The greening of Apple: it took almost 10 years for the Cupertino company to turn around its dismal eco-scorecard. But that worm has truly turned: in this week’s edition of Cult of Mac Magazine, author Luke Dormehl talks to former Apple exec John Sculley and other insiders about why this change is all about current […]
Cult of Mac Magazine: Apple turns green
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This week in Cult of Mac Magazine
Cult of Mac Magazine May 5 Edition Every week, we serve up the best of the website as a magazine so you can download an read it at your leisure on your iPhone or iPad. This week Buster Hein foraged for the best in movies, books and music in the iTunes store, his picks include an […]
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Hipstamatic’s Director of Fun has coolest job ever, but don’t hate him for it
SAN FRANCISCO — Even in a town populated by ninjas, gurus and rockstars, Mario Estrada may have the coolest job around. He’s the Director of Fun for digital photo app Hipstamatic and hopes you won’t hate him for it. “Most people don’t believe that’s my job, but a lot of thought went into the title,” […]
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Dear Rovio, don’t make this Angry Birds movie
Angry Birds is coming to a big screen near you. Rovio Entertainment is taking the epic battle of birds-versus-pigs from your iPhone to the cinema, in 3-D, and launching it into the wide, wide world in July 2016. We’re aflutter with anticipation: Can they actually make a movie based on a video game worth watching? […]
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Silicon Valley recap: It’s a goddamn meat market
Silicon Valley, much like the place it depicts, is one big sausage fest. An “inclusive” tech conference is one where there is almost a line for the women’s bathroom and flirting involves some guy trying to exchange PGP keys with you. So it makes sense that the show’s only main female character — Monica, the right […]
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In the future, your car will tell you to walk instead
SAN FRANCISCO — Brendan Nee is a walking contradiction. He’s car guru who doesn’t own one, a 21st-century geek with an 18th-century mustache who has come up with a novel bit of nagware that could help Americans get off their spreading behinds. An engineer working on “smart car assistant” Automatic, he spends many of his […]
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Joint effort: FBI reaches out to pot-smoking hackers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation needs to hire more hackers — and that means changing the rules about how much pot you can smoke on the job. “I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cybercriminals, and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview,” […]
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Picture this: Selfie coup in Thailand
Thailand is one of the world’s most coup-prone countries. It’s also home to people who smile the most in selfies. So even when the tanks roll in, the urge to snap takes over. Better yet: get that shot with the soldiers. Or the tank. That’s what’s happening in Bangkok, where the smartphone set is taking […]
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How FaceTime wrecked a sailor’s dream
Apple’s video chat feature FaceTime has bridged the miles for families, sparked a ton of romances and probably shattered a few marriages. This may be the first time it’s ever shipwrecked someone, though. John Berg was sailing off the coast of Kona, Hawaii when a FaceTime login request started messing with the navigation app on […]
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12 things we hope get funded on Kickstarter
As warmer weather hits even San Francisco, we’re pooling our beer money for a robot bartender. And some wasabi-flavored toothpicks. Our ever-expanding crew could use some of these modular Modos bookshelves and stools, too. There are so many things on Kickstarter that we want — jeans, maps, comic books — that we’re sharing our wish […]
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8 things we wish Apple designed
Thanks to its amazing products, Apple already runs your social life, your work life and your downtime. But what if the Cupertino company designed products for the rest of your world? Over the years, there’s been much speculation about the company branching out – especially the Jetsons-like iWatch that will sync all our data and make […]
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Silicon Valley season finale: All about Steve
There’s an ongoing question in hit comedy show Silicon Valley: do you have to be a jerk to succeed? For the entire first season of Mike Judge’s HBO comedy about the new economy gold rush, it’s been Steve vs. Steve 2.0. Part of what makes the show a resounding success – it’s already confirmed for […]
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This week in Cult of Mac Magazine
Cult of Mac Magazine June 2 Edition, Free on iTunes Every week, we serve up the best of the Cult of Mac website as a magazine so you can download and read it at your leisure on your iPhone or iPad. We’ve got all the news you need to know from what to expect at WWDC […]
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Was Apple inspired by David Hockney’s Yosemite series?
When the Yosemite posters first went up in Moscone Center ahead of WWDC, a thought lodged in my brain that continued to tumble around all weekend: Apple drew inspiration for the name of the new OS from David Hockney. It’s not as much of a stretch as it sounds. After all, Hockney recently had a […]
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This week in Cult of Mac Magazine
Cult of Mac Magazine June 9 Edition, Free on iTunes Every week, we serve up the best of the Cult of Mac website as a magazine so you can download and read it at your leisure on your iPhone or iPad. We’ve got all the news you need to know from WWDC 2014 and indie spinoff […]
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Why no one cares about your app and what to do about it
SAN FRANCISCO — You created an app. You think it’s awesome. Your friends say so too. Something nags at you, though: You have zero reviews, your downloads don’t outnumber your Facebook pals, and you need to make rent. There’s a fancy name for your problem: “discoverability.” Millions of good apps face it, gathering dust between bogus […]
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Top iPhone photos show waning app addiction
Kenan Aktulun founded the iPhone Photography Awards (IPPA) the same year the smartphone launched, when the idea that taking great pics with a camera phone was still pretty optimistic. Seven years later, iPhone photography has developed to the point of documenting New York Times war coverage and tops four out of five of the most-used […]
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Taking aim at Apple over chemicals
Elizabeth O’Connell is waging war on Apple from an iPhone 5C with a cracked screen. O’Connell, campaigns director for Green America, is part of an 80-strong group of environmental and human rights groups that recently fired off a 17-page letter to Apple’s vice president of environmental affairs Lisa Jackson. At the core of the question are […]
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How Google’s latest acquisition could kill the Apple rumor mill
Sooner rather than later, Google will be tracking your every move. The Mountain View search colossus already knows whether you have the flu or are interested in dropping a few pounds, thanks to its mining of your search data and Gmail missives. Thanks to Google’s recent bargain buy of tiny satellite company Skybox Imaging — […]
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Pump-Hub, an ingenious system that keeps bike tires inflated, is ready to roll again
SAN FRANCISCO — Sometimes even a great idea falls flat at first. Take Pump-Hub, a self-inflating bike tire gizmo. It was rolling along at trade shows and getting lots of good press before the financial crisis of 2008 sidelined the project. Now its creator, engineer Kevin Manning, is getting back on track with a new […]
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