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The iPhone Finds Its Voice

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 11, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT

The iPhone 4S is one of Apple’s less dramatic updates, but, when combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an attractive new offering to smartphone users, writes Walt.

Prankster Jason Calacanis Talks About His Apple iPad Hoax (Warning: Cute Baby Alert!)

Kara Swisher in News on February 1, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

While in Los Angeles for a brief second on Friday, BoomTown motored over to the Brentwood home of puckish entrepreneur Jason Calacanis to talk to him about his prank tweets the night before the introduction of the iPad last week. On Tuesday night before the much hyped launch of the newest device from Apple, Calacanis let loose with a series of over-the-top posts to Twitter, claiming he was a beta tester for the iPad tablet computer–assertions that some in the mostly mainstream media took too seriously. Was it a jump-the-shark moment for journalism?

Almost Famous: Harold Smith IV of OWLE

Drake Martinet, Intern, All Things Digital in News on January 15, 2010 at 12:59 am PT

We Skyped with Harold Smith IV, CEO and co-founder of OWLE, the uber-built iPhone rig that attempts to bridge the gap between a camera on a phone and camcorder. We talked gadgets, apps, “Star Trek,” the Apple stores and more. Enjoy Harold’s yellow suspenders!