Apple is now accepting iPad apps for a “grand opening” of the iPad App Store, according to an email just sent to registered developers.
“iPad will begin shipping soon and your opportunity to be part of the grand opening of the iPad App Store starts today,” the email says.
There’s no details about when the store’s grand [...]
Tech site H-Online has an interesting story today, quoting security expert Charlie Miller about his forthcoming talk at the CanSecWest conference next week.
He says OS X is full of security holes. There are lots more than in Windows, he claims.
And yet: OS X is a safer system to use. Why? Because, in the words [...]
If ever you needed a sign that Apple was a different kind of technology company, this is it.
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This is one of those “Here’s to the [...]
Fake Steve creator Dan Lyons just signed a deal to bring Steve Jobs to another small screen near you.
The half-hour series called “iCon” is billed by the presser as “a savage satire centering on a fictional Silicon Valley CEO whose ego is a study in power and greed.”
Making sure the barbs prick will be the [...]
4:03 am, August 21st, 2009, Pete Mortensen
Lovely DIY iPhone stand from Geeky Gadgets reader Frederick Weller. I’d gladly put on on my bedside table if I weren’t too lazy to make my own.
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It’s time for our weekly digest of tiny iPhone reviews, courtesy of iPhoneTiny.com, with some extra commentary exclusive to Cult of Mac.
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Last year I signed up for a landline phone for my office. I wish I hadn’t for two reasons:
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On Windows, when you’ve finished using a particular piece of software, you close it with the X symbol in the top right corner of the application window.
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I don’t know how many of those ugly DIY iphone stands have been posted on this page by now. What I DO know is, that no one – especially not a mac user, who obviously cares about design – would like to have any of such on his or her desk. If I would weigh price over design or usability I would have bought a f***ing PC.
So – be they made of old banana shells or rosty nails – please stop wasting time and posting those useless objects. Who would try building one of those anyway?
Paul, on August 21st, 2009 at 7:21 am
That’s so cool that people can make their own stands out of stuff that they have around the house. I’d make my own but I have no idea what I would use! I think it’s really creative, and makes a personal, artistic statement.
And to paul. Get off your “high horse” and realize that this person is creative. Obviously your too ritzy and stuck up to notice that maybe this person didn’t want to be in the norm and have everything looking the same as everybody else.
Mike, on August 21st, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Paul, you are stuck up! Get over yourself!! I agree with Mike, this is a creative use of materials. As someone who can only afford an iPod Touch and doesn’t have the money to buy an iHome, too, I think it is very resourceful! As someone who wishes could make something as ingenious as this, I applaud the creator.
Reduce, reuse, recycle… it’s perfect!
SP, on August 21st, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Paul I hope someone makes a key out of what they have laying around the house and uses it to key your car, jerk.
scott, on August 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 am
To all those nay-sayers, atleast they got off their asses and made something. I think anyone who makes this stuff and is happy with it are definately doing the hobby justice. Go for it!
John, on August 23rd, 2009 at 12:03 am
Used dvds (like 30) make a nice portrait dock (imagine them all stacked with your phone standing on top just drill through the cds/dvds so ur charger fits) and a the dvd case makes a nice one lamdscape style (imagine it on its side with a piece cut out the front so ur phone fits inside it, just need some creative paint) both are really easy with a couple of tools
Mike, on March 19th, 2010 at 5:59 am