Earlier this month, the internet was fascinated when a YouTube video surfaced of a girl doing mundane things around Central Park… with four Apple iPads surrounding her face. When it comes to an iPad head, face it, we’d all be curious if we ran in to her in person. With nearly a million views on YouTube and a follow-up “Making of&# video just released, time will tell if it’ll help the publication actually become successful. The best viral videos tend to involve the public, and their reactions to unusual things. MORE >>

This mirrors my comments from July when I said mobile app developers should look to Android before iPhone and iPad. The differences between Apple and Android this time around are not like Apple and Microsoft of 1995, even if this is the lazy man's way out to compare the two battles. But the reality is not that Apple has held the exclusive to innovation in this space over the last 12-24 months or even longer. On Christmas, a friend of mine asked if I had ever shown my kids "Ivor the Engine" on YouTube, similar to Thomas the Train who is well known here. MORE >>

Devices ranging from set top boxes like Apple TV , TiVo , Google TV , Roku, and Boxxee, and game centers including the Nintendo Wii, XBox 360 and Sony Playstation, and single-purpose devices like the Slingbox have been working hard to make our entertainment consumption world ideal, but each has its strengths and holes. In 2007, with Apple's release of the first generation Apple TV, we snapped up a 40 gigabyte model, which is in use today. Last year, I also picked up the newest model Apple TV, which is stream centric. There is no one perfect home entertainment gadget. MORE >>

Between us, I don't think any of this really matters anymore (would we consider smartphones and the iPad one screen? If they're not, solutions like Apple TV (and others) are usually under two hundred dollars. That may seem dramatic, and it may seem like the definition of a book could never be confused with a newspaper, but as I get more and more engaged with my iPad, the line between watching a movie rented from iTunes or a video from YouTube then a TED Talks podcast is very blurred. apple tv. youtube. and now mobile (making it four screens). content. MORE >>

Recently, Apple’s social media policies were leaked to the public and their contents were startling. For a company that is supposed to be in touch with their customer base, Apple’s social media policies are alarmingly restrictive. Recently, I have been having issues with my iPad. upgraded to iOS 5 and it turned my iPad 1 into a giant crashing brick. It’s an understatement that I was irritated, since the tablet has been rock-solid since I purchased it and Apple’s gleaming reputation for quality is what convinced me to spend $600. Social. MORE >>