After working in an Apple Store for three blac Fridays, I’m not leaving my house today. If you’re like me, and like shopping online, head over to Amazon, buy anything via this link, and help support ForkBombr. You’ll be glad you did.
Tony Bradley:
Apple’s Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, recently pointed out that Apple receives more than 10,000 new app submissions each week. Yes, every seven days Apple receives a volume of new apps equivalent to the Android Market. Schiller cited this statistic to explain how Apple is somewhat a victim of its own [...]
The Eee PC 1008HA Seashell is the best netbook on the market if you want to run Chrome OS today.
Ted Landau of the Mac Observer wrote a piece yesterday titled Mac Pro: R.I.P. in which he said:
Given these numbers [the benchmarks for the new i7 iMacs], why bother with a Mac Pro? Personally, I can only think of one and half reasons — neither of which will drive a large number of sales. The [...]
I came across this the other night, and enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
In many ways, Panther was the first release of OS X ready for the average consumer.
Amazon:
You can now read for up to 1 week on a single charge with wireless on. Turn wireless off and read for up to 2 weeks.
That’s an 85 percent increase in battery life. I’d say someone screwed up on the earlier versions of the firmware.
Holy crap, this is awesome.
Reminds me of this.
PC World:
In a desperate bid for survival, long-time office software maker Corel has agreed to a takeover by its majority investor, Vector Capital, a move that could help keep classic software packages such as WordPerfect and CorelDraw around as Microsoft Office alternatives, at least for a while.
It continues to surprise me how many people still [...]
Wired’s Brian Chen nails it. I totally agree — I enjoy using my Magic Mouse, which is something I never thought I would say about a pointing device.
