Adafruit Industries were one of the lucky few to get their hands on the Square point of sale hardware for the iPhone. They received a beta version of the dongle, and have demoed the software on their website. Watching the video they posted, I'm struck by a few things: the quality of the dongle is … [Read more...]
Oh boy, today's eightball is a doozy. Joe Wilcox from Betanews thinks that Apple shouldn't allow free applications on the iPad. His logic is that by keeping only the paid applications, the iPad becomes a premium product, leaving the dross by the wayside. With 75% of apps already being paid, he … [Read more...]
The Associated Press are planning to put out an application for the iPad, called "AP Gateway" as part of an overall push into multimedia devices. According to AP "the unit will facilitate development of fresh news consumer experiences for the Web as well as mobile phones, tablets and e-readers." It … [Read more...]
Apple have come forward and said that they caught a number of their factories using under age labor. Apple audited all of its factories to make sure they complied with labor laws within that country, and it came to light that a number of their suppliers were falsifying records in order to secretly … [Read more...]
After the recent puritan cull of 5000 near-adult apps from the app store, people have been scratching their heads over why it happened. One of the best analyses currently around is by John Gruber of Daring Fireball. His view is that it's not about the money, and it's not about censorship—it's … [Read more...]
The extremely popular (and more than a little funny) Plants Vs Zombies game recently made its way to the iPhone, porting its well received desktop version to the mobile platform. Exceeding everyone's expectations—even PopCap Games who made it—it sold an amazing 300,000 copies in just the nine … [Read more...]
TUAW have obtained a leaked list of books, which may be the first round of titles available for iBooks. While they haven't released the full list, they have discussed some of the details. There are 112 titles form eight publishers, ranging in price from $14.99 down to free: The authors include … [Read more...]
In the post-hype wake of the iPad, analysts have generally been keeping things a bit quieter on the "spouting nonsense" front. Lets see if we can't change that, shall we? Today's eightball shaker is Katy Huberty with Morgan Stanley, as reported by AppleInsider. Huberty believes the biggest barier … [Read more...]
Apple has just finished its annual shareholders meeting, and while most of the contents were fairly boring, some interesting facts have surfaced. Steve Jobs announced that Apple will be opening 25 stores in China, attempting to tap into their huge market—perhaps a risky move considering the … [Read more...]
Geeky Gadgets have been given some information from a tipster purporting to have some super-secret information: the UK pricing for the iPad. At present, Apple has not released any details about non-USA pricing for the tablet. Their source only had information on the Wi-fi … [Read more...]
