TheMacAdvocate

There’s a few different profiles for Windoz apologists, but one common trait in their writing that’s hilariously easy to spot is what I like to call the “yes, but”. “Apple product x is great, but there’s a few things that make this similar product running Windows CE better for you” Mike Elgan is a veteran [...]

There’s a million reasons, really: enhancements to your computing experience and bullshit you don’t have to put up with. One of the biggest checks in the latter column is Conflicker. From theatlantic.com, an awesome article on the most prolific and tenacious Windows worm ever created. Despite the efforts of some of the world’s smartest coders, [...]

So Adobe spent some bucks to bring its complaints about Apple’s no-Flash policy to the masses. All the big tech sites such as Ars and Engadget have been running it and the Times has a full-page ad devoted to it. I have invested a slightly more modest sum, and limited myself to a single channel, [...]

I’m enjoying v.2 of the iPhone gold rush as much as the next guy, but some of you developers are a bit too enthusiastic. The following are not good candidates for iPad apps: Specialty calculators: “Hey, how much should we tip this waiter?” “Lemme whip out my 9.7 inches and find out” Magazines at $5 [...]

Adobe must not respect the anti-trust regulators in this country. According to the New York Post, the same company that bragged of their proprietary multimedia platform: “over 85% of the top web sites contain(ing) Flash content and Flash is running on over 98% of computers on the Web” is crying to federal regulators about Apple’s [...]

It took the original iPhone and the Droid 74 days. It took the iPhone 3G 3 days and the 3G(s) a weekend. The Nexus One hasn’t even seen it yet. It’s the magic number of one million. According to Apple, the iPad has gotten there in just shy of a month. There’s a couple reasons [...]

I’d like to join the rest of the tech community in wishing Jason Chen of Gizmodo a safe trip. Prior to your departure, I’d recommend you familiarize yourself with the language and local customs of your destination. The first 2 seasons of “Oz” would be a good start. I’m glad to see you already displaying [...]

1. That it allows free app developers to make money, which allows free apps to have richer content. 2. …that’s all I got. No smart person can argue against “paying” for a free app through advertising – even for the worst quality app. I agree with people having to pay for an app with either with [...]

Lets take a look at some of the wisdom injected into Mr. Thurrott’s impressions: “The power plug is the bigger, uglier old-style plug, not the new small, square one you get with iPhone. It’s because the iPad draws more charge. For that 10+ hour battery. Dickhead. The box it comes in is oddly thick, given [...]

I’m usually not in line for 1st gen Apple products. It’s not that I don’t think they’ll be great; it’s that after having the desktop, laptop, smartphone and set top box categories covered, I just don’t feel the need to line up for products that don’t fill an obvious void. I came around on the [...]