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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Top 5 Things To Check Out At Macworld 2010

Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac

Apple Surveying iPhone Developers’ Happiness With The App Store

MG Siegler, TechCrunch

Here Comes The Magic Age Of Computing

Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle

The Magic Age of computing combines wireless connectivity to the Internet, fast and inexpensive hardware, and intuitive software that ties it all together and effectively shields you from the wires, nuts and bolts. While there remains a lot of clunky tech out there that's still frustrating and often more of a hassle than it's worth, take heart: In devices like Apple's iPad, you can see the future coming.

Woolies' Apple Logo Dispute Drags On

Ben Grubb, ZDNet.com.au

Supermarket chain Woolworths has asked for more time to respond to intellectual property administrator IP Australia over a trademark dispute lodged by Apple last year concerning its logo.

Back To The Future: How Apple Is Becoming More Like A Carrier Every Day

Alistair Goodman, TechCrunch

Apple’s recent behavior bears an increasing resemblance to carriers with respect to the walled garden they are creating around the iPhone. Restricting applications, restricting the use of location on the device, blocking Flash, and now potentially taking advertising in house—these moves are taken from the carrier’s playbook with the hope of locking out meaningful competition. Ironically, Apple may very well become the barrier to open innovation in mobile in much the same way as carriers have been before the iPhone came along.

Apple Targets Corporate Opportunities With Partner Network

Spandas Lui, ARN

Apple has launched a partner program to funnel corporate business opportunities back into its channel.

Here Are Five Favorite iPhone Applications

Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle

Apple iPad Price Cut: Blunder Or Brilliance?

David Coursey, PC World

If Apple is really considering price cuts on its just-introduced iPad, the best advice is to make them before launch, not after.

The Enterprise Opportunity Apple Is Hiding From

Jeff Jedras, ITBusiness.ca

So, increasingly, there is a stronger and stronger case to be made for bringing Apple into the enterprise market. The question is, is the enterprise a market that the fiercely consumer-focused company even wants to go after?

Does The iPhone OS Need Multitasking?

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

What do we mean when we say that the iPhone OS should support multitasking? If we define what we're looking for more carefully, it might be easier to lobby Apple for support in iPhone OS 4.0 and beyond.

Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change

Matt Phillips, Wall Street Journal

Apple intends to stay “nimble” on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers.

That was just one of the items in a note out Sunday night from Credit Suisse recounting meetings with Apple executives.

The Application Is The New The Operating System

Matt Asay, CNET News

Apple has changed the way we think about operating systems, by helping us to forget the operating system entirely.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Looking Back: Photoshop Turns 20

Pamela Pfiffner, Macworld

In the 20 years since its introduction, Photoshop has changed the way we see the world, altered our sense of reality, and transformed the way we express ourselves.

Apple And The Importance Of Macworld Expo

Christopher Breen, Macworld

When I put my selfish desires aside, I care very little about Apple’s absence. Because, for me, what Apple does and doesn’t do at Expo makes up a small portion of the value I derive from it.

Review: PrintMaster Platinum 2.0

Katherine Murray, Macworld

If you want to do more with your photos than leave them in a folder on your hard drive, occasionally e-mail them to friends, or set them up in an online photo album, you will find that PrintMaster Platinum 2.0 is more than worth its $40 price tag. It comes with everything you need to create, print, and share fun, high-quality, creative projects. Flexibility is the watchword here, and you have lots of choices for producing memorable stories with the images that are meaningful to you.

Apple's iPad: A Blessing And Curse For Publishing

Tim Bajarin, PC Magazine

The iPad could give rise to a new creative self-publishing crowd that could, in turn, become competition for the established publishing industry. Today's creative writers could bypass the industry altogether. The opportunity is already there to a degree, via a number of self-publishing programs, but Apple's iBookstore would give them a power partner with a unique technology and powerful distribution.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

FCC: iPad Use Could Further Strain 3G Network

Jim Dalrymple, CNET News

Although Apple's iPad has yet to hit the market, the Federal Communications Commission has expressed concern over its potential impact on AT&T's 3G network.

iPad Event Shows Apple's Focus: Mobile Devices

Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle

Perhaps the most obvious upshot of the latest unveiling was Apple's continued recognition that its future, unlike its origin, is tied to mobile devices.