Animesh Kumar {itsAnimesh}

The iPad 2 Gets Its Own Mini-Antennagate… »

Seems the iPad 2 has antenna gate also, I have noticed this for awhile. If I hold the iPad 2 on the sides my Wi-Fi drops to 2 bars but when I move my hand away from the left side it speeds up again.

Tried to validate it on my iPad 2 but wasn’t successful…

Apple “developers are licensed for Lodsys patents”… »

“Apple is undisputedly licensed to these patents and the App Makers are protected by that license,” wrote Bruce Sewell, Apple Senior Vice President and General Counsel.

Apple Fanboyism Is A Religion… »

Nothing new to an Apple fanboy, but still…

The cult of Apple is real, according to neuroscientists.

They compared MRIs of Apple fans’ brains to those of people who call themselves “very religious” and found that Apple and religion light up the same part of the brain. This means that Apple triggers the same feelings and reactions in people as religion.

I’m eagerly waiting for the documentary…

BBC highlights the finding in an upcoming documentary, Secrets of Superbrands.

10 years of Apple retail store… »

This Thursday marks 10 years since Apple’s first retail store…

Ten years and more than 300 stores later, it’s become a retailing venture unique in the world of consumer electronics.

The opening of that first Apple store was greeted with the zeal that’s become commonplace when new Apple products are released.

Looks like Apple is preparing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its retail stores…

Apple employees will be putting up black curtains at all stores so that people walking outside cannot see inside.

More here

Apple looks into Lodsys’s claim… »

Article by Darrell Etherington on what is up with Lodsys’s notices to independent developers and what Apple is doing on this case…

If you’re wondering whether or not Apple will end up responding to the threats made by Lodsys, consider that these claims threaten to undermine the attractiveness of the App Store to developers. The quality and depth of the App Store is arguably Apple’s most valuable asset in the ongoing battle for smartphone supremacy. And now that Lodsys is broadening its efforts to include some of Apple’s higher profile software development partners, the stakes are even higher.

It would be interesting to see what Apple has to say on all this… I’m hoping for a humors answer by Steve Jobs on this issue…

How Google Instant Mix compares to iTunes’ Genius Mix… »

A nice article by Paul Lamere on how the playlist generation tools of iTunes and Google Music compare to eachother…

“Evaluating playlists is hard. However, there is something that we can do that is fairly easy to give us an idea of how well a playlisting engine works compared to others. I call it the WTF test. It is really quite simple. You generate a playlist, and just count the number of head-scratchers in the list. If you look at a song in a playlist and say to yourself ‘How the heck did this song get in this playlist’ you bump the counter for the playlist. The higher the WTF count the worse the playlist. As a first order quality metric, I really like the WTF Test. It is easy to apply, and focuses on a critical aspect of playlist quality. If a playlist is filled with jarring transitions, leaving the listener with iPod whiplash as they are jerked through songs of vastly different styles, it is a bad playlist.”

Apple’s new Instapaper like feature for Safari… »

Surely this would also be a part of iOS5…

”Reading List lets you collect webpages and links for you to read later. To add the current page to your Reading List, click Add Page. You can also Shift-click a link to quickly add it to the list. To hide and show Reading List, click the Reading List icon (eyeglasses) in the bookmarks bar.”

Steve Jobs on Privacy!!!

I was going through last years D Conference and came across Steve Jobs describing Apple’s stance on privacy: Privacy means people know what they’re signing up for, in plain English, and repeatedly. That’s what it means. I’m an optimist. I believe people are smart, and some people want to share more data than other people …

Howto speed up Apple Magic Mouse…

A few weeks ago I also purchased a MagicMouse… I didn’t intend on getting an Apple mouse specifically, but I needed a mouse and the price was right for a wireless Bluetooth mouse, so I purchased it… However, since I have been using it i realized how slow it is… It takes forever to move… …

Thoughts on Mac App Store…

I am a great fan of apps like anyone else and i admit that the iOS App Store was the deal maker and the first reason why the iPhone family is successful… I my very happy with my iPhone because when i want an app, I don’t have to Google about it, I just go …