I would have said 'you are insane' if you've told me, 'Apple would worth more than Google one day' four years back. However, you would know today that you'd not been wrong at all in predicting that. Yep, Apple is worth $147.56 billion while Google is worth $144.2 billion.
This is a sad aftermath of the gloomy adieu of Eric Schmidt from Apple board. The two companies, which we consider once as hand and glove are now going to compete with every bit of their claws and nails. Safari against Google Chrome, Android against iPhone OS and Mac OS X against Read More...
You were all right, when you cried Eric Schmidt should resign from Apple Board.
Apple has Safari, Google introduced their Chrome, Apple has iPhone OS X, Google has their own Android. Finally, Apple has Mac OS X, Google would be launching their Chrome OS soon. These two companies are going to aggressively compete with each other like never before.
Eric Schmidt still sitting as the board member at Apple has been much debated in view of the conflict of interest between the two companies.
As expected Eric Schmidt has finally resigned from his position on Apple's Board.
Schmidt joined Apple's Board in 2006. Well, Read More...
Are you sometime concerned that your child might hit the Safari icon on your iPhone and accidentally or intentionally access Internet contents that you don't want him to see? If your child knows your App Store account password, it's possible that he might be tempted to purchase applications on his own. You might not like the idea. If you enable the Restriction feature in General Settings page the worry ends then and there.
In the restrictions page you can disable the camera functionality, Installing apps privilege, iTunes, YouTube, Safari and iPod. If your concern is browsing or application purchase privilege, you Read More...
The recent buzz at the App Store has been created is the fact that Apple has allowed 3rd party browsers. That sure has caught up some wind in the world of virtual surfing and third party browsers are appearing at the App Store. If not yet at the dime a dozen rate, certainly something that you will wake up and take a notice of if you are a fan of palmtop, mobile and finally, iPhone browsing.
However, why do we need a third party browser? Safari does a pretty good job. Even in its watered down version for the iPhone and Read More...
It’s the OpenClip déjà-vu time. No not exactly. This time it’s legal. Copy-paste is soon coming to the iPhone to make those surfing and mailing all the more smoother, painless and efficient.
We are not yet talking full scale copy paste options. However, the service to be launched by Pastebud will be available for those to applications that are in dire need for copy-paste options – Mail and Safari.
And this will not require even getting to the App Store. Through a clever tweaking of the Javascript bookmarks and the Web services Pastebud will make life that much smoother when you enter Read More...
Apple has finally released the long awaited iPhone firmware 2.2; it is now available for download. Connect your device to iTunes and check for software update or go to Apple website and get the update. Here is the list of the features that comes with iPhone 2.2.
1. Google Street View: This includes coverage of public transits and walking directions, address display, and sharing location via e-mail.
2. Email enhancement: This includes fixing the issue of fetching scheduled email.
3. Safari performance becomes more stable.
4. Call drop and call set up issues fixed.
5. Direct download of podcasts via Wi-Fi or cellular network Read More...
We talked about this long time back, cloning of the iPhone. It has taken Meizu almost a year to replicate the look and feel of the iPhone in M8 the iClone. Here is a confirmation that the device will be available in Meizu’s native land China by November 30th. The company is waiting for approval of the product’s license.
In China the device will be available sans Wi-Fi per government regulation. India, Hong Kong, Europe and US are in the export list expected before Christmas eve. M8 is equipped with a 3megapixel camera, has FM radio to compensate for 3G absence Read More...
“Chrome” is the Google Browser we started expecting 'could be coming soon' since 2001. Finally, we have this browser for download on 2nd September 2008. That was a long wait indeed. At present the browser is available only for Windows and words have it that, the team is working on releasing it for Linux and OS X. However, there is no hint how long this is going to take.
The word 'Chrome' is meant to be synonymous to clean and uncluttered screen. The browser somewhat achieves this. The first positive impression is that the download and installation completes in seconds. The Read More...
Simple. Get rid of the irritable Java script if you are ok with a less richer but much faster Internet experience.
Disable the Java Script. Go to the iPhone home screen and tap settings.
Scroll down and tap the Safari button.
Go to security.
Set (slide) the Javascript "Off".
This will take you to the clean HTML and CSS mode. Not great web experience, but good enough for casual and faster browsing.
However, note that, this method will not work out in exactly the same way in all the sites. Here is a screenshot from Crackberry.com's tests conducted on different sites, using both the iPhone 3G Read More...
A television advertisement for the iPhone read, “all the the parts of the internet are on the iPhone.” Advertising Standards Authority in UK lashed at Apple for this claim and termed the claim as misleading and banned the advertisement.
The charge and the claim are two extremes and are really petty and funny. Olivia Campbell, spokesperson of Advertising Standards Authority asserts:
Because the iPhone doesn't support Flash or Java, you couldn't really see the internet in its full glory. They made a very general claim that you can see the internet in its entirety, and actually that's not quite true - so Read More...
Powerset has announced launch of a search engine for the Wikipedia that renders the pages in a convenient and readable format. This brings one of the most successful and respected information sources on the Net to the iPhone.
A number of sites like ipodia and Wapedia have already released versions of the Wikepedia. These sites typically shrink or remove images in an attempt to conserve bandwidth and improve browsing speed.
I took a look at the new offer myself. I searched a term from the powerset search page, and also directly in the Wikipedia, both from my iPhone, of course.
Here’s what I Read More...
