There are a number of solutions for streaming media (music, movies, etc.) to the iphone and iPod touch, including a native application and several Web-based offerings. They all offer replicas of the standard mobile OS X iTunes interface, most making use of simple sliding-style navigation schemes. A new update to one of the Web-based tools, [...]
Daniel Eran Dilger
Just ahead of its recession defying, record setting Q2 2008 earnings reports, Apple revealed plans to buy PA Semi, a chip designer specializing in processors based on IBM’s Power architecture. This news sparked a flurry of confusion from observers: why is Apple getting into the semiconductor business after partnering with Intel in its [...]
Apple has pushed out a fourth beta of the iphone SDK to registered developers. Thew latest build includes two primary new features:
OpenGL ES support: The iphone emulator will now be able to render OpenGL ES in applications, matching the capabilities of the iphone 2.0 software.
Code signing enforced: iphone applications will now need to contain [...]
Apple has agreed to purchase PA Semi, the designer of a 64-bit, power-conservative, dual-core processor, Forbes reports. PA Semi’s chip is based not on Intel x86 (like Macs) or ARM (like the iphone) processor specifications, but rather on the PowerPC platform around which Apple no longer bases new systems but still actively supports with Mac [...]
Daniel Eran Dilger
Microsoft’s current and future operating system projects, Windows Vista, Windows Seven, and Singularity, share too much in common with Apple’s failures of the mid-90s. Each project bears a striking resemblance to the three catastrophes that nearly killed Apple in the early 90s, and for many of the same core reasons. Here’s why, and [...]
Revelations from the device emulator included with Apple’s current iphone SDK indicate that the company has added support for true GPS hardware to the platform. This functionality could show up in the form of built-in GPS hardware, a dock-connected peripheral, or not at all — but the software is ready.
As discovered by user Steffen Voigt, [...]