Tag: Apple

Sam Mendes’ New iPhone 4 Commercial

We talked about this on the show a couple of weeks back, now here it is. Sam Mendes (director of ‘American Beauty’) was hired to direct Apple ads and his first is now out. It is called ‘Face Time’ and it is sweet and slow moving and I still don’t quite know why Apple felt …

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APad, iPed – Here Come the Knock Offs!

Two months, it didn’t take long, only two months. The iPad knock offs are here. They look like an iPad, they are packaged a lot like an iPad but look a little closer and you can see the differences. The video below is in Japanese, but you get the idea from the images alone. These …

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Geek Actually Episode 86 – We’ll Come Back To That Later

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Sam Mendes Directing The New Apple iPhone Ad

Well it would seem to confirm that the new iPhone is on it’s way because news came out today from Engadget that Sam Mendes, the Oscar winning director of ‘American Beauty’, ‘Road to Perdition’ and ‘Jarhead’, is directing a new series of commercials for Apple to show off the new phone. The rumour of the …

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Geek Actually Episode 84 – This Is Not The Film You’re Looking For

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Mac Users Rejoice – Steam Public Beta Released with Free Portal

Steam, Valve’s online gaming service, is now available for Macintosh computers. The public beta was released today and Valve is considering the Mac a tier 1 Platform. Tier 1 means that Valve games (Half-Life, Left 4 Dead etc.) will be released on both platforms (PC and Mac) simultaneously. Currently Valve only has Portal and Team …

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