CNN, quoting AOL:
Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We’ve never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth.
Twitter, AIM, Google News, TMZ, the LA Times and other sites all suffered outages as news broke about Michael Jackson late yesterday.
From Apple:
Dear MobileMe member:
As a final reminder, on July 7, 2009, the .Mac HomePage web application will be discontinued. As of this date, you will no longer be able to create new pages or edit existing pages using HomePage. Any pages you’ve already published will remain live at their current web address for as long as you like. If you need to make changes to your existing pages, please do so before July 7.
Mobile uploads to YouTube have increased by 400 percent since last Friday’s release of the iPhone 3GS, Google announced today. The device is the first iPhone with video capabilities and is able to upload videos directly to MobileMe or YouTube, even over the 3G network. With the ability to send videos to the Internet almost immediately, it’s no surprise that users are taking the opportunity to upload videos on-the-spot from their iPhones.
From the Wall Street Journal - via Google News to get around the WSJ’s stupid pay wall:
“At this point, losing Tim Cook would be a bigger deal to investors than if Steve Jobs stepped aside,” says Gene Munster, an analyst for Piper Jaffray. “Just that thought makes my stomach tighten up.”
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“Now it’s clear that Tim Cook can run any technology-based company,” says Stephen Mader, a co-head of the CEO practice at recruiters Korn/Ferry International. “He’s a more attractive CEO candidate both inside Apple and outside.”
The New York Times has addressed Apple’s passion for staying tight-lipped:
Most governance experts do seem to agree on one point: that the secrecy that adds surprise and excitement to Apple product announcements is not serving the company well in other areas.
“In this environment, where transparency is critical, the more information you give the marketplace the better,” said Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. “For a technology company that views itself as innovative, it’s a little odd that they are getting a reputation for lack of transparency.”
Just when you think you’re in the groove for the new iPhone 3G S, Apple goes and starts changing the game. The 3G S is, figuratively speaking, no more. Apple has quietly been changing all references on it site from 3G S to 3GS. The space between the G and the S has been removed.
I kinda liked the space, but what if we started using iPhone ///GS?
Apple today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.
“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”
From “The Intermittent Kevin” who recovered his stolen iPhone using MobileMe’s “Find My iPhone” feature:
“Have you got it?” I asked as I marched up to the guy, acting far more intimidating than I felt. Our iPhone-pilfering friend apparently works at the sketchy bar, and as he fished around in his bag, he gave a questionable alibi about having found the phone, intending to return it, but being intimidated by “all these scary-looking messages” that kept popping up on the display. “Um, yeah, those were from me,” I replied curtly. He pulled my phone out, totally unharmed, and handed it over. I resisted the urge to giggle.
Arrested Development was probably the best show on television the first half of the decade. It aired on FOX, and pushed the limits of what broadcast TV could get away with. After miserable ratings, the show was cancelled after the third season.
Sadly, it has a small - but rabid - fan base, but that may be changing. Two fans of the show are creating a documentary about the show:
We always find ourselves talking about the show, reciting lines and recalling scenes, which always ends in hysterical laughter. In late August, a large group of our friend were planning a trip to Yosemite. We were the only two that ended up going and we talked about Arrested Development all weekend. From this trip spawned the Arrested Development Documentary Project (this is a working name), an outlet to take our passion for the show and couple it with the countrywide fan base to educate others and make them aware of this TV gem.
When the first iPhone came out, AT&T and Apple Stores were mobbed when the doors opened at 6 p.m. At the Apple Store here in Memphis, we had campers from New Orleans 3 days before launch.
This time around, the crowds were smaller, but those who were there had the same excitement as the very first adopters. Macworld’s intern Blair Hanley Frank spent the night in front of an Apple Store to be one of the first iPhone 3G S owners, and took notes, which can be found here.
It is absolutely mind-blowing that Palm pulled this off as well as they did. This is like the Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X transition for Palm — a massive rethink of the entire platform that must succeed for the company to survive. And, on a technical level at least, they have done admirably. Whether they can compete against the marketing juggernaut that is the iPhone remains to be seen. WebOS would need to mature a bit before I personally could replace the iPhone with the Pre as my primary device. But for a 1.0, they’ve performed a minor miracle. It is a highly respectable competitor to the iPhone and other smartphones. I would rank it above Android, and miles above Windows Mobile.