Windows Phone Crisis: how Dell can make things even worse for WP7
Daniel Eran Dilger
Microsoft is spending big money promoting Windows Phone 7, but it takes more than an ad budget to prod consumers into buying a sophisticated product. Just ask Vista, or Zune, or Bing, or KIN. On the other hand, its partner Dell is doing something even more terrible to WP7: blindly adopting it wholesale. Oh the humanity.
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November 5, 2010 53 Comments
Why the Mac App Store is such a priority for Apple
Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple not only announced plans to open a Mac version of its App Store, but slated an aggressive target to begin selling titles within three months. Here’s why it’s so important to the company.
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November 1, 2010 48 Comments
Are Java and Flash doomed on the Mac?
Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple left Sun’s Java and Adobe’s Flash off the iPhone in 2007, resulting in a death-stroke for both in the mobile arena as the iOS attained its influential position. Will the same happen on the Mac?
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October 25, 2010 67 Comments
Podcast: Apple’s “Back the the Mac” OS X Lion Sneak Peak and MacBook Air

Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about Mac OS X Lion following the “Back the the Mac” event.
You can tune into the live broadcast stream Saturday nights from 7:00 to 10:00 PM Pacific, 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM Eastern, at http://www.technightowl.com/radio/. An archive of the show is available for downloading and listening at your convenience within four hours after the original broadcast.
This latest episode is now available at NOW PLAYING! October 23, 2010 — Daniel Eran Dilger, Adam Engst, and Ross Rubin
The Tech Night Owl LIVE is also broadcast on many local radio stations via the GCN network.
You can also access our show’s Podcast feed, now available at: http://www.technightowl.com/nightowl.xml.
October 23, 2010 5 Comments
Joe Wilcox: Here’s the answer to your jackass question about Steve Jobs
Daniel Eran Dilger
Dear Joe Wilcox, I can’t help but notice that you failed to understand why Steve Jobs directed comments toward Apple’s two closest competitors, RIM and Android, during his company’s conference call with analysts.
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October 19, 2010 43 Comments
Anticipating Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Daniel Eran Dilger
As Apple prepares to release its current quarterly earnings, a second announcement this week will present the company’s future related to the Mac platform. Here’s what’s likely to be unveiled.
October 19, 2010 42 Comments
Media kit for reporting on Steve Jobs & Apple: Understanding & Spinning Rants
Daniel Eran Dilger
This media kit is being made available to keep your staff writers on message when reporting on Apple Inc, as opposed to every other tech company. Please do not stray from these guidelines, or Apple’s competitors might be induced to actually fight to contest in a competitive market, rather than being lulled into complacency while making meaninglessly trite responses.
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October 19, 2010 22 Comments
Podcast: Mac OS X Lion, Windows Phone 7

Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about Mac OS X Lion, new Macs, Windows Phone 7, and more.
The current episode can be found here: NOW PLAYING! October 16, 2010 — Daniel Eran Dilger, Edgar Matias, and Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus
You can tune into the live broadcast stream Saturday nights from 7:00 to 10:00 PM Pacific, 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM Eastern, at http://www.technightowl.com/radio/. An archive of the show is available for downloading and listening at your convenience within four hours after the original broadcast.
The Tech Night Owl LIVE is also broadcast on many local radio stations via the GCN network.
You can also access our show’s Podcast feed, now available at: http://www.technightowl.com/nightowl.xml.
October 18, 2010 1 Comment
Android threats from Verizon iPhone, Windows Phone 7
Daniel Eran Dilger
Enthusiastic backers of Google’s Android project are excited to see a increasing market share for the platform, but the figures seem neither sustainable nor relevant as two new competitors enter the smartphone marketplace.
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October 12, 2010 80 Comments
Will Microsoft Buy Adobe to rival Apple?
Daniel Eran Dilger
Hello readers, sorry for the long hiatus. I hit pause to enjoy life a bit. But now I’m digesting a story that is causing me to gag: that Microsoft and Adobe are going to battle Apple together in 2010 by resurrecting the 1990s.
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October 8, 2010 80 Comments
Will Apple TV get FaceTime, too?
Daniel Eran Dilger
Everybody is talking about the expected new release of Apple TV 4.0, running iOS apps, streaming shows, and perhaps sporting a new iTV name. But the most interesting new potential of the device isn’t even being mentioned: FaceTime.
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August 27, 2010 59 Comments
How Oracle might kill Google’s Android and software patents all at once
Daniel Eran Dilger
Another major war is exploding in the tech world, but alliances have shifted in interesting enough ways to ensure that this will be one of the most fascinating events ever to hit the technology world.
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August 14, 2010 81 Comments
Major developer turns attention to Google’s Android
Daniel Eran Dilger
After a couple years of collecting little more than hobbyist shareware supported primarily by ads rather than commercially viable software, Google’s Android platform is finally engaging the interest of a major developer. Unfortunately, it’s not the kind of interest Google wants.
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August 13, 2010 39 Comments
Podcast: Android security, iPhone jailbreaking and app sideloading

Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about Android security, iPhone jailbreaking and app sideloading, and more.
You can tune into the live broadcast stream Thursday nights from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Pacific, 9:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern, at http://www.technightowl.com/radio/. An archive of the show will be available for downloading and listening at your convenience within four hours after the original broadcast.
You can also access the show’s Podcast feed, now available at: http://www.technightowl.com/nightowl.xml. Gene Steinberg’s Tech Night Owl LIVE program is now being syndicated on the GCN radio network.
Listen live, pull up earlier podcast episodes via iTunes, and subscribe to the Tech Night Owl RSS feed at:
August 6, 2010 9 Comments
Podcast: Antennagate

Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about WWDC and iPhone 4.
You can tune into the live broadcast stream Thursday nights from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Pacific, 9:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern, at http://www.technightowl.com/radio/. An archive of the show will be available for downloading and listening at your convenience within four hours after the original broadcast.
NOW PLAYING! July 17, 2010 — Daniel Eran Dilger, John Martellaro and Robb Moore
You can also access the show’s Podcast feed, now available at: http://www.technightowl.com/nightowl.xml. Gene Steinberg’s Tech Night Owl LIVE program is now being syndicated on the GCN radio network.
Listen live, pull up earlier podcast episodes via iTunes, and subscribe to the Tech Night Owl RSS feed at:
July 17, 2010 20 Comments
