First, the company failed to recognize that the iPhone could hurt it. Then it overlooked the threat of low-cost competitors in Asia. Finally, and most recently, executives threw the company’s little remaining energy into a new line of high-end smartphones that failed to resonate with consumers, having arrived far too late with too little to offer.
It’s always fun to read how seemingly simple things turn out difficult to create. It’s also interesting to know the sound wasn’t originally intended for the iPhone at all.
And now, it’s everywhere.
via Macstories
Since Google Reader shut down, I’ve used Feedbin as my reader of choice. Reeder for iPhone supports it and so does Mr. Reader for iPad. The web interface recently got an update and one of the more interesting features is the support for URL sharing.
By going to Github and entering the URL scheme for your favorite social sharing service, you can customize how you share. I mostly use Buffer to schedule my posts but if I want to share directly, I can – if native Mac or iOS apps support URL callbacks, you can use them, too.
Steven Aquino, who is fluent in ASL, translated Apple’s latest “Facetime Every Day” ads which were recently released. Here’s his first translation. Here’s the second which Apple produced in 2010.
Apple sweats the details… and depicting a real conversation using ASL shows that.
I don’t think I’ve ever had sour beer before but I’m going to try it soon.
via Those Who Make