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“The freemium model and how it threatens iOS gaming” by Craig Grannell
I’m sick of these iPhone apps that I buy and I’m still not done buying them. Craig Grannell: We now see freemium sports games that demand you pay for more ‘energy’ that is otherwise replenished at a painfully slow rate. … Continue reading
Samsung’s 2012 Super Bowl Ad
The problems with bashing your competition in ads: It acknowledges your competition It makes it seem like everyone who uses your competitor’s product is an idiot, which fails to endear them to your product and makes you seem like a … Continue reading
“On This You Have My Word”
We will continue to dig deeper, and we will undoubtedly find more issues. What we will not do — and never have done — is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain. On this … Continue reading
iTunes Match Can’t Handle The Truth
User kudzurebel on Apple’s discussion forum sums up the iTunes Match problems pretty well: The big things that everyone is realizing aren’t being updated in the cloud libraries are “play counts”, “last played dates”, and artwork (I’m sure there are … Continue reading
Hitting the iTunes Match Limit After Signup
As long as they’re going to have limits that don’t really make sense they should give you a little counter or bar graph to let you know how close you are to that 25,000 limit.
Digital Performer Released For Windows
I don’t write about DAWs much anymore, but a Digital Performer release on Windows is pretty significant. I think it leaves only Sonar and Logic Pro as the only DAW software that isn’t cross-platform between Mac and Windows. With Logic … Continue reading
Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
Mike Daisey was a self-described “worshipper in the cult of Mac.” Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to … Continue reading
Notification Center should do more
Whenever I see this screen I wonder why my currently playing audio and artwork isn’t here in the same way the weather and stocks are displayed.
Cheaters
“My fingers are too big!” My mom just got her first iPhone. AT&T was offering the iPhone 3GS for 99¢. She’s excited about being able to take photos, see people’s names in big type when they call, and the rest … Continue reading
Don’t Organize Email / It Isn’t Their Fault
Over the Christmas season my father told me he wanted to take some time to organize his email. I replied, “Don’t. I think you’re wasting your time.” I know we all went through the INBOX ZEROOOOEEEEE phase and we’re past … Continue reading