Since when Twitter acquired Loren Brichter’s Atebits, lots of rumors have been spreading around about a) Loren dropping the development of Tweetie for Mac, b) Loren planning to keep working on the Mac version and c) Loren enjoying his truckload of bucks and nothing more.
Actually, the situation is a little bit more complicated than that.
Think about your iPad, and tell me what’s the thing you do most with it. I bet that of all activities, reading with the iPad would be the most popular answer. So much has been said about the tablet being able to revolutionize the print industry and old media (e.g. Newspapers that still have to figure out a way to monetize their online presence), but let’s face it: revolutions don’t happen in two months. It’s a constant and daily evolution, led by Steve Jobs, the App Store and developers.
Third party applications is where it’s at. Creative devs coming up with innovative solutions that show how a new device such as the iPad can indeed reshape the industry. We’re waiting for a second wave of great iPad apps to come along, and those apps will do even better than the ones we’ve seen in these two months.
With Apple blocking AdMob, Google’s recent acquisition, AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui feels it’s necessary to comment on their ticket of non-admission. Acknowledging that, “Apple proposed new developer terms on Monday that, if enforced as written, would prohibit app developers from using AdMob and Google’s advertising solutions on the iPhone,” Omar finds Apple’s new terms highly distasteful. All I have to say is get over it buddy; companies don’t have to use AdMob to deliver the goods when iAds are always available. And Jobs has already made clear that some incredible businesses are already on board. So what’s your point?
When I was approached by Guacho to check them out, I loaded up their brand new application on my iPod touch and began scrolling through some of the current deals. There were some gadgets on sale – and my interest was piqued. I decided to visit guacho.com to create my own personal Guacho account. And it’s okay.
John Sculley is the guy that in 1985 - together with the board of Apple Computer - decided to fire Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and visionary personality, was fired from his very own company.
Everybody knows the story: Steve later returned to Apple in 1997 after he founded NeXT, made a deal with Bill Gates’ Microsoft to bring Office to the Mac, started the development of Mac OS X.
So, a Japanese Apple fan gets tired of waiting for the perfect iPad stand to arrive and decides to build his own. Pretty usual story. But this one is different. A Japanese Apple fan gets tired of waiting for the perfect iPad stands, takes an old iBook case and builds an iPad stand out of it.
Now that is awesome.
Hopefully when all of you brilliant developers aren’t attending every session you can at this year’s WWDC, you’re reading MacStories. Today, we want to pass a little deal along – Snippets is running a little promo this week to show their appreciation of all things Macintosh. A runner up for the Most Innovative OS X App in the 2010 Ars Design Awards for Mac OS X, Snippets is your ticket to libraries of code.
Be sure to check out our review here, and visit the Snippets promo page to get one of the limited promo codes to use for 25% off one of the best purchases you can make.
If you followed our WWDC keynote live coverage, or watched the keynote online yesterday, you should know that the white iPhone 4 was unveiled during the last part of the presentation.
It’s gorgeous, but Steve himself walked on stage with a black model. iSpazio has found a high-quality hands on video with the white unit on Youtube, check it out after the break.
