Posts by John Herrman

Software

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

11:30AM John Herrman | In this week’s charmingly tawdry app roundup: Voices, creepily modulated! Annoying trips to Kinkos, averted! Cats, artfully superimposed! Photos, easily shared! iPhone speakers, blown! Call of Duty, iPhone’d! Google Maps, humiliated! Certifiably good games, discounted! And more… More »
Software

There Can Only Be One: Part Duex

8:40AM John Herrman | App developers have it hard enough on the iPhone; on Android, they’ve got to keep prices just as low, and sell to a much smaller audience. So how are some of them coping? By packing up and leaving, like Gameloft. More »
Entertainment

YouTube Shuts Down API Access, Blocks Set-Top Boxes

6:59AM John Herrman | There are two ways for a device to access YouTube: either through the regular web interface (i.e. Flash) or for cleaner integration, through its back-end APIs. As of December, Google is shutting off the tap. Update. More »
Entertainment

Flo TV Shown Off On The iPhone For Reasons Unknown

5:32AM John Herrman | I get that this Flo TV iPhone demo is just a proof of concept. That’s fine! I’m just a little confused as to what the concept is. More »
Gadgets

Barnes & Noble Ruins Nerd Christmas

4:41AM John Herrman | Nobody has any idea if the Nook is actually any good yet, but no matter: It’s the perfect Christmas gift, in theory! Or at least it was until Barnes & Noble ran out of them. More »
Hardware

Atom Processor To Get The 32nm Treatment In 2011

4:19AM John Herrman | Attention, people who like to maintain a complete mental taxonomy of every processor: Cedar Trail has been outed as the new Atom platform for 2011, with the name Cedarview going to the processor itself. Along with 32nm fabrication, some goodies: More »
Random Stuff

The Future Of Apple, According To Its Biggest Fans

2:46AM John Herrman | Also known as the entire technology press amirite? Ha? In all seriousness though — Maclife asked various bloggers, journalist and tech personalities what their dream Apple products would be and mocked them all up in detailed renders. Here’s what happened: More »
Software

What Google Needs For Chrome OS To Make It

9:50AM John Herrman | Google made an announcement! It was an OS, in case you haven’t heard. But it was also something else: a long-term, high-risk bet about the future of the internet. Here’s what Google needs to happen for Chrome to make it. More »
Software

Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS

5:30AM John Herrman | Until today, Google’s Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept. Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like and how it works. Here’s the breakdown. More »
Software

Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Gets Its Very Own App Store

6:00PM John Herrman | The folks behind Livescribe, the smartpen/pencorder/computer stick/dictapencil (remember?) have finally made good on an old promise: to open it up to third-party applications. That’s right folks — now there’s an app store for pen and paper. More »