Bryan Chaffin

Net Neutrality is the notion that carriers (and governments, but the focus of late has been on broadband and wireless carriers) should not be allowed to place any restrictions on Internet traffic. The concern has long been that such providers would use their so-called “last mile” of infrastructure to choke off and block competition, often…

The company said via its official Skype Twitter account on Wednesday, “Some of you may have problems signing in to Skype – we’re investigating, and we’re sorry for the disruption to your conversations.” Out another way: In the meanwhile, we’ll update this article when Skype comes back up again.[Update: Skype appears to be back up…

The video was sped up so that whole thing can be watched in 4:30, which makes for some very cool watching; and, since there’s an iPad being used as a stand-in for technology as a whole juxtaposed against an ancient thinker such as Plato, we get to show it to you. Adam Reeder’s “Plato’s iPad”…

Let us start off by noting that we also believe that Ping has many shortcomings, and that Apple is going to have to make many more changes and improvements in the service (not least of which is integration with Facebook) before Ping will have much of a life. The point of this analysis is not…

Ms. Kare is offering the prints in 8.5” x 11” (US$89), 17” x 22” ($129), 24” x 30” ($349), and 30” x 40” ($499). The first two sizes are each limited to 200 prints each, while the two largest sizes are limited to 100 prints each. She noted that she will be signing and numbering…

“Steve Jobs built his reputation as an iconic marketer in the famous 1984 commercial for the MacIntosh [sic] computer in which Apple promises to take on ‘Big Brother’” Brian Brown, president of NOM, said in a statement released on NOM’s Web site. “Jobs has made billions taking on ‘Big Brother’ yet the irony is that…

Renewed coverage of AAPL from Goldman Sacks, which initiated coverage with a BUY rating on Sunday and a price target of $430 likely helped kick off today’s gains (see our full coverage for more information), but the broader markets were all in positive territory throughout morning and early afternoon session. The DOW was at 11,466.140,…

The information isn’t Mac specific, and we don’t know if Macs were even part of what this retailer sells, but there isn’t a lot of data available yet on the reliability of this new storage format. In addition, there are any number of factors that could have skewed the data or caused spikes for any…

Windows users can find the update in the Apple Updater utility, or download it directly from Apple’s Web site. If you’re running Mac OS X 10.5.8, you can download the update through Software Update. Apple has not yet added a standalone entry on its support site for the Mac version of the update.[Update: We clarified…

While Research In Motion brought the smartphone market to life, both CLSA and Gleacher & Co. believe that the market is now dominated by iPhone and Android. RIM is in a battle for third place with cellphone heavyweight Nokia and has-been model Windows Mobilephonewhatever. The Associated Press reported that Gleacher & Co. analyst Mark McKechnie…

In an editorial titled “Double standards in Apple’s Disneyland,” Heine Jørgensen wrote for the newspaper (from a Google translation, and mind the mild profanity), “Steve Jobs, who privately is Disney’s largest shareholder, is the closest you get to a god in the engineering world. And just like God, he tries to restrict anything that resembles…

This would mark a shift in the rumored negotiations between the two companies, as Verizon previously hadn’t wanted to pay the same stratospheric subsidies AT&T pays for each iPhone signed up on its network. The telecom has also been unhappy with the notion of leaving Apple in charge of the customer experience, as it is…

That tweet: Howard Stern on the verge of signing $600 million 3 year agreement with Apple to host an Internet/TV/iTunes broadcast. $SIRI The key is that the Mr. Stern’s five year contract with the satellite radio provider is set to expire in January of 2011. That deal was priced at half a billion dollars, as…

Clearly borrowing closely from real life politics, the video was also clearly produced by people intimately familiar with the Angry Birds franchise. From appearances, to actions, to the sound effects, it’s what a peace agreement brokered between those two intractable sides (and we’re still talking about Angry Birds and Pigs, mind you) might look like,…

The 10.1” Windows device (shown below) will run a processor from AMD, according to PC Magazine, and feature two cameras (one front, one rear), WiFi and 3G connectivity, and be 15mm thick (Apple’s current iPad is 13.4mm thick). The company said this device would ship in February, but didn’t a name or pricing for the…

The five former RIM employees served the company in various sales capacities, including Geoff Perfect, who was Head of Strategic Sales and worked at RIM for five years before leaving the company to join Apple as Head of Enterprise Sales. Following in his footsteps, was Paul Alvarez, who served for a similar time span as…