Archive: March 2010 — page 2
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Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D571 Available to Developers [Seed Notes]
A little under two weeks after Apple previously seeded a build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 the company has released a new seed labelled 10D571. Mac OS X 10.6.3 has been in developer testing since early January and continues to deliver enhancements and bug fixes…
iPad Accessories Hit with Delays [Updated]
The iPad will ship in the United States on April 3 but a lot of the associated accessories will not be available on launch day if the online Apple store is anything to go by. As noticed by 9 to 5 Mac both the iPad…
Five Arguments For and Against the iPad
It doesn't often take much persuading for me to purchase a new Apple product, especially one with such interest and potential as the iPad. But when pre-orders opened late last week I didn't whip out the plastic and checkout my basket. Issues of being in…
Rivalry Between Apple and Google Detailed
The increasing rivalry between Apple and Google has been in the spotlight recently and now The New York Times has published a four page report on the ongoing relationship between to the two mammoth corporations. The article covers many details of the increasing number of…
Estimates Suggest 50,000 iPad Orders in Opening Hours
Estimates from Friday's iPad pre-orders suggest that 50,000 iPad units were pre-ordered in the first two hours with 90,000 at the six hour mark. Members of Investor Village's AAPL Sanity Board put together a spreadsheet to estimate the number of pre-orders based on order numbers…
Rumour Points Towards iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking
According to a new rumour Apple will silence the critics by bringing multitasking to the next major update to the iPhone operating system. The update will allow "several third party apps to run concurrently and in the background" writes AppleInsider . According to AppleInsider "people…
FCC Receives iPad Submissions from Apple
A pair of filings for the iPad have appeared in the Federal Communications Commission database just a day after Apple made the iPad available for pre-order. The filings discovered by Engadget are for the Wi-Fi (A1219) and the Wi-Fi + 3G (A1337) models of the…
Tim Cook Awarded $22 million Bonus
Apple yesterday filed a Form-8K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States to inform investors that the company's board had unanimously a one time bonus for Apple COO Tim Cook. Tim Cook who took the place of Steve Jobs during the…
iPhone App Review: Happening
Happening for the iPhone is built solely to allow access to Yahoo's Upcoming service. Upcoming which has been around since 2003 is a social networking events website, the most useful facility on the site is the ability to search for music concerts, art exhibitions, conferences…
iPad Mute Switch Replaced with Rotation Lock
Apple has made a minor change to the iPad on the day that the Wi-Fi version became available for pre-order . The Loop points out that the "mute" switch located above the volume rocker has been made into a screen rotation lock.
iPad Available for Pre-Order in US
As expected Apple has made the iPad available for pre-order in the US today. Those looking to purchase an iPad in the US can pre-order both the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G. WiFi versions will be delivered on April 3 with the Wi-Fi + 3G…
Apple Releases Safari 4.0.5
Apple today released Safari 4.0.5 for Mac and Windows, the minor update to Safari brings performance improvements and bug fixes. Apple describes the update as delivering: Performance improvements for Top Sites Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins Stability improvements for websites with online forms and Scalable…
Hexacore Mac Pro Expected Within 7 Days
It is being rumoured by ZDNet that Apple will release a new Mac Pro model this coming Tuesday with a new hexacore Core i7-980x processor. According to ZDNet the "tipsters" point towards Tuesday, March 16 as the likely date for the release. The Core i7-980x…
Jobs Ranked 136th On World Rich List
Today Forbes published its list of world billionaires, crowning a new richest person with Carlos Slim Helu beating Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to the top. This year Steve Jobs ranked 136th on the world rich list with an increased estimated wealth of $5.5 billion…
Apple Offers Developer iPhone SDK 3.2b4 for iPad
Apple today released the fourth beta of iPhone SDK 3.2 which is aimed solely at the iPad due for United States release on April 3 . The update continues Apple's trend of bi-weekly updates. iPhone SDK 3.2 provides support for developing iPad applications. This beta…
Apple Entices with $99 Mac Developer Program
Late last week Apple revamped the packages available to developers who wish to create applications for the Mac. In a move which is reminiscent of the iPhone developer program Apple has created the Mac Developer Program and priced it at $99 per annum. Developers used…
Apple Airs First iPad Advert During Academy Awards
During the 82nd Annual Academy Awards which took place last night Apple aired the first advert for the iPad which goes on sale April 3 in the U.S. The 30 second spot entitled "Meet iPad" features The Blue Van's song "There goes my love". The…
Mac OS X 10.6.3 Remains in Developer Testing [U]
Apple today released another build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to registered developers. Build 10D567 is reportedly similar to previous builds and follows just six days after the last release . Mac OX 10.6.3 build 10D567 weighs in at 718.7MB as a delta download, 783.3MB…
iPad to Ship in US April 3
Apple has announced today that the iPad will ship in the US on April 3 with WiFi+3G models following in late April. Apple also said that all models of iPad would be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK…
Apple Tops Fortune Most Admired Companies List
For the third consecutive year Apple has come on top of Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies" and this year has increased the margin of its win to the largest in the 10-year history of the survey. The ranking is based on a survey of 4,200…