Talkcast tonight 10pm ET: Reviewing the year that was
It’s time again for the TUAW Talkcast! We’ll be live on our usual TalkShoe meeting place, podcast fates and bandwidth permitting, starting at 10 pm Eastern time.
Given the calendar…
Haifa may host Apple innovation center
The Israeli business publication Calcalist reported this week that Apple plans to site an innovation center (translation, original here) in the northern Israel city of Haifa, close…
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Brooklyn filmmaker working on app to help prevent sexual assault
When it comes to creating innovative apps to address municipal, environmental or social issues, the answer increasingly comes down to crowdsourcing. The public problem-solving site …
Van Gundy recalled something he once heard from Daryl Morey, the Rockets’ general manager who thought he was getting Pau Gasol from the Lakers in the killed three-team trade. “He said every organization needs a vice president of common sense, and right now that’s exactly what the NBA needs. A vice president of common sense who looks at some of these decisions and says, `You know what, we’re better than this. We’re all making a ton of money anyway. If it’s a little less than a ton, that’s OK. But let’s make sure when we come back, we got the right product,’” Van Gundy said. “I mean, the lockout didn’t even help these teams. It wasn’t anything about competitive balance.
Apple accessory developer conference pushes AirPlay, Bluetooth
Last week, Japanese blog Macotakara reported that Apple hosted its “Made For iPhone” (MFI) technology summit in Shenzen, China (translated version). The conference last week, including…
A grand opening for the Apple Store at Grand Central Terminal
Early this morning, while thousands of NYC commuters trudged by, mostly unaware and uninterested, a modest band (about 100 at 8 am) of diehard Apple fans congregated in a long…
