Analysts and investors are waking up to a very different world on Wednesday morning -- one where they have to face the reality that Apple Inc. is not going to keep raising their shares by an unrealistic amount. Sure, growth appears to have stalled, but a quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion certainly doesn't sound like a dying company to us. And with no new Apple goodies until the fall (according to CEO Tim Cook), we can get back to sharing real stuff instead of the hallucinations the rumor mill keeps churning out. Whew!
Tapbots updated its Tweetbot for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad apps on Tuesday, introducing a new media timeline. With a single tap, your Twitter feed is magically transformed into a nearly endless stream of only images and videos -- perfect for those of us who tend to scroll quickly through our feed in search of items of interest and skip over embedded media. The apps also feature a redesigned image viewer as well as fixing Instagram previews, and the tweet/status detail view now shows how many Faves and Retweets you actually have. The app updates are now available from the App Store, and free as always for existing users.
The AT&T Consumer Blog announced Tuesday that the telco has added the ability to set up a retail appointment using a new online tool. Schedule a visit when it's most convenient for you, show up at the designated time and an AT&T representative will be happy to assist you with wireless, U-verse or other services. If that sounds vaguely familiar, then you've no doubt heard of or actually used Apple's retail-based Genius Bar. Okay, so AT&T isn't getting any points for originality here, but the idea is sound and we could all use more ways to get things accomplished in our busy lives.
For all the lucky so-and-so's who are reading this from a super fast Google Fiber connection: We're jealous! Especially now that the search giant has blessed users with an official Google Fiber TV app for iPad. That's right, no more fumbling for the Nexus 7 included with each installation -- users can now search programming, browse listing or even select shows and recordings from the safety and comfort of an available iPad. Now if Google would just roll that fiber out into our hood, we'd have a reason to stop being jealous of our readers...
Did you know Apple has a retail store presence in Afghanistan? Sure, it may not be an official one, but you can't blame them for trying. Cult of Mac is reporting that the aptly-named "Apple Store Afghanistan" located in the Share-e-Naw district of Kabul moves "about five or six iPhones a day" to wealthy Afghans using actual Apple products purchased from distributors based in Dubai. Despite the lonely, empty look of the store, apparently business is good -- so much so that the owners may soon expand to a second location. They might as well, since it's likely to be a long wait for the real thing to arrive there...
If you love the kitchen so much you'd like to spend all your time there, developer Brad Wallace Design has a deal for you. To celebrate the debut of their new Dirty Kitchen Timer app (available separately for iPhone or iPad), you can grab them both for absolutely free through Wednesday, April 24. The Dirty Kitchen Timer is a virtual kitchen app capable of running up to five simultaneous timers with customizable ringtones for each. Did we forget to mention that you'll be responsible for the interactive, 3D cooking pans and any potential mess they might make there? Thankfully, the Sponge button will return any Dirty Kitchen back to normal with just a tap. The developer also offers a limited free version of the app, which limits additional timers beyond the first to one minute. But why not grab the paid version for free while you can instead? Check out all the action in the embedded YouTube video below!
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April 24, 2013 at 11:10am
Appointments for a cell phone store is a great idea because otherwise you might go on when employees are standing around playing with their cell phones or they might all be with someone for an unknown amount of time.
