Dave Greenbaum in The Apple Blog: One of the first disappointments a brand new iPad owner often faces is the fact they can’t use their magic new toy right out of the box. New iPad users turn on their device and what greets their eyes? An iTunes activation screen; the same screen iPod touch and … Read More »

Diana Bass gets the quotes from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer popping off about Apple’s iPad success and what the Windows maker plans to do about it. Ballmer in Business Week: Today, one of the top issues on my mind is ‘hey there’s a category we have had Windows on for a long time and Apple’s … Read More »

MG Siegler in TechCrunch on the upcoming media hysteria over yet another iPhone killer; this one a BlackBerry. The problem with the term “iPhone killer” is that it has lost all meaning. Crying it has become the modern day equivalent of crying “wolf.” The G1 was an iPhone killer. The BlackBerry Storm was an iPhone … Read More »

John Paczkowski in All Things Digital on an Android Market app that steals data from smart phones and sends it to China. Here’s a timely rebuttal to those who argue the merits of an “open” app store versus one that’s “closed”: Security firm Lookout says that an Android app called Jackeey Wallpaper has been harvesting … Read More »

Fred Vogelstein in Wired on the Apple vs. Google, iPhone vs. Android battle. The numbers are wrong. The comparison between Android and the iPhone is meaningless. The true comparison is between Android and iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system. Android’s activation numbers are not device dependent. Apple’s shouldn’t be either.  If we are going to truly … Read More »

Eliot Van Buskirk on a survey which states the obvious. From Wired: Consumer research firm MyType conducted the study, in which opinions of 20,000 people were analyzed between March and May. The firm’s conclusion was that iPad owners tend to be wealthy, sophisticated, highly educated and disproportionately interested in business and finance, while they scored … Read More »

Along with an update of Safari to version 5.0.1, Apple introduced the long-awaited Safari Extensions Gallery with a few dozen certified extensions. Extensions are a great way for you to add new features to Safari 5.0.1. Built by developers, Safari Extensions use the latest HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript web technologies. And they’re digitally signed and … Read More »