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Apple reportedly buys iCloud.com domain for $4.5 million
Well this is certainly interesting. Gigaom is reporting that Apple recently purchased the iCloud.com domain from Xcerion for a cool $4.5 million. Indeed, iCloud.com now re-directs to CloudMe.com. Apple’s track record with cloud based initiatives have been less than stellar to say the least. That said, Apple is reportedly planning a big MobileMe revamp that […]
Continue reading...Apple taps Sharp to provide next-gen display for the iPhone 6
26. April 2011
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Always looking to make their products lighter and more power efficient, AppleInsider points us to a new report from the Japanese-based Nikkan which relays that Apple recently struck a component deal with Sharp for displays to be used on the 6th generation iPhone. Sharp has reportedly already begun preparing for the manufacturing cycle, set to […]
Continue reading...Apple testing the iPhone 4 on T-Mobile – Rumor
26. April 2011
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AT&T in late March purchased T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom in a deal worth $39 billion. Now we don’t wanna go ahead and jump to conclusions, but with AT&T the exclusive iPhone carrier for years before Verizon came around, it was only natural for some to speculate that the iPhone would be coming to T-Mobile sometime […]
Continue reading...Purported leaked photos of the next-gen iPhone 5
25. April 2011
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So we’ve gone from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 4S. M.I.C Gadget today posted two photosof a device they’re affectionately calling the iPhone 4S. Like previous reports, the photos showcase a larger edge-to-edge screen which has been a long rumored feature of the next-gen iPhone. Recently, though, there have been inconsistent reports as to […]
Continue reading...Is this the iPhone 5? A new design and an expanded home area? We’re not so sure.
22. April 2011
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Some interesting iPhone 5 rumors for a Friday afternoon ya’ll. Joshua Topolsky, who formerly served as the editor in chief at Engadget, writes for This is my Next that he’s received information regarding the next-gen iPhone and its supposed new form factor. As the mockup above indicates, Topolsky writes that the image was drawn up […]
Continue reading...New MacBook Airs with Thunderbolt technology poised for mass production next month
22. April 2011
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While it was initially unclear if Apple was planning to keep Thunderbolt a technology exclusive to its MacBook Pro line, it’s become abundantly clear that all of Apple’s hardware will be privy to the Thunderbolt treatment. First were reports that revamped iMacs would be coming with Apple and Intel’s jointly developed transfer technology, and now […]
Continue reading...Apple beats Google in race to deploy could-based music service – Report
21. April 2011
There have been a number of reports over the past few months suggesting that Apple is planning on completely revamping its MobileMe service to include a digital locker that would enable users to store, and potentially stream, purchased content from iTunes from the cloud – namely, Apple’s large Data Center in North Carolina. Apple, of […]
Continue reading...Apple provides select game deveopers with A5-based iPhone 4s – Report
21. April 2011
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Some interesting news from 9to5Mac who reports that Apple has begun providing select developers with iPhones running the speedy dual-core A5 chip already found in the iPad 2. Apple will reportedly be touting huge speed advancements as one of the major selling points of the iPhone 5 and has already begun giving iPhone 4S devices, […]
Continue reading...Foursquare executives stop by Apple headquarters
21. April 2011
Though there isn’t much information out there about what features iOS 5 will bring to the table, there have been rumblings that iOS 5 will be a major update with a particular focus on location-based features. Specifically, it’s been rumored that iOS 5 will incorporate check-in functionality along with the ability for friends to locate […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to ship in September – Report
20. April 2011
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Citing people with intimate knowledge of Apple’s supply chain, Reuters is reporting that the iPhone 5 will ship in September. The sources relay that production on the next-gen iPhone will commence in July/August and, corroborating previous reports, will feature the same form factor as the iPhone 4. It’s hard to read too much into this […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 set for mass production in September; iPhone 6 possible in first half of 2012 – Report
18. April 2011
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Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who was spot on with his iPad 2 predictions, recently issued a new research note fleshing out more details about the iPhone 5. From the looks of it, it appears that the iPhone 5 upgrade will be akin to the iPhone 3G to 3GS transition, namely internal spec boosts. Corroborating […]
Continue reading...“ix.Mac.MarketingName” shows up in iTunes app descriptions – glitch, or hint at new Apple hardware?
14. April 2011
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Well this is certainly interesting, especially in light of the fact that it’s now been removed. Earlier today, MacRumors relayed an observation from Panic developer Cabel Sasser who noticed what at first appeared to be an odd but on the iTunes App Store. Specifically, in the section where iTunes lists the hardware requirements for a […]
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27. April 2011
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