Archive: December 2005
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.Mac Shifts Bandwidth Limit to 1TB [Update 1]
It appears Apple have given all .Mac users a nice New Years present. .Mac seems to now be featuring 1TB (1024GB) of bandwidth every month. The figure can be seen in your account settings. [Update 1] Readers have noted that the figure has now disappeared…
Ive Honoured With CBE
Vice president of industrial design, Jonathan Ive has been honoured with a CBE in the Queens New Years Honours list. Ive is responsible for the look of many Apple products such as the iMac, Power Mac G4, Cube and most notably the iPod. Apple had…
The Jeepintosh
I know we don't usually cover this type of thing, but this guy has done the most wonderful job of getting a Mac mini into his Jeep. This guy deserves some credit.
Quad G5 Dissection
It seems someone has took it upon themselves to dismantle a brand spanking new Quad G5 and a what a beauty it is. Check it out.
Intels New Slogan “Leap Ahead”
Intel has announced the successor to its infamous Intel Inside slogan. Intels new slogan is Leap Ahead and comes bundled with a new logo. A few months back World of Apple covered a story featuring Intels new collection of logos and now it seems we're…
Apple to Continue Using Express Checkout System
Apple EasyPay system is reportedly becoming a major part in the Apple Retail Store experience. Over the holiday season the system was used to help process the mass orders for iPods. The area was nicknamed iPod Express and only last week was criticised by ifoAppleStore…
iTunes Music Store saw Surge in Sales on Christmas Day
The FT is reporting today that "music downloading websites" saw a 50% rise on Christmas Day, supposedly down to hundreds of thousands of people unwrapping iPods and loading them with tunes. In particular Hitwise reckons that the iTunes Music Store saw a 50 percent rise…
Intel Developing PowerMac for Apple
AppleInsider has posted a story claiming that "reliable sources" have stated that Apple is outsourcing the development of the motherboard for its next-gen PowerMac to Intel. According to the article Apple has planned the development of Intel PowerBooks, iMacs, iBooks and Mac minis and the…
iTMS to Sell Podcasts in Future
A new Firm by the name of What I Want Podcasting has promised to offer Podcasts for sale through the iTunes Music Store "in the very near future". In particular the company will offer footage from Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival which takes place…
Apple Rejoins Forbes’ Platinum 400
Apple has been ranked among the winners in Forbes' Platinum 400 list of Americas best big corporations, in particular these companies must have outperformed the S&P 500 over the previous 12 months. Apple was ranked 4th behind SanDisk, Holly, and Valero.
iPod Wireless Earbuds? [Update 1]
Some readers have noted over the last few days that Apple Stores in Japan have given their employees maroon coloured T-shirts with the slogan "Luck is in The Air" . The computers in the store also follow on the theme with screensavers displaying images of…
Apple to Hold Q1 Earnings Call on January 18
Apple will announce its financial results after market close on January 18 2006. The call will begin at 2PM PT and a audio webcast will be provided.
What Would You Ask Woz?
Just out of pure interest we're going to run a few articles that will hopefully spur some truly fantastic questions. Woz was born on August 11, 1950 and was a Co Founder of Apple, his ideas and sheer talent for electronics helped make Apple what…
Merry Christmas All
World of Apple would like to take this opportunity to thank all its readers and supporters and hopefully you will all continue to support us into the New Year and for many years to come. Merry Christmas all, and to anyone who doesn't celebrate Christmas…
Power Outage Slows Apple’s POS Process
A power outage cut the power to Apple's inventory and management computer systems thus cutting links to credit card processing networks. The power cut forced retail stores to manually process credit card purchases for over 30 minutes, lines at some stores began to snake out…
iPod Settlement Now Final
On December 20th those who filed against Apple have been dismissed and the Settlement has been declared final, meaning Apple can move forward with claims administrations and fulfiment. View related site.
MacWorld January 2006 Predictions
With Macworld 2006 quickly rushing upon us we have spent the week collating some of the most prominent rumours of the last few months. As usual we will try and give you the best indication of what to expect and naturally afterwards we will do…
Pre MacWorld 2006
With Macworld 2006 quickly rushing upon us we have spent the week collating some of the most prominent rumours of the last few months. As usual we will try and give you the best indication of what to expect and naturally afterwards we will do…
Apple Offers Free TV Downloads on iTunes
Apple has posted two new TV shows to the iTunes Music Store which are available free to download. The two new clips are: Saturday Night Live Short - Lazy Sunday - 2m 31s Sci Fi Inside: Battlestar Galactica - 21m 03s Of particular interest, it…
Mac mini - Big Ideas
Apple has posted a page that shows off some of the most useful features of its little hero the Mac mini.