Tag Archives: Apple

The unedifying arrogance of PC journalists

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Barry Collins is angry. Specifically, Barry is almost splenetic about what he sees as “Apple’s unedifying arrogance” in its response to the brouhaha over the database which your iPhone carries of locations. In particular, Barry is vexed over what he … Continue reading →

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Sometimes John Gruber just hits the spot perfectly

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

John Gruber arguing against the silliness that is Henry “Fraud, you say?” Blodget’s latest nonsense: “Keep in mind that Apple’s penalty for losing the PC war in the 1990s is that it is now the most profitable PC maker in … Continue reading →

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Apple is dead in the water, redux

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Charles Arthur, reporting for The Guardian on an IDC/Appcelerator survey of developers: “App developer interest is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and “tepid” interest in current Android tablets chips away at Google’s recent gains in momentum, according to a new survey … Continue reading →

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So what does that location database on your phone really do?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Jim Smith, who knows a thing or two about mobile, pokes around in the controversial consolidated.db database on the iPhone and comes up with this: “I’m pretty certain that consolidated.db is used to seed the assisted GPS used for iOS … Continue reading →

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The iPad’s lack of a file system

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Don Reisinger on why the tablet won’t replace the laptop: “The operating systems lack worthwhile file systems, a more robust interface and all the other things that people will find in the operating systems running on notebooks.” I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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Why “evil” is the most over-used word in tech

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

One of the things which you often hear reading tech blogs, and particularly the comments, is that such-and-such a company is “evil”. What this usually means isn’t that they’re deliberately employing children or forcing workers to work in polluted factories … Continue reading →

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Nieman Journalism lab responds to John Gruber

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Nieman Journalism Lab responds to John Gruber’s defence of the 30% Apple subscription take: “But if someone searches for and downloads The New York Times app — after the Times has spent more than a century building up its brand, … Continue reading →

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When is “the best price” for customers not “the best price” for customers?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

The Sage Gruber’s contortions to position Apple’s subscription pricing scam as “good for consumers” are getting so wild that he’ll be a high-level yoga master before you know it: “Why not allow developers and publishers to set their own prices … Continue reading →

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Touchpad scrolling is broken in Lion

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

As Cult of Mac notes, the default behaviour for touchpad scrolling in OS X Lion is reversed. In previous versions of OS X, you move your fingers down on the trackpad to scroll down. In Lion, you move your fingers up. … Continue reading →

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Apple 2011 = Microsoft ’97

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Brilliant comment from “Chucky” on a post from from Michael Tsai: Microsoft in 1997 had a very specific corporate strategy. They had a temporary situation of great market leverage. And rather than concentrating on making better products for their users, … Continue reading →

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