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- Macworld without Apple: The show will go on
- When Apple announced last year that the 2009 Macworld conference would be its last, there were some rumblings as to whether the show could continue without Apple's presence - and the big keynote speech that the company offered every year. No one ever said the show would...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Macworld, Macworld 2010, Public Relations, Operating Systems, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Verizon trashes AT&T over its lousy event coverage
- It's pretty obvious that AT&T doesn't care about its customers and that it can't scale to meet the growing demands of its iPhone customers. AT&T's U.S. network is completely saturated and over-sold. Complaints about widespread AT&T outages at large events like Macworld Expo, WWDC, SXSW and concerts...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., ComicCon, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Camping with your Mac
- After having just returned from the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee I wanted to share a few tips about what to bring if you plan to bring your Mac and iPhone for that matter on a camping trip. Moisture is the enemy of all electronics. When...
- Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple MacBook Pro, FastMac, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- CES attendance falls off a cliff in 2009
- CES attendance falls off a cliff in 2009it was expectedwith a bad economy and no great keynote regarding Linux devices, there is no good reason to attend.RE: CES attendance falls off a cliff in 2009Not really surprising, with trade shows themselves becoming passe, and the worst economy in a very...
- Tags: Linux, Consumer Electronics Show, cliff
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Gmail's web-based app for any smartphone [video]
- Mobile apps. Every platform wants one. And every developer wants to build them. But so many platforms these days - Windows Mobile, Apple, Blackberry, Palm, Android - means a different app to be built for each of them. In this video from the Web 2.0 Expo in...
- Tags: Web, Google Gmail, Smart Phone, Video, App, Smart Phones, E-mail Providers, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- News to know: IBM-Sun; RIM, Web 2.0; CTIA; Facebook; iPhone
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting Sam Diaz: RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, CTIA, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- Web 2.0 Expo exposes Web 2.0 Bust
- I think the down economy has finally bled through into tech space. When I attended my first "web conference" in San Francisco's Moscone Center, it was like a day in wonderland. Free coffee, fast wifi, and lecture halls packed with programmers, marketers, and PR people. ...
- Tags: Web, Twitter, Web 2.0 Expo, Ev, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- News to know: Conficker; CTIA; LotusLive Engage; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason O'Grady: Developers selling iPhone OS 3.0 on eBay Updated CNET News: BlackBerry App World has landed Ryan Naraine: Googling for Conficker clean-up...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, CBS Interactive Inc., Consumer Electronics, CTIA, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Facebook, Hardware, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Personal Technology, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Software, Thecus
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- News to know: Conficker; TomTom vs. Microsoft; Intel; Google
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: German researchers score Conficker detection breakthrough Larry Dignan: Enterprises thrown a lifeline as Conflicker worm looms ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Intel Corp., Corporate Communications, Cable, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft ad
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM revamps server lineup based on Intel's Nehalem Larry Dignan: Can you have an Open Cloud Manifesto...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Recovery 2.0 - Where Web 2.0 Really Accelerates
- Here we are again in another commercial nuclear winter - last time it was predominantly a tech bust, this time tech will be the engine that pulls us out of the recession. I've had several conversations recently about the whole 2.0 suffix being...
- Tags: Web, Recovery, Economist, Conference, SXSW, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-03-21
- Happy Birthday, Steve Jobs
- Steve Jobs is 54. For newcomers to the Mac and the growing list of Apple hardware and software platforms, I would offer a brief recollection of Steve Jobs about 10 years ago. I saw him in the lobby of a large San Francisco hotel in the afternoon following his 1999...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Signs of iPhone v3 in latest firmware (updated)
- MacRumors has discovered that a file in Apple's iPhone 2.x firmware (USBDeviceConfiguration.plist) contains evidence of the next generation iPhone which has been designated "iPhone2,1". Apple uses these models numbers to distinguish between different hardware models. The original iPhone carries the model number of "iPhone 1,1" while the 3G iPhone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hardware, Firmware, MacRumors, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Quanta to release ultra-thin (1-2 cm) notebook
- According to a post on DigiTimes, Quanta Computer has completed the development of a notebook with a thickness of 1-2cm (0.39-0.79 inches) and an entry-level price. Citing "industry sources" the piece goes on to say that: Quanta is confident about the potential of the notebook, since it features higher...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Quanta, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- The Macintosh turns 25 (and how it was almost a Bicycle)
- Tomorrow, 24 January 2009, is the 25th anniversary of the Macintosh. On that fateful day in 1984 Apple released a little toaster of a personal computer that went on to become the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface. The embedded video...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Apple drops copy protection from iWork '09
- When I installed my copy of iWork '09 the minimalist box was missing something present in the previous versions â€" a serial number. I must have searched the box three times for the thin card with the long serial number on it, to no avail. In addition to lacking serialization,...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iWork, Copy Protection, Tools & Techniques, Management, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- iTunes Plus: an upgrade odyssey
- A guest column contributed by Samuel A. Maffei. When I first heard the Macworld Expo 2009 announcement that Apple was going to fully DRM-free music on the iTunes Store, I was excited. I jumped at the chance to free my music from the shackles of oppressive copy...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Tiffany, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-19
- What Apple didn't announce at Macworld Expo
- What Apple didn't announce at Macworld ExpoWant some cheese with that whine? nt...SighEven if Apple announced half of your list, there would still be several whiners all over the blogosphere moaning about the lack of the other half.Spoiled children...wouldn't be 8 hoursIt wouldn't be 8 hours if they didn't spend...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Macworld Expo
- Discussion threads 2009-01-16
- What Apple didn't announce at Macworld Expo
- Reader Mark W. emailed me his list of announcements he wished Apple would have announced at Macworld Expo, but didn't. The short list no Apple TV upgrade no Mac Mini upgrade no matte-finish laptop screen option (for the 13 and 15, anyway) no new...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Macworld Expo, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- Dissecting Apple's new eight hour battery
- ZDNet's Robin Harris took a look at the new MacBook Pro's "8 hour" battery and concludes that Apple is nuts for shipping a portable computer with a fixed battery â€" and I couldn't agree more. Removable batteries are a kludge, not a feature. The only reason you want a...
- Tags: Battery, Apple Inc., Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
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