Archive | May, 2010
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli fined for forgetting to declare her iPad in Tel Aviv
Oddly enough, there’s been a disproportionate amount of iPad/Israel news over the past few weeks. First, there was the story regarding the temporary iPad ban instituted by the Israeli Communications Ministry which prohibited travelers from bringing iPads into the the holy land. The stated reason behind the decision was that the device wasn’t compliant with […]
Continue reading...NPD data shows Mac sales up 33% year over year while iPod sales slump – iPad to blame?
17. May 2010
Fortune highlights a recent investor report from Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster and in short, April looks to have been a great month for Apple with Mac sales up an impressive 33% year over year, well above the 19% increase expected by Wall Street. Munster anticipates that Apple will report Mac sales of 3.1 to 3.2 […]
Continue reading...Conde Naste sells just 365 copies of its GQ iPad app
17. May 2010
Is the iPad the savior publishers have been waiting for? Potentially, but we’re not quite there yet. As of last week, only 365 people had purchased GQ’s December 2009 Men of the Year issue, according to GQ publisher and Conde Naste Publications VP Peter Hunsinger. But if you think Hunsinger is worried, you’re sorely mistaken. […]
Continue reading...Paul McCartney blames EMI for iTunes/Beatles holdup
17. May 2010
From AC/DC to Kid Rock, there are a number of big name artists whose music still isn’t available for download on iTunes. But the most notable name on that list is, of course, The Beatles. But as opposed to most, the conspicuous absense of The Beatles from iTunes has more to do with contractul entanglements […]
Continue reading...When Adobe refused to develop video software for the Mac
17. May 2010
From a 2005 Fortune piece on Apple and the impetus for its development of Final Cut Pro and iMovie: But a 1998 meeting in which Jobs asked Adobe Systems executives to develop a Mac version of their consumer video-editing program changed his mind. “They said flat-out no,” Jobs recalls. “We were shocked, because they had […]
Continue reading...75,000 employees at London-based Standard Chartered Bank now have iPhone option
17. May 2010
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In a scenario likely to become more and more common, the London-based Standard Chartered Bank recently gave its 75,000 strong workforce the option of switching their mandated Blackberry handsets over to Apple’s increasingly popular iPhone. Adding the iPhone as an option to such a large workforce is always fraught with red tape and is probably […]
Continue reading...New dating site caters to Apple users
17. May 2010
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“Don’t date different” – that’s the tagline behind this clever new commercial spoof highlighting the upcoming Mac dating site, Cupidtino. It’s definitely worth a few laughs.
Continue reading...Next-Gen iPhone to see significant display improvements
17. May 2010
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Digitimes is reporting that the iPhone 4G, expected to be announced on June 7 at Apple’s WWDC, will come with a number of display improvements that will further separate the iPhone from the competition. The next-gen iPhone display will reportedly incorporate IPS (in-plane switching) panels along with FFS (fringe-field switching) technology. IPS is the same […]
Continue reading...Vietnamese site leaks specs, photos, and video of new 13-inch MacBook
16. May 2010
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First the next-gen iPhone and now this. Over the weekend, the Vietnamese site Tinhte published details of an upcoming entry level MacBook upgrade that might be available as early as next week. If you recall, Tinhte is the same website that got its hands on the 4th gen iPhone late last week. Anyways, here’s the […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs engages in heated email exchange with Gawker blogger Ryan Tate
16. May 2010
So long, writers block. Doing away with his typical terse email responses, Apple CEO Steve Jobs got into a heated email exchange with Gawker blogger Ryan Tate over the weekend. Tate, who writes for the tabloid-esque Valleywag website, was inexplicably incensed at an iPad commercial he happened to catch Friday night. So what did he […]
Continue reading...David Letterman trades up for a Mac
15. May 2010
Earlier this week, the perenially unfunny David Letterman announced that he was trading in his old and infected PC for the greener pastures of a Mac. Big switch in Dave’s computer world. He’s making the change from the PC to the MAC. He’s complaining of getting too much unwanted spam and cookies and gummie bears […]
Continue reading...Photos: Historic Apple prototypes
15. May 2010
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MacRumors points us to these historic Apple prototypes from back in the day. Up first, a clear cased Apple mouse reportedly given to a few Apple employees.
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17. May 2010
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