The announcement of the iPad has done a lot of things: it’s stoked up excitement in the Mac using community, it’s got a bunch of developers feverishly coding exciting new stuff, and it’s got retailers and cell phone companies the world over drooling over the money they can make from it.
And it’s also somewhat upset [...]
It’s been a month since my review of Google’s “SuperPhone”, the Nexus One. Since that time, we’ve surfed, updated facebook, navigated, called, played endless hands of cribbage and even tried to freeze it to death on a trip to Dayton Ohio. Follow me after the jump to find out does the “SuperPhone” stand the [...]
Silicon Insider posted this interesting graph putting into perspective exactly how large Apple is, compared with the other big three tech companies out there. And it’s all about cash.
Essentially, Apple is the second most cash rich company out there, with a little under $39.8 billion in cash and short and long term securities to call [...]
Welcome to the “iPhone photography toy of the week” slot. Today’s toy is: InfiniteScope.
This little app could not be simpler. All it does is grab what your iPhone’s camera is seeing, and copy it infinite times, one copy overlaid atop the next, each one getter smaller and smaller.
Hmm. That description is hardly snappy, is [...]
6:34 pm, July 3rd, 2007, Leander Kahney
This is great news. I couldn’t be more delighted that BBC journalist Alan Johnston’s kidnapping didn’t end tragically. He’d been detained for 16 weeks and his release was negotiated by Hamas, now in control of Gaza.
He told the BBC: “It is the most fantastic thing to be free.”
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There aren’t many games on the iPhone platform that can match games on the big 64-bit boxes for production value — but Electronic Arts Mobile’s Madden NFL 10 can, and does, fantastically. Unfortunately, it also has one gaping hole.
All the gorgeous bells and whistles from EA’s Playstation or Xbox version are there (even if the eye-candy [...]
It’s been a month since my review of Google’s “SuperPhone”, the Nexus One. Since that time, we’ve surfed, updated facebook, navigated, called, played endless hands of cribbage and even tried to freeze it to death on a trip to Dayton Ohio. Follow me after the jump to find out does the “SuperPhone” stand the [...]
It’s time for our weekly digest of tiny iPhone reviews, courtesy of iPhoneTiny.com, with some extra commentary exclusive to Cult of Mac.
This time, we review Pastebot, 007: Top Agent, Jackson Pollock, Rhythm Racer, Judgement Day War, and TweakyBeat.
APP OF THE WEEK
Pastebot: First-rate clipboard manager w/ built-in image filters & text editing + free sync app [...]
Welcome to the “iPhone photography toy of the week” slot. Today’s toy is: InfiniteScope.
This little app could not be simpler. All it does is grab what your iPhone’s camera is seeing, and copy it infinite times, one copy overlaid atop the next, each one getter smaller and smaller.
Hmm. That description is hardly snappy, is [...]
Google’s Chrome Operating System is a Google’s answer to Mac OS X or Windows 7 — a lightweight operating system designed for netbooks and other portable devices. It’s also designed for an always-on connection. The Net is as much a part of the system as the software installed on the computer.
It’s also lightweight, fast, and [...]
With Time Capsules epidemically failing after an average of 18 months and 22 days, it might be time to start thinking about an alternative use for your pristinely albino, Apple-branded router once its body squirts out its last breath of 802.11-n ectoplasm.
Why not turn it into a lovely gift box? Over at Instructables, there’s [...]
As a smartphone, the iPhone is hard to beat, but as a tool capable of inflicting extraordinary acts of physical violence, the handset is less impressive… even when compared to Apple’s other products.
A MacBook Air, of course, can be stealthily drawn across a carotid artery, but the iPhone’s rounded, lozenge-like design makes it a [...]
The festive season is so close you can almost taste it. The kids are pestering to put up Christmas decorations; so why not give them something fun to do this year?
SymmetriSketch is a great free vector drawing application (also available for Windows and Linux users) that lets you play around with symmetry across a 2D [...]
As a journalist I’m happy to see he’s released but what does this possibly have to do with Macs? It’s not like the story didn’t get vast play elsewhere.
no-doz, on July 4th, 2007 at 11:25 am
This is truly excellent news.
Adam, on July 4th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Great! But the news we all want to know is: Will he be getting an iPhone when they are released in the UK?
JW., on July 4th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
The guy is a consummate professional. Minutes after he was freed, they interviewed him on the BBC news. His account of his own captivity was delivered with the same level of care that he had previously used to report other less personal stories. Amazing to listen to, considereing where he had just been.
Electroboy, on July 5th, 2007 at 3:20 am
I heard that Hamas was promised no less than 100 iPhones in exchange for negotiating his release.
Steve Savage, on July 17th, 2007 at 1:09 pm