How much does Henry Blodget make writing this crap?
Oh, more money than my site generates? What, a lot more?
Excuse me while I go jump in front of a bus. In the mean time, go watch this.
Category: Apple
iAd Gallery⇢
Apple:
Great ads. On-demand. In your pocket. The iAd Gallery is a celebration of advertising, featuring iAd campaigns from some of the world’s best brands and their advertising agencies. The iAd Gallery gives you easy access to a selection of the fun and informative ads that have run in some of your favorite apps. Use the Browse feature to discover ads you haven’t seen, or to find those you want to see again. Even lets you tag your favorites to a Loved section that’s all your own.
The iPad Turns Three⇢
It is pretty amazing that it’s only been three years since the iPad was introduced. I’m listening to the keynote again this morning.
Kim Jong Un Uses an iMac⇢
..and he may kill us all. But hey, it could be worse: this maniac could be launching nuclear weapons from one of those stupid new thin iMacs.
Why iPad?⇢
A couple of weeks after launching a new marketing page for the iPhone, Apple’s released one for its tablet. It follows the same outline as the previous page: J.D. Power and Associates awards, apps, hardware, software and services are all pimped.
T-Mobile Gets the iPhone⇢
The carrier will be selling the iPhone 5 starting April 12, and it will run on the company’s just-announced LTE network.
Apple ID Gains Two-Step Verification⇢
This is a huge step toward giving iCloud the type of security Gmail users can enjoy.
A Green Apple⇢
Philip Elmer-DeWitt:
Apple, which has received more than its share of criticism from environmental activists over the years, released its annual Environmental Progress report Thursday. The chief takeaway from this year’s issue: Apple’s corporate facilities worldwide now get 75% of their power from renewable sources — solar, wind, hydro and geothermal — up from 35% two years ago.
AppleTV Gets Update⇢
The AppleTV was already the best way to browse Netflix, and now with this stunning Hulu+ redesign, I don’t know why I’d ever want to use anything else for that service, too.
What Matters⇢
Brian Chen, for the NYT Bits Blog:
Young Hee, an executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, told Bloomberg News that the company had been working on a watch for a long time. He did not share any details about the watch, but what matters is that Samsung has beaten Apple in saying it is doing a watch.
What matters is actually shipping products.
Everything Wrong With the Apple Universe⇢
Analyst: The iPhone 5S Will Have A ‘Killer Feature’ apadv.co/YksdBn
— AppAdvice.com (@AppAdvice) March 18, 2013
Why iPhone?⇢
Apple:
What makes an iPhone unlike anything else? Maybe it’s that it lets you do so many things. Or that it lets you do so many things so easily. Those are two reasons iPhone owners say they love their iPhone. But there are many others as well.
Reading over this page felt weird. Apple’s always pimped its products as hard as it can, using over-the-top language. On this page, the company explains the numerous hardware benefits of the iPhone, and what makes the hardware special: iOS. But this is an Apple that’s defensive. Check out this shot at Google: