Tag: Apple
Apple continues thermonuclear war against Google, moves to OpenStreetMap from Google Maps
It was only a matter of time until Apple decided to ditch Google Maps and head for a better and more open solution. Yesterday, as...
iPad keynote afterparty
A lot was announced today, and a lot of the announcements included the words “available today”. So far the apple.com sites have gone live for...
iPad keynote by the numbers
Here’s a running list of the various statistics, sales data, and percentages flying around during today’s keynote. Keep checking back for the most updated list....
Still no word on an official Apple Stream for iPad event, despite claims made by 9to5Mac
Journalizing is hard. Spotting fake Twitter accounts is even harderer. 9to5Mac published an article stating that Apple won’t provide a live stream of the iPad...
iOS 5.1 ready to ship, maybe tomorrow
According to Will Strafach (aka @Chronic), Apple has completed its quality assurance tests on iOS 5.1, and the company is now getting ready to release...
Move over iPad 3, we could be seeing the iPad HD tomorrow
With the iPad event set to go live tomorrow (did we mention that we’re doing a live video stream?) plenty of speculation has been tossed...
And the 25 billionth application downloaded award goes to … Where’s My Water, the free edition
It’s official, and the countdown is over. Apple has announced that there have been 25 billion app downloads from the App Store. More than 315...
Security expert warns of security risks with iCloud
Look out, guys, iCloud and Apple’s iOS could be leaking your data according to Kaspersky Labs’s Roel Schouwenberg. While chatting with RSA 2012 attendees, Schouwenberg...
Want to make a living on the App Store? You have to sell an app per minute.
There are hundreds of thousands of applications on the App Store, the majority of which come in around the $0.99 price point. At such a...
NYC to get iPads and Square system in yellow cabs
New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission has approved a pilot program to put iPads and Square in a number of taxis around town. Riders...
Rumor: Intel Xeon E5 chips are already in the wild, and could be in a new Mac Pro shortly
With the current Mac Pro getting long in the tooth, and potential upgraders getting more and more skittish about where the Mac Pro is heading...
Apple is the world’s most admirable company according to executives
Apple is a lot of things. It’s a half-trillion dollar company. It’s larger than the global coffee industry. It’s worth more than all the illegal...
Apple rejects Seth Godin’s book because of links to Amazon store
Marketer extraordinaire Seth Godin has released a new book, titled Stop Stealing Dreams, but you won’t be seeing it on the iBookstore anytime soon. Apple...
Apple updates 2008 MacBook Pro EFI firmware, addresses screen flickering
Apple has released an EFI firmware update for 2008 MacBook Pro owners. The firmware addresses display flickering in the late 2008 15-inch MacBook Pro models,...
Rumor: iPad 2 to stick around after the iPad 3 announcement
Apple may be giving the iPad lineup the old iPhone treatment after the release of the iPad 3 on March 7th. According to RBC Capital...
Apple now worth half a trillion dollars as AAPL hits $545.20 per share
Apple is now worth half a trillion dollars. Not half a million, or half a billion, but half a trillion dollars. As Apple (AAPL) stocks...
Rumor: Apple considering a 14-inch MacBook Air for China
It’s long been assumed that Apple is getting ready to refresh the MacBook Air lineup again, with reports ranging from faster machines to the introduction...
Panasonic introduces waterproof Android smartphone
It looks like Panasonic has beat Samsung and Apple to the waterproof smartphone revolution. This week, at the Mobile World Congress expo Panasonic unveiled a...