Apple

A very handy infographic from Likecool.

The Wall Street Journal just published this:

PRESS RELEASE: Letter from Steve Jobs

August 24, 2011–To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

…if you are a hipster that is

In addition to looking stylish, if you are a hipster, the BookBook for iPhone also acts as a fully functional wallet.

They also have the BookBook for iPads.

The third episode of Kirby Ferguson’s excellent Everything is a Remix has been posted. The first episode was about music, the second dealt with movies, and the third is on technological innovation.

Damien Christie is more than a little pissed off with Apple

The Mangrove still has firm roots in Napier, much to the relief of husbands nationwide.

Settled science: Can everyplace really be warming much faster than everyplace else?

Doesn’t look like the Arctic is going to be ice-free this year.

Blair Mulholland should get divorced more often.

The piss fairy has visited Andrew Williams again, why must it always be when he is writing a presser.

Andrew Williams is a bigger trougher than Len Brown, at least we know who he drinks with, Len isn’t so forth-coming with information.

Yet another name for Bradford’s Wall of Shame, Silly First Name Syndrome strikes again, and Maori keep bashing their kids. That anti-smacking law is saving these kids real well.

Child Mullets are child abuse

Rifle: Barrett M82A1
Round: .50 BMG 647gr M33 ball cartridge

Apparently Apple Care doesn’t cover .50cal bullet-holes.

Of course it will.

I see no logical reason why Steve Jobs has decided that iPhone tethering for wireless internet access to an iPad is a no go, but he has.

from Mashable

The succinct answer was communicated by Jobs via email (from his iPhone) to Jezper Söderlund of Sweden who emailed Jobs to ask, “Will the wifi-only version somehow support tethering thru my iPhone?”

9to5Mac has both emails in question, along with email header information, and all indications point to the one word buzz-kill response being legit. You can read the text of the email inquiry and Jobs’ response below:

Söderlund’s email:

I’ll keep it short.

I’m Jezper from Sweden, a long time Apple fan, currently about to replace the very last computer at home with a brand spanking new iMac i7. I’m also awaiting the release of the iPad. However, I have one question:

Will the wifi-only version somehow support tethering thru my iPhone?

Two devices, based on the same OS, with already built-in technology to share one data plan suggests a secondary contract could possibly be redundant.

From the look of your keynote, where the iPad sits well between my MacBook Pro and my iPhone, I was hoping the three of them could interact as seamless as possible.

All the best,
Jezper Söderlund[a famous DJ in his own right]

Jobs’ response:

No.

Sent from my iPhone

The bottom line is that those of you who were hoping to buy the cheaper WiFi version of the iPad and tether your iPhone for 3G Internet access are out of luck.

I’d say that has pretty much screwed the iPad here in New Zealand where we are ripped off by our two biggest carriers for wireless data. This decision means essentially that the costly iPhone data plan would be applicable to the iPad. The idea of paying a per device monthly wireless Internet fee is suckful in the extreme. I call D.O.A.

from Mashable

When it comes to branding its products, Apple is one of the most successful companies in the world. iPod has all but replaced the words “MP3 player,” and iPhone, MacBook, iMac and most of its other products are equally as successful.

The iPad, however, invokes an obvious joke, and that obvious joke just got very literal with the introduction of iMaxi, the protective case for the iPad that looks, well, like a completely different kind of pad.

Funny or not, this joke obviously isn’t going away, and when someone fashions it into a real, preorderable product, you have to admire the effort. The $40 price seems a little steep, though.