We have heard much controversy over the past month between two dominating tech companies: Adobe, and Apple. Since around 2007 with the introduction of the iPhone, Apple has made a greater stand against the use of Adobe Flash on its’ products. Apple was very quite about the use of Flash on its’ new iPhone mobile device. They knew that openly derogating the value of Flash would cause a web-wide uproar, which caused Apple to more secretly despise the format. More recently with the introduction of Safari, Apple made repeated comments that the number one cause of Safari crashes were triggered from flash applications. We also heard during the introduction of Snow Leopard that Flash causes unnecessary CPU spikes which reduces battery life. It seems that every day, Apple grows bolder in its’ fight against the mighty Flash and Adobe behemoth.
Most recently, after the introduction of the Apple iPad, Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying many nasty things towards Flash. He also openly said that HTML5 is likely to replace Flash altogether, therefore no action is necessary towards creating Flash experiences on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. With all these means things that Apple has done to our poor friend Adobe, is there anyway that they can kiss and make-up? The answer is: ”Yes, Maybe”.
We have seen Steve Jobs get excited about virtually every product or feature that he releases during these events. It doesn’t matter if it is cover flow in iTunes, or the unveiling of the iPod, Steve Jobs has a hard time holding in his excitement. Steve Jobs has done a lot for this industry. He has virtually invented the personal computer, he created the first graphical user interface, he has created some of the earliest fully enclosed modern computer units (iMac/ eMac), taken on the music industry with the iPod (and is now the #1 distributer of music through iTunes and makes the #1 music device with the iPod), and more recently he has turned the cell phone industry upside down with the introduction of the iPhone. What more is there to say? Steve Jobs has made some pretty revolutionary products that have changed the world that we live in. Now comes the real surprise, Jobs is now quoted by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch as saying: “This will be the most important thing I have ever done”.
This is the first article in our new series counting down to the new year. In this series we will take a look at the history of Apple, from the days of working in a garage until today. Visit us each day for the latest article in this series.
This is the commencement of a series of articles about how the culture of Apple came to be. To tell this story, we don’t want to leave out any details. The point of this series, is to divulge some facts that we don’t already know. Most of us know how it starts, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start making the Apple I by hand, in Steve Jobs’ garage. Like any story, the best place to start is the beginning, but we already know that, so let’s go back farther.
We have all seen them… We have all heard about them… We have all laughed at them. The famous “Get a Mac” commercials that started in 2006 are only 4 years only now, but in those 4 years, over 60 separate versions have been created, and all of them have become favorites. Now it is almost to no surprise that AdWeek has just named Apple’s “Get A Mac” ads, “Best Ad Campaign of the 2000′s”! Read the rest of this entry »
When I first saw this newsline, I simply thought to myself, “well thats good, more video sites that are iPhone compatible are always nice”, then I continued on working. After about a minute I paused… thought about what I just read, and went back to the article to investigate further. Livestream is not another video supplier for iPhone, I missed the key word. Live video! Livestream has used the new quicktime live support protocol and created an amazingly simple interface to send live video to the any iPhone or iPod touch. That is when I said to myself again, “WOW, this is HUGE!”. Read the rest of this entry »
Yes, yes I know. We have promised The Mac Coach for several months now, and despite valiant efforts on our parts and ALOT, ALOT of overtime working on it, it is still not up. You might wonder what is going on behind the scenes. How can it take so long to launch this site. Why would someone make a promise that they couldn’t keep?
Well, hopefully all these answer will receive responses in this post today. First of all, I want to talk about The Mac Coach and what we plan to offer in the coming months to our users.
The Mac Coach’s desire, is to spread the love of Apple products worldwide (yes, we already have an international audience, welcome everyone) and to help consumers of all levels become more affluent with these products. We are geared towards all levels, however the first parts to launch will be designed more for beginners, but worry not… more is on the way for everyone else. Read the rest of this entry »
Interbrand today announced its’ list of the best global brands. Apple made it to spot #20. This was a 12% increase up the list the second best, only comparable to Google who increased 25%. Google’s and Apple’s rivalry will likely increase further with that one. Despite the economic depression Apple has been able to stay on top of things. Read the rest of this entry »
We have heard much controversy over the past month between two dominating tech companies: Adobe, and Apple. Since around 2007 with the introduction of the iPhone, Apple has made a greater stand against the use of Adobe Flash on its’ products. Apple was very quite about the use of Flash on its’ new iPhone mobile device. They knew that openly derogating the value of Flash would cause a web-wide uproar, which caused Apple to more secretly despise the format. More recently with the introduction of Safari, Apple made repeated comments that the number one cause of Safari crashes were triggered from flash applications. We also heard during the introduction of Snow Leopard that Flash causes unnecessary CPU spikes which reduces battery life. It seems that every day, Apple grows bolder in its’ fight against the mighty Flash and Adobe behemoth.
