http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44 Demo of the first Apple Macintosh by Steve Jobs, January 1984, in front of 3000 people. Listen for the music! Andy Hertzfeld captured the moment well in his retelling: “Pandemonium reigns as the demo completes. Steve has the biggest smile I’ve ever seen on his face, obviously holding back tears as he is overwhelmed… Read More Steve Jobs Intros The Apple Macintosh In 1984
Apple has quietly updated its 13″ MacBook, and now it’s actually a pretty killer box for the price: For the same $999 you now get that newer generation 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processor with faster 1,066MHz frontside bus, 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory standard (up from 1GB), and integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. Whitey… Read More $999 MacBook Gets Secret Update; Now A Killer Box
Apple today announced iLife ’09, the latest version of its entry-level media software. There’s not a lot to get excited about with today’s updates, with the exception of iMovie ’09, which may finally be good enough to replace iMovie HD. iMovie ’09 adds features to let you create a movie quickly, or add refinements and… Read More Apple Introduces GarageBand ’09, Updated iMovie
Macworld San Francisco 2009 starts next week – so MacRumors put together a Rumor Roundup summarizing speculation on what will be announced. We already know that Steve Jobs is not planning to make an appearance and that Apple is not planning on participating in future events. This suggests that Apple is likely to save its most important… Read More MacWorld Apple Rumor Roundup
jetdaisuke is back – and this time he’s put together a song, using just Korg microKORG XL presets and Apple GarageBand. Yakitori My favorite yakitori is negima. My favorite yakitori is seseri. My favorite yakitori is sasami. My favorite yakitori is bonbochi. liver burn enough So liver rare salt or sauce sauce or salt Yakitori is… Read More KORG microKORG XL, GarageBand Song About Japanese Style Chicken
Jetsobox’s Apple logo T-Equaliser Music T-shirt is a shirt with a built in sound sensitive spectrum analyzer. Each frequency of music will activate a different equalizer bar. It has a fully functional Electro Luminescence panel with a battery pack that fits into a pocket inside the T-shirt. Specifications: The T-Qualizer is made from 100% cotton. 1… Read More Awesome Illuminated Retro Apple T-Shirt Responds To Sound
[display_podcast] Apple has published a backstage look at how Nine Inch Nails runs their live show using MainStage. It’s a promo video, but it reveals some of the secrets of their awesome stage show and has some undeniably great gear porn.
The iPhone is a huge hit, not just as a phone, but as a new platform for music. There are now hundreds of iPhone music apps, ranging from Internet radio apps to music toys to experimental music apps. Today Apple announced its top iPhone Apps for 2008 (App Store link). Here are the top 10… Read More Apple’s Top 20 iPhone Music Apps
Ministry of Sound and iZotope have released a special version of iDrum for the iPhone, Ministry of Sound Anthems (App Store link). Features: Includes professionally produced samples and beats from Ministry of Sound Over 300 original samples and 20 unique kits with dozens of pre-made patterns Customize patterns to create your own unique beats Tap the… Read More Ministry Of Sound iPhone Drum Machine
There’s an online petition asking Apple to save the FireWire port on Mac laptops. More than 6,000 people have already signed the petition. Here’s the text of the petition: To: Apple Inc. We all love your products, Apple Inc.! But your recently refreshed line of consumer notebooks lacks the possibility to plug in digital audio… Read More Petition Apple To Save MacBook FireWire Ports
