Apple Has Been Struggling with the Stylus for 20 Years - Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xw8pgn/apple-has-been-struggling-with-the-stylus-for-20-years
Everybody keeps talking about ‘Apple Card’ & I kept thinking they were talking about that thing you stuck in your Apple II to simulate an IBM PC clone.
Hackintosh Culture: The Joy of Subverting Apple https://tedium.co/2019/02/12/hackintosh-cultural-trend/
I Blocked Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194
To what extent did the Xerox PARC Alto inspire the Apple Macintosh? - Quora https://www.quora.com/To-what-extent-did-the-Xerox-PARC-Alto-inspire-the-Apple-Macintosh
So, the GCHQ has released a statement backing up Amazon & Apple’s denials. What do you bet the implant is 5eyes tech and not chinese at all? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-britain/uk-cyber-security-agency-backs-apple-amazon-china-hack-denials-idUSKCN1MF1DN
Periodic reminder that Apple is a predatory rent-seeking company that hasn’t done anything innovative since 1980: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw9qk7/macbook-pro-software-locks-prevent-independent-repair
Chris Espinosa, quoted in the final chapter of Fire in the Valley, says that when Jobs came back to Apple his screaming fits were ‘for show’. What’s worse: a manager with no emotional control or one that fakes it for emotional manipulation?
Simplicity
That is a screenshot of my macOS desktop. It could be simpler, but as it is it does what I need, and want. When I need to use an app, I simply hit command (⌘) space and start typing the app name to launch it. That is, I use Spotlight.
Wouldn’t it be great that iOS could be customized like that too? Preferably it would be a setting, that would allow to turn off the visibility of all, or any app on the phone. Then, to open an app, one would use the [Spotlight]( … ⌘ Read more
Found at a thrift shop: the last record of a doomed Apple DRM effort from 1979 / Boin… https://boingboing.net/2017/02/23/fools-errand.html
Steve Jobs has been dead for 10 years but Apple (& the rest of us too) still hasn’t recovered from poor decisions he made in 1981. Come on guys, get with the program.
Knowledge Navigator (1987) Apple Computer - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb4AzF6wEoc
An entire seminar about making apple pies from scratch - habit-forming, apple pies tend to exist in most universes because of this seminar
How Apple’s Early Clone Wars Reshaped Copyright Law - Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59za4x/how-apples-early-clone-wars-reshaped-copyright-law
Warming up to emoji
No long ago I wrote that I loathed Emoji. My main grumble was their usage abuse, and, especially, the overuse of “smilies.”
Since Apple’s iOS 10, I have been warming up to them, but it wasn’t until I came across Mu-An that they really started to captivate me. She uses them, sparingly, but with such taste! A few of her repositories exclusively deal with Emoji as well. Thus, this post i … ⌘ Read more
Comet punch is ¼ Rum, ¼ actual moonshine, ½ apple juice, cinnamon & comet ice. The hangover will hit you again, and again, and again.
Car chase scene: She bites into an apple, spits a seed out of the window. The police car crashes into a fully grown apple tree.
A dangerous precedent
The United States government demanded that Apple weakens the security on iOS. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, replied.
Rather than asking for legislative action through Congress, the FBI is proposing an unprecedented use of the All Writs Act of 1789 to justify an expansion of its authority.
The government would have us remove security features and add new capabilities to the operating system, allow … ⌘ Read more
Apple on encryption
Apple mobile devices—iPhones, iPads, iPods—are used everywhere. The US smartphone subscriber market share highest percentage is dominated by them. As an American company, they are bound to comply with U.S. laws and regulations. So, when the U.S. Justice Department [requested](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us/politics/apple-and-other-tech-companies-tangle-with-us-over-acce … ⌘ Read more
About the removal of garbage apps
Tim Cook answered a few questions for BuzzFeed, while they talked about things iPhone, iPad Pro, and many other Apple–related things. This part got close to me, as I am sure it might be to anyone who likes iPhones. Why can’t we remove certain apps?
Why are there apps on the iOS that I can’t delete even though I never use them? Why does Apple insist that I keep Tips and Stocks”on my iPhone when I’d like nothing more than to delete them? For Cook the … ⌘ Read more
Gmail.app on iOS
I like Google and its services. Like is too little, I love them! Their mobile applications on the other hand — specifically those running under iOS — are horrible. The UIX is confusing and it does not follows Apple UIX design. Their choice of font is of poor taste and, again, does not match the rest of the OS. They lack of functionality and/or their functionality is limited by poor choices and, what is seems to be, a lack of common sense. I could describe and point out the problems on any of the … ⌘ Read more
iCloud Drive on standby
When Apple announced the iCloud Drive integration in Yosemite, I got really excited. As I was already part of the “Apple ecosystem” (iPhone, iPad, iMac), the iCloud Drive availability in all, specially on the desktop, seemed like the culmination of all my dreams: a Cloud to rule them all. I ordered the 200 GB for $4 a month right away.
As it turns out with products in infancy, the iCloud Drive is no yet mature. My single complain, but a very important one, is the lack of selec … ⌘ Read more
Cloud backup
I have a NAS at home, a Synology DS411J, which we use for backups, and to keep our family photos and videos. It works great, no complains here, but I am looking to keep an outside backup. A backup in the cloud, to be precise.
The choices are:
- Amazon Drive
- Amazon AWS S3
- Google Drive
- [Apple iCloud](https://w … ⌘ Read more
T-Mobile and the iPad
I am not sure about the other mobile telephony providers, but this morning I went to T-Mobile with the intention of buying an iPad mini. They had only the dark colour in stock, and on 32GB capacity—I was wanting a 16GB. The transaction was almost finished, when I was asked for a telephone number. After stating that I just wanted the iPad, no connection, I was told they could only sell it, if it was with a mobile data plan. Bus … ⌘ Read more
Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by Tobias Müller
In reply to Devon Garber.
Shell people talk about me having an IPhone and an Ipad… While I have a cheap Android Smartphone and a nexus 7… People using Apple terms instead of the type of machine bothers me more… ⌘ Read more
C.E.O. no longer, good bye Steve!
Steve Jobs “ resigns” as Apple’s C.E.O.
“I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s C.E.O., I would be the first to let you know,” Mr. Jobs wrote. “Unfortunately, that day has come.”
The world needs more Steve Jobs. He will be missed. Get better Steve! ⌘ Read more
The Unthinkable
Yesterday I did the unthinkable. Something I have never done — nor will I do again — before. I went very early (03:15) to stand at the Millenia all, to be one of the first (or so I thought) to buy the iPhone 4.
I don’t want to write long about something I am more than half way ashamed of. Suffice it to say that I got an iPhone 4 after standing in line for … ⌘ Read more
It’s decided
It’s decided, my next machine will be an Apple computer. Most likely I will end up buying a Mac Mini, although an iMac is also being considered. Now, who wants a (still under warranty) DELL XPS 630i? It is a Q6600 (quad), with 4GB RAM, 500GB HD, and NVIDIA 9800GT. Comes with Windows 7 Ultimate. Nice machine!
Note: Someone contacted me, but the email went to spam, and got deleted. Try … ⌘ Read more
Video quality while on 3G
The same day I got the iPad 3G, I noticed a very contrasting video quality while using Wi-Fi and while using 3G. Videos watched on Youtube would have HD quality (Wi-Fi); same videos, while on 3G, would show horribly. Yet, videos on Apple, while on 3G or Wi-Fi, would show perfectly. All that whether using the app or the web browser, tested both.
Is it Youtube serving a very low quality video to 3G users? Is it AT&T doing it? Is it something built-in on iOS? ⌘ Read more
Thoughts on Flash
Steve Jobs shared with us this month his thoughts on Flash:
“Flash was created during the PC era —for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards —all areas where Flash falls short.
The avalanche of media outlets offering their content for Apple’s mobile devices demonstrates that Flash is no longer necessary to watch vi … ⌘ Read more
The wheels of justice
I thought twice before coming here and write two or three sentences. But sometimes two or three sentences is all you have. I had to do it: Apple Inc., you rock!
If you want to be a “journalist”, act as one. As Powazek wrote in a tweet, “Real journalists don’t buy stolen property.” ⌘ Read more
Safari 4 Beta
Safari 4 Beta is out and it is rocking. Apple has adopted (copied) quite a bit from Chrome interface and I have to say the browser looks and behaves awesomely under Windows 7.
But, why bore you with senseless praise? Go download it, and see it for yourself. ⌘ Read more
iPhone is near, Leopard not so
For many Apple fans (me included) that were anxiously waiting for both products, this is a good and slight bad news. Good news, iPhone is on track and it will be delivered as promised. Slight bad news, we will have to wait a bit longer for the Big Cat to come out.
Apple - Hot News – iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until custome … ⌘ Read more
Wired News: Apple’s iPhone is Calling
Wired News: Apple’s iPhone is Calling
The most likely scenario, as Jupiter analyst Ian Fogg has pointed out, is that the iPhone will be a stand-alone device that will accept a standard SIM card. You’ll pop the SIM card out of your current cell phone and plug it into the iPhone. It’ll be just like buying an unlocked handset from Asia, except you’ll buy it at an Apple store instead o … ⌘ Read more