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Apple finally fesses up, says iPhone 4 signal problems are hardware related

Apple finally fesses up, says iPhone 4 signal problems are hardware related

Gizmodo has finally managed to get Apple to own up to the real cause behind all the signal static users have experienced since the iPhone 4 hit stores last month, and it appears software fixes will only ... continue
Updated: Email from Jobs on iPhone calling problems a “hoax,” says Apple

Updated: Email from Jobs on iPhone calling problems a “hoax,” says Apple

Updated: VentureBeat says the emails were a hoax. Boy Genius Report has posted extensive headers. The last exchange actually came from "Tom," if the emails are to be believed. Poor Steve Jobs can't have one curt conversation with ... continue
Hmm… Apple posted jobs for “Antenna Engineers” just ahead of iPhone 4 launch

Hmm… Apple posted jobs for “Antenna Engineers” just ahead of iPhone 4 launch

Apple, whose handling of the iPhone-southpaw-antenna debacle has been less than stellar, has been the subject of louder backlash today for having posted on tech recruiting sites seeking "Antenna Engineers" for the iPhone just ahead of the ... continue
Jobs on iPhone reception issues: “Don’t hold it like that”

Jobs on iPhone reception issues: “Don’t hold it like that”

Apple has issued an official fix to the reception problems facing the new iPhone, particularly for left-handed people: "Just don't hold it that way." In addition to advising those who waited on long, hot lines to snag their ... continue
AT&T CEO Sends Cease And Desist Letters To Emailers

AT&T CEO Sends Cease And Desist Letters To Emailers

Randall Stephenson, the CEO of AT&T doesn't want to answer or for that matter receive emails from AT&T customers, in fact he's so against the practice that the company is sending cease and desist letter to repeat ... continue
Sorry Mr. Jobs but you’re wrong.

Sorry Mr. Jobs but you’re wrong.

So last night the tech world waited with baited breath as Steve Jobs presided over the opening of the D8 conference and shared his pearls of wisdom with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. This means that much ... continue
Google Preparing An iPad Killer Says CEO Eric Schmidt [Rumor]

Google Preparing An iPad Killer Says CEO Eric Schmidt [Rumor]

Google, like myself, has accused Apple of making nothing more than a large iPhone via the iPad, while adding a few new OS features to let the device stand alone, now the companies CEO Eric Schmidt has ... continue
Whining to Apple – an exercise in futility

Whining to Apple – an exercise in futility

First my usual disclaimer when it comes to writing about Apple: I do not own any Apple products or stocks. I do not always agree with the company's business practices. I do however think that they create ... continue
Steve Jobs And Eric Schmidt Get Cuddly In Public. Jobs Does Most Of The Talking

Steve Jobs And Eric Schmidt Get Cuddly In Public. Jobs Does Most Of The Talking

Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt haven't exactly been friends since Schmidt ditched Apple for Google, so when they were seen out in public this morning chatting it up at the Calafia ... continue
Apple iPad Commercial Debuts During Oscars

Apple iPad Commercial Debuts During Oscars

Steve Jobs went for glitz and glamor when debuting the companies first Apple iPad commercial, announcing the new device during last nights Academy Awards show. The WiFi only version of the iPad will launch on April 3rd 2010, ... continue
Apple asserts itself and we’re all so shocked? Get over it.

Apple asserts itself and we’re all so shocked? Get over it.

It is really funny to watch all this gnashing of teeth over Apple's decision to institute a whole new set of guidelines as to what apps are copesetic or not in its App Store. I mean seriously ... continue
Get over yourselves tech geeks, the iPad wasn’t meant for you

Get over yourselves tech geeks, the iPad wasn’t meant for you

When Apple first released the iPod it wasn't targeting the tech oriented early adopters. It was targeting the kid next door that wanted to look cool at school while being able to enjoy listening to their MP3 ... continue
Jobs Calls Google “Don’t Be Evil” Mantra “Full Of Crap” Then Cries Foul About Competition

Jobs Calls Google “Don’t Be Evil” Mantra “Full Of Crap” Then Cries Foul About Competition

Like any billionaire mogul, Steve Jobs plays by his own rules and says whatever comes to his mind without any comparison to his own choices in business. At a recent Apple town hall meeting he cited the ... continue
So, is the iPad the savior the newspapers hoped for?

So, is the iPad the savior the newspapers hoped for?

In the run-up to today's announcement of the iPad by Steve Jobs there was some quiet rumbling in the newspaper industry that this could be the magical moment they were looking for. Some believed that the iPad ... continue
The JesusSlate is called the iPad: is it going to be awesome or suck?

The JesusSlate is called the iPad: is it going to be awesome or suck?

Does anyone else feel like they've been reading fanfiction on the iPad since the summer and now we've gotten the book canon and don't know what to make of it? I'll admit it up front- I'm a reluctant ... continue
Apple Tablet Officially Unveiled. Named “Apple iPad”

Apple Tablet Officially Unveiled. Named “Apple iPad”

It became apparently clear from his first words that Steve Jobs was getting ready to unveil the Apple Tablet today at the Apple Press Conference, when he told the crowd in California, "We want to kick off ... continue
The whole Apple tablet thing makes no sense

The whole Apple tablet thing makes no sense

Don't get me wrong - I'm not going to suggest that there is now magical Apple tablet going to be announce on the 27th. Neither am I saying that Apple is barking up the wrong tree by ... continue
The Apple Tablet Brings New Life to Old Media

The Apple Tablet Brings New Life to Old Media

Steve Jobs has done it before. Reinvented or revamped some old media. The iPod did it with the music industry and now he is looking to save the old media like news papers, television and textbooks. According ... continue
How Steve Jobs survives on a $1 a year (Hint: it helps to be making $48 million in dividends)

How Steve Jobs survives on a $1 a year (Hint: it helps to be making $48 million in dividends)

One of the more heart warming stories that the Mac faithful, and business mags needing to fill out some space, like to trot out every once in awhile is how Steve Jobs only makes $1.00 per year ... continue
Will Fake Steve Jobs have to eat his words about AT&T?

Will Fake Steve Jobs have to eat his words about AT&T?

In what has to be one of the best Fake Steve Jobs posts Dan Lyons pretty well rips AT&T a new one as being a slime bucket of the telecommunications world by suggesting that iPhone users should ... continue
iPodRip Gets Direct Response From Steve Jobs, Immediately Changes Name

iPodRip Gets Direct Response From Steve Jobs, Immediately Changes Name

John Devor, co-owner of the Apple software company "The Little App Factory" received an email from Apple Lawyers telling him to change the name of his iPodRip program or face trademark infringement over the iPod name.  In ... continue
Apple really is a part of Steve Jobs

Apple really is a part of Steve Jobs

I thought that maybe the Apple fans would appreciate this little gem I found today. It is a mosaic by Tsevis and is based on an original photograph used in an article by Deanna Lowe at Fortune ... continue