Category Archives: Apple

Jan 30

New Flaming Lips song features Siri on vocals

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Tom

I guess it was just inevitable that someone would record a song with Siri and the Flaming Lips would be the band to do it.

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Jan 20

Apple’s new iBooks Author EULA

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Tom

Less than 24 hours after Apple made their electronic textbooks announcement, it’s already been pointed out that the license agreement for the iBooks Author tool requires you to sell through the App Store if your book isn’t free but allows you … Read More →

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Dec 17

Walter Isaacson to expand Jobs biography

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Tom

Walter Isaacson is reportedly going to expand his Steve Jobs biography, mostly to cover Jobs’ death and the subsequent response. I’m in the process of reading this book now. I’ve had trouble finishing it. There’s a bit too much armchair … Read More →

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Nov 23

The Sketchbook of Susan Kare

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Tom

Susan Kare was part of the original Macintosh team and was responsible for creating the icons we all know so well. Amazing how little they’ve changed since then.

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Nov 07

Revolutionary User Interfaces

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Tom

Horace Dediu looks at how the mobile phone market has undergone a disruption from being ruled by a very few entrenched handset manufacturers to control by a group of fairly new market entrants. His hypothesis is that revolutions in the … Read More →