The mainstream media had a field day last week when market research firm IDC revealed that Apple’s iPad market share had fallen slightly, while its competitors were on the rise. While organizations like the Wall Street Journal seemed to revel in the news, the stories were a bit misleading.
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Apple warns against jailbreaking
Apple’s position seems clear.
Apple highlights independent book authors
Apple began highlighting independent authors in a new section of iBookstore called “Breakout Books.” Great idea.
Skeuomorphism, what is it?
If you have any questions about Skeuomorphism, you should read this.
Pro Tools tips book for iPad
Audio engineer Paul DeCarli put together 20 of his favorite tips for Pro Tools and published them in a book for the iPad. I met with Paul at NAMM last week and he did a good job with this book.
iPad still number one, Samsung in second place, Microsoft MIA
Apple’s still leading the pack with the iPad, though its lead slipped a bit from the previous quarter and year-over-year.
Super Bowl on the App Store
Football fans will spend a lot of time preparing for the Super Bowl this Sunday between the 49ers and the Ravens — if you own an iPhone or iPad, there are some easy ways for you to get ready for the big game. […]
Microsoft Surface allows people to create, unlike iPad
Nick Bilton at the New York Times says the iPad is difficult to use for creation.
Apple confirms new 128GB iPad coming next week
Apple on Tuesday announced plans to introduce a new fourth-generation iPad model with 128GB of storage, twice the capacity of its previous high end model. The new version goes on sale Feburary 5, 2013 for $799 for Wi-Fi only and … Continued
Apple: iOS 6 already on 300 million devices
Apple says iOS 6 has been installed on more than 300 million iOS devices worldwide, or about 60 percent of all iOS devices ever made.
iOS 6.1 released
iOS 6.1 is available for download and installation.
Apple reports record revenue and record $13.1 billion profit
Apple on Wednesday said it had record revenue of $54.5 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.1 billion.
PlugBug World simplifies MacBook/iOS dual charging international use
Twelve South’s latest gadget for Apple users in the PlugBug World, an international version of their popular power accessory.
Capo 1.3 for iOS gets sharing support
Capo can now import songs from apps like Dropbox. Great app.
Limiting your kids’ iOS use
Chris Breen offers some ideas for how to limit kids’ iOS device use when they should be doing other things.
Skeuomorphic interface design
The trend away from skeuomorphic special effects in UI design is the beginning retina-resolution design era.
Very smart article from John Gruber.
Apple is killing Android from the inside
Kate MacKenzie does a nice job of putting all of the arguments together in one place.
The secret to Apple’s designs
Tony Fadell:
“When you’re in a culture that has a point of view, and drives to launch everything it does, you know you’re on the hook and you better bring your best game every time.”
Hearst will release iPad versions of magazines before print
Hearst on Thursday posted 20 of its magazines on Apple’s Newsstand and said the iPad versions of the magazines would be available before they are released in print. […]
Poster 2.0: An iOS editor for WordPress
I love Poster. It’s my favorite Wordpress editor for iOS.
App Store screenshots made easy
Daniel Jalkut:
His approach uses a novel technique in which the target app itself is built with customized screen-capturing code compiled right in. Then the app can be driven through the iOS Simulator with WaxSim, a command-line tool for launching the simulator with various options.
I never really considered how Apple’s recent change would affect developers who had an app available in many languages. This would certainly cut down on the amount of work that needed to be done to get the app ready for the App Store.
Wi-Fi + cellular iPad and iPad mini in China on Friday
Apple today announced the Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of iPad mini and the new fourth generation iPad with Retina display will be available in China on Friday, January 18. iPad mini and the fourth generation iPad are currently available in more than 100 countries worldwide including the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan and the UK.
Surface attempts to be everything and succeeds at nothing
Travis Bloom is Microsoft fan and even he sees the flaws.
Apple moves to stop App Store scammers
This small but important update shuts down a widely used scam tactic, where developers would upload game screenshots to get an app approved by Apple and then switch them out with screenshots from another popular app.
Great move by Apple.
App design trends for 2013
Great article from Gannon Burgett.
Delivering innovation vs delivering products
A company’s ability to manufacture products and sell them worldwide is not the same as having the power to deliver innovation to a market. Apple has proven over the last few decades that it innovates, while many of its competitors are satisfied with building products based on that innovation. […]
Next Lego Mindstorms kit will include iOS support
LEGO’s next Mindstorm kit, the EV3, will include support for iOS devices.
App Store tops 40 billion downloads
Apple on Monday said that customers have downloaded more than 40 billion apps from the App Store. The company also said that nearly 20 billion of those downloads came in 2012. […]
“No Microsoft products were reported stolen”
There is no way you can read this and not laugh. NO WAY!
Exchanging a Microsoft Surface
Clearly, Microsoft doesn’t want to be in business any longer.