
Dead on Arrival →
Steve Jobs, almost 2 years ago :
7-inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with the iPad […] These are among the reasons that the current crop of 7-inch tablets are going to be DOA — dead on arrival.
Maybe the 2012 current crop of 7-inch tablets (i.e. Google Nexus 7) is what will force Apple to make its move and occupy this...
UK Google Nexus 7 tablets won't feature music,... →
Google was unable to reveal when these features will appear in the Google Play store in the UK, but due to international licensing requirements, it could take quite a while.
Not only in the UK but it seems it will be the case for the whole non-US world. The US is the only country where Google Play features eBooks, TV shows, movies and magazines.
The same is true for the Kindle Fire, which is...
Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch →
Looks like Apple is messing up with the App Store. Better wait a few days before you update any iOS app, and I mean whether you’re a developer or a user.
The only fix for people with bad copies, once good copies are being served again by the App Store, is to delete and reinstall the app.
Looks like Apple is communicating on the issue as it usually does : it doesn’t, for now...
