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Apple Inc.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Amazon and the Justice Department: How Did Bullet Whizz Past the Biggest Monopoly Target?

    It's a dark and stormy night for the book industry, at least in the Justice Department's version of The E-book Publishing Monopoly: Why We Went After Everybody but Amazon. But rather than tell Jeff Bezos to assume the position, the feds are chasing down Apple and five of the six biggest publishers ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 16, 2011

    A Christmas Carol

    It's a dark and stormy night for the book industry, at least in the Justice Department's version of The E-book Publishing Monopoly: Why We Went After Everybody but Amazon. But rather than tell Jeff Bezos to assume the position, the feds are chasing down Apple and five of the six biggest publishers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    What's a Better Deal: $10 a Month to Listen to 13 Million Songs (Rhapsody), or $2 to Hear the Music You Already Own (iTunes Match)?

    One downside to the music subscription option is that you can't hear the new Coldplay album. I know. Bummer.​Real quick: Tell me which makes more sense: iTunes Match, which was released last night by Apple, is a cache of 20 million songs sitting in the ether -- you could call it a digital clo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Tarte aux Pommes as Apple Turnover

    Eve M. TaiApple turnover, Frenchie style​Le Fournil Bakery in Eastlake bills itself as a "True French Bakery." And indeed with sympathique offerings such as Paris Brest and items named Paysanne this and gateau that, you'd have no reason to doubt the veracity of this claim. Le Fournil consisten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Meet Steve Parker, the Issaquah Entrepreneur Whose iPhone Hurricane App Outsold Angry Birds

    Steve Parker​For years, Steve Parker worked as an insurance claims adjuster in Texas. Then, inspired when Apple began accepting phone apps from independent developers, he went to Barnes & Noble, bought a few books and taught himself programming. Though supportive, his wife and friends told hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Report: Apple iCloud Is Powered by Microsoft Azure (WTF?)

    ​The geeks at InfiniteApple claim to have discovered some rather surprising news involving Apple's much-ballyhooed new cloud-computing service iCloud. If they're right, it would seem that Steve Jobs owes Steve Ballmer a hearty thank-you.

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    New Lockers, Old Tricks: Amazon and Apple's New Toys Could Be Music-Subscription Training Wheels

    ​Do you find it difficult to remember to synch your iPod? Have a hard time keeping track of your mp3s every time you get a new computer? Solutions to these and other first-world digital struggles are being released almost by the hour. And in the past three months, two of the world's biggest te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Apple's Steve Wozniak Tells Paul Allen to Stop His "Patent-Troll Thing"

    ​Apple's "other guy" co-founder Steve Wozniak has some advice for Microsoft's "other guy" co-founder Paul Allen. And it has nothing to do with urging him to buy another yacht or sports team.

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2011

    The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

    ​Apple's "other guy" co-founder Steve Wozniak has some advice for Microsoft's "other guy" co-founder Paul Allen. And it has nothing to do with urging him to buy another yacht or sports team.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Today's Most Convincing Argument for Why You Don't Actually Own the MP3s You Buy

    ​Some of us have been preaching for years that a person never owns mp3s the way you own CDs, cassettes, vinyl, etc. And in an age when you can stream digital music to your smart phone, PC, or TV, and pay just $10 a month for access to millions of songs (MOG, Rhapsody, Rdio, etc.), there are fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Seattle's Eastside Does Coffee Too at Urban Coffee Lounge

    ​This past fall, Apple launched a "cupping" application for the iPhone. It comes as no great surprise, since the iPhone pretty well has an app for everything by now. This one allows coffee cupping notes to be neatly organized, ranked on a sliding scale (with any of that pesky math stuff done f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Today in Sex: Daddy's Girls Are Smarter About Sex

    ​Here are a few of the topics up for discussion with my dad: Jon Stewart, politics, Frank Sinatra, any new Apple product, what's for dinner, Ireland, my niece/his granddaughter, politics, and what's for dessert. And here are a couple we avoid: Catholicism, sex.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Google's First Six Years Are Nothing Compared to Microsoft's (CHART)

    ​It's easy to forget now, but before Google revolutionized the way we stalked first dates and Apple revolutionized the way we spent $2 to watch a single episode of television we would normally get for free, there was Microsoft. Now, six years after Google first went public, The San Francisco C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Half of Microsoft's (Anonymous) Employees Don't Approve of Steve Ballmer

    ​You've heard of this guy Mark Hurd, right? The Hewlett-Packard CEO forced to resign late last week because of a sexual harassment investigation? Lots of his employees apparently didn't like him very much. At least according to his record-low approval rating of 34-percent on Glassdoor.com, a s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2010

    Lisa Gralnick

    ​You've heard of this guy Mark Hurd, right? The Hewlett-Packard CEO forced to resign late last week because of a sexual harassment investigation? Lots of his employees apparently didn't like him very much. At least according to his record-low approval rating of 34-percent on Glassdoor.com, a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Apple Vs. the Frauds and NSFW Performances at Work. Plus, Are Steep Cover Charges Keeping the Kids From Jazz?

    Michael PiazzaThe tenor saxophonist Chris Potter.​-- Stereophile: "Maybe it's not true that the new generation doesn't like jazz; maybe they just find it too expensive." -- Wall Street Journal: Is Apple doing enough about those pesky iTunes hackers? -- Pitchfork: Bits of the Mavis Staples/J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    The Videos: "Legendary Biru," Sapporo on Japanese TV

    ​Okay, so this is just awesome. And thanks to the good folks at Eater.com for finding this first. I know that we here in the U.S. of A. have seen some pretty good, pretty legendary commercials in our time. There's the Johnson for President "Daisy" commercial from 1964 (still kinda creepy afte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Quit Feeling Guilty About Buying an iPad

    If it wasn't for our insatiable hunger for new gadgets, these people might have to work even crappier jobs. Like farming.​So far this year, 10 workers at Foxconn -- a Chinese electronics factory that makes the iPad -- have committed suicide. Many more have tried to killed themselves but failed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Steve Ballmer Is Driving Microsoft Off a Cliff

    Say what you will about Steve Jobs' mom jeans, but he'd never be caught looking this silly on camera.​Even for non-techies, it's easy to understand just how far Microsoft has fallen since Steve Ballmer was put in charge. Ballmer -- the sweatinest, spittinest CEO this side of the Mississippi - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    A.M. P.M. Music News: Godsmack, Godsmack, Jay Bennett, Streaming iTunes, and Godsmack

    Godsmack be huge.​-- Times of London: Looks like we might finally hear official word from Apple about the heavily rumored iTunes streaming at the San Francisco Apple World Wide Developers Conference on June 7. -- Spinner: Former Wilco member Jay Bennett's posthumous album, will hit the web fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Amazon Delivers Death Blow to Independent Book Stores, Offers Publishers More Loot

    Apple's tablet is putting the squeeze on Amazon's Kindle, and a head lock on independent book stores.​Here's a wholly unoriginal thought: book stores, especially independents, are screwed. Yes, this is same Chicken Little wail that's been recycled ever since Amazon introduced it's first itera ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Is the Rumored Apple iSlate Aimed at Amazon's Kindle?

    Will Bezos be laughing when the iSlate arrives?​With the holiday shopping season but a memory, with Amazon likely to report impressive year-end sales, how are retailers, consumers, and electronics manufacturers going to keep busy during the January doldrums? Rumor-mongering, that's how. Appl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Apple Ads Making Fun of Microsoft Are Decade's Best

    It's hard to say Microsoft has had a bad decade. But when AdWeek says that the best ad campaign of the past 10 years is the one that rests on the concept that you're stodgy, unreliable and a compulsive liar, well, it's hard to say things turned out well. The magazine showered Apple with multiple ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Microsoft WinMo Getting Ass Kicked by Cupcake

    ​While Redmond is crowing and Steve Ballmer is gloating about the successful launch of Windows 7, the smartphone platform Windows Mobile is being treated like a bastard stepchild--locked and starved in the basement, if you will. With the PC operating system market now fairly mature, the new gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    This Week's Recipe: Amy Pennington's Apple-Quince Butter

    ​Amy Pennington is the wise-cracking, one-woman show behind GoGo Green Garden, the edible gardening business that's got her driving all over town in a Volkswagen whose trunk is overflowing with tarps, seeds, and shovels. Pennington, who grew up on Long Island with a front yard full of goats an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Zune 2.0?

    Could it be? Is this the rebirth of Zune? Will Microsoft not pull the plug on the music player coveted by an astounding zero percent of American teens? Tech Web site Engadget.com is reporting what looks to be a total design overhaul of the device. Over on Cnet.com, they're saying it's likely a touch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    PUSA Unveils its own iPhone Application

    I just got a press release from Dave Meinart announcing that Seattle's storied rock band, the Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) have jumped in bed with Apple and now have a new iPhone application. The $2.99 app gives those who subscribe to it, full-tracks from four albums as well as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Morning Links

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    U-Bake Pies From Grand Central Bakery

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Palin on SNL Tomorrow Night? Ferrell in One-Man Bush Play?

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2008

    Amazon, Apple Invade Hollywood (Part II)

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2008

    What to Do During the Writers' Strike, Vol. 15: Unlimited Netflix

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2007

    Cooking Class: Party Bites

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2007

    REVERBfest Recap

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 13, 2007

    The Latest New Works Is an Exhilarating Delight

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2006

    Microsoft's Future

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Arts

    November 16, 2005

    Pilobolus, Harry Potter, and Gwen Stefani.

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Microsoft's products are conceived . . . as weapons to be used against competitors rather than effective tools for customers."

  • Music

    August 27, 2003

    Kid Stuff

    San Francisco's Deerhoof make punk into a plaything.

  • Food

    July 2, 2003

    Perfect Picnics: What to Drink

    San Francisco's Deerhoof make punk into a plaything.

  • Food

    April 9, 2003

    Apple Juice & Barbeques

    San Francisco's Deerhoof make punk into a plaything.

  • Music

    April 2, 2003

    The Ataris

    San Francisco's Deerhoof make punk into a plaything.

  • Film

    January 29, 2003

    Oppressive

    Kurdish refugee drama only succeeds at being topical.

  • Music

    April 24, 2002

    Days of our nights

    Kurdish refugee drama only succeeds at being topical.

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    ". . . it has saddened me to see who these changes really benefit. You guessed it. The wealthy."

    Kurdish refugee drama only succeeds at being topical.

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    Boy story

    Undone by the NeXT, saved by Pixar, Steve Jobs doesn't want you reading this book.

  • News

    July 14, 1999

    Letters

    "Remember the pathetic frenzy after Ellis' blubberfest, to give the Mariners everything they wanted? The County Council and the PFD wrote the Mariners a blank check, and now they want to cash it."

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Wozzing the wheels

    "Remember the pathetic frenzy after Ellis' blubberfest, to give the Mariners everything they wanted? The County Council and the PFD wrote the Mariners a blank check, and now they want to cash it."

  • Film

    January 27, 1999

    Venus Envy

    Some timely, surprising tonics to the rescue.

  • News

    April 1, 1998

    Drag-and-shop

    Some timely, surprising tonics to the rescue.

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