An interesting and lengthy clip from 2004, showing six mean who were part of the legendary Macintosh team in the 80s, talking about the making of the original Mac and the whole marketing process behind it. Lots of anecdotes about Steve Jobs, too.
The Apple Macintosh Marketing History [Video]
BMW’s iDrive to Get iPod Functionalities in 2011
German-based car manufacturer BMW is going to integrate iPhones and iPod Touches into the user experience of its automotives, starting 2011. They have indeed developed a brand new system that perfectly integrates with Apple’s iOS devices.
Maroon 5 Live @ Apple Campus [Video]
Three days ago the Maroon 5 played a surprise concert at Apple’s campus in Cupertino. Apple isn’t new to this kind of surprises for its employees, and boy it must be great to work for Apple - no matter what they say.
But most of all, look at all those iPhones.
Apple Posts 4 New FaceTime Ads
Apple has just started rolling out four new iPhone 4 commercials, each of them about FaceTime.
The new ads, available for streaming here, are named “Meet her”, “Haircut”, “Smile” and “Big News” - all of them are focused on every day situations that will surely help people better understand the whole FaceTime concept.
Well played, Apple. Check out the videos below.
Today the App Store is Two Years Old!
Is it that time already? The App Store is two years old today, marking another successful year of iOS development, the launch of a new platform (the iPad), and a bunch of new great applications we’re lucky enough to review. Happy Birthday App Store!
[via TUAW]
Apple Targeting ‘Other’ Tablet Shoppers?
Interested in the mythical HP Slate, the compact Dell Streak, an Android powered micro-tablet, or something called a Netpad? Why not try an iPad?
While I wasn’t able to reproduce the advertising on Google.com, TechCrunch is right when they say that Google.co.uk results show iPad Google AdWords when you search for any of the above terms. I don’t know what Apple has to fear from the European market; the Dell Streak and gimmicky Android tablets shouldn’t pose a threat to Cupertino’s empire. I suppose it’s better to be safe than not, but it’s kind of an interesting tactic when the iPad is only the most popular thing on earth besides the iPhone 4.
[via TechCrunch]
iChatr - It’s Like Chatroulette for iPhone 4
Oh boy, this can’t be good. Remember Chatroulette? Someone created some sort of iPhone 4 version, which allows you to connect with strangers using the iPhone’s front-facing camera.
The service is not affiliated with Chatroulette, but I won’t be surprised to see this app become an official client sometimes in the future.
You can download iChatr for free in the App Store.
Geohot Jailbreaks the iPhone 4
Apple Rejects Trailers App…For Using Apple’s Public RSS Feeds [Update: Steve’s Reply]
We know that Apple is very strict about apps approval process, and we all know the story of applications rejected because of violations of the iPhone Developer Agreement. If you don’t follow the rules, you’re rejected. Simple, right?
There are a few exceptions though, and you can blame the app review team or the lack of more specific rules in the agreement for them. Thing is, sometimes a developer works hard on an application, thinking it’s perfectly compliant to the agreement, and then he sees his app rejected with no understandable reason. Sometimes, someone forces Apple to remove an app - yeah, that happened, too.
Now imagine this: there’s a RSS feed publicly available on Apple’s website and a dev builds an app around it. Anyone could build an app around it, being it a public RSS feed, available for free to everyone. In this case, we’re talking about Apple’s Trailers page and an iPhone app developed by Jonah Grant.