Apple

Last week Apple announced that since July 2008 more than 10 billion iPhone & iPad apps have now been downloaded from the App Store. For those counting at home, that an average of 18 million apps per day.

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I recently needed to purchase two replacement batteries for Apple laptops. One for a MacBook 13-inch white, and one for a MacBook Pro 17-inch. I decided to purchase third-party batteries since the saving was about 30% and they came with a 12-month warranty. While I had the original and third-party replacement batteries in one place, I decided to snap some photos so that others can see the differences between Apple's replacement batteries and third-party ones.

The photos are on flickr;

Without a doubt, the most productive time in getting through my inbox is when I'm on an airplane, sans Internet access. This week I'm exploring Freedom to help me accomplish the same result. Essentially, Freedom disables all wireless and ethernet networking on an Apple computer for up to 3 hours at a time. After the time is up, Freedom will re-enable your network adapters and display a confirmation that you're back online. If you absolutely need to pull the cord and MUST get back online, just restart your computer to reset. Let me restate that: just stopping or quitting the Freedom application will not re-enable your network adapters - and yes, this is purposeful! Freedom is a program designed to help you get things done, away from the distractions of network connectivity. http://www.ibiblio.org/fred/freedom/

Don't watch the MacWorld Keynote. It's 90 minutes long. See it all in 60 seconds instead and get all the same info! My favourite bit is the last 30 seconds of this video.

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I had a recent mishap involving a cup of tea and a keyboard. So i had to buy a new one. Thus began a bit of an odyssey then ended at the SaturdayHouse in SoDo with a big box and this video:

"One bad Apple can spoil the bunch". With Apple being good, is one good Apple enough? Leadership is inspiring. Apple and Sir Jobs are to be congratulated. Changing momentum is difficult within the current economic, governmental, and cultural conflicts defining our generation.

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CivicActions has been working with the Free Software Foundation on the DefectiveByDesign campaign since last May. In that time we have seen a significant shift in the way DRM is talked about in the news media and an increasing awareness of DRM among music fans and the general public.

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Yesterday DefectiveByDesign.org launched an open letter to Steve Jobs. We offered 3 concrete steps Jobs could take to show that he us willing to support his vision for "a world without DRM".

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