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Oh, you’re so funny Samsung. You designed an ad with “Hello” on top, but instead of Ls you put bars in there. Oh, so funny.
Now, please remind us what’s your exact status in the smartphone market, please. It’s so easy to hide mistakes by making fun of someone else.
It’s clear that Apple wants the whole Antennagate thing to stop, but people can’t help but releasing spoof videos - and they’re actually pretty funny. Here’s a new one: Darth Vader calls Apple, asking about his iPhone 4.
As TechCrunch reports, the choice lines:
“Are you seriously defending the new phone by saying that it almost performs as well as the old phone? Is that what the plan is?”
“So everybody gets hit with 4 times the radiation just because these idiots can’t work together?”
“Ha ha, and get what, the EVO? I mean those poor saps are having light leaks and their screens peeling off after a couple of days.”
“And don’t even get me started on the Droid X. Uh, let’s see, you take the original phone, remove the physical keyboard, make it as big as a toaster, and still don’t add a front-facing camera? Yeah, that’s progress.”
“Look, just level with me: it’s AT&T isn’t it? If it is just cough or something.”
A few hours ago Apple released an update for Mac OS X Server, which reaches version 10.6.4 Update 1.1. Check out the full changelog after the break.
It looks like Steve wants more Apple Stores around the world. You know, he’s never satisfied - and can you blame it with those breaking earnings they posted earlier this week?
Anyway, as TUAW and Macsimum News report, two new Apple retail stores are opening this week: a new store in Lexington, KY opening this Saturday at 10am and another store in Columbus, OH.
If you happen to be there, snap a few picture for us. We’ll be glad to post them.
Expanding past the traditional consumer base, Apple wants to make an impact in the small business market. Instead of focusing on corporate programs, Apple seeks to work with businesses looking to use Macs for business-focused operations.
We’ve read about various vulnerabilities and security issues related to Apple and the software they push out before, and yesterday Ars Technica reported that Apple has become the new world leader in software insecurity. While it’s mentioned that OS X itself isn’t the most insecure in practice, the various pieces of software you use like iTunes, Quicktime, and Safari, all display gaping security flaws that aren’t being addressed.
To illustrate this point, the report includes cumulative figures for the number of vulnerabilities found on a Windows PC with the 50 most widely-used programs. Five years ago, there were more first-party flaws (in Windows and Microsoft’s other software) than third-party. Since about 2007, the balance shifted towards third-party programs. This year, third-party flaws are predicted to outnumber first-party flaws by two-to-one.
There is a valid point to be made: yes, third party software can introduce vulnerabilities to the OS. But what bothers me about the article is two things. The first is that while Apple is known to have plentiful vulnerabilities in their software that should be fixed (quicktime vulnerabilities have been complained about for years now), it’s never addressed how these vulnerabilities affect OS X – Windows is mentioned as the only OS affected by Apple’s software. The second issue I have: it’s not mentioned specifically what vulnerabilities are being exposed and what ill-effects are had on the user. It seems unlike Ars Technica to throw out an article like this without further explaining potential risks for users. Instead, it’s mentioned that third party software is harder to update and Microsoft does a better job of applying patches.
[via Ars Technica]
Now joining Tim Cook (Chief Operating Officer), Jeff Williams has been promoted to join Apple’s executive team in order to oversee and ensure product quality. According to AppleInsider, Jeff Williams has previously been responsible managing the company’s supply chain and securing components for the production of the iPod. He also a big player in the success of the iPhone, and will continue to oversea world-wide operations and supply management.
AppleInsider writes,
It’s believed Apple is grooming Williams to take on Cook’s role as chief operation officer in the event that Cook takes over Steve Jobs’ role as the company’s chief executive. Cook has been profiled as the most likely successor to Jobs when Apple’s iconic chief chooses to step down.
[via AppleInsider]
We often come across cool implementations of Apple’s technology, great looking hacks and awesome mods - this one is no exception. A wall made of 20 iPod Touches running a custom app based on the GameKit framework, all hooked up to a Django / Python web app server.
“Our current iPhone Application allows for 4 different modes, a screen saver mode, a full image split mode (the controlling iPod looks for an image and then the server executes a script to split that image among all 20 iPods), a single image grid mode (the controlling iPod tells the server to give a random image to each iPhone), and a hybrid mode which displays all three. In addition, the server is always checking to ensure that each iPod is synched.”
[via FunkySpaceMonkey]
Apple is already really huge, but can they sustain their impressive growth? Gene Munster thinks so.
“While Apple had yet another stellar quarter, investors will wonder if the pace of growth is sustainable,” Piper Jaffray Senior Research Analyst, Gene Munster, said in a note to clients on Wednesday. “We believe it is, given Apple has small market share in large, growing markets.”
“While many investors have been concerned that iPad would cannibalize Mac sales, we are seeing no signs of cannibalization,” said Munster. “In fact, the halo effect of Apple’s growing device user base (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) appears to be driving Mac sales, particularly internationally.”
Apple is going to have their ups and downs. This year happens to be a particularly huge year for Apple between the iPad, and iPhone 4, and their success will continue as they update iPods and introduce new product. Can they sustain their growth? I don’t see why not.
[via The Loop]
