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Former Apple Designer Launches Digital Book Start-Up Push Pop Press

Liz Gannes in Social on February 1, 2011 at 7:21 pm PT

Mike Matas, the designer known for joining Apple at age 19 after creating the media management tool Delicious Library, today launched a new start-up called Push Pop Press.

Apple: Where Are The TV Apps, Asks Kaufman

Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on December 22, 2010 at 9:46 am PT

Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu this morning responds to Apple’s (AAPL) announcement yesterday it was closing in on one million units sold of the Apple TV, writing that the company should add support for its iOS apps on the device.

Apple iPad Production Bottleneck Miraculously Cleared! Tablet Ships April 3, Pre-Orders Begin March 12.

John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 5, 2010 at 5:29 am PT

So much for those rumored iPad delays and production bottlenecks. Apple said this morning that its new tablet device will arrive at market on Saturday, April 3, with pre-orders beginning March 12. Initially, only Wi-Fi models will be available, with their 3G counterparts to follow later in the month.

Weekend Update 01.30.10–The Padophile Edition

Drake Martinet in News on January 30, 2010 at 2:58 am PT

Okay, so maybe that headline was a bad joke, but plenty have been made at the expense of the name of Apple’s newest wunder-device. Maybe people are jealous. Maybe it’s too sexy. Maybe it’s too useful. And maybe they needed more women on the branding team. What’s not to love? By weight the iPad should be exactly five times as awesome as the iPhone.

First Impressions of the New Apple iPad

Walt Mossberg in Mossblog on January 27, 2010 at 6:49 pm PT

Walt Mossberg provides his first impressions on Apple’s new iPad tablet computer.

Microsoft's Ballmer Will Not Be Showing "Courier" Slate PC at CES Opening Tonight

Kara Swisher in News on January 6, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

As much as BoomTown likes a good computer tablet faceoff, sources with knowledge of the situation said that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will not be whipping out the secret slate PC called “Courier,” which the company has been noodling on, in his keynote speech opening the Consumer Electronics Show tonight. Last night, the New York Times reported, in a blog post titled “Microsoft and H.P. to Reveal Slate PC Ahead of Apple,” that the software giant’s boss would do so. Except he will not.

Can Adobe and Apple Play Nicely When–And If–The Tablet Shows Up?

Peter Kafka in Media on November 19, 2009 at 3:33 pm PT

Adobe is preparing to put magazines on Apple’s purported wondertablet. But what if that device, like Apple’s iPhone, doesn’t want to work with Adobe?

Friending Without Benefits? But Facebook Keeps On Forging Into the Mobile Market!

Kara Swisher in News on February 12, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Facebook, which has been very busy ferreting away to get a presence on all the big cellphone makers, is in talks with mobile handset giant Nokia about integrating the hot social-networking site on its phones. Its deals like this–as well as building its popular Facebook app for smartphones like the BlackBerry from Research in Motion and the iPhone from Apple–that are spurring huge market share growth in the arena by Facebook. And there are more deals to come, with cellphone makers like Palm and Motorola, as the smartphone market keeps heating up. Too bad for fast-growing Facebook and others that there’s no money to be made yet.