Apple

by Cyrus Farivar After seemingly endless weeks of rumors, Apple finally released its tablet computer, calling it the iPad. The device, which will sell worldwide at a starting price of $499 (€356.65) later this year, represents something in between the company’s extraordinarily popular iPhones and its line of laptops. “If there’s going to be a third category of device, it’s going to have to be better at these kinds of tasks than a laptop or a smartphone; otherwise it has…

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the controversy over the “Songs for Tibet” album, iTunes and China, will be airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): New York – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 8 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 12 pm Pacific – KPCC – 89.3 FM – www.kpcc.opg Boston – 4…

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on Apple’s woes with the iPhone and MobileMe will be on All Things Considered today (July 30)! It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 4 pm to 6:30 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 4 pm to 6 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm Pacific…

The iPhone 3G is pretty rad, but after some reflection, there’s no real compelling reason for me to sell my first generation iPhone and get a new one. 1) The 3G costs just as much as the old one over two years. In fact, slightly more. 2) Taxes/fees included, my cell phone bill these days on T-Mobile (for 1000 minutes) is usually about $80. On AT&T it would cost me about $90 for less minutes, plus 3G. Is that worth…

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on learning English in Estonia aired today. Sorry I didn’t inform you in advance. The audio is here. Also, I had a spot news item on the new iPhone for NPR this afternoon. Audio is here.

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on Apple’s WWDC will be on Morning Edition tomorrow (June 9). It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 5 am to 10 am Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 2 am to 9 am Pacific – KPCC – 89.3 FM –…

I was back on Chuck Joiner’s MacJury podcast yesterday. The entire hour is available here, both in stream and MP3 flavors. The topic? WWDC Preview – iPhone Speculation, Apple TV Wishes and Mac OS Expectations

I was back on Chuck Joiner’s MacJury podcast yesterday. The entire hour is available here, both in stream and MP3 flavors. The topic? Recovering Stolen Macs, Common Sense Security and Starbucks’ WiFi.

While I was working at Macworld Expo last week, Chuck Joiner of MacVoices pulled me from behind the mixing board out to the mic: With some convincing, we dragged Cyrus Farivar, the engineer for all the shows taped in this year’s Macworld.com Podcast Studio, up to the mic to find out what he’s been up to since leaving his post at Macworld magazine. Cyrus talks about his love of technology journalism, his mentors at Macworld, how he uses his grandfather…