Siri makes a cameo appearance on The Big Bang Theory

• Stephen Colbert needs an iPad 2

  He's not sleeping. He's not eating. He's not even sleep-eating.

  Stephen Colbert capped his Grammy monologue last year by reaching under his suit jacket and pulling out an iPad -- four days after Steve Jobs unveiled it and two months before it went on sale.

  It was, as we wrote at the time, a triumph of product placement.

  This year Colbert isn't getting any special treatment from Apple (AAPL). At least not MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 8, 2011 5:17 PM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Colbert Report, Comedy Central, iPad, iPad 2, Product placement, Stephen Colbert, Tablets

• Video: The iPad hits prime time TV

  Apple's tablet computer made two big appearances Wednesday night -- on ABC, naturally

  ABC, which is owned by Disney (DIS), whose largest stockholder is Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple (AAPL), gave the iPad two big fat plugs on prime time television last night:

  An exclusive 2 minute sneak peek on World News with Diane Sawyer that includes glimpses of a new musical instrument by Ge Weng, creator of the Ocarina on the MORE
  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 1, 2010 6:35 AM ET
  Posted in: ABC, Apple, Disney, iPad, Product placement, Steve Jobs

• Free advertising: Stephen Colbert and Pee Wee Herman get Apple iPads

  Apple's tablet computer makes cameo appearances at the Grammys and on Funny or Die

  David Pogue and Walt Mossberg, eat your hearts out.

  America's premier tech columnists -- at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, respectively -- are dying to spend some quality time with Steve Jobs' latest creation.

  But they're going to have to wait their turn.

  First Pee Wee Herman brought what looked like a non-functioning iPad to his MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 1, 2010 6:03 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Crammys, iPad, Jay-Z, Keith Urban, Nichole Kidman, Pee Wee Herman, Product placement, Stephen Colbert, Tablets