Apple support document HT3947: The Push Notification service in Mac OS X Server v10.6 supports sending Push Notifications to Mac OS X v10.6 (client) iCal and Mail applications. Additionally, the service can be configured to provide Push Notifications to third-party applications which use the ServerNotification framework. [...] Currently, iPhone Mail and Calendar apps do not [...]
Engadget has posted their new rules about crazy product names: 1. Product and company names that are regular English words shall be treated like proper English nouns, complete with proper capitalization. Example: DROID becomes Droid and nook becomes Nook. 2. Product and company names that are not regular English words shall be capitalized first as [...]
Barnes and Noble on their e-book reader, the nook*: As we head into December, we wanted to give an update on nook, the eBook reader that continues to be the fastest-selling product at Barnes & Noble. We are beginning to ship this week, and are committed to doing everything we can to ensure that everyone [...]
MacNN: The v1.4.0 release will have 13 new features, including an enhanced pedestrian mode for navigation while walking. A new interface will take advantage of the compass in the iPhone 3GS, shifting map position in tandem with a user’s orientation. Google Local Search should meanwhile allow quick access to subject and place searches, with matching [...]
The Need for Notifications Back in the day, cell phones did one thing — make calls. Since they were so simple, the only time they needed to alert their owners was with a ringtone. Obviously, phones do a few more things these days. They can send and receive emails, SMS and MMS messages, surf the Internet, [...]
Stewart Alsop on the Droid: The hardware (which is Motorola’s) mostly works. The keyboard is horrible and I’ve never used it, which means that it is a real design flaw given how much weight and mechanical operation it adds to the device. (The software keyboard works well enough that I’ve found it adequate but the [...]
James Bach, via Gizmodo: The pattern I experienced at Apple would be confirmed almost everywhere I traveled in the computer industry: most people have put themselves on intellectual autopilot. Most don’t study on their own initiative, but only when they are forced to do so. Even when they study, they choose to study the obvious [...]
CNet UK has pitted the Newton against the iPhone and the Newton won: The Newton may be old and dusty, but it still shows the young pretenders a thing or too. The iPhone is a superior device in many ways, we’ll admit, but when it comes to sheer innovation, the Apple Newton MessagePad is a [...]
