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iPhone nabs 59% of smartphone 'net traffic, 43% of mobile web traffic

by Mike Schramm (May 29th, 2009)

Fortune has the results of an AdMob survey up, and they're pretty surprising -- Apple has apparently taken over 59% of smartphone traffic on the Internet, and in the mobile category in general, they've got a giant 43% of 'net traffic surveyed. But ...

First Look: NinjaBee's Kaloki Adventure for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 28th, 2009)

I first came across developer NinjaBee by playing their XBLA platfomer Cloning Clyde -- it was a game that seemed pretty genre, until you started playing it and discovered a unique charm and depth. Since then, they've brought that flair to a few ...

Businessweek puts Apple at top of Most Innovative list

by Mike Schramm (May 28th, 2009)

Businessweek has posted a list of what they call the top 50 most innovative companies in 2009, and guess who is sitting right at the top of the list. Sure enough, it's our favorite computer maker -- according to the survey, taken by "senior ...

Faster AT&T 3G network on the way

by Steven Sande (May 27th, 2009)

AT&T today announced that it will begin upgrading its network to the faster High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 technology later this year. The 3G network upgrade will not be completed until 2011, at which time AT&T plans to start deploying ...

Rumors: iPod, cameras expecting offspring

by Mike Schramm (May 26th, 2009)

If the rumors are to be believed, then cameras and the iPod are getting it on lately, because in about nine months (or whatever the gestation period is for gadgets -- you're welcome for that mental image) we'll be seeing lots of iPods with lenses in ...

RetroMacCast interviews Rob Janoff

by Mike Schramm (May 25th, 2009)

The guys over at the RetroMacCast sent us a link to their latest episode, featuring an interview with none other than Rob Janoff, the designer of Apple's old rainbow Mac logo. The interview starts a little less than halfway into the show, and it's ...

CES expands iPod, iPhone exhibit space at next year's show

by Mike Schramm (May 25th, 2009)

I'm lucky enough to be heading out to E3 next week, so I'll be puttering around the show looking for great iPhone apps and games to tell you all about, but it looks like CES might be the place to be for iPhone software in 2010: the show is going to ...

Apple building server farm, secret lair in North Carolina

by Mike Schramm (May 25th, 2009)

As Mike mentioned in the news roundup yesterday, word is going around that the corporate overlords at Apple are planning to build a massive server farm in the state of North Carolina within the next decade or so. How do we know? Because the company ...

Munster: Apple suppliers negotiating parts deals for sub-$700 tablet

by Robert Palmer (May 21st, 2009)

In a research note to clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggested that Apple is developing a 7-to-10-inch tablet priced at $500 to $700, perhaps ready for the public in 2010. According to AppleInsider, Munster's contacts in the supply ...

Braid comes to the Mac

by Mike Schramm (May 21st, 2009)

You have to admit: for all of the gaming woes that the Mac faithful has suffered, there's fortunately never been a shortage of great indie games for us to play. Aquaria made it to our platform, World of Goo appeared pretty early on, and now Braid, ...

OS X 10.5.7: The hidden fixes

by Mel Martin (May 19th, 2009)

I really didn't have any complaints about the latest Mac OS update. It went smoothly on 3 Macs, and I didn't hear any complaints from friends or associates. While many people moan about things that didn't get fixed, I'm somewhat concerned about the ...

iTunes 8.2 to include Blu-ray support?

by Mike Schramm (May 19th, 2009)

Update: Our bad... the date on the MacRumors comment was in late April, and this recycled up into our queue due to an editing mixup. Apologies –Ed. There's a new iTunes beta version out in developers' hands straight from Apple, and a forum ...

The Bacterial Orchestra uses the iPhone to create "viral music"

by Mike Schramm (May 19th, 2009)

This is really wild: what you see above is an example of "viral music" -- it's part of an upcoming music festival that's taking place in Sweden, and it features a circle of iPhones that are both listening to and playing a very abstract kind of ...

Rumor: Apple working towards putting background processes on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 18th, 2009)

Apple's push notifications sure are neat, but they aren't the brass ring for developers on the iPhone. That, so far, would be background processes. And while Apple has said that background processes would just be too much of a drain on the iPhone's ...

Trend: Company-specific apps and ads

by Steven Sande (May 18th, 2009)

Imagine this scenario: you're watching the latest episode of "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel when an ad for Nationwide Insurance appears. Are they trying to sell you insurance? Of course, but they're also touting their new Nationwide Mobile ...

We get it, Windows means cheap hardware

by Aron Trimble (May 18th, 2009)

Microsoft's latest advertising campaign, while more stimulating than the Seinfeld/Gates spots, has one goal and one goal only: sell PCs. Microsoft's endgame, it seems, is to persuade people into purchasing Windows-running PCs by leveraging the fact ...