When the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were announced I thought for sure that the Plus size was way too big for me, and frankly too big for a phone period. It’s just over two inches smaller than the iPad mini screen, for example. How could I possibly use and comfortably carry a phone that […]
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In-app Purchases
With Amazon’s recent acquisition of the popular digital comics app, Comixology, there has been some great discussion around the in-app purchasing model on both iOS and Android. If you’re not familiar with the situation, comics were previously available to be purchased via an in-app purchase right within the app. As of just a few days […]
Office for iPad
Today Microsoft announced the release of their anticipated Office for iPad suite, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Speculation around this announcement has been circulating for quite some time, so it’s nice to finally see the release. I imagine this will signal the end of the PC for many Office users, as they’re now able […]
Quick Thoughts on iOS 7.1
So far so good with iOS 7.1. I’ve been very pleased with this latest update to iOS 7. Previously I experienced lots of full iOS crashes and reboots, but this seems to have brought a lot more stability to the platform. It really seems like 7.1 was what should’ve been released at 7.0, but because of […]
Some of Apple’s lemons
Some of Apple’s lemons — 512 Pixels → While Macintosh hardware is considered some of the most reliable in the industry, the company has had some pretty epic failures in the past. This is a great article detailing some well known and some other lesser known failures of Apple in the past. The late 2008 MacBook […]
Apple “Misunderstood” Ad
If you haven’t seen this ad yet, I’d highly recommend watching it. As many people have written about in the past year or more, Apple seemed to lose its way with creating ads that really grip people and instead seemed to focus more on the products themselves, which is very unlike Apple. This commercial seems […]