It was only a matter of time before Apple’s voice activated assistant, Siri, was hacked. With the help of Applidium, hacker and developer Pete Lamoni (@plamoni) released Siri Proxy on GitHub. It’s a proxy server that allows developers and hackers to create custom functionality for the Apple software. Just a week later, here’s a list…
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Call me a liar if you will, but an app that allows for location-based reminders is something I’ve been clamoring for for a couple of years now. Unfortunately, I never took the time to put it in writing. Now that iOS 5 has allowed for this functionality, it seems that, on the surface, yeah I’m…
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It’s hard to read about Apple’s iPhone event the other day without being confronted with a flood of disappointed customers. Hundreds of case studies have been written that focus on Apple, which is getting kind of annoying – isn’t there another successful company that people can write about as an example? – and its ability to…
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We are saddened to report that Steve Jobs has passed away at 56 years old. As posted on the Apple site: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world had lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a…
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I’ve been an iPhone user since the first day they were released in 2007. I bought my first iPhone in Palo Alto at the same store Steve Jobs was at earlier in the day; it’s the same store Robert Scoble camped outside of overnight to be one of the first in line to get his…
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“We have passed the quarter of a billion sales mark” for iOS devices. That’s 250 million iPhones, iPods, iPads, etc.” – Tim Cook Impressive. But lest you think today’s event on Apple’s Cupertino campus was completely focused on the iPhone 4S, there were some other updates covered in the session during which Tim and his…
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The iPhone5 did not make its debut today. However, the iPhone 4S did. New Apple CEO Tim Cook called it “the most amazing iPhone ever,” as each new generation of the iPhone should be. Here’s a rundown of the features: Voice Control. More than just Google voice search, Apple’s “Siri” service looks to be pretty impressive. The Siri…
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UPDATE! Apple Announces the iPhone 4S Available Oct 14th on Verizon, Sprint & AT&T Apple officially announced that its iPhone 5 launch event will be held on October 4th at 10:00 a.m. PST at Apple’s Cupertino, California campus. Apple’s event invitation included four iOS app icons (Calendar, Clock, Maps, and Phone) along with the quote:…
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The title might leave you with a sad feeling inside. There is not much more we can say here, other than we know that Steve Jobs has been battling illness, as we covered previously. More to come when we find out about it, but here is Steve’s letter to the Apple board of directors: To…
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The city of Cupertino, California has revealed details about Apple’s new office space development. The new campus, being referred to as Apple Campus 2, is a four-story spaceship-like structure and is expected to be complete in 2015. The future headquarter will be 2.8 million square feet and will house 13,000 employees. According to the documents…
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With the U.S. government working hard to resolve the debt ceiling crisis before defaulting for the first time in history, a report today in the Financial Post seems to add insult to injury as Apple appears to have more cash on hand than the U.S. government. That’s right, Apple is more liquid than one of…
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Today was the kickoff of the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference which runs through June 10th. In case you were not one of the Apple fans that slept on the streets of San Francisco camped out in front of the Moscone Center last night and did not get a chance to watch the action real-time or…
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Over the weekend, Apple revamped their retail store operations to better leverage their own technology. The focus of the changes is around the use of the iPad 2 at each kiosk to provide interactive product information for the mass of customers that flow through their retail stores. The iPads present a self-contained demo that allows…
Read MoreUntil I took the iPad plunge last year, I had little incentive to purchase e-books. However, once I had the iPad in hand and downloaded the Kindle app, my bookshelves have had a lot more space as e-books have been my primary method of reading. I’m obviously not alone here. The Association of American Publishers…
Read MoreSpring training is in full swing with the first televised pre-season games taking place this weekend. The World Champion San Francisco Giants kicked things off on Friday with a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. And just in time to get things underway, Major League Baseball has launched the latest version of their app MLB At…
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As we covered yesterday, President Barack Obama scheduled a somewhat top secret meeting with the Silicon Valley elite yesterday evening on the west coast. Today official White House photos taken by Pete Souza were released to confirm the meeting did indeed take place. One of the photos is a seated toast with the group while…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More