App Store Hits 15,000 Apps, 500 Million Downloads – Mac Rumors. Further reason to believe the App Store & iPhone/iTouch combo is a gamechanger and is going to be BIG. Stay tuned for Apple’s fiscal results for the CY4Q within the next hour.
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App Store Hits 15,000 Apps, 500 Million Downloads – Mac Rumors
Posted in Commentary, tagged Apple, apps, Digital Life, games, iphone, itouch on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New White House Website – Step towards a transparent governement
Posted in Politics, tagged Commentary, website, white house on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That didn’t take long! The White House website has been updated and includes a lot of great resources about the Obama agenda, his Administration, and general fun facts about the White House itself. In the Briefing Room you’ll find a blog, as well as a place for press releases, executive orders, and proclamations. [Seen on [...]
Steve
Posted in Commentary, tagged Apple, Commentary on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Take care of yourself. Apple won’t be quite the same without you but you’ve left it in capable hands. Thanks for everything. Read Steve’s email to Apple employee’s. or Gruber’s Godspeed.
News-flash: Online media outlets pass print. TV up next.
Posted in Analysis, tagged Digital Life, nbc, news, podcast on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Following my post about digital formats threatening Blu-ray, the Pew Research Center has a report out indicating that the internet continues to make serious gains as a source for news compared to traditional outlets like television and newspapers. The internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all [...]
How-to: Copy music from an iPod to your computer
Posted in How To, tagged Apple, Digital Life, ipod, itunes, mac, pc, senuti, yamipod on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s question comes from a friend of mine who asks one of the most common questions iPod users face… “How can I copy music off an iPod without syncing it to iTunes?” A well known limitation of the iPod is that it is designed to sync with only one iTunes Library at a time. The [...]
It’s Over (or just beginning): iTunes is DRM-Free
Posted in Analysis, tagged amazon, Apple, Digital Life, drm, free, itunes, music on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a bit of a battle over the last few years but DRM-free music is finally here. Let’s recap: ~2006 and prior – Music industry can’t fathom the possability of DRM-Free music… it will be the end of the Industry. Feb 2007 – Steve Jobs writes ‘Thoughts on Music‘. The third alternative is to [...]
Blu-ray’s Next Battle: Digital
Posted in Commentary, tagged blu-ray, digital, Digital Life, dvd, hd, hd dvd on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times had a good read out yesterday on the upcoming challenges for Blu-ray. The argument comes down to, while Blu-ray may have ousted HD-DVD as the optical format of choice, consumers increasingly have far more to choose from than traditional optical media. Blu-ray’s backers, including Sony and the Walt Disney Company, face [...]
Looking Back
Posted in Commentary, Photography, tagged Commentary on January 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Following up on my Looking Ahead post it seemed appropriate to also look back. It’s easier to look at today and say what still isn’t done, but often this overlooks all that has been accomplished. I’ve picked a couple key things per year to focus on: 2002: Published my first paper in Macromolecules just before [...]
Looking Ahead
Posted in Commentary, tagged career, Commentary, future on January 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This isn’t a politically motivated post, but the Presidential election has had me thinking. What are you doing right now and where do you want to go in the next 10 years because it’s up to you to make it happen. Ten years ago Barack Obama was starting his 3rd year in the Illinois state [...]
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Now THAT’S Vision
Posted in Commentary, tagged Apple, itunes, jobs, music, steve on January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Normally I don’t believe in this whole, predicting the future thing. If you think you can reasonably predict what’s going to happen in the next 5-10 years, you’ll generally find that you’re WAY off. But then there’s Steve… and this reflection from CNET of his interview with Rolling Stone back in 2003 a mere 8 [...]
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