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From Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and creator of the original Apple I and II computers:

Every time we invent a computer to do something else, it’s doing our work for us, making ourselves less relevant. The cyborgs are winning! The androids are winning!

Ok, calm down now, relax, and take a chill pill…Woz was referring to those synthetic organisms with human-like looks and demeanor not Google’s OS…

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At first, this may seem like an odd editorial/title/article (don’t worry, I do too), however, once you read this, it may make sense at first (hopefully). As we all know, the App Store has been around for some time now and has had a huge spike in downloads along with users in the last 6 months. Along with that, we’ve seen the biggest increase of iOS gaming and new releases of games for iOS devices as well. We’ve seen everything from First Person Shooters like Mordern Combat 2, to RPGs, online games, board games ports like Monopoly and The Game of Life, to fantasy, action, sports, to shoot ‘em ups, zombies, puzzle, and so many more. But with all those mentioned, something stands out the most with those. I’ve never seen Mordern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, World of Goo, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Final Fantasy III, Dungeon Defenders: First Wave, or similar games never as high in the top paid charts as say…Angry Birds, Air Penguin (yes penguins are birds), or Tiny Wings. You know what all these games have in common? Birds. Yes, birds. This is where the title comes into play. All of those games have been in the top 10 or 15 for a really good amount of time and may still be there. So, it seems to be as if iOS users love birds, a lot. While that’s not all the reason, it’s just something funny I thought of out of no where. The other part of the reason I believe, is that iOS users also love a simple yet well made UI, a game that you can pull out and kill a couple of minutes with, along with polished graphics like Angry Birds or Tiny Wings.

While this may have nothing to do with much, it’s just something funny observation I made and I think the latter reason is a bigger factor than the bird factor. At the time of the writing, those games were at those positions, however, they may have changed since then.

Peter Sunde, the founder of the popular torrent website, Pirate Bay, who is currently facing jail time and a whooping $700,000 fine after unsuccessfully fighting charges of encouraging copyright infringement. But were not here to talk about that matter, if you want to know more on that, feel free. Anyway, he had something really interesting to say about Apple and the Mac App Store recently which, in fact, I somewhat agree with him on what he has to say. He told Forbes and Cult of Mac a number of different things on Apple and the Mac App Store. To start off, he said to Forbes, that the Map App Store represented a “lucrative move for them to move into forcing you to use their App Store to get programs”, and “Apple is going on the path to control computer use”. Her also said this to Cult of Mac:

Even though they might not force us to use the App store today, it is of course a lucrative move for them to move into forcing you to use their app store to get programs.
The problem is actually not the app store itself, but that Apple runs it, as well as your OS and your hardware. If the app store would be a third party, no problem.
When Apple owns this store, it means that they have incentive to make it more controlled since it makes them money. THAT is the root of the problem.

I agree with somethings he says, and I do think that it’s possible that Apple could become like Microsoft one day. But we’ll have to see. For more info, and quote of his, below are the links.

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Ah, what do we have here, Steve Jobs’ fake New Year’s resolutions for 2011? I think so. Scoopertino is back at what they do best folks — provide fake Apple news for the masses, which is funny no matter what. Plus, if you happen to know (or even don’t know them) Scoopertino you’re in for a real treat this time. This time around, they have found Steve Jobs’ New Year’s resolutions for 2011 scribbled down on a Starbucks napkin. Sounds like another joke about an iPhone 4G prototype found in a bar, right?

Palo Alto, CA — Uh-oh. Another piece of top-secret Apple material has been left behind in a public place. Only this time the culprit is Steve Jobs himself.

A napkin bearing Steve’s hand-scrawled New Year’s resolutions was picked up by an astute patron in a Palo Alto Starbucks after the Apple CEO rushed out to take a call.

After a brief bidding war with Gizmodo, Scoopertino has taken possession of the napkin and proudly presents this teardown:

The napkin is standard-issue Starbucks beige. Written in what appears to be a thin Sharpie, black, are ten numbered resolutions. It cannot be determined if they are in ascending or descending order of importance. Three mug stains appear to be random.

Some of Steve’s resolutions are shocking and/or surprising, while others suggest a playful CEO who enjoys pranking the likes of Mark Zuckerberg — and fleeing the likes of Steve Wozniak.

Resolution #1 — Keep the Verizon myth going — will likely rock Wall Street today. Resolution #5 — Reject more apps, just for fun — shows a CEO who delights in his work. Resolution #9 may have even the most fervent Apple fans questioning their faith — Upgrade to iPhone 4 when antenna gets fixed.

Apple’s PR department declined to respond, saying they do not comment on unreleased resolutions.

[Scoopertino]