June 2007
81 posts
Pogue answers iPhone questions...
… over on his blog.
The two which I haven’t seen anwered anywhere before are:
Does the keyboard rotate when you rotate the iPhone? Only in the Web browser. That’s a shame, because the rotated keyboard, stretching the full length of the screen, is much bigger and easier to use than the narrow version.
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Without cursor keys, how do I edit something I’ve written? If...
Mossberg on the iPhone - WSJ →
Condensed: Solid, fun UI, typing works well (but requires getting used to), EDGE is horrible, battery life matches Apple’s claims. “A pleasure to use.”
Porsche puts brakes on Detroit show - Los Angeles... →
Moves focus away from media-heavy industry advertising and towards consumers, via non-traditional approaches such as ride-and-drive events.
Apple rises to No. 3 music seller in U.S. - Los... →
With 10% of U.S. retail sales (includes both physical and internet sales), Apple displaces Amazon (6.7%) to #4. Wal-Mart (15.8%) and Best Buy (13.8%) are the #1 and #2 retailers, respectively.
eBay resumes advertising with Google - Los Angeles... →
The iPhone Inaugurates a Dangerous New Era for... →
A reasonably complete read, though it grants more importance to Jobs’ failing competitors than necessary.
Apple refuses to license the MagSafe power... →
Sony's Eyevio video-sharing site pervasively... →
On Apple's 5-year Deal With AT&T - Cult of Mac →
Corn Ethanol May Not Be Profitable After 2008 -... →
3D CTX bridges Augmented Reality and Medicine -... →
Will rising corn prices due to Ethanol demand lead... →
PPX, the Popular Science Futures Exchange →
Ah, the joys of a virtual futures market.
Democratic National Convention to solicit... →
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 plot unified broadband TV... →
Opera to develop Flash Video playback plug-in for... →
Driverless Passat on track for DARPA's new urban... →
Scramjet successfully tested at Mach 10 - Gizmodo →
Apple to license interface technology as part of... →
Apple adds YouTube keys to iTunes Store - TUAW →
Indicates more Apple/Google/YouTube integration forthcoming
iCal supports CalDAV - TUAW →
Apple’s answer to Exchange’s #1 lock-in-producing feature
Rice University turns skeleton into a data network... →
iPhone New York →
Excellent New York City-centric unofficial ad for the iPhone (QT 60sec) (via TUAW)
Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web - Technology... →
Video (8min 24sec)
Bruce Sterling on Design - Technology Review →
Video (5min 31sec)
Low Level Heat Powers Low Cost Hydraulic Engine -... →
An apparent variant on a Newcomen engine.
“If Apple was Target, Microsoft would be Wal-Mart.”
– Joel Spolsky, on Font smoothing, anti-aliasing, and sub-pixel rendering - Joel on Software
Fake Steve Jobs ranks at #41 of 101 in Who matters... →
“Programmers don’t like coding, they like problem solving.”
– Programmers Don’t Like to Code - rentzsch.com
On the ramifications of Core Animation - Wired →
Putting the We Back in Wii - New York Times →
On the benefits of partnership. Via UTM
“And you can’t do that stuff in a browser.”
– Steve Jobs, on why the iPhone’s native Google Maps implementation is superior to AJAX - Michael Tsai
Researchers use magnetic fields to manipulate... →
YouTube's New Video Remixer →
Add text, effects, and clips in a timeline-based format
Archimedes Wave Swing to be tested - BBC NEWS →
Underwater renewable energy generation
Prime Minister Tony Blair has his own YouTube...
According to BBC News, Mr. Blair may be the first world leader to have his own channel on YouTube. He used it earlier this year to broadcast a message of congratulations to newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
DowningSt on YouTube
“Reality exists only as a part of your memories, and in a way the reality of...”
– Elizabeth Ponsolle des Portes, President and CEO of Comité Colbert - JapanConsuming
“Too many people building features, not applications,
or, gasp, companies. ...”
– Top Ten Reasons Why Web 2.0 Sucks - This is going to be BIG!
Sir Tim Berners-Lee receives the Order of Merit -... →
“I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to...”
– Federico Fellini
Java also not supported on the iPhone →
Wibree is now Bluetooth's ultra-low power wireless... →
Jobs' ideal iPhone app won't run on an iPhone -... →
Lessons from Apple - Economist.com
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UK's Green Shift Project - Engadget →
Aims to cut 98% of energy usage and 75% fewer physical resources through the use of data centers and dumb terminals. Could also result in reduced single-license software sales if successful.