Remains of the Day: Attributable to human error

26.10.2011
Renewed rumors over Apple's mythical TV, pesky iPads draining hotel Wi-Fi, and a rather sinister-looking docking station for your iPhone 4S: The remainders for Tuesday, October 25, 2011 are putting themselves to the fullest possible use.

(Bloomberg)

Could an iTunes and iPod engineer be the ringmaster for Apple's long-rumored interactive TV? Bloomberg thinks so. SoundJam creator Jeff Robbin is apparently taking the lead on development, according to a gaggle of people "with knowledge of the project." Well, okay, but there better be a volume scroll wheel on there somewhere.

(NY Times)

If you're stuck on sluggish hotel Wi-Fi on your next business trip, all those extra mobile devices we carry around may be to blame. Turns out that iPads are gobbling up four times more Wi-Fi data per month than the typical smartphone, and that extra stress has not been so great on aging hotel networks. The solution: pricing tiers. Or asking travelers to stop playing Super Stickman Golf on their iPads against friends while in a Google Hangout meeting.

(Apple Support)