Archive | October, 2010
Apple unveils 2 brand new MacBook Air models
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.
Continue reading...Rumor – iOS inertial scrolling coming to OS X 10.7
19. October 2010
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With Apple’s media event just a few hours away, MacStories is reporting that the OS X UI is up for some modifications, namely the introduction of iOS style scroll bars and behavior. According to our source, iOS influence is visible in the new OS user interface, but it’s still very much Aqua-based. Apple took some […]
Continue reading...“I don’t have a Start Menu, this is a Haiku Install”
19. October 2010
A brilliant take on Tech Support from XKCD.
Continue reading...Piper Jaffray raises Apple stock target to $429
19. October 2010
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In the wake of Apple’s record breaking quarter, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster upped his stock targer for Apple shares from $390 to $429. In a note issued to clients, Jaffray writes: While shares of Apple may pull back today (10/19), we would be buyers based on our belief that investors will gain optimism over […]
Continue reading...New evidence points to multiparty Facetime chats
19. October 2010
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Facetime on the iPhone 4 is cool and all, but when you break it down, it’s really just iChat Video gone mobile. Still, Apple is pushing the feature hard, as evidenced by the slew of iPhone 4 commercials devoted exclusively towards it. Perviously an iPhone 4 exclusive, Facetime is now available on the most recent iteration […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 hits EVT stage as CDMA iPhone 4 reaches “AP” testing stage
19. October 2010
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Citing a solid source, the often reliable BoyGenius is reporting that iPhone model 3,2, otherwise known as the CDMA iPhone, just hit the “AP” testing stage. “This is the very last stage before retail release,” BGR notes, “final hardware, almost final software.” Interestingly enough, BGR’s source tells them that the iPhone 3,2 device contains a […]
Continue reading...Apple posts best quarter EVER – $20.34 Billion in revenue and $4.31 billion in profit
18. October 2010
And the band played on. Once again, Apple blew away Wall St. expectations with a blowout quarter of $4.31 billion in profit on $20.34 billion of revenue. In the same quarter a year-ago, Apple posted revenue of $12.21 billion and profits of $2.53 billion. Yes folks, that’s more than a 50% increase in both revenue […]
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20. October 2010
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