Monthly Archives for November 2011
Original Apple contract may sell at auction for $150K
(CNN) — Forgive the pun: Want a slice of early Apple history? Three of the legal documents that detail the founding of the revolutionary computer company are going up for auction soon — some two months after the death of … Continue reading
Kindle Fire and iPad 2: Comparing the incomparable
by Christopher Breen, Macworld.com As you’ve undoubtedly heard, Amazon’s Kindle Fire has been elevated—in the eyes of some who really should know better—as a device that can be fairly compared to Apple’s iPad. Even Amazon has stepped in it … Continue reading
TED Talks: Now an iPhone App
Hearing TED’s impressive list of speakers once required an exclusive invitation and a several day commitment. The organization launched an iPhone app on Tuesday that makes it as easy as flipping on a radio station. “What we’ve noticed in the … Continue reading
Steve Jobs’ e-mail to fan: ‘Life is fragile’
Editor’s note: This article is the second of a three-part series adapted from the new e-book “Letters to Steve: Inside the E-mail Inbox of Apple’s Steve Jobs,” written by CNN tech writer Mark Milian. He self-published the book on Amazon … Continue reading
Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet undercut iPad but come with trade-offs
The iPad, the heavyweight champ of the tablet world, has summarily knocked out every challenger it has faced since it debuted last year. The defeated include tablets with names including Xoom, PlayBook, TouchPad, G-Slate and Streak, none of which has … Continue reading
iPhone 5 Rumor: New iOS Device Could Have A 4-inch Display
A Japanese Mac blog, Macotakara, is claiming that Sony Mobile Display Corporation and Hitachi Displays have begun shipping new 4-inch displays for a new iOS device. The blog doesn’t elaborate which device the new dispalys will be used for, but … Continue reading
Steve Jobs tribute exhibit on display at the US Patent Museum
November 24, 2011 By Jeff Hughes Steve Jobs gets a tribute in an exhibit on display at the United States Patent Office Museum. Check it out if you’re in the area over the holiday break. An exhibit paying tribute to … Continue reading
Black Friday: Apple discounts iPad, iPods, Macs
It being Black Friday today, Apple’s annual sale (online and in Apple Stores) is here and the discounts are coming in about as expected — small price drops but nothing too dramatic. For the one-day sale, Apple lopped $101 off … Continue reading
Meet the 2011 Mashable Awards Nominees for Tech
The Mashable Awards celebrates the best of the digital world — and as such, there are a whole heap of technology categories. You’ll find them replete with Android, iPhone and iPad devices, as befits a year that saw the iOS-Android … Continue reading
‘Steve Jobs’ and ‘Blue Nights’ Reveal Dark Side of Adoption
Quintana Roo Dunne, the adopted daughter of writer Joan Didion, had frequent nightmares about “The Broken Man” — an evil repair man in a blue shirt with a L.A. Dodgers cap and “really shiny shoes” who told her in a … Continue reading
