Tag Archives: Apple

Gothamist reports that after a study of millions of photos on Flickr, scientists at Cornell have concluded that the glass entrance to Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue basement Apple store is now the fifth most photographed object in NYC and the 28th most photographed in the world. The top four in NYC: Empire State Building, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Grand Central. Embiggen …

I think this debuted during the Oscars. Want one?

Apple has announced that iTunes saw its 10 billionth download yesterday. Here’s the all-time iTunes top ten for singles. 1. Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”2. Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”3. Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”4. Jason Mraz, “I’m Yours”5. Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”6. Lady Gaga, “Just Dance”7. Flo Rida, “Low”8. Taylor Swift, “Love Story”9. Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love”10. Ke$ha, …

If you like to use your iPhone for sexy time, there’s probably no longer an app for that. Apple has apparently initiated a crusade against “overtly sexual content,” removing adult-themed iPhone and iPod touch applications from its App Store following fervent customer-complaints about adult content in many of the apps. In fact, app developers too have been complaining that the …

If you are a Mac owner using Google’s Chrome browser, a recent update is causing some WordPress and Blogger sites to crash, this one included. I’m told a fix is coming “soon.”

A little harsh, eh?

(Tipped by JMG reader BStewart23)

It’s essentially “a big iPhone.” Follow the NYT’s live blog. Live video stream here. Gizmodo live blog here. Tons of photos and specs are here. The tablet’s screen measures in at around 10 inches, as per the rumors, meaning that it’s got a significantly smaller footprint than the smallest MacBook, but a much larger screen than the iPhone. That’s 10 …

Business Insider reports that Apple will announce the end of its exclusivity deal with AT&T this week. AT&T captivity is the single biggest reason foks who don’t buy iPhones don’t buy them, so this would be big. It would also be unexpectedly early–most analysts aren’t expecting Apple to open up to other carriers until the middle of the year. (We’d …

According to the Consumerist, AT&T has suspended sales of iPhones in NYC due to increasing complaints about poor performance. From a conversation with AT&T customer service: Daphne: Welcome to AT&T online Sales support. How may I assist you with placing your order today?Laura: Hi, I was looking at the iPhone 3Gs and the system tells me that I cannot order …

I’m usually more interested in Billboard’s year-end charts, which include physical and download sales, but here’s what sold best on iTunes. I recognize half of the most popular singles, which is pretty good for me these days. Top-Selling Songs: “Boom Boom Pow,” Black Eyed Peas“Right Round,” Flo Rida“Poker Face,” Lady GaGa“I Gotta Feeling,” Black Eyed Peas“Gives You Hell,” The All-American …

Apple has agreed to purchase the streaming music venture Lala, bringing speculation that iTunes may add its own streaming function. LaLa fills a big hole in Apple’s digital music strategy and could bring streaming down music from the cloud into iTunes-ready devices everywhere. Integrating Lala’s ad-free music service — which stores music collections online and sells streaming songs at a …

At today’s product launch thingy in California, Apple debuted a new iPod Nano with tons of new features. Apple today introduced the new iPod nan, adding a video camera, mic and speaker to the world’s most popular music player. Music lovers can now shoot video wherever they are, view it on their iPod nano and use their computers to easily …

Confirming the worst fear of many Apple stockholders, yesterday Steve Jobs announced that he was taking a medical leave from the company. Casting a pall over one of the world’s most closely watched companies, Steven P. Jobs, chief executive of Apple, said on Wednesday that he was taking a leave of absence because of health concerns. Timothy Cook, left, chief …

Guesses?

If you follow the tech blogs, you’ll know that for weeks they’ve been buzzing about Apple head Steve Job’s health and that he won’t appear at this year’s MacWorld, which begins tomorrow. Apple’s PR flacks have been insisting that Jobs is fine, but Apple stock has suffered from the speculation. Today Jobs came out with the truth. As many of …

From Apple’s “Hot News” page: No on Prop 8 October 24, 2008 Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the …

The Google phone comes out Sept. 23rd. Putting it firmly in a price point to compete with the iPhone, the Android-running HTC Dream will cost $199, according to the Wall Street Journal. The smartphone will also get an “aggressively priced” data plan from T-Mobile and receive some heavy Google branding. Some of the readers at Gizmodo find the Android “fugly” …