Archive | October 20th, 2010
Apple unveils iLife ’11 with significant updates to iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand
Apple today announced major updates across its iLife suit of digital software. “This has got to be some of the highest value software in the world,” Steve Jobs explained during today’s “Back to Mac” presentation. iLife ’11 will ship standard on all new Macs and can be purchased today for an upgrade price of $49. First […]
Continue reading...Apple unveils 2 brand new MacBook Air models
20. October 2010
Steve Jobs’ patented “one more thing” announcement today was the unveiling of a revamped MacBook Air lineup. Joining the current 13.3-inch model is a new 11.6-inch model that weighs only 2.3 pounds. Some of the features include SSD storage technology for blazing fast boot times and up to 30 days of standby time. Apple’s press […]
Continue reading...Apple bringing Facetime to the Mac
20. October 2010
What started out as an iPhone 4 exclusive is now migrating over to the Mac. Steve Jobs announced earlier today that Facetime will now be available as a standalone app for the Mac, enabling anyone running Snow Leopard to video chat with iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G owners. Facetime is currently available as a […]
Continue reading...Mac App Store coming to Snow Leopard in 90 days
20. October 2010
A busy day and a slew of new developments from Apple’s “Back to Mac” event earlier today, one of which was Steve Jobs announcing that Apple will launch a Mac App Store in 90 days. The Mac App Store will follow the iPhone App Store and will offer developers a 70/30 split on sales. As opposed to […]
Continue reading...Apple to offer live stream of today’s “Back to Mac” event
20. October 2010
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Apple PR delivers some good news about today’s special Mac event. So long live blogs, and welcome live stream! Apple will broadcast its October 20 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open standards. Viewing requires either a Mac® running Safari® on Mac OS® X version 10.6 Snow Leopard®, an […]
Continue reading...RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie fires back at Steve Jobs’ statements
20. October 2010
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Responding to Steve Jobs’ statements at Apple’s recent earnings conference call regarding RIM’s uphill battle and the general irrelevancy of 7-inch tablets, RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie responded with a fiery message of his own. For those of us who live outside of Apple’s distortion field, we know that 7″ tablets will actually be a big […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs goes off on Android
20. October 2010
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From Monday afternoon’s earnings conference call.
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20. October 2010
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