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In a recent interview, outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini explained how he passed up on an opportunity to get Intel chips inside the original iPhone. According to Otellini, Apple and Intel couldn't come to terms regarding cost. Further, Otellini explained that he simply had no way of knowing how successful and ubiquitous the iPhone would go on to become. While there's no way to know for sure just how seriously Apple was considering Intel as a partner for the iPhone, I couldn't help but laugh at the notion of an iPhone sporting an "Intel Inside" sticker on the back. Of course, Apple would have never allowed such a thing in a million years, but the thought reminded me of an old video where Steve Jobs is asked why Apple doesn't put "Intel Inside" stickers on its Macs. The video is from August, 2007 and is of a Q&A session that followed an Apple special media event where the first aluminum iMac was introduced. The pertinent part of the video begins at about 32 seconds in. Comically, the very premise of the question elicits laughter from both Tim Cook and Phil Schiller. Jobs, always masterful when put on the spot, evokes laughter and applause from the audience when he responds sharply, "What can I say? We like our own stickers better." Jobs, of course, follows that up with praise for Intel. Don't get me wrong. We love working with Intel. We're very proud to ship Intel products in Macs. I mean, they are screamers. And combined with our operating system, we've really tuned them well together, so we're really proud of that. It's just that everyone knows we're using Intel processors, and so I think putting a lot of stickers on the box is just redundant. We'd rather tell them about the product inside the box, and they know it's got an Intel processor. Makes sense to me.Video Flashback: Steve Jobs explains why Macs don't sport "Intel Inside" stickers originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Source | Permalink | Email this | Comments

A future update for the Samsung Galaxy S III could include a number of features carried over from the Galaxy S4, according to a report. The pre-release ROM using Android 4.2.2 as a base, still undergoing testing by the manufacturer, adds new options to the lock screen, as well as a number of design cues carried over from the Samsung flagship smartphone....

When you’re watching the game, wouldn’t it be awesome if you could replay key moments from any camera angle you choose? With the latest Sky Sports update for iPad, you can. Launching just in time for the upcoming UEFA Champions League final, Sky Sports 360 is a brand new feature that lets viewers select and replay exciting moments from over 20 different camera angles. With Sky Sports 360, you can replay amazing saves, crunching tackles, spectacular goals, and more. You can even use it to see whether the ball really did cross the line, or whether that controversial offside decision was correct. The new feature is found within the Champions League Events Center in the Sky Sports app for iPad. It makes the live, multi-action camera technology around the pitch available to fans during the game, allowing them to pick their own highlights and camera angles. It even lets you choose your own slow-motion replays. The Champions League Events Center is the first of many second screen experiences available to Sky Sports subscribers; the technology is also available for Formula 1, Barclays Premier League games, and major golf tournaments. “This is great news for the Sky Sports for iPad app, which keeps getting better and better,” said David Gibbs, Director of Sky Sports Digital Media. “This is about putting the technology into the hands of the viewer and allowing them to recapture the big moments in the final. It’s the first time we’ve offered this through our app and it’s another example of our investment in the Sky Sports viewer’s experience.” Sky Sports for iPad is available at no extra cost to Sky Sports subscribers in the United Kingdom, while non-Sky customers can get it for £4.99 per month. Find the latest version of the app in the App Store now. Source: App Store Related StoriesThis Bumper Case Has Packaging That Doubles As A Stylish StandWeatherPro Now Supports Your Own Netatmo Backyard Weather StationSingle Sheet Of Leather Folds Into $385 iPad Bag1970s PanAm Life Rafts Repurposed As iPhone CasesBuycott App: Shop Ethically Using Barcodes

Choosing what to buy when you’re trying to be an ethical consumer is tricky. In a world where hippie holdout Ben and Jerry’s is now a corporate sellout owned by Unilever, how can we know who owns what, and which products we should boycott? Luckily (and you knew this was coming), There’s An App For That™. It’s called Buycott, and by just scanning a barcode, you can find out which scheming ne’erdowells are behind the brand. When you use Buycott to scan a product, it will look up the product, determine what brand it belongs to, and figure out what company owns that brand (and who owns that company, ad infinitum). It will then cross-check the product owners against the companies and brands included in the campaigns you’ve joined, in order to tell you if the scanned product conflicts with one of your campaign commitments It’s pretty great. Or I guess it is. I just went through the pantry scanning anything with a barcode and came up short. All our products are – apparently – squeaky clean. That’s probably because The Lady does much of the food shopping and only buys stuff made nearby. I, on the other hand, buy anything and everything. The reason that I can’t scan them is that the foods inside are so toxic that they have melted the lines of the barcodes right off the packs. Buycott works well, and takes only a few seconds to come up with a result. If it doesn’t know all the details of a target product it prompts you to add the unknown info – presumably on the basis that if you use this app then you’re clearly some kind of hippie-dippie idealist who is happy to work for no pay. One thing I don’t like is that you’re forced to sign up for an account before you can start scanning. Still, no confirmation requirement has yet appeared in my inbox so you can probably use a fake name and email address quite happily, just in case "the man" is tracking radical activists like you and "getting on their cases." Anyway, along with the Amazon app that lets you order goods cheaper even as you stand in a physical store, Buycott now adds yet another reason for shopkeepers to hate you. I hope you’re proud of yourself, in your ivory tower (NB: you should probably do something about that ivory tower before the PETA people pay you a visit). Source: Buycott Source: iTunes Related StoriesThis Bumper Case Has Packaging That Doubles As A Stylish StandWeatherPro Now Supports Your Own Netatmo Backyard Weather StationSingle Sheet Of Leather Folds Into $385 iPad Bag1970s PanAm Life Rafts Repurposed As iPhone CasesSky Sports For iPad Now Lets You Choose Your Own Camera Angles During Replays

Trial production of Apple's thinner and lighter fifth-generation iPad is rumored to begin soon, with full-scale volume production to kick off in July, according to a new report.

Sony has announced the belated global availability of its Xperia Tablet Z. First unveiled in January, and finally made available for pre-order in the US in late April, international customers can now also place pre-orders for the device. Shipments of what Sony is calling the ëworld's thinnest' 10-inch tablet are expected in early June....

Following Sharp’s announcement of a 262ppi display, Samsung has gone even higher-res with the announcement of a 276ppi display in the form of a 13.3-inch QHD 3200×1800 panel (via The Verge). Apple’s current Retina displays are 220ppi in the 15-inch MacBook Pro and 227ppi in the 13-inch model.

Jolla has revealed its first smartphone to run its Linux-based smarSailfish mobile operating system. If you're wondering how the Finnish company plans to survive in the cutthroat mobile space, things become clearer when Jolla looking at its features, which includes 100 percent app compliance with Android apps. The first handset is set to reach the market ìby end of 2013î and will be simply titled ìJollaî (pronounced ëYo-la') and will retail for 399€....

Samsung has released an updated version of its NFC tagging stickers that will work with the Galaxy S4. TecTiles 2 can be assigned individual on-device functions, like automatically updating Facebook and Twitter with a predefined status or muting all sounds, that are triggered when scanned by an NFC-enabled Samsung smartphone running Android. A pack of five updated TecTile stickers cost $15....

Last seen wrapping the iPhone in chopped-up fire hoses, the folks at Station Supply Co have expanded (pun most definitely intended) into recycled airliner life rafts. That’s right: now you can cover your iPhone or iPad with a swatch snipped from a genuine 1970s-era PanAm life raft. Things were different on commercial airlines back in the 70s. Flight attendants were called stewardesses, men could smoke, and instead of video screens, seat backs contained automatic spankers which would give screaming children a stout whack across the head to shut them up. Happy days indeed. Now, we have to put up with absurd “security” procedures and stand in giant microwave ovens before we even get on the plane. Worse, I have been forced to ditch my hip flask full of scotch and resort to a plastic bottle of colorless gin which I pass off as “bowel medicine.” Human dignity isn’t what it used to be. As we shake ourselves out of that nostalgic reverie, let us take comfort in the knowledge that a part of that proud past is being preserved, by chopping up old life rafts and turning them into rear skins for iPhones and iPads, tough and light protectives shields for our gadgets. The irony is, of course, that the 1970s man would never have been seen dead recycling anything. That crap was for soap-dodging hippies. No, real men would have burned these rubbery tributes to the oil industry and fed the smoke to rare albino pandas, or something. And they would have left their cars out in the parking garage with their engines running while they did it. From $20. Source: Station Supply Co. Related StoriesGet Thousands Of High Quality Design Resources With The Mega Design Bundle Upgrade [Deals]Clipping Magic Brings Photo Background Removal To Your Mac’s BrowserThis Bumper Case Has Packaging That Doubles As A Stylish StandWeatherPro Now Supports Your Own Netatmo Backyard Weather StationSingle Sheet Of Leather Folds Into $385 iPad Bag