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Much has been made of the videos on YouTube showing two-year-olds playing with tablets as if they were born knowing how to pinch and squeeze. But maybe a better video would be the one that shows executives in the c-suite experiencing a similarly rapid embrace of the iPad. Both types of videos teach us a […]

If a process shrink can make the A5X fit elegantly into an iPad Mini, a Retina model is much closer than I originally thought, almost certainly able to come out this year. Marco Arment: More on that new Apple TV’s likely SOC

It wasn’t magic, it was hard work, thoughtful design, and constant iteration. Glenn Reid: What it’s Really Like Working with Steve Jobs

Apple Inc. topped the list at midday [Monday] for Buying on Weakness, which tracks stocks that fell in price but had the largest inflow of money. Apple, United Parcel Service: Money Flow Leaders (AAPL, UPS) – WSJ.com

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 […]