Archive: February 2010 — page 2
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Jobs Agrees to Participate in Autobiography
The New York Times is reporting that Steve Jobs will participate with an author in writing an authorised biography of the Apple CEO's life. According to the report the book is still in early stages on planning but Jobs has invited author Walter Isaacson to…
Apple Issues Update to Tackle Mac Pro Audio Issues
An issue that has plagued early 2009 Nahalem-based Mac Pros has been purportedly rectified with a small update from Apple. The issue would cause a 20 percent performance drop when audio was played in Mac OS X, and playing music in iTunes causes temperatures to…
Apple Begins 10 Billion Song Countdown
The iTunes Store is quickly approaching the download of the 10 billionth song and will mark the moment by giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Since the store opened in April 2003 it has reached multiple milestones, iTunes reached its first billion songs downloaded…
Apple TV Software Update Available, Aluminium Keyboard Firmware
Apple today released a software update for the Apple TV but has yet to reveal any details of the update. Apple TV 3.0.2 is said by users who have updated to make no noticeable changes. Until Apple releases a related support article smart speculation suggests…
Review: iPhone IM Apps Compared
This review makes a comparison of what are considered to five of the best and most popular iPhone Instant Messaging (IM) applications around today. I will be looking at three of the more expensive applications such as IM+ With PUSH, BeejiveIM and Agile. I will…
Apple Scores 25% Smartphone Market Share
Both IDC and comScore recently released reports on smartphone market share for the last quarter of 2009. According to comScore Apple's share grew to 25.3% up from 24.1% in the previous quarter in the U.S. At the same time Research in Motions's share fell to…
Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D552 Available, Release Imminent
Less than a week after the previous seed Apple has given developers access to the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.3, labelled 10D522. The build which weighs in at 737.2MB contains almost identical seed notes to the previous build and still contains no known…
Apple Releases Aperture 3 with Over 200 New Features
Apple today released a major update to its powerful photo editing and management software . Aperture 3 packs over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier…
MacBook Pro Refresh Tomorrow, Core i7 Model Specs Leaked
French website Nowhere Else is reporting that Apple will release new MacBook Pro models tomorrow, a rumour that comes hot on the heels of a purported leak of a new MacBook Pro model on a benchmarking site. Steve Hemmerstoffer for Nowhere Else writes that, "An…
Apple Could Lower iPad Pricing on Demand
Apple has stated that it intends to stay "nimble" on iPad pricing if sales are sluggish upon release. The information comes from a note to clients from analyst Bill Shope on behalf of Credit Suisse recounting meetings with Apple executives. Shope starts with downplaying the…
Apple's A4 Processors Packs ARM Power
In an interview with The Guardian , chief executive of ARM Warren East has given the "strongest hint yet" that the company's technology is inside the iPad . The iPad officially—according to Apple's spec sheets—uses an in-house Apple A4 SoC (system on chip) processor, but…
Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D548 Unleashed [Seed Notes]
Developers received the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 late Friday evening. Since the last build released on January 22 , Apple has added a further 9 enhancements and removed any currently known issues. The latest build labelled 10D548 asks for developers to focus…
Faulty 27-inch iMac Owners Receiving 15% Refunds
Owners of 27-inch iMacs which have been suffering screen flickering issues have been given 15-percent refunds on their purchase price according to a new report. Gizmodo reports that U.S. and UK customers have noted that Apple has been paying out cash refunds to those who…
O2 Sells 2 Millionth UK iPhone, Seeks iPad Deals
O2 has confirmed that it has sold 2 million iPhones in the UK since it began sales in November 2007. Matthew Key, the chief executive of Telefonica Europe, and Ronan Dunne, chief executive of O2 UK had told reporters in embargoed comments. The executives also…
Rumours of Verizon iPad Persist
Rumours of a Verizon attached iPad have been circulating since before the device was even announced. Last week when Apple announced a partnership with AT&T it looked like the rumours were simply untrue but the originator of the rumours Clayton Morris of FOXNews.com has spoken…
Apple Switching iPhone Manufacturer?
A report from DigiTimes today shows that Apple will add to its manufacturing partnership with Foxconn and use an arm of Asus to manufacture the upcoming iPhone. The report states that Pegatron Technology has been selected by Apple and will manufacture the next-generation iPhone alongside…
Apple Dominates Premium PC Sales
Betanews reports on data obtained exclusively from NPD that reveals that Apple dominates sales of PC hardware above the $1,000 mark. The information was gleaned by Joe Wilcox directly from Stephen Baker, NPD's vice president of industry analysis. In the report Wilcox reports that, "Nine…
Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1.3
Apple today released a minor update for the iPhone and iPod touch. The update which weighs in around the upper 200MB mark depending on device seems to deliver just bug fixes according to the attached release notes. iPhone OS 3.1.2 Software Update This update for…
iMac Firmware Attempts Flickering Display Fix
Apple has today issued new firmware aimed at fixing intermittent display flickering in 27-inch iMacs. Updates the display firmware on 27-inch iMac systems to address issues that may cause intermittent display flickering. Apple previously issued a graphics firmware update in December in an attempt to…
Apple Delivers iTunes Update to Tackle Bugs
iTunes 9.0.3 iTunes 9.0.3 provides a number of important bug fixes, including: iTunes no longer ignores your "Remember password for purchases" setting. Addresses problems with syncing some Smart Playlists and Podcasts with iPod. Resolves a problem recognizing when iPod is connected. Addresses issues that affect…