• September 8th, 2008

    Rose predicts what Apple is going to rock us with tomorrow

    So, Mr. Rose has posted his predictions regarding Apple’s rocking event tomorrow and the image you see above is what he believes to be the new layout for iTunes. – New design for the iPod Nano (this one) – iPod price reductions – 2.1 software on iPod Touch – iTunes 8.0 – New audio visualization (this one) – Genius playlist – Genius sidebar – Grid view → Read More

    September 6th, 2008

    Rose confirms Magnetosphere visualization for iTunes 8

    http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=169308&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Yesterday we posted about the possibility of Magnetosphere being the visualizer that Rose mentioned a week back and last night via Twitter, Rose confirmed this. Confirmed: This was visualization I saw in a build of iTunes 8.0 –… → Read More

    September 3rd, 2008

    Well then, Kevin Rose was right about that Apple event: What else is he right about? [Update]

    Oh, that Kevin Rose. Seems he was right about that whole September 9 Apple event thing, so now we’re a little more confident about his other predictions. Remember, iTunes 8 is supposed to be a true-to-life point release, and not nearly a bug fix or anything. Juciy rumors circulating the likes of Twitter and Tumblr (follow me if you want to be extra bored throughout the day!) suggest a… → Read More

    August 26th, 2008

    Internet darling Kevin Rose says new iPods on September 9; MacBooks in late September?

    We continue to hang on Kevin Rose‘s every word vis-à-vis Apple rumors. He said on this week’s This Week in Tech podcast that, according to his sources, we should see an Apple event on September 9, where Jobs & Co. will introduce new iPods. This photo here is supposedly what the new iPod nano looks like—larger screen than last year’s model, and probably cheaper, too. → Read More

    March 24th, 2008

    Kevin Rose says 3G iPhone will have video chat

    I’m calling bullshit but feel free to watch Kevin Rose prognosticate. That means “tell the future,” not what you’re thinking, pervo. → Read More

    May 2nd, 2007

    The Great Digg Riots of 2007: Digg Caves In, Link to Encryption Keys All You Want, Kiddos

    The nerds cried foul and Digg acquiesced. Digg’s founder—and deity to many—Kevin Rose just posted an explanation for all the shenanigans that happened yesterday regarding HD DVD encryption key stories being pulled. The short of it, Digg has a policy of removing stories from the front page that it deems could get it into legal trouble—porno, piracy, and here, encryption… → Read More

    March 8th, 2007

    The Futurist: Why Digg Is Bad For The World

    Being a sometimes-media critic (in years past, I wrote for the media magazine Editor & Publisher), the effects of news aggregation sites like Digg on news organizations is a topic of constant interest. Not so long ago, the vast majority of our news diet came from a single channel — reading (or listening or watching) a chosen news source. Whether it was our habit to pick up the Times… → Read More