Search Results for: WWDC

By Kelly Faircloth 6/12/12 7:00am

Booting Up: While You Were Out at WWDC Edition

Apple went all-in on Steve Jobs’ vision of a PC-less future at WWDC, says Steven Levy. [Wired]

Speaking of Mr. Jobs, in 1987 he applied for security clearance and had to admit that yes, okay, there was a chance someone one day might try to blackmail him. [Threat Level]

Meanwhile, you might want to make sure LulzSec hasn’t jacked your Twitter password. And that is why you reel in those third-party authorizations. [PC Mag]

Here, for the love of God, we’ll even be a little servicey and direct you to directions for better passwords. [Information Week]

Feeling a little… targeted? Perhaps it’s because Microsoft and Yahoo are offering politicians the ability to sell highly customized ads. Will this election ever end?[ProPublica]

When we were freshmen, all we got were dorky lanyards. Now the incoming class at Seton Hall University gets Lumia 900s. [Engadget]

It’s not a cyber cold war until the wild-eyed conspiracy theorists show up. [MSNBC]

By Kelly Faircloth 4/01 1:01pm

Apple in Your Eye

Tim Cook Is Very Sorry Apple Angered the State-Run Media of China

It seems Apple’s implacable customer service department finally met its match, in the form of China’s state-run media. Read More

By Spencer Chen 11/27/12 4:00pm

RAAAAAAAANDI!

Start-Ups Silicon Valley: In Which Our Recapper Inadvertently Makes His Bravo Debut

Dear 20 or so religious recap followers,

You probably noticed that I took last week’s episode off. I could give you a list of reasons: it was really busy at work, I was trying to wind down for Thanksgiving, and catching the West Coast feed starting at 10 p.m. Pacific is a bitch. But ultimately, I just didn’t feel like watching it. The first two episodes left me narcoleptic and an unopened Xbox game seemed like more fun.

But Nitasha, Betabeat’s editor, convinced me to give it one last try. Well, I’m glad I did. I managed to stay awake for the entire episode! And it was definitely the most authentic of the season. It may have helped that I was getting texts from Gabe Rivera, founder of the famous tech news aggregator Techmeme, that my startup and I made an appearance in this week’s show. (Gabe was in NYC at the time and claims that he was just “flipping” through the channels). My favorite subject was going to be on . . . me! Read More

By Steve Huff 6/09/12 9:07pm

Planet Reddit

Michael Ian Black. Not actually a Furry. (Getty Images)

Michael Ian Black Does a Reddit IAmA, Fares Better Than Woody Harrelson

Reddit’s “IAmA” question-and-answer sessions can be thorny territory for celebrities brave enough to wade into the seething, snarking masses. Redditors who catch the scent of bald PR stunts can rhetorically (and gleefully) crap on promotions-friendly scripts and set them on fire. Comedian, author and Expedia.com naked traveler Michael Ian Black has just braved the wilds of the web’s premiere link aggregator and as far as we can tell, survived.

Reflecting on Woody Harrelson’s no-good, very bad Reddit experience a few months ago, Betabeat asked Mr. Black to comment on the session. Read More

By Nitasha Tiku 6/07/12 6:18pm

Apple in Your Eye

Website Claims Apple Developers Are Trying to Form a Union

If a labor organization forms and only reporters follow it, is it for real? Earlier today, SiliconBeat reported on a new website called App Developer Union ostensibly launched to organize iOS developers burned by Apple’s policies–just days before this year’s WWDC. The site also has an accompanying Twitter (@AppDevUnion) and an attendant hashtag (#appdevunion). But so far, its only followers are four tech reporters, including us, and a men’s lifestyle blog.

As SiliconBeat noted, the domain’s registration information on WhoIs is listed as private. Of course, that doesn’t mean that their grievances don’t ring true. It’s quite possible that interested developers might be nervous about publicly signing up for the cause. After all, Apple’s had an uneasy relationship with developers for years. Back in 2009, Marco Arment said of their reluctance to answer questions at WWDC, “We could probably have a more open discussion with Kim Jong-il about North Korea’s nuclear policy.” Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 5/31/12 7:03am

Linkages

SpaceX's Dragon. Probably won't fall on you. (SpaceX.com)

Booting Up: Movements Edition

Aereo goes to court [Wall Street Journal]

Larry Ellison goes sailing [Seattle Times]

John Gruber goes into a K-hole [Daring Fireball]

Kevin Rose goes to Google Ventures [All Things D]

MegaUpload moves to dismiss [CNET]

Paul Ceglia’s latest team of lawyers goes home [AllFacebook]

SpaceX Dragon heads home, too [AP]

By Nitasha Tiku 10/06/11 2:10pm

The Tao of Steve

Time Magazine Literally Stops the Presses to Honor Steve Jobs, With Help From His Biographer

Time magazine was almost finished closing its latest issue, which will hit stands Friday, when the news of Steve Jobs’ death broke. So for the first time in what AdWeek says may have been three decades, the magazine stopped the presses. Mr. Jobs’ image now graces the front cover for the eighth and perhaps final time. Its entire ‘feature well’ will also be devoted to covering his legacy.

Businessweek and Newsweek also have special issues planned, the former an ad-free tribute. Wired.com‘s striking black homepage is also still ad-fee–featuring only an image of Mr. Jobs and quotes mourning his passing–just as it did last night. But Time‘s issue is of particular note because it will feature an essay from Walter Issacson, Mr. Jobs’ biographer, who just had his deadline pushed up by Simon & Schuster.

Mr. Issacson’s essay is behind a paywall, but Fortune.com has excerpted the part where he describes the day Mr. Jobs first tried to pitch him on writing his life’s story. Read More

By Ben Popper 9/08/11 3:55pm

Taking a Tumble

No SoupSoup For You: Tumblr’s David Karp Has No Regrets

Reuters social media editor Anthony “SoupSoup” DeRosa is an avid Tumblr user who recently walked away from the platform in frustration after one too many problems with the service. He published a long piece today about the ways in which Tumblr is working to manage its massive growth and got an interview with Tumblr founder David Karp.

As has been the case in Tumblr’s dealing with fallout from Rich Tong’s fashion week proposal and conflicts with the developer behind the popular extension Missing e, Mr. Karp offered no apologies for the way his company was coping with its growing pains. Read More

By Ben Popper 8/18/11 4:54pm

Summer Jamz

Taking VC Money (Money, Cash, IPOs) [SICK BEAT]

Amazing new track from Corey Smith, aka Smixx, a musician, freelance iOS/WP7 developer and co-founder of Cardinal social music sharing platform. Smixx has been spinning tech raps for a while now, like “Developers feat. Steve Ballmer” and “One More Thing featuring Steve Jobs from WWDC 2011.”

But start-ups are where Betabeat’s heart really lies, so this track was the first to catch our attention. That, and @aplusk tweeted it out. Enjoy below the jump. Read More

By Nitasha Tiku 6/17/11 9:57am

Accelerators

Paul Graham Outlines the Mosquito Theory of How to Deal With Competition From Apple, Facebook, and Twitter

During an interview with Bloomberg West this week, YCombinator’s Paul Graham weighed in on the start-up carnage lying around from the last two weeks. First from Apple’s WWDC keynote, which made a land-grab for territory previously held by some of its third-party iOS developers and then with the news that Facebook Read More

BetaBeat

Search Results for: WWDC

Booting Up: While You Were Out at WWDC Edition

Tim Cook Is Very Sorry Apple Angered the State-Run Media of China

Start-Ups Silicon Valley: In Which Our Recapper Inadvertently Makes His Bravo Debut

Michael Ian Black Does a Reddit IAmA, Fares Better Than Woody Harrelson

Website Claims Apple Developers Are Trying to Form a Union

Booting Up: Movements Edition

Time Magazine Literally Stops the Presses to Honor Steve Jobs, With Help From His Biographer

No SoupSoup For You: Tumblr’s David Karp Has No Regrets

Taking VC Money (Money, Cash, IPOs) [SICK BEAT]

Paul Graham Outlines the Mosquito Theory of How to Deal With Competition From Apple, Facebook, and Twitter

Across the Wire

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Celeb Stunts Turn Williamsburg Into the new Times Square

Andrew Cuomo Shares Fred Dicker’s Private Email With All His Competitors