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Apple needs proper grasp on iPhone 4′s PR problem

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The biggest problem with the iPhone 4′s antenna isn’t whether it’s faulty or fine, it’s Apple.

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Content curation is gaining traction across the Web

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

This is different than “content aggregation,” which has long-vexed traditional magazine and newspaper publishers, and is separate from Google News’ content aggregator, which randomly scans the Web for headlines that pertain to what’s happening in the world. Curated digital content is more selective, and it’s a term that is gaining traction.

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The iPhone 4 debuts today but year belongs to Google

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Even if you consider the iPhone 4 the best smartphone on the market, 2010 will be remembered as the year that Android broke through and reached its own level of critical acclaim.

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Reviewers adore iPhone 4, but all not perfect

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

This story first appeared on Appolicious.com It’s review day for the iPhone 4, but as David Pogue writes in his piece for Wednesday’s New York Times, “honestly — what’s the point?” He’s right. At this point in the iPhone’s evolution, with its glowing history and a wanting public, Apple doesn’t need help from tech critics. People [...]

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Apple’s iPhone 4 won’t slow Google’s Android momentum

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

This story first appeared on Appolicious.com (Update, June 9: Yahoo linked to this story from Appolicious.com, resulting in some huge numbers. More than 1 million page views for Appolicious and, as of this writing, 334 comments.) Despite the iPhone 4′s key new features, the battle for buyers is intensifying as several top-notch phones powered by [...]

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Five things to expect from the new iPhone

Thursday, June 3, 2010

This story first appeared on Appolicious.com (and linked via Yahoo Buzz. Hilarious comments!) When Steve Jobs gives the keynote address Monday at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, we know he will introduce a new iPhone that runs on an updated operating system, dubbed the iPhone OS 4. But we don’t know all the specifics (and surprises) those [...]

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Wired magazine comes to the iPad, featuring Adobe

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Apparently, Adobe software will work on the iPad after all.  Sort of. Wired Magazine’s iPad app arrived at the iTunes store Wednesday, bringing enhanced features developed especially for Apple’s newest touch-screen device. Editions are also being planned for other tablet devices, notes Wired’s long-time editor Chris Anderson. (A video demo of the app is below.) [...]

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The iPad goes to school

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

If you were wondering why the iPad remains somewhat hard to find, you can blame it on American education. Many schools, including the Illinois Institute of Technology, are using the iPad to lure students. ITT, for example, will give iPads to all 600 of its incoming freshman when school starts in the fall. One reason [...]

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Will LeBron leave Cleveland? There’s an app for that!

Friday, May 14, 2010

With LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers out of the NBA playoffs, speculation has turned to where LeBron will play next. Will he stay in Cleveland? Will he suit up for the Knicks and become the next New York idol? Or maybe he’ll follow Micheal Jordan’s giant footsteps and play for the Chicago Bulls. Fans [...]

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Stylish iPhone and BlackBerry cases for Mom

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Need a last-minute Mom’s day gift? It is Sunday, in case you forgot. A friend of mine forwarded information on a stylish and feminine line of iPhone and BlackBerry cases that should please any tech-savvy mom. The Case-mate products were designed by artists Deanne Cheuk and Shadow Chen and made for the iPhone 3G and [...]

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Media alert: A chat about Steve Jobs’ Flash jab

Friday, April 30, 2010

The kerfuffle over Steve Jobs’ essay on why Apple’s iStuff won’t support Adobe Flash provided good fodder for Friday’s appearance on WGN-AM 720 in Chicago. Here’s a link to the discussion with host Greg Jarrett. Meanwhile, in my blog post for Appolicious.com, I write about Wired Magazine’s discovery of the ‘lost iPhone’ finder, and how [...]

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