Archive for July, 2009
Apple banned Google Voice app for iPhone
When Google released Google Voice applications for Blackberry and Android, but not iPhone, many assumed that Google was ignoring a competitive phone platform. But it turns out that Apple is the one who rejected the app that Google developed for iPhone. One reason they may have done this is that partner AT&T could lose money […]
No commentsMoney and MacBook for family of iPhone suicide guy
I told you last week about an engineering graduate working for Foxconn in Shenzhen, China, who reportedly killed himself over an iPhone 4.0 prototype that went missing in his care. Although Foxconn still claims Sun Danyong was engaging in industrial espionage, the company compensated his family $44,000 and gave his girlfriend an Apple MacBook. (props […]
No commentsTwo companies bringing shock and awe to your PC
A transformational new generation of haptics technology is about to emerge from at least two Silicon Valley companies: Immersion and Apple. This new “high-fidelity haptics” will enable you to “feel” onscreen objects, and will transform touch PCs and PC video gaming. The revolution is coming. Can you feel it? (Please Digg!)
Original post by Mike
No commentsThe iPhone is a disease — apparently without cure!
After months of struggling to understand the iPhone phenomenon, I have finally come to understand what makes the device so completely different from any other gadget. No, it’s not a phone, a “mini PC” or even a portable media and entertainment system. The iPhone is a disease. (Please Digg it here!)
Original post by Mike
No commentsUsing your iPhone to be like Spock is, well, logical
Star Trek’s Mr. Spock is one of the most compelling characters in all of science fiction. The attributes that made him indispensible to the captain and crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise (not to mention to the lucrative Star Trek franchise) — his stoic attitude, mastery of logic, accelerated education and physical fitness — also happen […]
No commentsMan kills himself over missing iPhone prototype
25 year-old engineering graduate named Sun Danyong killed himself last week after a fourth-generation iPhone prototype went missing. Danyong had recently landed a job with Foxconn, in Shenzhen, China, which is a manufacturing firm that makes some Apple products. He was asked to simply ship the prototype back to Apple in California, but “lost” it […]
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