Requiem for the iPod - Posted September 7, 2007
Guardian correspondent Bobbie Johnson is a bit broken up over Apple's iPod announcement Wednesday, mourning the loss of a "classic design": Launching a new range of iPods, Mr Jobs announced the arrival of the new touch-sensitive, wireless-enabled "iPod touch" and binned the polished white design that has helped it become one of... [UnBeige]

Digital Music's Future Decided By Wal-Mart - Posted August 21, 2007
While record labels (and Steve Jobs) hemmed and hawed over whether dropping copy-rights protection technology would sink the already flailing music industry, Wal-Mart announced it would offer MP3s without the protection -- for less than iTunes, natch. That's it kids. End of discussion. Get back to your sewing machines.... [FishBowlLA]

Do Record Companies Have Steve Jobs Cornered? - Posted July 3, 2007
NYT reporter Jeff Leeds's story about Universal's dispute with Apple has music-industry watchers in a tizzy this week, with some grunts joking off-the-record to us that "Mom and Dad are fighting again." FBLA asked Leeds if the Universal's decision not to renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes was little... [FishBowlLA]

Designers Honestly Can't Tell If Jobs vs. Heller Interview Is Real - Posted June 28, 2007
In an age of Fake Steve Jobs and fake iPhones, we understand not being able to separate the real Apple news from the hype. Really, we do. But for the designers who couldn't tell if Steven Heller's perfectly-executed interview with Steve Jobs was satire? Shame on you.... [UnBeige]

Video: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Together - Posted May 31, 2007
Last night at the All Things Digital Conference in Carlsbad, California, an impossibly historic meeting for tech nerds took place: Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Steve Jobs, together on one stage. (It was sorta like a meeting between Luke Skywalker and Captain Kirk, for you nerds of another galaxy). The event, of... [FishBowlNY]

Webby Award Winners Announced - Posted May 8, 2007
The Webbys, once the realm of extreme nerdery, now look like regular old mainstream media awards, doling out special achievement awards to places like YouTube and eBay. The winners have recently been announced for the 2007 awards so on this award-heavy day let's take a look, shall we? Electrolux Design Lab took... [UnBeige]

Steve Jobs' Forbidden Fruit - Posted April 18, 2007
This is of such great importance to designers it's a wonder we hadn't posted it already, but as a treasured UnBeige reader just reminded us, it seems like something that deserves as much press as possible. Greenpeace as embarked upon a daunting mission: To get Apple to polish up... [UnBeige]

iWe Don't iNeed to Say iMuch About This iAnnouncement - Posted January 9, 2007
According to the heart-stopping coverage of Steve Jobs' keynote on Engadget, Apple has just announced the product which has been covered in just about every tech publication, for years, even though it did not exist until now: the iPhone.... [UnBeige]

A Minus One Hour: Apple To Unveil 'Earth-Shattering' Product... Or Else - Posted January 9, 2007
Shares are up and speculation is running high over which "revolutionary" product (or two) beleaguered Apple CEO Steve Jobs will unveil in an hour in his keynote address at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. Apple acolytes probably already know that likeliest contenders are the "iPhone," an Apple... [FishBowlNY]