(MIT)
Apparently a bunch of geeks get together and solve puzzles over a weekend at this Boston-area event, which kicked off this morning. Shame that it starts on a Friday, though. That precludes a Boston-area person from participating in it, unless they took a personal day… wait a second.
(AppleInsider)
Are you a subscriber to some sort of periodical, perhaps a magazine or newspaper, who is wondering why you can’t get free access to the iPad edition of that periodical as a part of your subscription? This story might explain things. Several European newspapers are reporting that Apple doesn’t want to allow that approach, because it elbows Apple out of its 30-percent cut.
As an employee of a magazine that still publishes on those dead trees, I recuse myself from making any jokes about this one. Sorry.
(AppleInsider)
Only in the overheated world of Apple stories would an from Sprint’s CEO be turned into a six-paragraph story speculating about what it all means. Hey, I’m intrigued by the idea of Sprint getting the iPhone too. But sometimes no evidence is just no evidence.
(Consumer Reports)
Apple’s , is back with a blog post that mixes a little bit of cold-water realism with a little bit of . I could deconstruct the post, but there’s no point when you can read over at The Mac Observer.
(Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
In this interview with Verizon CEO Ivan Sidenberg, we learn that Verizon was never really much of an alternative to Cingular/AT&T as a launch partner for the iPhone, because Apple was “more focused on a single technology,” namely the GSM technology that works with both AT&T and carriers all over the world. “If you do your job well, then in an industry like this, eventually the right partners are going to end up on the dance floor,” Seidenberg said. Aww, and Steve Jobs asked Ivan to dance! Nobody .
(TUAW via )
Long, long ago, there were a bunch of crazy computer adventure games published by Sierra On-Line. I had King’s Quest for my Apple II, and it was the only game I ever saw that took full advantage of its super-high-res graphics mode. Well, now those games are available to be played on the iPad, via your web browser. At least, until the intellectual-property attorneys come knocking. Wait, what am I talking about? Intellectual-property attorneys don’t knock. They . Enjoy your King’s Quest while you can, iPad users.
(Gizmodo via )
San Francisco chocolate factory Tcho (Technology and Chocolate, y’know) is super high tech, super hip, and super controlled by an iPhone. Insert your own “Willy Wonka” joke here—I’m going home.