Editorial Archive

  • For the last couple of months, Apple has been trying to improve their relationships with business customers. Many people think that they’ve been doing the exact opposite: they killed the Xserve, they stopped referring ACNs (more later) and started referring everyone who needed onsite support to a company called OnForce....

    Joint Venture, OnForce, Lion Server and business on the Mac

    Posted on March 4, 2011 | No Comments
    For the last couple of months, Apple has been trying to improve their relationships with business customers. Many people think that they’ve been doing the exact opposite: they killed the Xserve, they stopped referring ACNs (more later) and started referring everyone who needed onsite support to a company called OnForce....

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  • With the introduction of Apple’s new subscription/in-app purchasing rules, you’re going to see many developers jumping ship. We’ve been stewing on this all day but ran into this Gizmodo post by Matt Buchanan that literally says everything we wanted to say. Seriously, give it a read… we’re not usually Gizmodo...

    Say goodbye to your favorite apps

    Posted on February 15, 2011 | No Comments
    With the introduction of Apple’s new subscription/in-app purchasing rules, you’re going to see many developers jumping ship. We’ve been stewing on this all day but ran into this Gizmodo post by Matt Buchanan that literally says everything we wanted to say. Seriously, give it a read… we’re not usually Gizmodo...

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  • **** Updated 1/15/12 **** Most of you are coming into this post with the latest 5.0.1 jailbreak because it broke your iBooks app just like the 4.2.1 jailbreak in 2011. Thankfully, there’s a fix for you too. Just today, @saurik put out an update to Corona in Cydia. Version 1.0-4...

    Apple cripples iBooks for jailbreakers – Updated

    Posted on February 15, 2011 | 22 Comments
    **** Updated 1/15/12 **** Most of you are coming into this post with the latest 5.0.1 jailbreak because it broke your iBooks app just like the 4.2.1 jailbreak in 2011. Thankfully, there’s a fix for you too. Just today, @saurik put out an update to Corona in Cydia. Version 1.0-4...

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  • We tried to come up with a movie reference that compares Apple to the popular kid who loses all of his friends due to poor choices but we failed to think of one. Obviously, they have the hottest items on the market, just like the cool kid in high school…...

    Apple is slowly alienating its friends

    Posted on February 14, 2011 | No Comments
    We tried to come up with a movie reference that compares Apple to the popular kid who loses all of his friends due to poor choices but we failed to think of one. Obviously, they have the hottest items on the market, just like the cool kid in high school…...

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  • Yes, we believe that The Daily could change the way we read news but first impressions were a little more than dreary. Everyone was desperately hoping for a game-changing news app but only found crashes, slow load times and generally unsatisfied results. Within a few days of launch, the development...

    The Daily could change the way we read news

    Posted on February 13, 2011 | No Comments
    Yes, we believe that The Daily could change the way we read news but first impressions were a little more than dreary. Everyone was desperately hoping for a game-changing news app but only found crashes, slow load times and generally unsatisfied results. Within a few days of launch, the development...

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  • In a surprising chain of tweets this morning, we heard news that Apple rejected the Sony Reader app from the App Store due to the process which customers purchase eBooks. We did a little searching and found this MacRumors article detailing the issue. Apple denied the Sony app because it...

    The Kindle app’s days are numbered

    Posted on February 1, 2011 | No Comments
    In a surprising chain of tweets this morning, we heard news that Apple rejected the Sony Reader app from the App Store due to the process which customers purchase eBooks. We did a little searching and found this MacRumors article detailing the issue. Apple denied the Sony app because it...

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  • This holiday season, I faced an unexpected, challenging dilemma: I had a few books to buy but I didn’t know where — or how — to buy them. First there was the argument of digital or old-fashioned paper. On the paper side, you have to choose between hardcover and paperback…...

    Paper books should come with digital copies

    Posted on December 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
    This holiday season, I faced an unexpected, challenging dilemma: I had a few books to buy but I didn’t know where — or how — to buy them. First there was the argument of digital or old-fashioned paper. On the paper side, you have to choose between hardcover and paperback…...

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  • Big news hit Silicon Valley earlier this evening. Writer Michael Arrington (of TechCrunch.com) broke a story that could really turn the entrepreneurial market of California upside down: a number of the investment world’s “Super Angels” got together to share information about the startup investment market. The meeting itself isn’t a crime, but...

    Super Angels or Super Conspiracy?

    Posted on September 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Big news hit Silicon Valley earlier this evening. Writer Michael Arrington (of TechCrunch.com) broke a story that could really turn the entrepreneurial market of California upside down: a number of the investment world’s “Super Angels” got together to share information about the startup investment market. The meeting itself isn’t a crime, but...

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  • (Editor’s Note: From time to time, SocialApples.com will write editorial opinions… not just news. This little gem came from our newly-inducted writer, JoshMac. We’ll also be introducing Robb Davidson and David Peterson (we’ll link soon) into the mix shortly. Normal news sites will say that the views expressed in the...

    Why iPhone 4 is worth the money

    Posted on July 14, 2010 | No Comments
    (Editor’s Note: From time to time, SocialApples.com will write editorial opinions… not just news. This little gem came from our newly-inducted writer, JoshMac. We’ll also be introducing Robb Davidson and David Peterson (we’ll link soon) into the mix shortly. Normal news sites will say that the views expressed in the...

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  • In the typical Steve Jobs manner, Apple posted an article detailing his thoughts on Flash this morning. They didn’t add the letter to their typical “Hot News” page… instead they have a link to the article directly on the Apple.com homepage. I was very interested in Steve’s actual perspective on...

    Steve Jobs posts “Thoughts on Flash”

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    In the typical Steve Jobs manner, Apple posted an article detailing his thoughts on Flash this morning. They didn’t add the letter to their typical “Hot News” page… instead they have a link to the article directly on the Apple.com homepage. I was very interested in Steve’s actual perspective on...

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