A look back at the CD

The compact disc player turned 30 today, and this retrospective offers a history lesson about the format and the medium.

Sculley talks Newton, ARM

John Sculley recently spoke about Apple’s development of the Newton MessagePad and the genesis of the ARM processor.

Klingon Style

“Gangnam Style” is much better in the original Klingon.

Arment on iCloud backup and muggles

Marco Arment explains some of the problems that regular folks like his grandparents still have with Apple technology that many of us take for granted.

Nook e-reader goes HD

Barnes & Noble is continuing its fight against Amazon with new versions of its Nook e-reader, including a model that’s about the same size as the iPad.

Gassee on Maps in iOS 6

Jean-Louis Gassee takes a look at Maps and wonders why Apple isn’t more honest about its shortcomings.

Hey Samsung, don’t be a dick

Samsung’s new ad for its Galaxy S III smartphone spends more time being dickish to iPhone 5 customers than explaining the phone’s features.