Apple Will Let You Get Credit Card-less iTunes Account, if You Pick The Right Doorway
I don’t blame Apple for wanting customers who can impulse buy. But, at the same time, there are a lot of parents, consumers, and less well off people that don’t even want to have that option for the intended user. They want an iTunes Account that doesn’t have purchasing strings attached. Now, there was a [...]
Mac OS X 10.5.7: So New, We’re Requiring It Before Its Release
Looks like Apple made a rare goof-up and is requiring 10.5.7 (Juno)… before it even ships. Try to download and install the latest update to X11. You’ll get a weird surprise.
Yesterday’s Derailment Brought to You By: Apple SuperDrive
You may have noticed not as much got done today as I said would happen. After a bunch of crud in the morning, I decided to burn a disc in my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008). To my chagrin, yet another coaster had been produced. I was keeping a stack of the coasters that this [...]
UPS, FedEx: Signature Required Means Signature Required
Twice this week I’ve had packages left at my doorstep (while I was at CTIA). Both required my explicit signature to be delivered anywhere. One was confidential software, from a company. Let’s call them Mapple. The other was expensive electronics, from a company. Let’s call them BRIM/BlueBerry. My point to this is not to brag [...]
What to Do when You Know You Have the Next Big Thing
This is an exciting time for me personally. Moving to Silicon Valley, assembling pitches for investors… actually doing some programming (oh snap, Chris can code!), and assembling all the business building blocks to make sure things keep going. In short, I’m busy. But, the most exciting thing, is knowing that you have The Next Big [...]
Sneak Peek at New Jobs
We don’t yet have the publishing side of things finished, but the MechaWorks Jobs site is almost done with an overhaul. The jobs we need most right now (software development positions) are now up. Run, don’t walk (but please, don’t forget to read the instructions).
Day 5 of AT&T U-Verse FUD: It’s Finally Over
As of 6 PM today, my U-Verse connection is working properly. Finally. This morning, maintenance techs came out and replaced that line with a “little crosstalk” which “couldn’t have been the issue.” Only, their tune changed when a bunch of water came pouring out of the line… That didn’t completely fix the issue though, so [...]
The Move to Silicon Valley
Back in June, I decided that it would be best to stay in the Sacramento area, as a means to weather the economic storm. And, that has worked, up to now. I should insert the common Geico-inspired “I just saved a bunch of money by not living in the Bay Area…” remark here. However, we’re [...]
CES Press-or-Blogger Badge Mess, Is Indeed a Mess
This year, CES decided to issue some people blogger badges, and some people press badges. I guess since this is my first year directly covering CES, they didn’t see me on the list, and churned out a blogger badge. As you may know, I’ve long resisted referring to PhoneNews.com as a blog. For one, the [...]
Liveblogging Intel IDF Keynote
I don’t expect any major announcements at the keynote, but I’m in the front row… HD camcorder on and ready. If anything happens, I’ll post in this article. 8:25: The keynote is underway, but I wanted to point out that we’ll be posting it in full 720p HD on PhoneNews.com, hopefully tonight. This is something [...]
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