A recent article in the New York Times says that Apple is considering a stake in Twitter. Does it make sense for Apple to spend money on Twitter to advance its social media strategy? Apple has always been bad at anything social. Remember Ping, which was supposed to be the "social network for ...
Top Reviews of Mountain Lion
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion came out this week. Here's what the top reviewers are saying. John Siracusa at Ars Technica does a thorough review of every new operating system, and this Mountain Lion review is no exception. Yes it is a 24-page review. Highlights: Technology must now work for everyone, not ...
The iPad as Your Magazine Stand—Why Isn’t It a Success?
An article by A.T. Faust III on the AppAdvice site (cool site for keeping up with iPhone and iPad apps, by the way) talks about why magazines on the iPad have failed to take off. Faust writes, “…Though Apple’s Newsstand initiative continues to build up steam, the actual experience imparted by its ...
MacBook Pro Retina Display Review Roundup
The new MacBook Pro with Apple Retina Display has been out for a few weeks. What are the critics saying? David Pogue at the New York Times: MacBook, a Point Shy of Perfect “How does the new laptop fare on the Ultimate Laptop Wish List? Extremely well. It tops the charts on screen, keyboard, sound, ...
Is Apple Announcing a Smaller iPad?
An article in today’s New York Times is the latest in a series of rumors that Apple is bringing out a smaller iPad, to compete with the Kindle and other smaller tablet devices. NY Times article: As Tablet Race Heats Up, Apple May Try Smaller Device The rumor is that later this year, Apple is going ...
iCloud does not back up your Mac
There's been a fair bit of confusion about what iCloud is and isn't, but let's be clear about one thing: iCloud DOES partially back up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, but it does NOT back up your Mac. This is a major change for longstanding MobileMe subscribers who used Apple's iDisk with the ...