I’m starting to understand why Steve Jobs was so disapproving of streaming music services way back in 2003. A few months ago, I wrote about my experience with Rdio, a streaming music service. As a self-professed audiophile, I scoffed at the notion of sub-standard bit rates. Fast forward to
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When I first heard that Google was going to be releasing a product called Google TV, I was extremely unnerved. The set-top box market was, and is, not doing well. Thus far, not a single person has been able to crack the TV market with something truly revolutionary. Other than
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A once formidable company in the 60s and 70s during the Silicon Valley tech boom; now teetering on thin rope. If you just look at history, you would know that practically every engineer in their 20s wanted to work for Hewlett-Packard during that time period. Now, HP seems to be
It was with some trepidation that I’d been hesitant to test restoring my iPhone from an iCloud backup. I wasn’t able to find any details on what exactly gets backed up, however, I didn’t want to just assume that all data would get backed up, including my
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Given Google's vast engineering driven culture, it seems obvious why they keep having a tough time putting out well crafted iOS apps. I think it's too easy to chalk it up to the cliché'd expression of, "engineers are an anti-social bunch who are
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There’s an undeniable problem with the comic book industry that has bugged me since I first became a fan in the 80s. No, I’m not talking about Marvel and DC’s ongoing struggle with transitioning to digital. Growing up through the 80s, I became a lover and loyal
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It seems that I always revisit this topic after any iPhone release, and sometimes even after a new iOS update. This time, I seem to be getting a whiff of more reports than usual of battery drain issues than on a typical major iPhone release. When the iPhone 4S was
Andy Rubin doesn’t think we should be talking to our phones. Yes, okay Andy, you are entitled to your opinion — however wrong it may be. Via All Things D Since the 80s, many companies have been pouring millions of dollars into developing voice dictation software. All you need to
Currently you can’t delete individual or select groups of photos from your iCloud Photo Stream, which is rather unfortunate. You can however backup photos that are not currently in your Photo Stream, if you use iPhoto 9.2 or newer on your Mac. I didn’t discover this by
On Wednesday morning, I happily connected my iPhone 4 to my MacBook Pro via the USB cable, for the very last time. I fired up iTunes and clicked "Check for Updates" at 10am PST, hoping that I would be able to successfully download iOS 5. After a bit
Watching Tim Cook present for the first time during this week's "Let's Talk iPhone" event was really interesting. Although we've seen Cook speak at several previous events, this was his first time in the lime-light. Let me preface this piece with one
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The way I see it, the iPhone 4, 14 months after its release is still the best smartphone on the market, as far as overall design is concerned. It’s incredibly hard to imagine how Apple could drastically improve on its current design in any meaningful way. The requisite improvements
