Upcoming iOS 4.3.1 update rumored to fix battery drain issues

23. March 2011

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Jonathan Geller, the Boy Genius himself, writes that a heretofore unreleased and unseen iOS 4.3.1 update will drop in the next week or two and that users can expect to see a slight improvement in battery performance in addition to a number of minor bug fixes. We reported the changes from iOS 4.3 a few days back, […]

Disney shareholders re-elect Steve Jobs to Board of Directors

23. March 2011

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Despite opposition form a group of investors, Disney shareholders voted to re-elect Steve Jobs to the company’s board of directors. A preliminary tally found that 74% of voting investors were in favor of keeping Disney’s entire 12-person board, including Jobs. The advisory group Glass Lewis & Co. recommended investors withhold support for Jobs, citing his […]

Apple considering licensing out AirPlay technology for streaming video

23. March 2011

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According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is considering licensing out its AirPlay technology to a number of consumer electronics companies to enable video streaming to devices like HDTVs. Such a move would ostensibly negate the need for the Apple TV. Apple currently licenses its AirPlay technology to companies with products that stream audio from […]

Apple considering forking over more cash to secure touch panels for the iPhone and iPad

23. March 2011

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Though Japaneese component suppliers for devices like Apple’s iPad have indicated that they have enough supplies on hand to last a few weeks, Apple is exploring the possibility of paying a little extra money to secure what may soon become limited supply of component parts in the wake of the Japan earthquake and Tsnuanmi. Digitimes […]

Steve Jobs says Apple has no plans to kill the iPod Classic

23. March 2011

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Earlier this week the Guardian published an iPod retrospective of sorts that breifly touched on the current state of the iPod Classic while insinuating that the iconic device may be on its way out. Indeed, the only iPod model that continues to exhibit growth from quarter to quarter is the iPod Touch. At other tables, as […]

As Apple attempts to reduce the learning curve…

23. March 2011

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With betas of OS X 10.7 Lion now in the hands of developers, we’ve seen a decent number of iOS style features migrate their way into OS X. Indeed, Apple isn’t shy about its strategy here and Steve Jobs himself said as much when Apple previewed OS X Lion for the first time a few […]

Bertrand Serlet leaving Apple

23. March 2011

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Apple today announced that Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s Senior VP of Mac Software Engineering, will be leaving the company after coming along with Steve Jobs from NeXt in 1997. Taking up his spot will be Craig Federighi, Apple’s current VP of Mac Sofware Engineering. “I’ve worked with Steve for 22 years and have had an incredible […]

Apple removes “Gay Cure” app from iTunes

23. March 2011

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Apple’s policing of the iTunes App Store has drawn a considerable amount of criticism ever since the store first launched back in July of 2008. At times Apple’s app rejections have been downright nonsensical (i.e when Tweetie was temporarily rejected due to an offensive trending topic on Twitter) while some of the apps that snuck […]