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At the 1983 International Design Conference at Aspen, a young Steve Jobs predicted that within two years, the market would see more computers than automobiles. He also said the computers would likely be poorly designed, though they didn’t have to be. It was difficult for the audience to understand the deep sense in which he […]

How do you turn off data collection in Apple Maps? Comment on Daring Fireball (with Comments!): Google Maps for iPhone (Daring Fireball with Comments requires an extension for Safari or Google Chrome)

There’s a pattern in our industry: Apple crystallizes the product, and the minute Apple crystallizes it, then everyone knows how to compete. Apple TV Is Coming In 2014, And Everyone Is Going To Copy It, Says Marc Andreessen (Yahoo! Finance)

I am guilty of all the smartphone sins—in essence, staring at the phone when you should be staring at life. It’s possible that the act of taking a picture has such appeal because it manages to do several opposing things at once—I am allowed to pet the phone, to let the phone flatter me with […]

The iPhone is doing to the mobile world what the browser did to the wireline world. Juniper Networks’ founder Pradeep Sindhu to Om Malik

Currently, the latest iTunes revision is delayed. I wonder if it’s because of the transition due to Ive doing a design review of it, technical issues, a combination of both or a third, unknown business-related reason (e.g., licensing, social media partnership terms, etc.). My hope is that it’s delayed because of design issues and Ive […]

Canning Browett so soon after hiring him, then losing Forstall just a few months later, would have shaken a lot of confidence. Losing Forstall sooner would have disrupted teams and product launches. There’s only one headline now, and it’s framed in a proactive manner. From a cold business and PR perspective, I’m very impressed. Apple […]

They wanted it cut perfectly smoothly. It was too difficult for us. Apple taps obscure Asian suppliers to bring the iPhone and other products to the masses (San Jose Mercury News)