
April 30, 2010 8:23am by swood |
Announce |
“Flash isn’t necessary” – Apple
The avalanche of media outlets offering their content for Apple’s mobile devices demonstrates that Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content. And the 200,000 apps on Apple’s App Store proves that Flash isn’t necessary for tens of thousands of developers to [...]

January 27, 2010 1:22pm by swood |
Complaint,
Cool Things |
Repair tips for your scratched iPad display screen. Of course, the very first thing you need to do upon purchasing an iPad is to also purchase some screen protection. Let’s assume that you failed to do so. Here are some of the most useful techniques for repairing iPhone and iPod touch displays, which are [...]

June 8, 2009 3:21pm by swood |
Announce |
Just announced at WWDC 2009. The new price goes into effect today. Have fun.

May 12, 2009 4:05pm by swood |
Announce |
Amazing. You can purchase a “3G” (that’s the model number, by the way) iFhone for only $120 from DealExtreme.com. Wait. What did you say? Yeah, it’s a real iFhone. What’s the problem? Just take a look at the screen shots. It’s the real deal.
If you need help setting it up, just go [...]

May 11, 2009 1:05pm by swood |
Cool Things |
On Monday, Amazon.com put out a small tweak to its Kindle application for Apple’s iPhone that takes users to an iPhone-optimized store when they click on the “get books” button.
There’s now a page that lets users search either by title, author, keyword, or category. It also lists some of the New York Times [...]

February 26, 2008 12:02pm by swood |
Cool Things |
Okay fine, you win.
In the past I have blasted both iTunes and Podcasting for various reasons, but I have finally come around to their respective awesomeness. Let’s address each individually.
iTunes
iTunes still completely rots if you wish to copy your files from your iPod to multiple computers. It just can’t be done [...]

May 23, 2006 9:05am by swood |
Cool Things |
Apple just opened a brand new Apple store on 5th Avenue in New York. The only part of the store that is visible at street level is a cool glass cube. The store never closes… which sounds cool until you remember that 7-11 has been doing that in neighborhoods around the country for decades.
[...]

March 3, 2006 4:03pm by swood |
Complaint |
So Mike sends me a funny YTMND link and I go to look at it. YTMND says I need to download a “Missing Plug-in”. I check it out and it’s Quicktime. Damn I hate Quicktime. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve downloaded and ultimately deleted Quicktime. Why does every big software company [...]

December 13, 2005 11:12am by swood |
Complaint |
So I go to download Juice today because I want to listen to WGBH Morning Stories on my iPod. Juice opens iTunes (which I hate and do not use). iTunes thows a bunch of popups… Download new iPod software for your iPod now! So I do.
53.4 MEGS!
What could they [...]
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