Snippets for 2008-09-25

11:59 pm, September 25th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• Jason Snell of Macworld on Apple potentially driving iPhone devs away: http://tinyurl.com/4ky4hr #

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Snippets for 2008-09-13

11:59 pm, September 13th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• Devon Kelly and friends literally make a song and dance about Mac OS X’s spinning rainbow of doom: http://bit.ly/1LZ8oZ #
• Apple rejects Podcaster from the App Store for, er, no discernible sensible reason - http://bit.ly/3a66nC (Hat tip: Daring Fireball.) #

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Snippets for 2008-09-10

11:59 pm, September 10th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: Genius sidebar could not find matches for your specific selection, but here are the Top Songs and Albums in the iTunes Store. *sigh* #

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Snippets for 2008-08-21

11:59 pm, August 21st, 2008, Craig Grannell

• Daring Fireball reports that OpenClip will fail once iPhone OS 2.1 ships: http://tinyurl.com/69lntu #

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Snippets for 2008-08-18

11:59 pm, August 18th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• TapeDeck 1.1 - 1.0 reviewed here: http://tinyurl.com/646hba - has added MP3 import/export and YouTube support: http://tapedeckapp.com/ #
• Simple WindowSets 2.1 - 2.0 reviewed http://tinyurl.com/5oyyle - has added modifier key commands: http://tinyurl.com/5b97uo #
• CG: I love I Love Stars, a menu-bar-based iTunes ratings app. If only someone would combine it with iTunesMenu… http://tinyurl.com/5pfegt #

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Snippets for 2008-08-12

11:59 pm, August 12th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• PM: Best article on Apple product design I’ve ever read: http://tinyurl.com/6j4awv #
• @jamessime Thank god that Whedon didn’t do the Batman films… #

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Snippets for 2008-07-30

11:59 pm, July 30th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• Apple going to blend ARM and PA Semi tech? http://tinyurl.com/5bjxda #

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Snippets for 2008-07-28

11:59 pm, July 28th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: The Small Wave on iPhone’s native iTunes UI versus the superior one from the Remote app: http://bit.ly/o0BCM #

UPDATE: Above link fixed. Thanks, Church of Apple.

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Snippets for 2008-07-18

11:59 pm, July 18th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: Sega bloke claims iPhone is as powerful as the Dreamcast. We await iPhone Crazy Taxi with bated breath. http://tinyurl.com/5j9kbz #

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Snippets for 2008-07-17

11:59 pm, July 17th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: Ars Technica reports that Apple’s knocked apps with names trying to leapfrog the queue back into touch. Ha! http://tinyurl.com/6nwecr #

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Snippets for 2008-07-16

11:59 pm, July 16th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: In light of Apple suing Psystar, Leigh’s “Missing Macintosh” article from April seems more relevant than ever: http://tinyurl.com/5eselw #
• CG: MacRumors reports that Apple has provided MobileMe users with a 30-day extension and an apology. http://tinyurl.com/65osh2 #
• CG: Shiny Development releases Speakapedia, to convert Wikipedia articles to spoken text in iTunes: http://shinydevelopment.com/ #
• PM: Mobile Safari outscores Firefox 3 in Acid 3 test: http://tiny.cc/Bvg4K #

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Snippets for 2008-07-15

11:59 pm, July 15th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: Jackass iPhone devs line-cut by exploiting naming conventions. Gizmodo: http://tinyurl.com/6p99yw (via Daring Fireball) #
• CG: Apple on iPhone cut and paste, GPS turn-by-turn and the lack of an iPhone office suite: http://tinyurl.com/67bgph (ExtremeTech) #
• CG: MacRumors reports that Psystar is indeed likely to get a butt-kicking over its Hackintoshes: http://tinyurl.com/5a69qq #

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Snippets for 2008-07-14

11:59 pm, July 14th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: Apple reports that over 10 million applications have been downloaded since the iPhone App Store’s launch. http://tinyurl.com/6xlon8 #
• CG: Apple’s renewed importance and interest in gaming births Touch Arcade, a site dedicated to iPhone gaming. http://toucharcade.com/ #
• CG: Touch Arcade comments on iPhone control issues for Ms. Pac-Man: http://tinyurl.com/5olhvg - not sure swiping would do it for me. #

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Snippets for 2008-07-11

11:59 pm, July 11th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: Queues of 40-50 people in UK O2 stores reported. I’m guessing they’re not there for Nokias… #
• CG: iPhone unboxing images to lust after if you’ve not been lucky enough to get one yourself: http://tinyurl.com/64sh2p (MacRumors) #
• CG: Incisive first-day AppStore commentary from Daring Fireball: http://tinyurl.com/66uh4j - interesting free/paid-for app comparisons. #
• CG: Turns out you can take iPhone screen-grabs by holding Home and tapping the power button. Photos are (logically) sent to the Photos app. #
• CG: Counterpoint (i.e. positive) article regarding SSD impact on battery life: http://tinyurl.com/5a4kdu (via Alexander Klimetschek) #
• CG: First-day reports suggest many O2 stores had just a dozen or so iPhones for sale, with only a few 16GB models. Feel Jobs’ wrath, UK! #
• LM: part 1 of my interview on TalkingHeadTV: http://talkingheadtv.com/?p=64 #
• LM: part 2 of my interview on TalkingHeadTV: http://talkingheadtv.com/?p=65 #
• LM: part 3 of my interview on TalkingHeadTV: http://talkingheadtv.com/?p=66 #
• LM: part 4 of my interview on TalkingHeadTV: http://talkingheadtv.com/?p=67 #
• Well, the iPhone launch is totally messed up, eh? #
• PM: That was me. How’s iPod touch 2.0 upgrading going? #

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Twitter updates for 2008-07-10

11:59 pm, July 10th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: More evidence, it seems, that solid-state drives don’t actually improve your battery’s run-time: http://tinyurl.com/3kuorq #
• CG: iTunes 7.7 just waved hello from Software Update. #
• CG: Looks like the iPhone app store’s up and ready for taking all your cash. If only you could get the apps on to your phone already! #
• CG: Jobs on iPhone apps: 25% free; 90% $9.99 or less. Refers to launch as the biggest of his career. USA Today: http://tinyurl.com/5jzu5l #

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Twitter updates for 2008-07-09

11:59 pm, July 9th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: Macworld UK reports ex-Microsoft Martiz has ousted Greene as VMware CEO. No reasons offered. Shares down 24%. http://tinyurl.com/5fejxd #
• CG: O2 claims UK iPhone orders reached 13,000 per second at one point. No wonder the servers crashed. Most Brits wanting iPhones = screwed. #
• CG: Isolator (which I reviewed: http://tinyurl.com/5oyyle) still proving v. useful. Great to flick on to temporarily focus on a single app. #
• CG: Looking at the Cult of Mac comment moderation queue and quietly sobbing. #
• PM: Just recorded iPhone 3G podcast with Arn from MacRumors and Matt from Gizmodo with Matt Sullivan for Pop. Mechanics. Look for it soon. #

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Twitter updates for 2008-07-08

11:59 pm, July 8th, 2008, Craig Grannell

• CG: Oh dear - looks like someone at Apple gave out an ADC password to a hijacker… because they asked for it. http://tinyurl.com/5ljeof #
• CG: Looks like rampant Brits swamped O2 and Carphone Warehouse re: iPhone 3G. No iPhones for you guys! Pip pip! http://tinyurl.com/5b9at2 #

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Cult of Mac on Twitter

11:24 pm, July 8th, 2008, Craig Grannell

So, we’re joining the micro-blogging revolution, or something. Cult of Mac is now twittering away at http://twitter.com/cultofmac and daily digests should show up if I’ve not been a total idiot with the Twitter plug-in I’ve been playing about with. The most recent five Tweets are also in this site’s sidebar.

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