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Some comic relief from Apple's congressional appearance

by Yoni Heisler (May 22nd, 2013)

Apple sent three top executives to Washington, D.C. yesterday to testify in front a congressional hearing on Apple's tax practices. Making the journey from Cupertino were CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Phillip Bullock -- Apple's head of Tax Operations. The hearing went on for a few hours, ...

Funny Or Die's Allison Hord discusses making Jobs biopic

by John-Michael Bond (Apr 12th, 2013)

Funny or Die producer Allison Hord recently stopped by Bloomberg TV's Bloomberg West to discuss the comedy network's upcoming Steve Jobs "biopic" iSteve. The project originally started as a fake trailer mocking all of the Steve Job biopic projects Hollywood was working on at the time, until ...

iPad flies off of car roof, wedges itself into another car's bumper

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 10th, 2013)

A few days ago, the above picture began making the rounds on social media sites. No, your eyes aren't deceiving you -- that's an iPad wedged securely into a car's front bumper. Now thanks to ABC57 News, we have more information as to what happened and how the iPad landed in such an unusual ...

DevJuice: Apple exception snarks

by Erica Sadun (Feb 22nd, 2013)

Life is hard for Apple engineers. Long work hours, high demands and little exposure for individual achievement. That's why it constantly amuses devs to find little bits of humanity interspersed among their development tools. Incept Development's Dimitar Ivanov sent in an email today regarding ...

Burglar breaks into Microsoft, steals only Apple products

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 7th, 2013)

A buddy of mine sent me this link from Google+ user Joshua Anderson. It's a clipping from the Palo Alto Daily Post about a break-in that occurred on Microsoft's Mountain View campus early this month. Despite Microsoft's offices being presumably filled with the best MS tech on the planet, the ...

"iMac touch" parody video is pretty cute

by Steven Sande (Nov 5th, 2012)

By now, just about everyone who's been watching TV or visited the Apple website lately has seen the iPad mini ad. It shows someone tapping out the counterpoint to Heart and Soul on an iPad, with another hand joining in on the melody on an iPad mini. It's clever and cute, and now someone has ...

Conan O'Brien knows why you want an iPad mini

by Steven Sande (Oct 25th, 2012)

Conan O'Brien's team seems to know just why you'll buy an iPad mini in this short, cynical, but still pretty funny play on Apple's iPad mini ad. ...

Siri and Me is a new book from Goodnight, iPad author

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 18th, 2012)

Goodnight, iPad creator David Milgrim is back again with another Apple-based parody book. His latest work, Siri & Me: A Modern Love Story, is clearly aimed at those tech geeks who enjoy spending quality time with their special friend Siri. You can see a preview of the book below and hop ...

Ask Siri about your favorite movies

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 4th, 2012)

People complain about Siri, but Siri is wonderful. Not only is the personal assistant useful, she (or he) has a terrific sense of humor. She is sarcastic and witty when you ask her to marry you and will even tell you a story if you ask her with some persistence. As discovered by The Verge, you ...

iOS 6: Talking to Siri about Religion

by Erica Sadun (Sep 24th, 2012)

I had no intention of broaching philosophy with Siri, as earlier today I was trying to get it to recognize "Hail State!", which BulldogsRadio tweeted would connect to University of Georgia Radio. That didn't sound right to me, but I thought a built-in easter egg might lead to sports rankings. ...

iOS 6: Talking to Siri and having fun

by Erica Sadun (Sep 22nd, 2012)

Psst. In case you didn't notice? In iOS 6, Siri is a hoot. Apple has programmed in even more silly, sassy, delightful responses and it's up to all of us to find the Easter Eggs. Asking Siri about itself is one of the more common ways to get a chuckle -- inquire about how old it is, what it's ...

Conan's intern runs into iPhone 5 trouble

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 14th, 2012)

Conan O'Brien is back with yet another Apple-themed comedy sketch. He's made fun of Siri, the iPad's Retina display and now the iPhone 5. In this latest short, Conan gives us an exclusive look at the iPhone 5 in a presentation that is cut short by a surprise guest. You can watch the clip in the ...

Behind the scenes with "Sh*t Apple Fanatics Say" creators

by Dave Caolo (Sep 10th, 2012)

Author Ken Segall has interviewed Mac Consultant Scott Rose, the man behind the satirical and funny "Sh*t Apple Fanatics Say" video series and published the details online. Segall, who is the author of Insanely Simple, found that the project grew significantly as Rose and his partners worked on ...

Jerry Seinfeld not a fan of iPhone cases

by Dave Caolo (Sep 6th, 2012)

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has created a hilarious web series called Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. It features Jerry driving a vintage car and visiting a coffee shop with a weekly guest. It's funnier than I just made it sound. In a recent episode with Joel Hodgson, creator of Mystery Science ...

New Yorker iPhone app gets quirky Lena Dunham promo clip

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 9th, 2012)

Filmmaker, actress and comedienne Lena Dunham teamed up with Alex Karpovsky and Mad Men's Jon Hamm in an advertisement for The New Yorker magazine's new iPhone app. It's a quirky short that introduces the salient features of the app. You can watch the promo clip in the YouTube video below and ...