Apple Shifting Tactics on Suppressing Product Leaks?
Nick Ciarelli describes a recent shift in Apple's strategy to suppress product leaks in an article at The Daily Beast. But lately, there are signs that Apple—long the most secretive company in the tech world—has thrown in the towel...
published yesterday, 20 hours 29 minutes ago
Apple Has Already Reached 10 Million iPhone Sales in 2008?
Seeking Alpha summarizes findings by MacObserver forum members who have been compiling iPhone IMEI numbers into a public spreadsheet. According to those numbers, it appears that Apple may have already reached 10 million iPhone sales f...
published yesterday, 22 hours 29 minutes ago
iPhone 2.2 Hidden Features: Google Street View, Emoji, Auto-Correction Off
It seems that Apple is taking further care in hiding new iPhone features in their beta releases. The most recent firmware beta seeded to developers listed "compatibility testing" in its release notes as the only change. We've since he...
published yesterday, 1 day 6 hours 56 minutes ago
NVIDIA Powered MacBooks on October 14th?
TUAW believes that the upcoming MacBooks will indeed be powered by NVIDIA chipsets and will be delivered on October 14th. A source tells us that Nvidia is showing off new MacBooks to their employees, and word is going around that the...
published on Sunday, the 5. October 2008
'Brick' Refers to the MacBook Manufacturing Process
9to5Mac finally puts an end to 'Brick' speculation and claims that 'Brick' refers to the new manufacturing process for MacBooks.The MacBook manufacturing process up to this point has been outsourced to Chinese or Taiwanese manufactur...
published on Saturday, the 4. October 2008
Fring Enables VoIP Calls Over WiFi for iPhone with Skype Support
Fring has released the iPhone version of their service today as a free download in the App Store. Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, ICQ. I...
published on Friday, the 3. October 2008
Fake Rumors of Steve Jobs Heart Attack Circulate
Last night, an individual started spreading fake rumors of Steve Jobs suffering from a heart attack. The story was posted to CNN's iReport "unedited" and "unfiltered" citizen journalism site and subsequently submitted to Digg.com. The...
published on Friday, the 3. October 2008
Apple's Plans: New Products or Establishing Existing Ones?
Businessweek's Arik Hesseldahl raises some questions about what the strategic direction Apple will pursue in the next 6 to 24 months.As obvious as the path to a tablet device seems now, I have trouble imagining the next obvious path ...
published on Friday, the 3. October 2008
Royalty Rate Unchanged, Apple's iTunes Safe For Now
Apple generated some headlines on Tuesday when statements by iTunes vice president Eddie Cue suggested that Apple might shut down iTunes rather than pay increased royalty rates to music publishers. Few took the threat seriously, but CN...
published on Friday, the 3. October 2008
Apple Releases Apple TV 2.2 Update with Genius Playlists
Apple has also released the Apple TV 2.2 update tonight. Apple TV owners can download the new updates from their Apple TV's by accessing the "Update Software" menu option in their Apple TV's settings. Aside from addressing some secur...
published on Thursday, the 2. October 2008