Archive: 2009 — page 3
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Apple Pulls in Almost Half of U.S. Desktop Sales Money
According to NPD data Apple grabbed 47.71 percent of U.S. retail desktop revenue during the month of October. The data which comes from Joe Wilcox who spoke to Stephen Baker, NPD’s vice president of industry analysis. Baker attributed this impressive number down to the release…
Apple Begins 2009 Black Friday Sale
Apple has today begun a one-day sale that traditionally takes place on the Friday following Thanksgiving in the US. Apple has posted the discounts on all of its stores worldwide with reductions in price ranging between 4-10%. Prices for the major products below for the…
Tesco to Begin Selling iPhone in UK
Britains largest supermarket Tesco announced today that it will begin selling the iPhone through an agreement with O2, the supermarket hopes to have pay-as-you-go and contract models available before Christmas 2009. Tesco is not currently offering any pricing or tariff details. But did describe the…
Apple Releases iPhoto 8.1.1 Addressing Facial Recognition Issues
iPhoto 8.1.1 - 12.5MB This update addresses issues affecting face recognition performance and accuracy. It also fixes minor issues in the areas of book ordering, and iPod touch support. The update is recommended for all users of iPhoto '09. For detailed information on this update…
iPod touch with Camera to Drop Spring 2010
Following a barrage of convincing evidence that the iPod touch released in September this year was intended to feature a camera rumours now suggest that the models will finally appear in Spring 2010. The source suggests that the iPod touch will feature the same camera…
Phil Schiller Speaks on App Store Approval Process
Following last weeks change to how applications destined for the App Store are approved Businessweek has run an interview with Apple's senior vice-president of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller who commented on the process which is often under criticism. "We've built a store for the…
Apple Announces Black Friday 2009 Sale, Details Rumoured
Apple today announced that this coming Friday it will be holdings its annual Black Friday sales, commonly offering modest discounts on Macs and iPods for just one day of the year. The one day sale which will be held worldwide on November 27th has been…
App Store Submissions Now Subject to Private API Use Checks
Apple has begun running all App Store submissions through a static analysis tool which will identify apps using private API calls. Apple offers developers for the iPhone and iPod touch a list of public application programming interface (APIs) which are free to be used and…
Estimates Suggest Apple On Track to Sell 2.9 Million Macs
Estimated sales figures for the month of October suggest that Apple could be on track to please Wall Street expectations and sell 2.9 million Macs during the company's first fiscal quarter of 2010 which includes the lucrative month of December. The data released from NPD…
LED Display Firmware Update Addresses iSight Issue
LED Cinema Display iSight Firmware Update 1.0 - 654K This firmware update corrects an issue with the built-in iSight camera on the LED Cinema Display where the camera may not be recognized by applications.
Rumours Suggest Apple Tablet Delay
DigiTimes reported on Thursday that the heavily rumoured Apple tablet will not appear until the second half of 2010. Previous rumours had suggested that the multi-touch device would see a release in Q1 2010 . DigiTimes which has had a rocky track record for Apple…
Evidence of Mac OS X 10.7 Development Surfaces
Mac Rumors is reporting that details of Mac OS X 10.7 development has surfaced just three months after the release of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The finding is not at all surprising considering the long development period a major operating system commands. The…
Sales of iPhone to Begin in South Korea Soon
It is being reported that the iPhone is set to make a debut in just a few weeks in South Korea after clearing regulatory hurdles. Korea Communications Commission issued a statement on Wednesday saying that it will grant Apple a license that will allow the…
iPod Nano 5G Receives Minor Software Upgrade
Owners of the latest iPod released in September this year are at the receiving end of a minor update that fixes and enhances numerous features on the fifth generation iPod nano which features video recording. The update which is available upon plugging an iPod nano…
Apple Unveils Upper West Side Apple Store, Grand Opening Set
Apple today took the plastic shrouding off its newest retail store in New York’s Upper West Side. The store features a massive all-glass arched roof and inside features more iPhone, Macs and iPods than any other store in the world. The lower level of the…
Apple Releases Safari 4.0.4
Safari 4.0.4 - 28 MB (Snow Leopard) 36 MB (Leopard) 26 MB (Tiger) 28 MB (Windows) This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to performance, stability, and security including: Improved JavaScript performance Improved Full History Search performance for users with a…
Apple Makes Significant UK Market Share Gain
Gartner is reporting that estimated figures suggest that Apple has made significant gains in the third quarter of 2009 in the UK. The figures based on PC vendor shipments including both desktops and notebooks show that Apple shipped gained 5% of the UK market share…
iPhone App Review: BNO News
Description - BNO News is one great breaking news app with two powerful options. Purchase BNO News and you'll receive major breaking news headlines directly on your phone as push notifications. Read the headlines without even unlocking your phone - and without eating up expensive…
Orange Begins Selling iPhone, Cranks Up Record Sales
November 10 marked the day that O2 lost its grip as the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the UK, a title it held for 2 years and one day. The first competitor to enter the scene is Orange UK who is offering little savings…
VESA Officially Adopts Mini DisplayPort
The Video Electronics Standard Association has today officially issued its Mini DisplayPort standard based on technology licensed from Apple. Last year after Apple first included Mini DisplayPort in a MacBook Pro refresh VESA confirmed later on that the connector would be included in the DisplayPort…