How popular products got their name Posted on Sunday, November 16 2008 @ 19:21:09 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck CIO has a special about how ten famous tech products got their name. Here's how Apple invented the iPod's name:During Apple's MP3 player development, Steve Jobs spoke of Apple's strategy: the Mac as a hub to other gadgets. Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter Apple hired to help name the gadget before its debut in 2001, fixed on that idea, according to Wired. He brainstormed
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Google’s voice recognition search application for the iPhone, originally set for launch on Friday, will likely go live sometime Monday, we’ve heard from a source with knowledge of the situation. Google was under the impression that the application would be live on the App Store on Friday (obviously, since they pushed all significant press attention to it). Sometime Friday they found out Apple wouldn’t be pushing it, despite the fact that Google submitted it for review earlier in the week and
First impression as they say is a lasting impression! well we were kinda awe struck by this mini Mac Pro mod! Apparently this modder seemed to be not so happy with his Macbook, so took it apart, ripped open the motherboard and after some cutting, grinding everything got into place in that ridiculously small Macally G-S350SUA aluminum hard drive enclosure. I wonder what Apple themselves might think about this one. [Via Hack-A-Day]
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Everything is covered, both hardware and software, and naturally there are a few Apple peripherals as well as plenty of third-party alternatives, too.
Apple, Nike ofer products on Yahoo bargains site Yahoo has launched a retail website offering discounted gadgets, clothes and toys.
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