Archive | August, 2011
EA founder Trip Hawkins says Apple is peaking a’la the Roman Empire
Despite the fact that the iPad is EA’s fastest growing platform, and despite the fact that Apple continues to make more money than it knows what to do with, EA founder Trip Hawkins believes that Apple may be heading downwards. After all, everything that comes up must come down, right? Speaking to Edge Magazine, Hawkins […]
Continue reading...Acer founder thinks devices like the iPad and MacBook Air are passing fads
9. August 2011
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Despite innovative success that has spanned decades, Apple is still pigeonholed by pundits as being nothing more than a company that got lucky. According to these pundits, Apple uses a clever blend of marketing and trickery to get people into their stores and snatch up iOS devices and Macs in record numbers. This warped logic, […]
Continue reading...Apple files reply brief to Lodsys’ motion seeking to bar Apple from intervening in iOS lawsuits
8. August 2011
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Apple today filed its reply brief to Lodsys’ motion arguing that Apple should not be allowed to intervene in Lodsys’ ongoing litigation against an ever growing number of iOS developers who allegedly infringe a Lodsys owned patent. Florian Mueller generously posted Apple’s brief up on Scribd if you wanna take a look at it in […]
Continue reading...Skype releases Skype 5.3 for OS X Lion, introduces HD video chat
8. August 2011
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Skype today announced the release of Skype 5.3 for OS X Lion. The update is backwards compatible with OS X going all the way back to OS X 10.5 Leopard. Along with some bug fixes and minor tweaks to the UI, the latest version of Skype supports HD quality video which as you can tell […]
Continue reading...Apple’s iPad enjoys design efficiencies competitors simply can’t match
8. August 2011
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Having learned the pitfalls of exorbitantly high product pricing , Apple shocked everybody when they released the original iPad for only $499. While that now seems to be the going rate for any base model tablet these days, remember that in the weeks preceding the iPad launch, many were anticipating Apple’s tablet to fall in […]
Continue reading...Apple sued over fast booting patent originally owned by LG
8. August 2011
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Apple’s legal team are undoubtedly a gainfully employed and busy group of folks. Indeed, it seems that not a week goes by that Apple isn’t either on the receiving or offensive end of a new lawsuit. Most recently, a Florida-based company that goes by Operating Systems Solutions, LLC sued Apple claiming that OS X violates […]
Continue reading...Apple launches education-only iMac for $999
8. August 2011
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Apple today launched a cheaper $999 iMac available exclusively for educational institutions (i.e no individuals can take advantage of this pricing). Normally, the price for Apple’s entry level iMac is $1,199.00 and still $150 cheaper than the $1,149 pricing Apple affords to college students.
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to launch in Russia in November = more evidence of an October iPhone 5 launch?
8. August 2011
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The Russian-language RBC Daily newspaper reports that Apple will start selling the iPhone 5 in Russia in November, “almost immediately after its official release in America.” While the timespan that encompasses ‘immediately’ is certainly open to interpretation, this seems to lend more credence to reports that the iPhone 5 won’t launch in the US until […]
Continue reading...Apple’s netflix-killing service not coming anytime soon
8. August 2011
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Despite rumors that Apple was planning to implement Netflix style streaming via a service reportedly dubbed “iTunes Replay”, it seems that existing studio contracts will prevent Apple from doing so anytime soon. According to CNET, Apple hasn’t yet signed “cloud agreements for feature films with at least four of the top six film studios.” One […]
Continue reading...Screenshot of integrated voice recognition in iOS 5
8. August 2011
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When Scott Forstal ran through the feature list in iOS 5, there was one glaring ommission – what happened to voice recognition? In the weeks preceding WWDC this year, a number of reports surfaced indicating that Apple was planning to integrate voice recognition into iOS 5. Not only had Apple purchased Siri, but it was […]
Continue reading...Apple files lawsuit targeting fake Apple Stores
8. August 2011
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Quick question: What do you see in the photo above? An Apple employee helping out a curious customer? Sure, it might look that way, but the photo above is actually from one of those famed counterfeit Apple retail stores in China. Yep, whereas Apple used to have a problem with people producing iPhone knockoffs, Apple […]
Continue reading...EA launches iOS back to school sale with up to 80% discounts on apps
7. August 2011
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EA is currently having a massive iOS app back to school sale. All of EA’s apps are heavily discounted with some top name titles available for as much as 80% off. EA Fight Night and Madden ’11, for example, are only $0.99 through this weekend. Get em’ while ya can! Check out EA’s iTunes page […]
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9. August 2011
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