Archive: 2009 — page 21
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iPhone App Review: Wunder Radio
Description: Listen to over thirty thousand radio stations on your iPhone with WunderRadio. WunderRadio provides a quick and easy way to play thousands of streaming Internet radio stations and other audio streams on your iPhone. Developer: Weather Underground Price £3.99 ( $6.99 ) I thought…
Apple and Verizon Working on Two "iPhone-like" Devices [U]
An article in BusinessWeek today takes rumours of an Apple and Verizon partnership even further, suggesting that the companies could be working on two "iPhone-like" devices. According to two people who are "familiar with the matter" one device is a less expensive "iPhone lite" type…
MacBookMini Reference Found
Prior to the release of the MacBook Air at Macworld 2008 a reference to the machine was spotted in Adium stat logs . The logs which show usage of the Mac OS X based chat client were the first mention of the MacBook Air before…
Apple Hires Ex AMD Chief
Apple has made another high profile hire that will significantly benefit its hardware business. Apple who last year hired renowned IBM chip expert Mark Papermaster who coincidentally began official work at Apple last week has hired former AMD chief technology officer Bob Drebin as Senior…
Apple Corrects Form 10-Q, Giving Investors Say on Executive Compensation
Apple today has submitted to the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) a correct Form 10-Q that it originally filed on Thursday April 23. The original filing incorrectly reported the voting percentages for shareholder-submitted proposals because abstentions were counted as "No" votes. Very shortly after the…
Verizon iPhone Coming in 2010?
Adding to previous rumours that Verizon and Apple were in talks over the iPhone, USA Today is reporting that Apple is giving consideration to a Verizon iPhone in 2010. The rumours which come from "people familiar with the situation" state that discussions between Apple and…
Apple Sees Billionth App Downloaded in Just Nine Months
Yesterday evening the Apple website pronounced that the one billionth application had been downloaded from the App Store. The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s one…
Latest Snow Leopard Build Shows Increased Development Pace [Seed Notes]
Just three weeks after the previous build of the next major upgrade to Mac OS X, Snow Leopard build 10A355 has reached developers in the last few hours. The build marks an increase in the pace of delivery by Apple as the company attempts to…
iPhone App Review: LittleSnapper
Description: Take a photo, snap a webpage, or choose an existing image from your photo album and share it online via QuickSnapper. Developer: Realmac Software Price: £1.79 ( $2.99 ) Towards the end of 2008 Mac software developer Realmac Software delivered a handy desktop application…
Apple Issues Statement on "Baby Shaker" App
Apple has officially apologised in a statement today over a 99-cent iPhone application called "Baby Shaker" which went on sale on the App Store yesterday but was quickly removed. The application from developer Sikalosoft asked players to quiet a crying baby by shaking the device…
Opinion: Legal Copy?
It seems that MacJournals News thinks that Apple pulled a fast one with one of their new "I'm a Mac" advertisements (video after the jump), and I can't figure out what they are on about. All ads that are openly going head to head pull…
Mac OS X 10.5.7 Build 9J56 Graces Developers [Seed Notes]
Despite many expecting that the previous build of Mac OS X 10.5.7 would be the one to see a public release Apple today has released a new build labelled 9J56. The latest build adds another five fixes to the huge list including issues with AFP…
Notes of Interest from Apple Q209 Earnings Call
Following the release of Apples fiscal second quarter 2009 financial results the company held a conference call to answer questions from industry analysts and members of the media. Present during the call were CFO Peter Oppenheimer, COO Tim Cook and treasurer Gary Whistler. Apple began…
Apple Announces Fiscal Second Quarter 2009 Results
Key stats Q209 revenue: $8.16 billion vs. $7.69 billion market consensus (6% y/y growth) Q209 EPS: $1.33 vs. $1.09 consensus Q209 Mac shipments: 2.2 million vs. 2.1 million consensus (3% y/y decline) Q209 iPod shipments: 11.0 million vs. 10.0 million consensus Q209 iPhone shipments: 3.79…
Pro Apps and OLED MacBooks at WWDC?
9 to 5 Mac reports today from its "favourite Apple source" that Apple will offer a minor update to both the MacBook and MacBook Pro at WWDC as well as updates to Pro Apps. 9 to 5 Macs source gave very few details regarding the…
at&t Activates More Than 1.6 Million iPhones During Q109
AT&T the official carrier of the iPhone in North America announced today along with its fiscal first quarter results that it had activated more than 1.6 million iPhones during the quarter. The company which also reported a "1.2 million net gain in total wireless subscribers…
Further Details of Voice Control Emerge in iPhone OS 3.0
On the back of a report from several weeks ago, Ars Technica is providing further details about a feature which is reportedly codenamed "Jibbler". According to Ars "Jibbler" will primarily deal with voice recognition and synthesis. Not much information is known at this time, but…
Apple Set to Announce Fiscal Q209 Results April 22
Apple has today reminded members of the media and financial industry that it will announce it's fiscal Q209 results on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT. The conference call can be streamed online live at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq209/ and will also be available for…
Review: Tweetie for Mac [U]
Over the last 24-hours the talk of Twitter has been a brand new Mac based client known as Tweetie . For some that name might ring a bell, developer Atebits who originally created the incredibly successful Tweetie for iPhone has decided to cave to the…
Foxconn Bidding for Apple Netbook Contract
DigiTimes offers a translation from the Chinese-based Commercial Times who states that Foxconn looks well placed to receive orders for a Mac netbook. The report which cites sources within the component chain says that Foxconn Electronics, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry "s in…