The App Store Chronicle Blog
Millions of people went to download iOS 7 today, and hundreds of thousands received an error message. After about 30 minutes of updating, my iPad mini received the same error. Knowing it was common, and being a tech blogger, I looked for a solution to the bug, and I found one that’s surprisingly simple. Ready to fix the error? Redownload it. Just do the...
The definition of ‘friends’ has morphed in the online era; some say it’s gone from ‘individuals with mutual affection’, to “people I think I saw or met once, somewhere”. Teen developer Ash Bhat’s new game, Quicki, tests your friendship and your memory, by seeing if you can connect names with the faces of your facebook friends. Gameplay: Basically, after connecting your facebook account to...
Comedians can sometimes make the most pointed comments about society. In the case of Lewis Black, he nailed it. For starters, “AT&T carries phones in the way that mosquitos carry malaria”. He describes his poor experience with the telegraph company, and his other-worldly apple store experience. Check it out. Do you agree with how he portrays these companies?
The golden iPhone 5S seems so un-Apple. It’s flashy, and it’s tacky. Frankly, it looks like Snookie designed it. Could the brilliant Jony Ive really be behind this monstrosity? My theory is that Apple just wanted to be able to crack the joke about the 5S being the “gold” standard, but this theory/parody video has equal likelihood, and it’s much funnier. Check out Rafi,...
I watch too many Youtube videos. Of the 10,000+, maybe 1% is worth watching, and this video of a UFO-like hovering rocket by Elon Musk’s Spacex, set to the perfect song, “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash. What’s So Cool About the grasshopper rocket? The Grasshopper is a reusable rocket. In this video, they test its’ landing features. The grasshopper can take off with...