Why we would've been better off without the iPod

Why we would've been better off without the iPod

Crave's Eric Mack kicks off WWDC week by imagining a world where Apple never revolutionized digital music and finds it might not be that bad a place, in fact it could be an improvement.

Did Apple hold us back by pushing things forward with the iPod?

As another Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco this week, I've been thinking about what the world would look like without Apple as we've come to know it in the past 15 years. That is to say, how would things be different if Steve Jobs hadn't returned to pull the company he founded from the existential threat of bankruptcy?

I'll try to answer the question in installments this week during WWDC and today I'll begin our tour of this quantum no-Apple universe by considering the life of our doubles in an alternate dimension without the iPod. The more I've dug into the question and the archives, the more I've begun to think they might be better off.

Facebook colonization of the world progress report

Facebook colonization of the world progress report

Social network continues its conquest of the planet, taking over Brazil from Google in the last year, according Vincenzo Cosenza's World Map of Social Networks. China and Russia remain the major populations resisting Facebook.

How To Set Animated Wallpapers On Your iPhone Lock Screen

How To Set Animated Wallpapers On Your iPhone Lock Screen

Having the ability to change the Springboard wallpaper on Apple’s iOS devices was an addition that was certainly welcomed by users when the Cupertino company introduced iOS 4 in 2010. In the following two years not a great deal has changed when it comes to giving users options or abilities relating to being able to customize or personalize their displays.

Regardless of what public opinion may be on jailbreaking and the usage of Cydia, no one can really deny that it allows users to interact and use their device in a way that just wouldn’t be possible without it. The latest premium tweak to land in the jailbroken application hub goes by the name of AnimateLockscreen and immediately makes itself at home as the king of lock screen customization.