UK Government to outlaw Google Glass for drivers
Stuff: A Department for Transport (DfT) spokesperson told Stuff: "We are aware of the impending rollout of Google Glass and are in discussion with the Police to ensure that individuals do not use this...
View ArticleThe Byword Action Group
Yesterday, Byword was updated to introduce a pretty powerful URL scheme. Notably, the scheme supports x-callback-url. If you're a user of both Byword and Drafts, this could be great news for you and...
View ArticleDOJ Proposes Extremely Harsh Punishments in Apple eBook Case
Lex Friedman, writing for MacWorld regarding the proposed punishment by the DOJ for the eBook price fixing trial which Apple lost last month: The DOJ proposes that the court require that Apple...
View ArticleApple Retaliates To The DOJ's Proposed Penalties
The beginning of Apple's angry response to the DOJ: Plaintiffs’ proposed injunction is a draconian and punitive intrusion into Apple’s business, wildly out of proportion to any adjudicated wrongdoing...
View ArticleWhile We’re Trying To Follow His Game Of Checkers, Jeff Bezos Is Playing Chess
MG Siegler, writing for Tech Crunch: The goal is actually to not make a huge profit too early, and Bezos manages it perfectly. You want to avoid showing your cards too early as you continue to lay the...
View ArticleDOJ accuses Apple and publishers of conspiring again after ebook ruling
Apple Insider: In a response filed with the court, DOJ attorney Lawrence Buterman said that major book publishers have "banded together once again," making the need for strict regulations necessary....
View ArticleRegular People Have No Idea How To Manage Photos On Their iPhone
Bradley Chambers: Apple has always prided itself on making technology for regular people. This is a problem that regular people need solved. Photo storage and backup needs to be automatic and so easy...
View ArticleAll Developer Program Services Are Now Back Online
The contents of an early morning email from Apple: We are pleased to let you know that all our developer program services are now online. Your patience during this time was sincerely appreciated. We...
View ArticleGoogle Blocks the Microsoft Windows Phone YouTube App Again
David Howard, Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Litigation & Antitrust, Microsoft: We think it’s clear that Google just doesn’t want Windows Phone users to have the same...
View ArticleInternet.org
Mark Zuckerberg just announced a new initiative to give access to the internet to the entire world. He's established partnerships with quite a few powerful companies to do so: Facebook, Ericsson,...
View ArticleOm Malik on the Microsoft Nokia Deal
As you've probably heard, Microsoft is acquiring Nokia. Om Malik thinks the acquisition is a bad idea: Some will argue that the deal is good for both companies — after all, the number three spot in the...
View ArticleApple Outsider on the Microsoft Nokia Deal
Matt Drance echoes some of my own thoughts on the Nokia Acquisition: 5) Nokia was already making very nice Windows Phone hardware. And the Windows Phone software, while not making a huge market share...
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Apple Announces Special Event September 10th
As expected, Apple has announced the special event to announce the new iPhones on September 10th. I can't wait to finally be finished with my old 4S and get my hands on their newest device.
View ArticleYahoo's Logo Reveals The Worst Aspects of the Engineering Mindset
Glenn Fleishman on the new Yahoo logo: Mayer writes: We wanted there to be a mathematical consistency to the logo, really pulling it together into one coherent mark. If there is one sentence in the...
View ArticleThe iPhone Jony Ive Wanted For iOS 7
MG Siegler: While Ive spent the subsequent years at Apple shifting from polishing white plastics to bending aluminum (or, a-lew-min-e-num, in his parlance), it seems that he’s returning to his roots,...
View ArticleiBeacon
Hari Gottipati, writing for GigaOM: iBeacon opens up a new whole dimension by creating a beacon around regions so your app can be alerted when users enter them. Beacons are a small wireless sensors...
View ArticleApple's Secure Enclave
From Quora: In the torrent of the billions of words already written about Touch ID very, very few people have really understood just how revolutionary this really is. Apple not only has developed one...
View ArticleDrafts 3.5
Drafts 3.5 is a really nice upgrade to bring the app up to date with iOS 7 and add quite a few notable new features. It's an iOS 7 only update, so if you're planning on continuing to run iOS 6,...
View ArticleIntroducing Unapologetic
Today I'm announcing my new site, Unapologetic. Obviously, for readers of The Axx, this may have some effect on you. First and foremost, The Axx is not going away. Rather, I'm forking it, moving part...
View ArticleUnapologetic
In case you somehow missed it, in January 2014 I shut The Axx down once and for all. All of my posts now appear solely on my new website, Unapologetic.io. I also contribute to MacStories.net. If you've...
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