April is Autism Awareness Month and while more children than ever are being diagnosed with Autism, many are finding a bit of relief by using some form of modern technology like Apple’s iPad. […]
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Music & Memory
Music & Memory is a non-profit organization that brings personalized music into the lives of the elderly or infirm through digital music technology, vastly improving quality of life.
The group is also asking for donations of your old iPods. Sounds like a good cause to me.
CNET says Apple should dump iPod touch; no, dump CNET
CNET has a stupid article full of stupid about how Apple should dump the iPod touch. Instead of linking to the stupid, I’m going to link to Harry Marks’ article tearing it apart.
It’s smart.
Apple turns technology into art
Ben Bajarin:
They create objects of desire and out of that focus comes a visually and easy to use user experience paradigm that drives emotional responses in consumers of their products.
Great way to put it. Apple products, like few others, elicit a response from its users. It’s not just the design or the interface, it’s the whole package.
Every Apple design ever in 37 seconds
Amazing how many of the products in this video that I’ve owned.
Innovator’s Dilemma
Simon Ly:
Essentially it turns around Apple’s complete willingness to destroy its own revenues. It built a phone that destroyed it’s major source of revenue, the iPod. It built Macbook Airs that have now disrupted another major source of revenue, their Macbook Pros. It built the iPad, which is already beginning to disrupt the Macbook itself.
Apple also killed off the iPod mini at the height of its popularity and introduced the iPod nano in its place. That completely disrupted the competition because at that time they were all trying to copy the mini.
Boombotix wireless speakers for iPhone and iPod
The BB2 wireless speaker fuses Japanese urban design with mobile audio in a truly portable package. All Boombots are rechargeable, loud as &@*%, and durable enough to withstand the abuse of your lifestyle, guaranteed.
iPocketWatch
The iPW (iPocketWatch) lets you wear your iPod Nano the old school way, on a chain, in the pocket.
Cool.
Mission 452 retro action game for iPhone and iPad
This is going to be fun.
Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than Macs in 28 years
Apple confirms lower iAd pricing
Apple on Wednesday confirmed for The Loop that new pricing for developers and advertisers have been implemented on its iAd platform. The changes, according to one media agency executive, could help boost the platform into even more advertising budgets this year. […]
Realmac releases Clear list management app for iPhone, iPod touch
Realmac’s new Clear is a 99 cent task management app for iPhone and iPod touch.
NERF Lazer Tag guns coming to your iPhone, iPod touch
NERF is resurrecting Lazer Tag this summer with an iOS twist.
Apple to developers: don’t juice App Store rankings or you’re out
Apple warns iOS app makers not to use ranking services, or risk losing their developer license.
Apple posts Valentine’s Day shipping deadlines
If you plan on giving that special someone an Apple gift for Valentine’s Day, you can now check to see when it needs to be ordered.
Apple pricing
Horace Dediu:
The evidence I see is that Apple does not change pricing but rather stakes out a specific price point as resonating with consumers given their positioning. They then doggedly stick to it. Competitors tend to exploit open price points or try to position with specs on the same spots Apple occupies.
Apple doesn’t do anything based on what its competition does, including price. Apple’s products are priced fairly and at what consumers can afford, and are willing to pay. The proof is the 37 million iPhones, 15million iPads, 15 million iPods, and 5 million Macs the company sold last quarter.
More iOS devices sold in Q1 than all Android devices
Matt Richman:
On Apple’s earnings call, Tim Cook told analysts that Apple sold over 62 million iOS devices during the fourth quarter, which is about 4 percent more than all of the Android devices sold during the same time period.
Clearly Apple is screwed and Android is winning.
Dating site for Apple fans gets an iPhone app
Diehard Mac & Apple fans often have a lot in common — personalities, creative professions, a similar sense of style and aesthetics, taste, and a love for technology. As Apple fans we love to hang out in cafés with our Macbooks and iPhones. Cupidtino is like that neighborhood café where the people are hip, decor is classy, conversation is intelligent and prices are reasonable. But it’s open at your convenience, folks are from around the world, and it’s less awkward to talk to someone.
If you’re going to meet someone with common interests, why not start off with an Apple fan.
Classic arcade shooter Rayforce comes to iPhone
Taito has announced the release of Rayforce, the classic arcade game shooter, now available for the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs $11.99. Rayforce firs appeared in coin-op arcades in 1993 and spawned two sequels. It’s a fast and frantic … Continued
Kodak sues Apple, HTC
Kodak claims Apple’s iPhones, iPads, and iPods, and some of HTC’s smartphones and tablets use Kodak patents for transmitting images. Kodak is seeking to prevent further patent infringement from Apple and HTC as well as compensation.
Kodak is on its last leg.
Ferraris and Fords
The consumer electronics market in 2012 can be easily summed up as Ferraris and Fords. Apple, of course, is the Ferrari of the tech market, while the competition is the Ford.
I’m not talking about speed, but rather the outlook on similar markets. […]
Definition of a tech migraine
That pain execs at HTC, Samsung, Google and RIM get when Apple announces a new product or initiative.
These are things they don’t want to blatantly copy, but because they want to keep up with Apple, they blatantly copy them anyway.
Apple didn’t invent ______, but Apple made it better
Every time you mention the fact that another loser competitor copied Apple, you always get the argument that “Apple didn’t invent that.” That may be true, but let’s look at some of the things that Apple didn’t invent, but made better. […]
Acer commits most blatant ripoff of Apple yet
Acer came up with a good idea. Let’s put pics, documents and media in the cloud and make them available to all of your devices… oh wait, that’s called iCloud. No matter, we’ll just steal the idea and call it AcerCloud. Oh and to save time, we might as well steal Apple’s presentation slide too […]
Instashuffle
Many thanks to Instashuffle for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop. Instashuffle is a way to browse Instagram in an endless image stream. And it is now free. On the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with iOS 5 and later.
Instashuffle [Sponsor]
Instashuffle is a way to browse Instagram in an endless image stream. And it is now free. On the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with iOS 5 and later.
Apple’s iOS vs. all Android phones this quarter
Matt Richman:
Using those numbers, Apple will sell 59.38 million iOS devices, slightly less than devices running Android. But, if Apple does report “the largest blowout in company history”, then Apple will outsell every Android vendor combined.
Well that settles it, Android is winning.
Monkeybin apologizes for app marketing foul-up
Credit where it’s due: the CEO of iOS game developer Monkeybin Studios has publicly apologized for a marketing foul-up that left a foul taste in some reviewer’s mouths. The company recently released a side-scrolling shooter called Jumpship Thrust Control 2. … Continued
SportsPicker Mobile helps sports junkies make picks
OHK Labs has announced the release of SportsPicker Mobile for iOS. The software is available for free download from the App Store. SportsPicker takes a page from fantasy sports leagues and online sports betting systems, giving your interest in sports … Continued
Microsoft offers SkyDrive cloud storage for iOS
In addition to an Xbox Live application and its Kinectimals game, Microsoft also recently began offering another software app for iOS – SkyDrive for iOS. The free app provides access to Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud-based storage system. SkyDrive requires you to … Continued