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How do you make teachers angry? Take an app out of the App Store

by Steven Sande (Apr 23rd, 2010)

iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users are used to hearing about new apps showing up in the App Store. It's when they are taken out of the App Store by Apple that things get interesting. Teachers across the country got a taste of "interesting" last week when Apple removed Scratch Viewer from the App ...

The story behind the iPad's home screen photo

by Dave Caolo (Apr 3rd, 2010)

When Steve Jobs revealed the iPad back in January, viewers stared in breathless amazement, none more so than Richard Misrach, the artist whose photo is the default home screen image. He was sitting at home watching a movie when his phone rang. It was his agent, and he couldn't believe what was ...

First hand pictures of the new U2 iPod

by Conrad Quilty-Harper (Jun 7th, 2006)

Ash over at techpaedia dropped us a line to let us know about some photos he took of the new U2 iPod at an Apple retail store. The four photos over at his site show the rear black metal enclosure a little more clearly than the official ones on Apple's site. Ash reports that "like the traditional ...

5th Ave cube scratched, leather case in the works

by Dave Caolo (May 21st, 2006)

Ok, so maybe it's just a joke, but it's still funny. Macenstein has written an amusing parody post, stating that the NYC cube (which is made of the same material as the iPod's screen) will don a protective case designed by Incase, after receiving a 30-foot scratch over the weekend. Nice one, ...

The most scratched up iPod wins!

by Dave Caolo (Jan 10th, 2006)

Who says scratches on your iPod are a bad thing? This week at MWSF, the folks at Applesauch Polish (I just love that name) are looking for the iPod that has been scratched and abused even worse than their demo model. That lucky (if "lucky" is the right word) person will receive a much ...