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Report: Apple and Intel worked together on new transfer technology, “Light Peak”
Last week, Intel showed off an impressive new transfer technology called “Light Peak” which has the ability to transfer huge swaths of data amazingly quickly. The technology received so much hype at last weeks Intel Developer Forum that some are already speculating that the demoed standard may soon do away with current transfer protocols like […]
Continue reading...The strategy behind Apple’s efforts to standardize technology
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Apple often plays an integral role in getting certain core technologies it believes in standardized across the industry. Recently, we discussed Apple’s growing role in WebKit development, and how its work on establishing HTML 5 standards also serves the purpose of making it that much harder for Flash to become a de-facto standard across browsers and […]
Continue reading...Tuesday Morning Link Roundup
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
iPhone Nano still enroute, but in China? – Electronista Apple to own 40% of Smartphone market by 2013? – DigitalTrends Apple Dock vs. Windows 7 Taskbar – ITwriting The Story Behind Apple’s 1984 Ad – LowEndMac Google Chrome coming to the Mac in first half of 2009 – AppleInsider Mike Huckabee Praises Apple [Video] – […]
Continue reading...MacBook design might have left no room for FireWire
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
An in-depth look at the design of the MacBook suggests that Apple simply might not have had room for a FireWire port. Apple takes its hardware design very seriously, and it’s very likely that in attempting to achieve certain design criteria, compromises had to be made. Gizmodo reports: “The unibody construction, along with the decision […]
Continue reading...Apple drops FireWire? What else is new?!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Who would have thought that dropping FireWire from the MacBook would have resulted in such a firestorm?! This isn’t the first time, though, that Apple has ruffled a few feathers by leaving out a feature or two. The most obvious example is Apple’s decision not to include a floppy drive on the original iMac. At […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs email response re: lack of Firewire on MacBooks
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Pictured below is a supposed email from Steve Jobs himself regarding the lack of Firewire on the newly introduced MacBooks. Jobs kind of dances around the issue and just mentions that USB 2 is a viable option instead – and he does have a point. A quick look at the top 10 best selling Camcorders […]
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Monday, September 28, 2009
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