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Apple Bobbles - and Drops - the Ball

oneswellfoop — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:37:35 -0800

Apple has rejected an iPhone app for making contact with your Congressperson. Why? Because it identifies each US Representative/Senator with a 'bobblehead' caricature by MAD magazine artist Tom Richmond (who, having done 540 not-terribly-disrespectful caricatures, is justifiably pissed). “Obscene, pornographic, or defamatory”?!? Well, maybe the Nancy Pelosi is gratuitously goofy...

It's not a product, it's a lifestyle

four panels — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:59:02 -0800

Lee Clow, the Chief Creative Officer at Apple’s ad agency TBWA, BFF of Steve Jobs, and “advertising’s art-director guru,” has decided to step down from his post. (Clow is also responsible for the Energizer Bunny and the Taco Bell Chihuahua.)

Here are ten of Flavorwire's favorite Apple campaigns.

iDon't

dame — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:24:34 -0800

Verizon takes iPhone head-on. Will Android finally become something to people outside the nerd set? Will all those people still waiting for the iPhone to come to Verizon actually buy in? Personally, I'm not giving up my iPhone, but I was amused by the commercial.

Let's treat the next person. What to treat them with? It's your choice.

boo_radley — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:44:06 -0800

Then, according to Noby, as quickly as it appeared, the Ogori cafe was gone. (via Matt. Hi, Matt!)

Reach out and iPod Touch someone

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:59:51 -0800

There's an app for everything. Even when there shouldn't be. Additional selected commercial parodies from creator Adam Sacks available here.

Behold, Grand Central Dispatch: Apple is saying it doesn't have to be this way

kliuless — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:50:02 -0800

John Siracusa's review of Snow Leopard is an instant classic, as James Fallows sez: "an impressive piece of technical writing." Altho, "apparently OS X doesn't support huge pages." Apple's example, btw, may have wider industry implications/applications.

AT&T redefines summer, releases iPhone feature finally

mephron — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:11:50 -0800

When it was released, the Apple iPhone 3GS advertised Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), but also noted "MMS support from AT&T coming in late summer." This has resulted in some legal issues such as a number of lawsuits. But now, AT&T has announced that MMS is coming to the iPhone on September 25, just a little past all defined ends of summer. (The lack of MMS was discussed in the the thread about the Iphone 3GS release.)

14 iPhones, 23 MacBook Pro laptops and 9 iPod touch devices.

R. Mutt — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:39:47 -0800

31 seconds to steal 14 iPhones, 23 MacBook Pro laptops and 9 iPod touch devices. SLYT

A Day Without Ceiling Cat Watching, Without Keyboard Cat Playing You Off

wendell — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:54:51 -0800

A Day Without Cats on the Internet Because why should all the fun on 09/09/09 be for Beatles fans, Apple geeks, 99-cent-store customers and post-apocalyptic steampunk ragdolls. Oh, and also President Obama. Is there anybody NOT doing something special on 09/09/09? Maybe... Satan? (long boring talk by nutcase about Large Hadron Collider and Nostrdamus) Just for giggles, here's Yahoo Answers on the significance of the date. (OMG TERRISTS!!! )

Shoot It-Real postcard from your iPhone

ColdChef — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:37:05 -0800

Shoot It! Create and mail a real [paper!] postcard from anywhere and to anyone around the world.

60 sticker-plastered Apple laptops

mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:22:35 -0800

60 sticker-plastered Apple laptops

Want to use Google Voice? There's no app for that.

mullingitover — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:36:47 -0800

The internet is atwitter over Apple's decision to block the Google Voice app from their App Store, and remove all existing apps that facilitate its use. Fingers are pointing at AT&T, but the app is blocked globally.

These guys play rough

littlerobothead — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:02:26 -0800

There's no way we get all this stuff and everything is done fair and square and everyone gets treated right. A Chinese employee of Foxconn, entrusted with fourteen (maybe sixteen) prototype iPhones misplaced one before they could be shipped; what followed was his detainment and torture at the hands of company police, and his eventual suicide. Shanghaiist has confirmed the story. Fake Steve weighs in.

“Tom Williams, The Kid”

blasdelf — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:49:38 -0800

Tom Williams: Hired by Apple at 14. His full story? — not quite… What he doesn't mention in his monologue is that his current project is reminiscent of GiveWell, with similar origins in high finance. He responds. (via)

iPhone Thievery Gone Awry

cjorgensen — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:46:50 -0800

'Find My iPhone' in Action (via) "Myself and two compadres, Ryan and Mark, are in Chicago (each of us for the first time) to attend Brickworld, the world's largest Lego convention. Yes we're a bunch of dorks. Yes you totally wish you were here too." The mirell.org site has additional insight into the theft. Gratuitous Lego Links. (The Brick Testament previously)

Praise be, new jesusPhones!

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:04:30 -0800

As expected new iPhones were announced yesterday, taking a bit of wind out of the Palm Pre's excellent sales, pissing off some current iPhone users over upgrade fees, and leaving several gadget makers wondering if they have a future.

Apple pulls Nine Inch Nails iphone app - However will Trent Reznor respond to censorship by the Man??

njbradburn — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:15:47 -0800

Maybe Apple had never actually listened to the song Closer before approving the Nine Inch Nails iphone app, but Trent Reznor Twitted today that Apple pulled the NIN application from the store due to objectionable content. The objectionable content referenced is "The Downward Spiral." Reznor chatted with digg.com last month and talked about the iphone app's release. Though he has developed a business model for NIN that doesn't include a record label, he still needs distribution portals for their music. NIN fans will go to their website to download music and apps anyway, but the itunes store has a chance to turn new listeners on. However will Trent respond??

they were cute then

nickyskye — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:49:08 -0800

1983 Macintosh Dating Game starring Steve Jobs & Bill Gates [slyt].

iBank

leotrotsky — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:38:13 -0800

iBank? 25 billion in cash and short-term securities. No long-term debt. Why Apple should get into the banking sector, pronto.

Steve Jobs taking 6-month medical leave of absence

mattholomew — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:12:49 -0800

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence until June, saying his health-related issues were "more complex than I originally thought."

Dead men walking

caddis — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:18:23 -0800

“You can’t roll a joint on an iPod” or how the iPod killed the music industry. First the music biz overlooked the computer CD rom when they put copy control on cd burners. Then they eliminated the single. Shortly after that "mp3" replaced "sex" as the most popular search term. Apple has become the largest music seller largely against the wishes of the music biz, but 99 cents beats free. Yesterday Apple announced they were eliminating DRM. The questions remains, who needs Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, and EMI, does Apple? When is Apple just going to replace them? There were rumors a year ago that they would launch a record label with Jay-Z but that does not appear to have come to fruition.

Le DRM est mort, vive de musique numérique!

Talez — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:15:22 -0800

Who would have known that that the death of DRM would come in the form of a press release? While MP3 stores are nothing new, with iTunes moving to a 100% DRM free catalog by the 31st of March this now cements a de facto standard of DRM free music in the marketplace. As a side effect it's now a near certainty that AAC will become the successor of MP3.

One Button. Endless Possibilities.

miss lynnster — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:20:06 -0800

OMG! It's THE NEW MACBOOK WHEEL! Squeeee!

Howard and 3rd

four panels — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:17:59 -0800

The End of an Era. Apple has just announced this January will be the last Macworld.

Single Link Apple Spoof

cjorgensen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:42:03 -0800

SchmApple SLAS (Single Link Apple Spoof). I want a Mysteron. "Does nothing. But looks great."