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FILTER RESULTS ►Nexus 10 is no iPad-killer, says strategy analyst
Strategy analyst Benedict Evans (via Daring Fireball) has done some admittedly rough-and-ready number-crunching on Nexus sales based on Google development data to come up with a figure of just 680,000 Nexus 10 tablets in use. Given that Apple sold 36.9m iPads sold in the second half of 2012 alone, we’re guessing they’re not too concerned about the competition. Even the [...]
Apple Bloggers Think JCPenney Should Have Given Ron Johnson More Time (AAPL, JCP)
Ron Johnson got a raw deal at JC Penney, according to a few Apple bloggers. John Gruber at Daring Fireball wrote, " they shouldn’t have hired him if they weren’t going to give him more time to turn it around." Gruber is the most influential Apple writer in the world. Show More Summary
News: iOS 7 running late; iPad event possibly April?
In a Branch thread stemming from discussion of an iPhone production report, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber wrote that he’s heard that iOS 7 is “running behind,” and engineers have been moved off OS X 10.9 to work on the newest iOS. According...Show More Summary
Rumor: iOS 7 Is Behind Schedule, So Apple is Pulling Resources From OS X
Unofficial Apple spokesman John Gruber has written a short post on Daring Fireball suggesting that iOS 7 is running well behind schedule—and that as a result Apple is hauling man power from its OS X development team. More »
iOS 7 running behind, Apple pulling Mac OS 10.9 developers to get it delivered?
Some rumblings from Daring Fireball’s John Gruber on a Branch thread this evening point to possible delays in iOS 7 and perhaps subsequently OS 10.9. What I’ve heard: iOS 7 is running behind, and engineers have been pulled from OS X 10.9 to work on it. As he points out, Apple had this problem/solution before. [...]
iOS 7 Running Behind, Rumored to Have Significant Visual Makeover
In a Branch chat, which at the time of this writing is still going on, Daring Fireball's Jon Gruber says that, according to what he's heard, iOS 7 is running behind schedule and that it will bring a significant user interface (UI) refresh. What...Show More Summary
Here's An Absolutely Cringe-Worthy Video Of Apple's Newest Hire Kevin Lynch Pretending To Blow Up An iPhone (AAPL, ADBE)
In case you're looking for more reasons why the Apple blogosphere thinks new hire Kevin Lynch is a bozo, we present this video from 2009, via Daring Fireball. In a cringe worthy homage to "Myth Busters", Lynch "tries" to get Flash to work on the iPhone. Show More Summary
Apple's Newest Executive Is A 'Bozo' And A 'Bad Hire,' Says John Gruber (AAPL, ADBE)
Last night news broke that Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch was joining Apple a VP of technology. The reaction to the news in the Apple blogging world was swift, and quite negative. John Gruber, the influential author of Daring Fireball was unusually blunt in his assessment of Lynch. Show More Summary
Apple Lets Employees Leave And Come Back After Two Years And Keep Their Seniority (AAPL)
Here's an interesting quirk of Apple's HR process. According to tech blogger John Gruber of Daring Fireball, Apple employees can leave the company, and then return after two years without losing their seniority. Essentially, they can quit, but if they come back in two years, it's like nothing ever happened. Show More Summary
Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft Market Caps (2006- )
Click to enlarge Source: Daring Fireball Fascinating chart via John Gruber looking at the relative change in market capitalizations of four of the largest publicly trading tech companies. The ongoing strength of Amazon is nearly amazing as the continued weakness in Microsoft. All the while, Google keeps chugging along...
Simplicity, The Emerging UI, and Machine Learning
Long title. Short post. Daring Fireball says: The utter simplicity of the iOS home screen is Apple’s innovation. It’s the simplest, most obvious “system” ever designed. It is a false and foolish but widespread misconception that “innovation” goes only in...
Must Have Touched a Nerve
Daniel Glazman: I just read Daring Fireball’s short so-called « analysis » of he Opera switch to WebKit. Even I perfectly know that guy is almost only an Apple PR guy, I’m again surprised by his limited ability to analyse a situation. Show More Summary
"Asterisk-framed actions"
Daring Fireball notes the rising incidence of the use of bounding asterisks to denote emphasis:Where by “emphasis” I mean “informing the reader of a shift in style or voice”, such as how foreign words are italicized in many publications and books. Show More Summary
Editorial: On fragmentation, malware, and clicks
Who's ready for the next round of the "Android is riddled with malware" game? Apparently the Washington Post is. John Gruber of Daring Fireball linked everyone to their story today that explains how Android's open model creates a fragmented...Show More Summary
The cyberpragmatics of bounding asterisks
On Daring Fireball, John Gruber noticed something interesting about David Pogue's New York Times review of the Surface Pro: what he calls "the use of bounding asterisks for emphasis around the coughs":
For decades, Microsoft has subsisted on the milk of its two cash cows: Windows and Office. The company’s occasional ventures into hardware generally haven’t [...]
You're All Thinking About A Cheap iPhone Totally Wrong (AAPL)
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iTunes 11 In Retina Is Insanely Detailed [Image]
This is an awesome spot by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber: the Retina assets in iTunes 11 are so detailed that the Up Next icon actually has tiny little numbers next to the bullet points. Check it out full-size here. Via: Reddit Related...Show More Summary
GRUBER: Apple Should Buy Dropbox (AAPL)
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Apple execs said to be ‘seething’ over Google Maps praise
No, the Apple (AAPL) Maps fiasco wasn’t part of some grand plan to get Google (GOOG) to produce a higher-quality iOS maps application of its own. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, who’s about as well-connected to Apple as any blogger out...Show More Summary
This Is The Must-Have iPhone App For Poker Fans (AAPL)
Here's a cool app for poker fans. We recently spotted Bold Poker for iPhone on Daring Fireball and fell in love with the concept. Bold Poker replaces the need for a deck of cards and acts as your dealer. Each person needs an iPhone or iPod Touch to view his or her hole cards and the app wirelessly communicates between each device. Show More Summary
