Archive | November, 2010
Acer CEO believes he can topple the iPad in 2-3 years
There’s a fine line between being a dreamer and utterly delusional, and Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci probably falls somewhere in no-mans land. In an interview with Digitimes at a recent New York press conference, Lanci expressed confidence that Acer tablet PCs will supplant the iPad as the dominant tablet in the market within 2-3 years. […]
Continue reading...Disgruntled Apple Store employee lets it all out
27. November 2010
A disgruntled Apple retail store employee, who appears to be from the UK, has a blog detailing all of his beef with the mothership. It’s not terribly eye opening as the complaints are more or less the same as you’d hear from any employee working retail at a large corporation. Still, Apple tends to keep […]
Continue reading...It’s a hit! Beatles sell over 450,000 albums and 2 million songs on iTunes
27. November 2010
It may not have been a day we’ll never forget, but the addition of the Beatles music catalog to iTunes was no small thing. Backed by a ubiquitous marketing campaign that included billboards and prominent TV spots, sales of Beatles music on iTunes have been booming. Since first going on sale on November 16th, users […]
Continue reading...Apple ups the ante in its fight against jailbreaking
27. November 2010
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iPhone jailbreaking may have been legalized by the Library of Congress, but that doesn’t mean Apple has to make things easier for would-be hackers and tinkerers. In it’s most recent effort to thwart jailbreaking, TIPB reports that the most recent iOS update (iOS 4.2.1) now comes with a boot level signature check that precludes a […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 to showcase 5 new features, including USB port and Retina Display – Rumor
26. November 2010
The iPad has been out for over 8 months now and competitors are still trying to figure out a way to give Apple’s tablet a real run for its money. But as is often the case, by the time comparable offerings finally hit the market, Apple will most likely be ready to release the iPad 2. Early […]
Continue reading...Apple to unveil new iPad in January, new MacBooks in April along with new version of FCP
26. November 2010
As December approaches and 2011 looms, Apple is juggling a lot of balls up in the air. Of course, everyone’s expecting the iPhone 4 to hit Verizon in early 2011, a move which should only serve to increase already booming iPhone sales. And now comes word via Three Guys and a Podcast that Apple has […]
Continue reading...Apple makes huge land purchase in Cupertino
26. November 2010
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MercuryNews reports that Apple recently added a whole lot of acerage to its Cupertino campus, having just purchased a 98-acre lot of land from Hewlett Packard. The land grab effectively doubles Apple’s home base in Cupertino. Analysts said the deal is a positive indicator for both Apple and the Silicon Valley economy overall. “We’re very […]
Continue reading...Automated Sports Journalism? No thanks
25. November 2010
Welcome to the future of the Internet my friends, where websites sprout up over night, and believe it or not, may be written by complex computer algorithms as opposed to actual people. Sound crazy? Sure, but a North Carolina startup called StatSheet recently launched an extensive network of spots sites catering to each and every […]
Continue reading...New survey points to huge holiday shopping season for Apple
24. November 2010
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This week kicks off the busiest shopping time of the year and Apple, surprise surprise, is poised to have a monster holiday quarter with its new lineup of Mac notebooks (why hello, MacBook Air) and, of course, it’s impressive lineup of iOS devices leading the way. According to a recent survey of 2,812 people, ChangeWave […]
Continue reading...Best Buy to offer Black Friday $125 gift cards for select Mac purchases
24. November 2010
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Black Friday is about 2 days away, and folks are already strategizing what stores to hit as to snag those crazy deals for HDTV’s, printers, and an assortment of other electronic goodies. You won’t typically find Apple products at the forefront of any insanely great Friday after Thanksgiving sales, but Best Buy does have an […]
Continue reading...Photos of Steve Jobs in his Palo Alto home following his 2004 surgery
24. November 2010
A few weeks after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his pancreas back in 2004, Apple CEO Steve Jobs let Time Magazine photographer Diana Walker take a few photos at his home in Palo Alto. These photos were recently unearthed by allaboustevejobs and have been making the rounds ever since. TIME Magazine ended […]
Continue reading...Impending release of iPad 2 may weaken sales of competing tablets
24. November 2010
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DigiTimes reports: As rumors that Apple’s iPad 2 will launch in the first quarter of 2011 circulate the IT market, sources from notebook players pointed out that if the rumors are true, the launch is expected to seriously weaken other PC vendors’ tablet PCs, and since consumer demand for tablet PCs is still limited, while […]
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28. November 2010
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