Tag: Apple
Apple and Oracle announce OpenJDK Project. Note the “Open” part.
Apple, often lambasted for being closed, has decided to open up their Java technologies to open source developers so they can access and contribute to...
iOS 4.2 delayed?
News is circulating of reports that the iOS 4.2 update (scheduled for today, alledgedly) could be delayed because of a bug found in the gold...
Apple patents a piece of plastic, light sensor, and radio presets
Apple patents tend to roll in at a rate of a couple per week. We usually only pick and choose the better of the patents...
Twitter and Apple team up to bolster Ping
Twitter has teamed up with Apple to get music previews (from Ping) directly into tweet streams everywhere. Any country that has iTunes support will start...
iPhone 4 ranked best and worst in smartphone study
SquareTrade analyzed over 50,000 smartphones and concluded that not only was the iPhone the most reliable phone of the bunch, but it was also the...
Some interesting technologies are being included in Apple’s data center
In a week where Apple’s cancelled their Xserve lineup, it’s extra-interesting to see just what kinds of servers Cupertino plans to employ in their North...
Toshiba Announces Blade-Type SSD Modules
The MacBook Airs released at Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event last month are built on flash-memory, just like the company’s iOS devices. Benefits of...
Jobs: No one was buying Xserves. But, Apple might have other plans
A French Xserve user sent Steve Jobs an email asking about the abrupt discontinuation of the Xserve product lineup last week. Like our own Stephen...
Update: Skyfire plans on releasing their browser in batches
Skyfire must be worried about melting their servers. They just announced that their app is no longer “sold out,” and instead of closing off downloads entirely,...
Update: There might not be squatters on the Mac App Store after all
So, after spending a couple of days thinking about this “squatter” issue on the Mac App Store that we seem to be hearing about still,...
Apple introduces Hall of Fame for Apps
A Hall of Fame makes so much sense when it comes to the App Store that we loved it the first time we heard about...
Un-pro: What the Xserve announcement means to the enterprise
Earlier today, Apple announced that it is discontinuing the Xserve, the company’s rack-mounted server, and is replacing it with a new-fangled “Mac Pro Server.” For...
Billings submitted to the Mac App Store
Add Marketcircle to the list of companies bringing their applications to the Mac App Store. As of this mornin,g they’ve submitted Billings to the store,...
Apple cancels the Xserve
Apple had a nice little server lineup a couple of years ago. They had the Xserve RAID and the Xserve, both of which Apple believed...
Skype releases 5.0 beta to the public. It’s sleek and sexy.
Just before heading into a podcast recording session today, we stumbled across the news that Skype has released a new public beta for version 5.0....
Apple employee leaks internal memo about MacBook Air display bugs
Internal Apple memos seem to be all the rage this week. An Apple employee might find himself in hot water after releasing a series of...
Origami + iPad = Awesome
There have been some pretty dreamy cases surfacing for the iPad, and although I stuck with the safe option and opted for the one Apple...
OS X 10.6.5 update finished, release by end of week?
MacNN reported this morning that the build for OS X 10.6.5 is complete and available internally, according to sources close to Apple. Purportedly, the 10.6.5...