９月１日の発表で iPod Classic が消える？

Whither the iPod Classic? | Daring Fireball

〈アップルは来週の発表でハードドライブベースの iPod Classic を退役させるのではないかと Dan Frommer が書いている。そうなっても驚かない。しかしそうならない方に賭ける。iPod Classic は Mac Pro に似ている。アップルのマスマーケット製品と違って大量には売れないかもしれないが、アップルにとって利幅の大きい、大切なニッチマーケットだ。160 GB の音楽をポケットに入れて持ち運びたいと思うひとだって実際いるのだから・・・〉

Dan Frommer wonders whether Apple is set to eliminate the hard-drive based iPod Classic next week. I wouldn’t be shocked if they did, but I bet they won’t. The iPod Classic is like the Mac Pro — not something that sells in huge numbers compared to Apple’s mass market products, but it fills a lucrative and important niche. Some people really do want 160 GB of music in their pocket.

Will Apple Finally Retire The iPod Classic Next Week? | Silicon Alley Insider

こんな写真まで・・・

Joshua Topolsky:

Just got an email from someone trying to sell a photo of Steve Jobs while he was in Memphis for medical treatment. Stay classy internet!

John Gruber:

How Long Until These Pictures Show Up on Gizmodo?

アップルはデザインのインスピレーションをどこから得ているか

Where Does Apple Draw Its Design Inspiration? Meet Dieter Rams. | Kevin Rose blogg

〈Dieter Rams か・・・〉

ワンランク上の射出成形技術

World’s Most Advanced Machinery Was Reason For Apple’s Liquidmetal Deal, Expert Says | Cult of Mac

〈材質だけでなく製造技術も次のレベルへ・・・〉

アカウントなしでもオンライン Photoshop が使える

Adobe updates Web-based Photoshop, no longer demands membership | Betanews

Firstly, a Photoshop.com account is no longer needed to use Photoshop Express Editor. Users can simply navigate to the Web app, upload photos directly from their local drive, edit and change the photos, and then save them back on their local storage. Previously, an account was necessary, and photos were uploaded to online storage first before they were edited. This is still an option, as Photoshop.com members can still store and share photos online as well as create albums, but it’s no longer the only way to use the Editor.

電子書籍の ABC

A Look at the Reading Habits of E-Reader Owners | WSJ.com

〈読書習慣が変わる〉

“Everything is about getting the device to disappear so that you can enter the author’s world,” he said in a recent interview. “A nightmare scenario for me would be if this device would ever beep at me while I’m reading.”

グーグル、買収の軌跡

Google’s Nine Year Shopping Spree, Illustrated | TechCrunch

〈買収も独創性の一部か・・・〉

[...] this is pretty much a comprehensive record of the search giant’s ploy for world domination, or whatever they’re calling it these days.

Tracking Google’s Acquisitions | scores.org

Android アプリでもちゃんと稼げる

Android Revenue – Advanced Task Manager | Arron La

I wrote this to highlight how Android is a viable revenue stream after reading countless stories that it is not. Things will improve moving forward and will be a good competitor to iOS.

最新の Android フォンには最新のファームウェアを使ってほしい

［Sam Spratt］

Please Stop Making New Phones With Old Firmware | Gizmodo

〈アンドロイドのフラグメンテーション〉

It’s a rough landscape for cellphone shoppers, who’ve faced four major releases with four different firmwares in just the last couple of months: Droid X launched with Android 2.1, Droid 2 followed with Froyo, while Dell Streak had Android 1.6 along for the ride. And today, Aero.

So here’s the plan. Hardware manufacturers, once a new firmware is released, stop churning out old phones and get what’s already on the market updated asap. Stop putting crazy skins on top of Android that do more harm than good and slow the update process. And—especially when an Android update has been in the open for a few months already already—take the time to incorporate the latest and greatest firmware onto your handsets so that your customers know exactly what they’re getting. It’s time to get serious about hardware/software synchronicity.

ジョブズがあなたをスパイする

Steve Jobs Is Watching You: Apple Seeking to Patent Spyware | Electronic Frontier Foundation

It looks like Apple, Inc., is exploring a new business opportunity: spyware and what we’re calling “traitorware.” While users were celebrating the new jailbreaking and unlocking exemptions, Apple was quietly preparing to apply for a patent on technology that, among other things, would allow Apple to identify and punish users who take advantage of those exemptions or otherwise tinker with their devices. This patent application does nothing short of providing a roadmap for how Apple can — and presumably will — spy on its customers and control the way its customers use Apple products. As Sony-BMG learned, spying on your customers is bad for business. And the kind of spying enabled here is especially creepy — it’s not just spyware, it’s “traitorware,” since it is designed to allow Apple to retaliate against you if you do something Apple doesn’t like.

EFF slams Apple patent as traitorware: Jobs is spying on you? | Computerworld Blogs