https://cornergeeks.com/categories/apple/ Recent content in Apple on Corner Geeks Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:07:20 +0000 https://cornergeeks.com/2011/10/07/steve-jobs-1955-2011-rip/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:07:20 +0000 https://cornergeeks.com/2011/10/07/steve-jobs-1955-2011-rip/ Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011 Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple. https://cornergeeks.com/2011/08/11/creating-a-brunei-apple-app-store-account-without-a-credit-card/ Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:09:54 +0000 https://cornergeeks.com/2011/08/11/creating-a-brunei-apple-app-store-account-without-a-credit-card/ As mentioned in our episode of Corner Geeks 8: The Brunei Apple App Store, the video below documents how to create a Brunei account without a credit card. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiH8eg8G0do Do note: not all apps seem available (e.g. WhatsApp) but most seem there. no music / movies / TV shows available AV mentioned that they currently selling Brunei iTune gift cards The gist of the process: Load the App Store in iTunes Search for a free app (e. https://cornergeeks.com/2011/07/29/corner-geeks-8-the-brunei-apple-app-store/ Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:32:55 +0000 https://cornergeeks.com/2011/07/29/corner-geeks-8-the-brunei-apple-app-store/ A ’live’ / non-Skype Corner Geeks recording this week as I sat down with @mfirdaus as we discussed the Brunei Apple App Store while also passing him the InstallESD.dmg file for Lion. We hope that this is the start of more services being opened to Brunei and perhaps a legal way for people to get music, movies and TV shows in the future. Show Notes Apple brings the iOS and Mac App Store to 33 new territories, including Brunei! https://cornergeeks.com/2011/06/17/corner-geeks-5-part-3-wwdc-2011-icloud/ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:30:12 +0000 https://cornergeeks.com/2011/06/17/corner-geeks-5-part-3-wwdc-2011-icloud/ Check out Justin Lee’s keypoint summary of the keynote or just refer to Apple’s iCloud page or the features page for their info about iCloud. Brief Show Notes What is cloud? Save once. Uploaded and Distributed ‘everywhere’ (i.e. all your devices) 9 uses: Contacts Calendar Mail Apps Store iBooks Backup Daily wifi backups Music / Apps / Books Camera Roll Device Settings App Data Docs Photos iTunes 1,2,3,7) Contacts / Calendar / Mail / Docs: similar to Android and Google or Exchange change once, push everywhere (locally stored vs cloud stored for Google for docs at least) Google at least can access from web. https://cornergeeks.com/2011/06/14/corner-geeks-5-part-2-wwdc-2011-ios5/ Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:01:27 +0000 https://cornergeeks.com/2011/06/14/corner-geeks-5-part-2-wwdc-2011-ios5/ Check out Justin Lee’s keypoint summary of the keynote or just refer to Apple’s iOS5 page or the features page for their info about iOS5. Brief Show Notes Lots of ‘finally’s Notification Centre Similar to Android: swipe down from top to see all notifications But done better than Android When notification comes in, shows snippet of info at top of screen then disappears Notifications shown on lock screen Direct access to act on notification from lock screen (swipe notification to access) Also has 10 msg limit per app. https://cornergeeks.com/2011/06/12/corner-geeks-5-part-1-wwdc-2011-lion/ Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:04:15 +0000 https://cornergeeks.com/2011/06/12/corner-geeks-5-part-1-wwdc-2011-lion/ This week @mfirdaus and I talk about this week’s WWDC 2011. We will split this in 3 parts: Lion, iOS5 and iCloud as the discussion got pretty long. If you want to watch the video of the keynote click here but also do check out Justin Lee’s keypoint summary of the keynote or just refer to Apple’s what’s new section for their info about Lion. Show Notes for WWDC 2011 Keynote on Lion https://cornergeeks.com/2011/04/29/ipad-2-launch-in-brunei-2/ Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:48:42 +0000 https://cornergeeks.com/2011/04/29/ipad-2-launch-in-brunei-2/ So today was the launch of the iPad 2 in Brunei and @mfirdaus and I managed to do a bit of live streaming coverage. I got there just before 9am and noticed that there already was a queue of about 10 people but soon after that when the AV staff arrived on the scene they put up a proper queue with queue posts and a with a nice little sign. I asked the AV staff on hand about how many units they have, and was told “alot” and not to worry.