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52: Stuff

Eric Schwarz & Matt Bloomingdale — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:27 +0000

Eric & Matt discuss iOS maps, Matt’s email rules, T-Mobile and the iPhone, the network TV up-fronts, and much more… Links Mentioned iOS 6 to Drop Google Maps Before You Email Me T-Mobile: 4G faster than 4S Well, Dermal Implants Is One Way To Wear An iWatch Siri says Nokia Lumia 900 the best smartphone [...]

How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet

Eric Schwarz — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:41:03 +0000

Great, but sad article by Mat Honan for Gizmodo about Yahoo completely missing the point of Flickr, ruining it and everything else. It’s a shame, since I always thought Flickr was pretty cool. The fact there has never been a Yahoo-made iPad app (the is an iPhone one) for it speaks volumes.

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ESPN Radio: What’s a Few More Bucks?

Eric Schwarz — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:29:51 +0000

I’m a fan of ESPN Radio, and its app, previously $2.99, was an iPhone-only app that wasn’t the prettiest, but featured access to the live stream, podcasts, and entire shows. The new app (4.0), which comes down the line as an update for existing users, is now universal (hooray) and has been redesigned. Streaming now [...]

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Uniea Rebelution Skidboard

Eric Schwarz — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:21 +0000

The funny thing about the new iPad is that it is compatible with only certain iPad 2 cases, giving early adopters both a mix of existing options, and the opportunity for third-parties to create all-new cases. Uniea's Rebelution Skidboard may have a funny name, but it's one of the earliest folio-meets-hard-shell cases for the Apple’s newest iPad...

Time Warner Cable CEO Unfamiliar with AirPlay

Eric Schwarz — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:56:56 +0000

Sad, a bit embarrassing, and unsurprising: Glenn A. Britt, the company’s chief executive, said in a group interview on Friday that the challenge for digital video was that there was no simple way to get Internet-based video onto the television screen. He wasn’t familiar with AirPlay. “I’m not sure I know what AirPlay is,” he [...]

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Apple and Product Placement

Eric Schwarz — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:53:26 +0000

Peter Burrows and Andy Fixmer have a really interesting article for Businessweek about Apple’s involvement with product placement and the media, along with quite a bit of historical context (via Daring Fireball): …HP gets lots of free product placement, but usually in scenes where filmmakers want the setting to feel, well, typical. “If the studio [...]

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