ケータイ各社の度肝を抜いた iMessage

iMessage | Daring Fireball

It also means iPhone users with iPhone-using friends and family no longer need SMS. I’ll cancel my SMS plan as soon as this ships.

(A well-informed little birdie tells me that Apple’s phone carrier partners around the world found out about iMessages when we did: during today’s keynote.)

iMessage Brings Texting to iPod Touch and iPad Users | MacRumors

If it sounds like BBM, RIM’s BlackBerry Messaging service, that’s because, well, it sounds a lot like BBM actually — and increases device lock-in as well.

SURPRISE! Carriers Didn’t Know iMessage Was Coming Until Today’s Keynote | Silicon Alley Insider

iMessage: Biting RIM’s style and sticking it to network operators | GigaOM

ケータイ各社の度肝を抜いたアップル！　携帯電話キャリアに縛られない新サービス「iMessage」は寝耳に水の大反響… | ギズモード・ジャパン

初めて公開された iDataCenter 内部

Steve Jobs Provides A Look Inside the iDataCenter | Data Center Knowledge

What Datacenter Equipment Is Apple Using? | Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat

アップルのアップグレードの影響を直接蒙るデベロッパ

@Dustin Curtis: Apple just pissed off: Dr ... | Twitter

Which Apps Are Threatened by Apple’s Upgrades? | NYTimes.com

What Safari’s Reading List means for Instapaper | Marco.org

iOS 5 のマジックのような新機能！

［Exclusive Preview on iOS 5 | YouTube］

If Only iOS Could Do Even Half of These Magical Things | Gizmodo

iCloud は信じられない変貌を遂げる

My guesses on the huge changes Apple will unveil at WWDC | fox @ fury

‘iCloud’ could mean anything, but given the complete failure of MobileMe over the last decade there’s no way Apple would introduce it on such a pedestal unless it’s incredible. My guess is that iCloud is to MobileMe as iPhone was to Newton: a complete, deep, polished solution after an underwhelming market failure.

・Seamless remote access to any data kept in your Documents folder, and synchronization across machines

 ・iOS runtime within Mac OS to allow iPhone apps to run as Dashboard widgets and iPad apps as first-class desktop apps.

 ・The only new devices announced at WWDC will be updates to facilitate the new software functionality. Some have speculated on new Airport base stations built around iOS to make VPN easy and mainstream. This seems very likely. It will be important to have one device that is always on and available, and Airport is a sensical bet.

At its core, Apple will use Lion and iOS 5 to make the shift from building computers that access the Internet to building a global computing service that lets people use any number of physical devices to access it.

At least, I hope so.

Ex-Apple Designer Predicts “Huge Changes” From iCloud at WWDC | Cult of Mac
〈元アップルデザイナーが大変化を予想〉

iOS 5 に大きな変化？ 例えばシステムレベルで Twitter をサポートする？

Twitter Photo Storage and Account Integration in iOS 5 | Daring Fireball

MG Siegler on Twitter’s imminent but as-yet-unannounced photo-hosting service:

So close to the bigger story, but yet so far. Imagine what else the system could provide if your Twitter account was a system-level service.

Twitter Getting Photos In Order Ahead Of iOS 5 Integration | TechCrunch

We’ve heard from multiple sources that Twitter is likely to have a big-time partner for such a service: Apple. Specifically, we’re hearing that Apple’s new iOS 5 will come with an option to share images to Twitter baked into the OS. This would be similar to the way you can currently share videos on YouTube with one click in iOS. Obviously, a user would have to enable this feature by logging in with their Twitter credentials in iOS. There would then be a “Send to Twitter” option for pictures stored on your device.

@Robert Scoble: Next week will be a huge w … | Twitter

Next week will be a huge week for those of us who have lived on Twitter for last few years. Apple is building Twitter in deeply into iOS 5.

‘Huge’ | Daring Fireball

Robert Scoble, on Twitter:

Asked then whether he knows something or is just going on published rumors, he says he knows something.

search+photos | Twitter Blog:

Twitter: picture what’s happening now | YouTube

Airport/Time Capsule がアップデートされる？ iOS デバイスへの影響は？

New Airport Extreme and Time Capsule? | Daring Fireball

There might be something to this.

What if this is a way for iOS devices to do software updates without being tethered to a Mac or PC — including device backups, synced when the device is charging?

More on Apple’s Airport/Time Capsule and a possible refresh | 9 to 5 Mac

Our sources noted that Airport Express has been plentiful but supplies of TimeCapsule and Airport Extreme have been tightening globally the way products usually do before a refresh.

What we do know is that Apple has been internally testing Time Capsules to cache Software Updates for both Mac and iOS devices. The way we’ve heard it works is that the new Time Capsule learns which devices connect to it via Wifi. It then goes out to Apple’s servers and downloads Software Updates for those products.

iOS-powered Time Capsule update could cache updates, sync with iCloud | Ars Technica

iPad に母艦は必要か | maclalala2

Windows 8 には根本的欠陥があるので iPad に対抗できない

［Building “Windows 8″ – Video #1 | YouTube］

Why Windows 8 Is Fundamentally Flawed as a Response to the iPad | Daring Fireball

But I think it’s a fundamentally flawed idea for Microsoft to build their next-generation OS and interface on top of the existing Windows. The idea is that you get the new stuff right alongside Windows as we know it. Microsoft is obviously trying to learn from Apple, but they clearly don’t understand why the iPad runs iOS, and not Mac OS X.

Microsoft’s demo video shows Excel — the full version of Excel for Windows — running alongside new touch-based apps. They can make buttons more “touch friendly” all they want, but they’ll never make Excel for Windows feel right on a touchscreen UI. Consider the differences between the iWork apps for the Mac and iPad. The iPad versions aren’t “touch friendly” versions of the Mac apps — they’re entirely new beasts designed and programmed from the ground up for the touchscreen and for the different rules and tradeoffs of the iOS interface (no explicit saving, no file system, ready to quit at a moment’s notice, no processing in the background, etc.).

Apple’s radical notion is that touchscreen personal computers should make severely different tradeoffs than traditional computers — and that you can’t design one system that does it all. Windows 8 is trying to have it all, and I don’t think that can be done. You can’t make something conceptually lightweight if it’s carrying 25 years of Windows baggage.

Previewing ‘Windows 8’ | Microsoft.com

Exclusive: Making Sense of Our First Look at Windows 8 | AllThingsD

Steven Sinofsky Talks Windows 8 and More at D9 (Video) | AllThingsD

Why Windows 8 fails to learn the iPad’s lessons | Macworld

The iPad, like the iPhone, was a success because it did not attempt in any way to replicate the desktop PC experience in the way that Windows tablets (and Windows Mobile) did. Apple used the underpinnings of OS X to form the basis of iOS, but at no point in iOS do you see anything that could be remotely mistaken for a Mac. On Windows 8, in contrast, Sinofsky says that there’s no way to kill the Windows desktop: “It’s always there.”

Beyond the basic device experience, imagine if Mac developers didn’t need to do any work to get their apps to run on the iPad. Many of them wouldn’t have bothered. The rest certainly wouldn’t have rushed.

Ice Water Enthusiast | Daring Fireball

Gruber, ice water, hell, and Windows 8 | The Loop

Here’s a lesson for people that want to write for a living or even for a hobby — if you are going to quote somebody to make your point, make sure they actually said what you claim they do. Time Techland’s Jared Newman made the mistake of wrongly quoting Daring Fireball’s John Gruber and Macworld’s Jason Snell in a recent article and Gruber sets the record straight. [...]

It’s just a classic article. A must read.

IAEA の専門家はどんな報告をしたか

IAEA Expert Mission to Japan: Preliminary Summary | IAEA
ＩＡＥＡ調査団暫定的要旨（仮訳） | 外務省
〈IAEA 調査団報告書の全文〉

The results of this mission will be reported to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety at IAEA headquarters in Vienna from 20-24 June 2011. This is a preliminary summary report to provide immediate feedback to the Government of Japan.

調査の結果は，２０１１年６月２０日から２４日までウィーンのＩＡＥＡ本部で行われる原子力安全に関するＩＡＥＡ閣僚会議に報告される。本稿は，日本政府に対し直ちに結果を伝えるための暫定的な要旨である。［外務省仮訳］

• The Japanese Government, nuclear regulators and operators have been extremely open in sharing information and answering the many questions of the mission to assist the world in learning lessons to improve nuclear safety.

・日本政府，原子力規制当局及び事業者は，世界が原子力安全を改善する上での教訓を学ぶことを支援すべく，調査団との情報共有及び調査団からの多数の質問への回答において非常に開かれた対応をとった。［外務省仮訳］

• The response on the site by dedicated, determined and expert staff, under extremely arduous conditions has been exemplary and resulted in the best approach to securing safety given the exceptional circumstances. This has been greatly assisted by highly professional back-up support, especially the arrangements at J-Village to secure the protection of workers going on sites.

・非常に困難な状況下において，サイトの運転員による非常に献身的で強い決意を持つ専門的対応は模範的であり，非常事態を考慮すれば，結果的に安全を確保する上で最善のアプローチとなった。 これは，非常に高度な専門的な後方支援，就中，サイトで活動している作業員の安全を確保するためのＪビレッジにおける対応が大きな助けとなっている。［外務省仮訳］

• The Japanese Government’s longer term response to protect the public, including evacuation, has been impressive and extremely well organized. A suitable and timely follow-up programme on public and worker exposures and health monitoring would be beneficial.

・避難を含め，公衆を保護するための日本政府の長期的な対応は見事であり、非常に良く組織されている。公衆及び作業員の被ばくに関する適切且つ時宜を得たフォローアップ計画及び健康モニタリングは有益であろう。［外務省仮訳］

• The tsunami hazard for several sites was underestimated. Nuclear designers and operators should appropriately evaluate and provide protection against the risks of all natural hazards, and should periodically update these assessments and assessment methodologies in light of new information, experience and understanding.

・いくつかのサイトにおける津波というハザードは過小評価されていた。原子力発電所の設計者及び運転者は、すべての自然のハザードの危険性を適切に評価し、これに対する防護措置を講ずるべきであり、新たな情報、経験や理解を踏まえて危険性についての評価及び評価手法を定期的に更新すべきである。［外務省仮訳］

International Fact-Finding Mission Updates | IAEA

ＩＡＥＡ 問題点の詳細分析へ | NHKニュース

ＩＡＥＡ報告案　組織の「限界」が露呈した［社説］ | 新潟日報社
〈「言ってみれば、ＩＡＥＡも世界における「原子力ムラ」の住人である。」〉

6月1日 IAEAの本当の意図 小出裕章 (MBS) | 小出裕章 (京大助教) 非公式まとめ

Lodsys がアップルに反論：アプリ開発者はあくまで売り上げの一部をライセンス料として払え

［パテント・トロール］

Apple’s License Claim Disputed | Lodsys, LLC

We stand firm and restate our previous position that it is the 3rd party Developers that are responsible for the infringement of Lodsys’ patents and they are responsible for securing the rights for their applications. Developers relying on Apple’s letter do so to their own detriment and are strongly urged to review Apple’s own developer agreements to determine the true extent of Apple’s responsibilities to them.

「われわれは以前、Lodsysの特許を侵害しているのはサードパーティーの開発者たちであり、彼らは自らのアプリケーションの権利を確保する責任があるという立場を示したが、今でもその考えは変わっていない。Appleの書簡を頼りにしている開発者も損害を被ることになる。そうした開発者には、Apple自身の開発者契約を精査して、Appleの開発者に対する責任の範囲が実際にどの程度なのか確かめることを強く求める」［CNET Japan 訳］

Lodsys sues 7 app developers in Eastern Texas, disagrees with Apple; Android also targeted | FOSS Patents

For the app developers who have been sued, this is now a very critical situation. As I explained in my Lodsys FAQ, patent litigation in the United States is extremely costly. The most important thing for those app developers is to clarify with Apple — and to the extent that Android apps are involved, with Google — whether they will be held harmless and receive blanket coverage including possible damage awards.

In this section of my Lodsys FAQ I already explained that in my view Lodsys had a Plan A and a Plan B from the outset: preferably Lodsys would like Apple and (with respect to Android) Google to pay up to address the problem, but failing that, Lodsys was (as no one can doubt today) fully prepared to take action against little app developers.

Lodsys Responds to Apple, Files Lawsuits Against App Developers, Promises $1000 If Wrong | Mac Rumors

Lodsys、アプリ内課金の特許侵害を改めて主張–アップルに反論 | CNET Japan

パテント・トロールに腰を上げたアップル | maclalala2