Radius System 100 kicks off clone Mac era: Today in Apple history

Radius System 100 kicks off clone Mac era: Today in Apple history

March 27, 1995: The Radius System 100, the first official Macintosh clone, launches. A high-end computer made by a company founded by several notable Macintosh alumni, this marvelous machine kicks off the era of clone Macs in grand fashion. However, it won’t be long until things take a turn for the worse. Radius System 100 … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, March 27 (game #793)

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, March 27 (game #793)

Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll stand a far better chance if you think strategically. That’s the case in Wordle too, of course, but it’s even more important in … Read more

Apple pays to use ‘iPad’ name: Today in Apple history

Apple pays to use ‘iPad’ name: Today in Apple history

March 26, 2010: Apple pays up to settle a trademark dispute with Japanese multinational Fujitsu over the name “iPad” in the United States. It comes two months after Steve Jobs first showed off the iPad, and around a week before the tablet will land in stores. As it happens, it’s not the first time Apple … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, March 26 (game #792)

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, March 27 (game #793)

Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll stand a far better chance if you think strategically. That’s the case in Wordle too, of course, but it’s even more important in … Read more

Wine cellar bet on Newton MessagePad: Today in Apple history

Wine cellar bet on Newton MessagePad: Today in Apple history

March 25, 1993: Apple executive Gaston Bastiaens bets a journalist that the eagerly anticipated Newton MessagePad will ship before summer ends. The prize? Bastiaens’ well-stocked personal wine cellar, worth thousands of dollars. The bet takes place at the CeBit trade show in Hanover, Germany. Bastiaens’ outburst comes in response to a reporter’s needling. The gamble … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, March 25 (game #791)

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, March 27 (game #793)

Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll stand a far better chance if you think strategically. That’s the case in Wordle too, of course, but it’s even more important in … Read more

Newton MessagePad 2000 brings upgrades: Today in Apple history

Newton MessagePad 2000 brings upgrades: Today in Apple history

March 24, 1997: The Newton MessagePad 2000 brings major upgrades to Apple’s PDA line, including a far better display and a much faster processor. The best MessagePad yet by a wide margin, it quickly becomes a critical and commercial success. But it won’t be enough to save the doomed product line. Newton MessagePad 2000: Bigger … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, March 24 (game #790)

Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, March 24 (game #790)

It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off.  Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I’m still playing now, more than two years after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it’s fun, … Read more