Tag: Apple Inc

Tim Cook speaks out about taxes

Though Apple was already tangling with the DOJ over alleged pricing fixing in the iBooks store, Tim Cook is set to testify in front of...
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Gates urged Apple to make the Macintosh OS a standard

It seems that in 1985, a young Bill Gates encouraged then-CEO of Apple John Sculley and Jean Louis Gassée of the Macintosh team to open...
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Apple spends big on Google Adwords in 2011

Google’s 2011 revenues not only reveals that Google made 96 percent of all of its money from Google Adwords (the total is $37.9 billion, of...
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Lucky bags, an Apple Store Japan tradition I wish would head west

In the west, New Year’s Day represents a tradition of hangover remedies and Tylenol as we reflect more on where we left our pants than...
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Check App Store updates with just a URL

So this is how the story goes. Panic, the company behind Mac apps like Transmit and Coda, used to provide its followers with specially crafted URLs...
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Quickpick adds a ton of shortcuts to Notification Center without jailbreak

Making utilitarian use of iOS’ Notification Center has previously been reserved for those who brave the jailbreaking process. Now though, a new app, Quickpick, available...
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Twitter 4.0 for iPhone released

Twitter has just dropped a new update for the iPhone, which is a complete redesign of the app. Twitter 4.0 for iPhone uses a new...
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OnLive finally gracing iOS users with its cloud gaming presence. Or should we say presents?

When OnLive first started showing videos of console class games being played from the cloud there were a lot of naysayers. People couldn’t get a...
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Piezo from Rogue Amoeba, a charmingly simple audio recorder

When I first heard a new audio recorder had hit the App Store, I immediately rolled my elitist eyes and thought to myself, who cares?...
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U.S. Cellular nearsighted, passes on iPhone until LTE model is available

Remember when cellular providers were knocking down Apple’s door trying to get a piece of the iPhone? The exclusivity arrangment between Apple and AT&T was...
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The MTA Fires back at accusers, “Bring it on”

A representative for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) responded to an article we posted yesterday about rumors of preferential treatment towards Apple in the Grand Central Apple...
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Grand Central Apple Store confirmed for December 9th

Apple has finally confirmed the grand opening date of its highly hyped retail store in Grand Central Station in NYC. The confirmation comes by way...
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Awesome at FarmVille but suck at real plants? Then you need a Biome

There once was a time when glancing around at the natural beauty of plants and wildlife was a common occurrence. Live plants used to be an...
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Next-Gen Apple TV references found in iOS 5.1 beta

Rumors of a new Apple TV have been running rampant but nothing concrete has hit the scene until today. iH8Snow has revealed a new product, codenamed...
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The Business Software Association flip flops like a sandal convention

While the software alliance, which consists of most of the major players in the software sector, hasn’t done a complete 180, it is back-peddling a...
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Ultrabook makers bring junk to an aluminium fight

Ultrabook manufacturers are looking into alternate materials to adorn their “Macbook Air Killers” as Apple gets first dibs on the machines used to crank out...
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People want tablets 130 percent more today than some other day, apparently

Apple Insider reported today that a survey of 3,034 consumers shows that Apple’s iPad as well as the Kindle Fire from Amazon are poised to...
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aTV Flash (Black) adds enhancements to your AppleTV 2 with ease

FireCore has been around for a while with their aTV Flash package for the original AppleTV. The latest version aTV Flash (Black) is now available...
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