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Tag Archives: apple
Link: 3G MacBook Pros? →
While we do not post much when it comes to rumors and such, I felt this particular article from MacRumors was noteworthy. MacRumors has photos of a MacBook Pro purchased on Craigslist that is clearly a prototype that came has … Continue reading
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Tagged 3G, apple, data, mac, macbook air, MacBook Pro, prototype
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Link: Pressure →
Intel Corp. said its investment arm is allocating $300 million to help encourage innovation around a breed of ultra-thin portable PCs that the chip maker calls Ultrabooks… …Welch said Apple informed Intel that it better drastically slash its power consumption … Continue reading
Link: E-Book Pricing Fixed by Publishers and Apple →
Matthew Lasar: This action sees Apple and Amazon as adversaries, the former forcing the latter’s hand. The accusation is that the publishers and Apple fixed prices via two means. First, the publishers embraced an “agency model” arrangement with Apple in … Continue reading
Link: David & Goliath →
After eight years in business, the Walmart Music Downloads Store located at mp3.walmart.com will close on August 28, 2011. All content in the Store will be disabled and no longer available for download from the store. (via Engadget)
Link: iPhone 5 Mockup →
Dan Frommer says it best: It looks awesome. And if you ever needed an example of how extensive, over-the-top, and lucrative the Apple rumors-chasing game has become, here you go.
Link: The Trends and Challenges of the Touch Panel Industry →
Interesting look at different panel types used in popular tablet PC devices. Most important to note is the chokehold that Apple has on this industry. Via Digitimes: Many large cellphone brands such as Apple an HTC have been requesting for … Continue reading
Link: Dropbox Killer →
Arnold Kim: Apple has decided to move this one-to-one over to iCloud and is automatically signing up MobileMe users to the 20GB (+ 5GB free) tier plan in iCloud at no charge. We previously detailed the iCloud additional storage pricing … Continue reading
Link: Wireless Charging Demo →
This is the wireless charging concept previously patented by Apple a month ago. The company created a demo video using an iMac charging a keyboard, mouse and tablet simultaneously.
Link: Facebook buys E-Book Company →
You have to wonder what Facebook might be up to with their latest move. On August 2nd, the company announced it was purchasing Push Pop Press. The e-book company specializes in books for iOS. It said that Facebook does not … Continue reading
Link: Foxconn to Replace a Portion of its Workers with 1 Million Robots →
Fixing poor working conditions with machines that can’t feel. Interesting.
Link: Apple Has More Cash than the USA →
A little over a decade ago, Apple was crawling on its knees. Now: According to the latest statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had an operating cash balance Wednesday of $73.8 billion. That’s still a lot of money, but … Continue reading
Link: Missing OS X 10.6? →
We are now 8 days into the new version of OS X and Apple has already sold over 1,000,000 copies of its newest operating system. Some people are more thrilled than others about all of the new features of Lion. … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, gestures, Lion, MacBook, macbook air, MacBook Pro, multitouch, OS X
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Link: How Low Can You Go? →
Mel Martin poses a question: [I]f you don’t have an iPad yet, would a cheaper tablet from Apple get you to the Apple Store? And if not, would an Android tablet and $250-$300 tempt you to try one? If I … Continue reading
Link: Cannibals →
Horace Dediu graphs the cannibalization that the iPad has on the Mac, but notes that the Mac market is still growing 7.5 times the rate of Windows PCs. The numbers show that the iPad is becoming the new standard for … Continue reading
Link: eBooks on iPad →
Apple’s recently updated App Store in-app purchases policy change seems to be causing some strife in the eBooks app world. It appears the Google Books app is no longer available and the Kobo reader app was informed it could no … Continue reading
Link: No Drama Replacement →
John Gruber: Everyone wants this to be an interesting story, but it’s not. There is no intrigue. If Jobs steps down in the foreseeable future his replacement will almost certainly be Tim Cook. Boring, but true. I like the thoughts … Continue reading
Link: Siri Surfaces →
I love the idea of a personal assistant, but speech recognition technology is not sophisticated enough. A real assistant would be able to recognize context with the thought stream you convey. Siri does a decent job at this, but the … Continue reading
Weekly Download #5: Borders and E-Books, Apple Earnings, Smartphones, Intel
Borders bites the dust (maybe inevitably), Apple posts a phenomenal quarter because of great smart phone sales, and Intel is sadly struggling because they haven’t gotten into that smartphone space as effectively. This show could be sponsored by you – … Continue reading
Link: A View From The Top →
Erik Slivka, Macrumors: Samsung and HTC lead the Android pack and have experienced very strong growth, but each company’s smartphone shipments remains about half that of Apple’s. People vote with their wallets.
Link: MacBook Airs Become Everyday Machines →
With 4GB standard and a multi-threaded processor, the MacBook Air has replaced the bottom end of the Apple laptop line. Not a bad bottom end, either.
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Link: Lion: Now Available →
As promised (and rumored), Mac OS 10.7 Lion is available on the Mac App store for download. (You could buy the USB disk for $69, though, which answers many of the lingering questions for people who own Macs in areas … Continue reading
Link: OS X Lion Coming to the App Store July 20 →
During Apple’s Q3 Conference call it was revealed that Lion will launch on July 20. There was no set time frame mentioned during the call, just that it was happening tomorrow. The upgrade will be 29.99 and weighs in at … Continue reading
Link: Schmidt Makes Dig at Apple →
Yesterday in a post about HTC’s falling share prices I said things would start to get interesting. Well, today Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has come out and said: “We have seen an explosion of Android devices entering the market and, … Continue reading
Link: MacDonald’s →
Peter Oppenheimer, Apple CFO: Apple Retail has been in business for 10 years. During this period, we have had over 1 billion visitors through our doors, many of whom are new to the Mac, as the Apple Store is the … Continue reading
Link: HTC Shares Tumble; Patents to Blame? →
It’s no secret that the competition between Apple and Google is quite intense, but things may have just heated up a little bit more. With Apple winning the initial patent dispute between it and HTC things could get very interesting. … Continue reading