Archive | February 16th, 2012
Apple lays pressure on Pegatron to stop manufacturing Asus’ MacBook Air clones
AppleInsider reports: Apple has reportedly asked Pegatron, one of its overseas device assemblers, to “choose sides” and stop producing the MacBook Air-like Zenbook from Asus, or else lose Apple’s business. Apple’s apparent aggressive strategy with Pegatron was detailed on Monday by China Times (via Google Translate). It was said that Apple executives are upset because [...]
Continue reading...Visual tour of OS X Mountain Lion [Video]
16. February 2012
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Check out this video preview highlighting many of the new features we can expect to see in OS X Mountain Lion.
Continue reading...Apple releases developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion
16. February 2012
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Apple today released a developer preview of the next iteration of OS X, dubbed Mountain Lion. The new OS contains over 100 new features and is available as a developer download today. The release of Mountain Lion further blurs the lines between OS X and iOS, and thankfully, Apple isn’t blindly incorporating every iOS feature [...]
Continue reading...Apple releases public beta of new Messages app for OS X Mountain Lion
16. February 2012
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There’s a lot of OS X Mountain Lion news today, including the public beta release of Apple’s new Messages app for OS X. Positioned to replace iChat, Messages for OS X will integrate iChat and FaceTime functionality under one roof, while also being able to communicate with the Messages app for the iPhone and iPod [...]
Continue reading...Apple CIO pays visit to India
16. February 2012
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Citing a report from The Economic Times, 9to5Mac reported earlier this week that Apple’s Chief Information Officer, Niall O’Connor, visited India in January to pay visits to technology firms Infosys and Wipro. Apple is supposedly looking to “quadruple the amount it spends in India, making it all the more covetous for Infosys and Wipro.” The [...]
Continue reading...Number of Amazon Prime subscribers may be lower than initially thought – Analysts
16. February 2012
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It’s largely believed that Amazon barely breaks even, or at worst, actually loses money on each Kindle Fire device sold. Amazon’s strategy in that space is to make that money back via Amazon Prime subscriptions. But a new report from Bloomberg claims that the total number of Amazon Prime subscribers many be less than many [...]
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16. February 2012
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