Pulse (software)
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Pulse is an app for Android and the iPad
tablet computer, released in 2010. The application, which displays news from multiple RSS feeds in a single page, was temporarily removed from the App Store on June 8, 2010, hours after it was praised by Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs
at WWDC 2010, when The New York Times
complained to Apple Inc. about the app pulling content from its feed, even when the feed was in use by other apps in the App Store. Apple complied with the request; the app was again approved for and appeared in the App Store later the same day after it removed the feed from The New York Times.
Pulse was also the CPU load monitor application included with the BeOS
. It was a staple part of demos showing off the "pervasive multithreading" in the operating system as it also offered checkboxes to switch off individual processors in a multi-processor system. It famously allowed the user to switch off the last remaining processor, at which point the system would (obviously) freeze. This feature was removed in later versions of the BeOS
.
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
tablet computer, released in 2010. The application, which displays news from multiple RSS feeds in a single page, was temporarily removed from the App Store on June 8, 2010, hours after it was praised by Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...
at WWDC 2010, when The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
complained to Apple Inc. about the app pulling content from its feed, even when the feed was in use by other apps in the App Store. Apple complied with the request; the app was again approved for and appeared in the App Store later the same day after it removed the feed from The New York Times.
Pulse was also the CPU load monitor application included with the BeOS
BeOS
BeOS is an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Inc. in 1991. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware. BeOS was optimized for digital media work and was written to take advantage of modern hardware facilities such as symmetric multiprocessing by utilizing...
. It was a staple part of demos showing off the "pervasive multithreading" in the operating system as it also offered checkboxes to switch off individual processors in a multi-processor system. It famously allowed the user to switch off the last remaining processor, at which point the system would (obviously) freeze. This feature was removed in later versions of the BeOS
BeOS
BeOS is an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Inc. in 1991. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware. BeOS was optimized for digital media work and was written to take advantage of modern hardware facilities such as symmetric multiprocessing by utilizing...
.