Steve Jobs introduced the iPad to us almost a month ago now. One of the expected uses of the iPad was as an eBook reader, and Jobs confirmed this with his elegant demonstration of eBooks via the iBookstore. Since that day, we have heard repeated praise and criticism for the iBookstore. We have also heard rumors of price hikes, and price drops from publishers. Recently more news has developed saying that rules with the iBookstore are extremely restricting to publishers. Luckily, now many of these “rules” turned out to either be misconception or have been adapted to aid the publishers. With the launch of the iPad looming out about a month, many of us are holding our breath. What will happen? Can it take over the current eBook monopoly, Amazon?

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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”.

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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”.

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This is the second 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.

Yesterday we looked at who the founders of Apple were, before Apple existed. Both Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs (read yesterday’s article here). Most of us recognize these two as the co-founders of Apple. Few people realize however, that a third partner was also in the mix, Ronald Wayne.

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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.

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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 »

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 »

So last wednesday, Steve Jobs announced the new iPods for the Holiday season. The basic models with no shocker. The iPod shuffle now comes in a 2 Gb model that sells for only $59, plus they come in 5 colors now. There will also be an Apple store exclusive shuffle that is made of brushed stainless steal which will sell for $20 more than it’s equivalent 4 Gb brother which is made of aluminum. Good luck with that one Apple.

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