Founder, Publisher and Editorial Director of the 9to5/Electrek/DroneDJ sites.
Seth Weintraub is an award-winning journalist and blogger who won back to back Neal Awards during his three plus years covering Apple and Google at IDG’s Computerworld from 2007–2010. Weintraub next covered all things Google for Fortune Magazine from 2010-2011 amassing a thick rolodex of Google contacts and love for Silicon Valley tech culture.
It turns out that his hobby 9to5Mac blog was always his favorite and in 2011 he went full time adding his Fortune Google followers to 9to5Google and adding the style and commerce component 9to5Toys gear and deals site. In 2013, Weintraub bought one of the Tesla’s first Model S EVs off the assembly line and so began his love affair with the Electric Vehicle and green energy which in 2014 turned into electrek.
In 2018, DroneDJ was born to cover the burgeoning world of drones and UAV’s led by China’s DJI.
From 1997-2007, Weintraub was a Global IT director and Web Developer for a number of companies with stints at multimedia and branding agencies in Paris, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, Hong Kong, Madrid and London before becoming a publisher/blogger.
Seth received a bachelors degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California with a minor in Multimedia and Creative Technology in 1997. In 2004, he received a Masters from NYU’s Tisch School of the Art’s ITP program.
Hobbies: Weintraub is a licensed single engine private pilot, certified open water scuba diver and spent over a year traveling to 60 cities in 23 countries. Whatever free time exists is now guaranteed to his lovely wife and two amazing sons.
More at About.me. BI 2014 profile.
Tips: seth@9to5mac.com, or llsethj on Wickr/Skype or link at top of page.
We’re pulling some more Ping info here. When someone ‘Pings’ you you get an email like this:
That URL takes you into iTunes where you see this screen:
Of course here’s where Mark gets denied. Ping is also showing up on the iPhone, below, but hasn’t propagated out.
Steve Jobs laid down some not-so-subtle hints that Apple thought Google was cheating in their activations counting in his event presentation today. Google responded, saying:
“The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services.”
Oh, damn.
Hot on the heels of Apple’s 99 cent episode renting announcement, Amazon has matched Apple by offering those same episodes for the same price.
It isn’t immediately clear if these are for permanent download or just for streaming like AppleTV. (it says “Own Episodes” but I think only Windows and Tivo can download for offline viewing).
If you thought Epic’s Citadel game was mindblowing ‘on a phone!’ during today’s event presentation, we have some good news for you. It is now available as a trial download for free. See what your iPhone/iPod/iPad can do:
You can download a demo of the game here. It looks insane on the iPad too (below)
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Apple has posted their new iPod touch commercial to their YouTube account.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t_IobxOsVc&w=675&h=404]
The new Nano commercial is below:
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It is on the way down now. Who wants it?
Just kidding. Go find a developer who has it.
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Our man on the scene Jonny Evans is getting some personal time with Apple’s new products. Have a look at what his (first-gen) iPhone can capture — and some images taken by a rather nice Lumix camera, and take a look at some of his first impressions here: (NB: More notes to follow).
The newly-updated iPod range. iPod classic fans — don’t worry, it is still available, but has had no update. Will it last? Who knows. Apple won’t say. More below
HD Movies from ABC and Fox are $.99. (Other studios might jump on board later but are at $2.99 still). Netflix built in too. YouTube HD and Flicker and MobileMe still supported. No hard drive, all streaming. Rotton tomato reviews. $4.99 to rent first run movies. Airplay can stream content from iOS device to AppleTV, making the iOS device an awesome remote/storage container.
it is smalllll
Ping is open to 160 million users can sign up for Ping. A social network for music. Twitter/Facebook like where you can follow and be followed and your recommendations get thrown around. You can upload videos and pictures, all from iTunes. Goodnight Myspace. Available on iPhone/iPod in iTunes app. Not on Web?
iTunes is now a Facebook competitor.
Steve doesn’t automatically accept invitations”Because I’m a little Particular”
Outsells Sony and Nintendo combined. Thinner. Retina Display. Forward and rear-facing cameras.
Wow! Those mockups were perfect! 24-hour battery. “Can be worn on your wrist – iWatch (told you so!) $149 for 8GB, $199 for 16GB.
Screw it, we’re embedding Flash for people not able to view:
http://cdn.livestream.com/grid/LSPlayer.swf?channel=gizmodo&autoPlay=false
In about a half hour, we’ll be tuning into AppleTV, just as we expect many of you will, to see what new toys and tricks Apple has up its sleeve. While we’ll be creating separate pages for each new product, we’ll keep a tally of them below
If you are so inclined, please join our chat by clicking the Chat button in the lower left hand corner of the page (Mac/PC only). Updated reverse chronologically below:
iLounge has published some last minute information on the iPod touch ahead of today’s Apple Event. They believe these bits of information to be correct (and we must say it helps to be partnered with case manufacturers!):
Perhaps most interestingly, they have some more sketchy information.
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…as you’d expect. Excited yet?
There has been some significant interest in Apple’s decision to stream today’s event using their HTTP streaming protocol around the Web. While the event’s status is certainly high enough to draw a huge load, Apple has some measures in place to make sure the experience is a good one. That’s important because many believe that the stream is also a showcase for both Apple’s streaming video technology as well as its North Carolina Data Center, which won’t be fully operational until later this year (according to Tim Cook at the last earnings call). The last time Apple streamed an event was 2002 when 50,000 people joined in. We might see 10x that.
The stream quality is important because Apple is selling both the studios and potential customers on its technology.
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A little pre-announcement speculation from Down Under. A Macworld.com.au source said the new AppleTV wouldn’t be shipping immediately (at least to .AU). Perhaps ‘iTV’, as before, was just the project codename. More on iPod touch shipping below:
The WSJ is reporting that its sister company, Fox, will be giving up iTunes Shows for $.99/ episode along with ABC. The announcement will be made tomorrow at the Apple event.
Some of these people said Fox agreed to participate in 99-cent rentals for a short period of time, and agreed to the lower-cost price only for broadcast shows it both produces and airs, such as “Glee,” “Bones” and “Lie to Me.” The Apple proposal won’t affect cable shows such as FX’s “Justified,” or Fox network shows, including “American Idol,” for which Fox doesn’t control the digital rights.
According to the people familiar with the matter[like their bosses], part of the calculus for Fox is that News Corp. wants Apple’s help with other digital projects, including the iPad version of The Wall Street Journal and a digital news offering known inside News Corp. as the “Daily Planet,” the name of the fictional paper in Superman comics.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jXz7NrfzsI&w=640&h=385]
I’m trying to think of something lamer than this. via TechCrunch
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Apple’s 2010 Music event is upon us and we’re anticipating some new iPod gear and perhaps some new software from Apple. Here’s a consensus from around here and what we’ve been hearing:
Well, there you have it. According to Bloomberg, an Army of people “familiar with the matter” have said that Apple will launch a TV service tomorrow with Netflix inside. iTV?
Apple Inc., preparing to announce a new set-top box that delivers TV to consumers, will include movies from Netflix Inc., according to three people with knowledge of the plans.
The streaming service would be available on the revamped version of Apple TV, due to be introduced tomorrow in San Francisco, said two of the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans haven’t been made public. Users would pay a subscription fee to Netflix for the service, the people said.
Perhaps that’s why the Roku HD player dropped from $129 to $69 with $10 of free content at Amazon overnight.
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Man, these are so good that Marc Krenn could have tried to pass them off as the real thing if he wanted to be dishonest.
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Damn that is a small screen! More iPod touch screens in the video below:
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