Archive | September, 2011
Samsung CEO Choi Gee Sun says WebOS acquisition ain’t happening
Earlier this week, we reported that Samsung was perhaps interested in acquiring the WebOS originally developed at Palm and now in the hands of HP. With HP effectively out of the mobile market and Samsung fighting patent infringement claims from Apple across multiple continents, a shift to the relatively sleek WebOS arguably made a little […]
Continue reading...New iPhone 5 case photos purport to show much thinner and longer form factor
2. September 2011
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With rumors of Apple releasing two new iPhone models this Fall, we’ve seen an increasing number of purported iPhone 5 case schematics and moldings over the past few weeks. In the latest development, the Italian site Macitynet posts photos of an iPhone 4 resting comfortably inside what they claim is an iPhone 5 case. While […]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt says he stayed on Apple’s Board until he “couldn’t stand the board anymore”
2. September 2011
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Update: The original source of this story, Bloomberg, contained a misquote as Schmidt did not claim, after all, that he couldn’t stand Apple’s board. In a recent interview at the Dreamforce 2011 conference, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt explained that he stayed on Apple’s Board of Directors until he “couldn’t stand the board anymore.” Schmidt’s […]
Continue reading...Apple makes FCP 7 available again via reissue of Final Cut Studio
2. September 2011
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Apple in June released Final Cut Pro X, the long awaited 64-bit update to FCP 7. While the update brought with it a long list of innovative features, a large and vocal number of professional video editors were frustrated at what Apple chose to leave out. In short, video professionals derided FCP X for being […]
Continue reading...Jon Whipple’s solution to OS X Lion’s invisible scrollbars – The “Scroll Compass”
2. September 2011
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By David Goldman: OS X Lion ushered in a number of significant user interface changes with one of the more controversial debates centering on Apple’s decision to reverse mouse scrolling so that scrolling downwards takes a user to the top of a particular window – which is exactly how it works on the iPhone and […]
Continue reading...Brian Hogan and Sage Robert Wallower plead not-guilty in iPhone 4 theft case
1. September 2011
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Yesterday, news surfaced that the unthinkable had happened – an Apple employee had lost yet another iPhone prototype after an evening out in a bar. Last year, Gizmodo famously published photos of pre-production iPhone 4 it obtained after paying someone a few grand for the device. That “someone”, it later turned out, was a then […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs explains why Apple wasn’t keen on tablet computing back in 2003
1. September 2011
Apple didn’t release the first tablet computer or even come up with the idea for tablet computing itself. If anything, Microsoft, and Bill Gates in particular, were championing tablet computers years before the iPad was released. In this video clip from the first All Things D conference in 2003, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs explains […]
Continue reading...Foxconn planning to ship whopping 20 million iPad 2s to Apple this quarter
1. September 2011
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With competitors still struggling in vain to dethrone the iPad, Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn will reportedly ship 20 million iPad 2 units this quarter, representing a 60% increase in sequential growth. While this obviously doesn’t represent how many iPads Apple will ultimately sell, Apple last quarter sold nearly every iPad it manufactured amid booming demand […]
Continue reading...Renderings of two new iPhone models courtesy of the icon in the latest Photo Stream beta
1. September 2011
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When Apple released the latest Photo Stream beta recently, developers found that one of the images used was an iPhone style icon that didn’t resemble any previous iterations of the iPhone. So naturally, folks began wondering if the icon was a representation of Apple’s upcoming iPhone or simply a rendering of a generic smartphone. While […]
Continue reading...Apple promotes Eddy Cue to Senior VP of Internet Software and Services
1. September 2011
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In the first significant executive re-shuffling following Steve Jobs’ resignation, Eddy Cue has been promoted Apple’s executive team and will serve as Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services. Under his new role, Cue will report directly to Tim Cook and will help over see Apple’s content stores, including the iTunes Music Store, […]
Continue reading...Apple’s latest iPad 2 ad focuses on ‘Learning’ [Video]
1. September 2011
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Apple on Wednesday unveiled a new iPad ad titled Learning which highlights the iPad 2s ability to help facilitate the learning process in a number of disciplines. From learning about human anatomy to the solar system, the iPad 2, the commercial implicitly tells us, has the app selection and user experience to provide a new […]
Continue reading...Sprint raises early termination fee to $350 one month ahead of iPhone 5 launch
1. September 2011
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Providing even more fodder for the iPhone is coming to Sprint rumor mill, SprintFeed is reporting that Sprint next week will begin instituting a $350 early termination fee for users who decide to opt out of their contract. Depending on how many months a user has left on his/her contract, the ETF will be pro-rated […]
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2. September 2011
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