Apple is likely to “strike back” by acquiring patents from rivals such as Nokia or Research in Motion as a response to Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility. He also mentioned InterDigital, which has been widely viewed as a potential target for acquisition by Apple and other major players in the smartphone industry. Google is, and […]
Nokia/RIM/Windows Phone 7’s enemy isn’t Apple, it is Android
Posted August 17th, 2011 by Ryu at 5:23 pm in Links. 1 CommentAfter the iHub/iHub 2, here comes the iCar Charger
Posted August 15th, 2011 by Ryu at 1:01 am in Accessories. 0 CommentsAnd here it is. It has a nice glowing blue Apple logo that lights up when you plug it into your cigarette lighter port in your car. Nice. Comes in black or white. Got mine already. ^_^
NUS Matriculation Fair Laptop Sales 2011
Posted August 15th, 2011 by Ryu at 12:47 am in NTU and NUS. 0 CommentsFor those wondering where I am, I will be back in the regular August month-long Sapura booth at Yusof Ishak House from this Wednesday onwards. Am currently at the NTU Laptop Sales Fair 2011. Photos to follow in days. My new pal the Dell guy using his personal MBP 15 on the job
Apple employee “No more 13″ MacBook Pros in the future”
Posted August 7th, 2011 by Ryu at 12:19 am in Rumors. 1 CommentA little bird chirps, “chatted with someone (let’s call her A-san) from Apple South Asia/Singapore education sales. She mentioned casually that ‘they will do away with the 13-inchers (MacBook Pros) in the future’. ” We all have heard the rumors about the redesigned 15-inch MacBook Pros, and bigwigs like John Siracusa have repeatedly mentioned on […]
iCloud’s web apps, which are only accessible by developers now, are 100 times better than anything for MobileMe ever was. If they can do something this polished, why the heck was MobileMe that crappy to begin with?
Probably the most elegant bag for the new 11-inch MacBook Air – Fabrix Cases’ The Satchel
Posted July 29th, 2011 by Ryu at 1:19 am in MacBook Air and Review. 1 CommentI have been waiting to post this review for almost one whole year, and now is exactly the best time to release it – the 11-inch MacBook Air officially becomes Apple’s cheapest notebook, and with the Airs being the future of Apple’s notebook lineup, it seems very possibly that the 11-inch will easily become the […]
Thoughts about Lion – OS X’s evolution
Posted July 17th, 2011 by Ryu at 2:56 am in Editorial, Lion, Mac OS X and OS X. 0 CommentsIt’s been a while since I wrote something of (questionable) substance on MacRyu.com, and since Lion is just days away from us, I figured I should put something up. No, I’m not going to detail the changes in Lion and give you some kind of a technical walkthrough. That job should be left to the […]
Yes, malware does exist for OS X, and these are the top 4 malware on the radar today. 1. Norton Antivirus for Mac 2. Symantec Endpoint Protection 3. Sophos Antivirus Protection for Mac 4. McAfee VirusScan for Mac In case anyone thinks I’m joking or that there are malware pretending to be these legitimate software, […]
iPad 2 case review: The Joy Factory’s SmartFit 2
Posted May 22nd, 2011 by Ryu at 1:25 am in Cases/Sleeves, iPad and Review. 3 CommentsThis is the first review I am doing for iPad 2 cases. I will write about my whole iPad 2 setup in a later post probably sometime next week. The iPad 2 cases are really interesting as compared to the earlier cases for the first generation iPad simply due to the existence of Apple’s Smart […]
Been so busy with the General Elections (and cursing and swearing) lately that I have totally no time to unbox my Yeti USB microphone, which was delivered Friday. The thing is MASSIVE, and saying that it’s heavy is an understatement. I have no freaking idea why a mic needs to be this heavy but I […]
