Archive | December 16th, 2011
Apple’s A5 chip – Made in Texas
Reuters reports: The A5 processor – the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 – is now made in a sprawling 1.6 million square feet factory in Austin owned by Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics, according to people familiar with the operation. One of the few major components to be sourced from within the […]
Continue reading...Jerry Seinfeld explains Facebook back in 1992 [Video]
16. December 2011
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Who knew that Seinfeld had the ability to so precisely describe the dynamic that makes Facebook so popular and addicting back in 1992. The following is the show opening from the famous Bubble Boy episode. Moops!
Continue reading...Reports of an iPad with 7.85 inch screen resurface
16. December 2011
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Digitimes resurrects some old rumors that Apple is working on a 7.85-inch iPad set to be released sometime in late 2012. This rumored device would be in addition to the iPad 3 Apple with a retina display that will likely arrive sometime in late March or early April. Global shipments of tablet PCs are expected […]
Continue reading...Apple’s founding documents sell for over $1.3 million at auction
16. December 2011
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Apple founding documents, drawn up by former Apple founder Ron Wayne, was auctioned off earlier this week at a Sotheby’s auction where they ended up selling for an astonishing $1.35 million. That’s quite a premium from the $70,000 original asking price, and well over the $150,000 the documents were expecting to sell for. The winning […]
Continue reading...Apple TV poised to sell 4 million units in 2012 – Report
16. December 2011
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Though still relegated as a “hobby”, the Apple TV keeps on truckin. According to a recent report from Strategy Analytics, the Apple TV is leading the way in the connected TV player market. The report claims that sales of connected TV set top boxes is poised to double in 2012 and that Apple is on […]
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16. December 2011
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