By Christian Boyce. Helping people with their Apple stuff since 1987.
A friend sent me a link to a New York Times article called "How to Procure an iPad 2." The article was very interesting and made it sound like you could get one at Best Buy with minimal effort. Unfortunately, the article is wrong. So, read it if you want, but with a grain of... Continue Reading →
Facebook has a nice little security hole, and someone has already done a "proof of concept" hack to show that it's easy to get into someone's account. The hack involves "listening" as people log into Facebook using an open network (such as what you'd find at Starbucks) and capturing names and passwords. Once that happens,... Continue Reading →
Best Buy sells the iPad 2, and they have a handy online iPad 2 availability checker where you can tell it which iPad 2 you want, enter a zip code, and find out whether Best Buy has it in stock at a store near you. They are not currently accepting iPad 2 orders online so... Continue Reading →
QR codes store information in a blocky graphic. This article shows you how to make them and how to read them. Could save you a lot of time.
No better way to find out about the iPad 2 than to watch Steve Jobs introduce it himself. Watch the unveiling. You'll want an iPad 2 before the video's anywhere near finished. Worth watching to the end though so you can hear Jonathan Ive, Apple's Senior Vice President of Design, say "Aluminium" (1:04:15).Certainly nice to... Continue Reading →
Rupert Murdoch introduces The Daily, a newsapaper made exclusively for the iPad. It's in color, it has video, and it's only $39.99 for a year.
I'm back from Macworld 2011 and as usual, it was a lot of fun. Also as usual, it was a lot of walking but this year I wore tennis shoes instead of cowboy boots. It took a while but I'm getting smarter.There was plenty of cool stuff to look and play with and you can... Continue Reading →
Listen to Christian Boyce talk about the 2011 Macworld Expo in his annual wrap-up show on KPFK-FM radio.
Steve Jobs is a lot of things, but he's not a mind-reader. I mention this because article after article tells us: • "For years, and across a career, knowing what consumers want has been the self-appointed task of Mr. Jobs" (New York Times) • "Jobs' greatest gift hasn't been for invention as much his uncanny... Continue Reading →
Apple employees were sent this email on Monday January 17th, 2011, announcing that Apple CEO Steve Jobs would be taking a leave of absence to concentrate on his health. That's all we know. We don't know when he's coming back. We don't know that he's coming back for sure. We don't know what's wrong. We... Continue Reading →
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