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Apple Has Been Working on OS X 10.7 for At Least a Month

Written on November 18, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 17 people have commented

Snow Leopard has barely gotten its paws wet, and now news comes that Apple is already working on its replacement. It’s not really surprising, since Apple is basically always either working on the next iteration of its products or releasing them, but still, it does whet the appetite for the next version of OS X.
The [...]

Apple’s Black Friday Sales Leaked Early

Written on November 17, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 21 people have commented

If you’re planning your holiday shopping but want to get a good grasp of the budget available to you in advance, it helps to know what kind of deals you’re going to get. Luckily, Apple’s Black Friday discounts have been leaked early, so you can factor in those price reductions while you’re figuring out how [...]

Apple Set to Release “Concierge” App to Make Scheduling Appointments Easier

Written on November 16, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 6 people have commented

Scheduling a Genius Bar or One to One training session appointment has never been that difficult. Just go to Apple’s web site, enter some information, and you’re done. But a new rumor over at AppleInsider suggests that it’s about to become even easier, thanks to a new in-house developed iPhone app that could be forthcoming [...]

AdMob Could Have Gone to Apple, Sources Say

Written on November 16, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 3 people have commented

AdMob, the mobile advertising firm that recently made headlines thanks to a Google acquisition, might have become part of the Apple fold if things had worked out differently, according to a report by Bloomberg that appeared this weekend. Apple reportedly approached AdMob with interest before the Google deal went down.
That’s according to “people familiar with [...]

Apple Surpasses Nokia as Most Profitable Cell Phone Maker

Written on November 11, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 7 people have commented

Despite controlling a much smaller share of the market, Apple is now much more profitable than Nokia, overtaking the handset maker as the most lucrative company in the business of selling cell phones. Apple also overtook Samsung during the last financial quarter, so it actually jumped from third to first place overall among global cell [...]

Apple Releases OS X 10.6.2 Update

Written on November 09, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 10 people have commented

The second minor incremental update for OS X Snow Leopard was released today, and it contains the usual expected bug fixes. It is also is said to contain built-in support for Apple’s new Magic Mouse, and may or may not remove support for Intel Atom processors. If you happen to be using a hackintosh and [...]

4 Unusual Halloween Costumes for Apple Fans

Written on October 30, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 1 person has commented

We’ve all seen the Steve Jobs, the iPhone, the iPod, and the Mac costumes, but what do you do if you want to stand out from the crowd? The motto of our beloved company has long been “Think Different,” and it’s about time we bring that to the Halloween arena, too.
The day itself is tomorrow, [...]

Rumor Has It: Apple Sharing Tablet Info With Australian Media?

Written on October 27, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and No one has commented

The tablet rumor mill is heating up, which is in keeping with the early 2010 release date that’s been mentioned in earlier reports. The latest news to hit the web is that Apple has been talking to the Australian media about content provision for the fanboi device of legend.
The news comes via Australian paper The [...]

New “Get a Mac” Ads Target Windows 7

Written on October 23, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 74 people have commented

Microsoft may have only just launched Windows 7, but Apple isn’t sitting back and letting Redmond enjoy its time in the spotlight. Instead, last night it revealed three new ads in the popular “Get a Mac” series featuring John Hodgman and Justin Long, all of which go after Windows 7 by name.
The three ads, “Broken [...]

Nokia Sues Apple Over iPhone

Written on October 22, 2009 by Charles Jade and 23 people have commented

Mobile phone giant Nokia declared an intellectual property war against Apple today, alleging the iPhone infringes on 10 patents relating to wireless technologies and standards.

Of course, the lawsuit has nothing to do with Nokia losing smartphone market share to Apple, as the chart from AdMob indicates (Nokia owns Symbian OS), and the legal action couldn’t [...]

iTunes Tweets: How Spamtastic!

Written on October 22, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 2 people have commented

Right now, as you read this, there are five iTunes-flavored profiles over on Twitter, providing their followers with SMS-length dispatches on music, podcasts, TV shows and other content on offer in Apple’s titan digital media platform.
They are, it must be said, almost entirely pointless. For some reason this week they’ve received a fair bit of coverage [...]

Microsoft Becoming Apple With First Retail Store, Online PC Sales

Written on October 22, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 21 people have commented

Talk about biting someone else’s style. Not only is Microsoft trying to add some cool factor to its brand using celebrity influence, a game which Apple has long had in the bag, now it’s also opened its first official brick-and-mortar retail store, and it even just began offering PC hardware for sale via its online [...]

New Apple Remote Sports More Current Look, Better Usability

Written on October 20, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 5 people have commented

If you’re like me, you have so many white plastic Apple Remotes scattered around your living space that visitors ask if they’re part of the decor. And they were quite stylish, once upon a time. But Macs started being less about plastic and more about aluminum long ago, and the Remote has languished at the [...]

Apple Q4 2009: 3M Macs, Record Profits

Written on October 19, 2009 by Charles Jade and 7 people have commented

Reporting results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2009, Apple sales and profits continue to defy a moribund economy, and for the first time in the company’s history ten million Macs have been sold in a fiscal year.

Apple reported revenue of $9.2 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 earnings per [...]

Verizon Attacks iPhone With “Droid”

Written on October 18, 2009 by Charles Jade and 65 people have commented

Over the weekend, Verizon launched its second attack against the iPhone, a condescending teaser for an upcoming Android-based phone, Droid. However, unlike the first ad, which rightfully attacked AT&T’s anemic network coverage and dependability, the Droid ad goes after the iPhone.
According to Verizon, the iPhone doesn’t:

have a real keyboard
run simultaneous apps
take 5-megapixel pictures
customize
run widgets
allow open [...]

Windows 7 No Threat to Mac: Report

Written on October 13, 2009 by Charles Jade and 18 people have commented

From Computerworld, the ponderings of Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall may state the obvious, but nonetheless bear repeating: Windows 7 is no threat to the Mac.

Having looked at the data on Windows release dates, Marshall “found no negative correlation between them and Mac sales.” Further, Marshall suggests that “new OS launches from MSFT may have [...]

Rumor Has It: Foxconn Making Tablets for Apple

Written on October 07, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

Taiwanese news and rumors site DigiTimes is stirring up the Apple tablet pot today with reports that regular Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn will be producing the upcoming device. Shipments of the device are said to be set to begin in the first quarter of 2010, which would be in keeping with earlier rumors that the [...]

Apple Leaves U.S. Chamber of Commerce Due to Climate Stance

Written on October 06, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 14 people have commented

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is alienating its member companies with a hard-line stance it’s taken against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and climate change legislation currently making the rounds in the Senate. The latest casualty in the conflict generated by the Chamber’s controversial position is Apple, which yesterday gave up its membership with the [...]

Verizon Ad Mocking AT&T Pays Homage to iPhone

Written on October 06, 2009 by Charles Jade and 14 people have commented

“There’s a map for that” is the catchphrase for a new ad from Verizon that plays upon the ubiquitous advertising meme for the iPhone and Apple’s App Store. However, the ad has nothing to do with Verizon’s own application store, instead highlighting the disparity of 3G coverage between Verizon and AT&T.

The ad shows some guy [...]

Review: AT&T 3G MicroCell

Written on October 02, 2009 by Charles Jade and 39 people have commented

AT&T’s latest solution to improving network coverage, making the customer pay more and leeching off broadband providers, also known as the AT&T 3G MicroCell, is now in public trials.
While the tiny cellular base station, or femtocell, is not yet available in places like New York or San Francisco, where the call drop rate is rumored [...]