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The Demise of the Click-wheel - Apple Event Rumour Roundup
Tomorrow Apple will host its annual iPod event, I say annual because this event has been held on a predictable schedule with a predictable series of releases for the past four years. In the four years Apple has never once released or revised a product…
Apple to Offer Live Video Stream of Special Event
Apple has today announced that it will offer a live video stream of tomorrow's special event on Apple.com . In a press release Apple said that it will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open…
Mexican Carrier Hints Towards Revised iPhone 4 Hardware
A report from Mexican publication CanalMX includes comments from Marco Quatorze, director of Value Added Services at Telcel who is the Mexican carrier of the iPhone and began offering the iPhone 4 last Friday alongside Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Portugal, and Slovakia. In his comments…
Apple Releases Third Build of Mac OS X 10.6.5
Apple late last week released to developers the third build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The release comes just six days after the previous release of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The current version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard was released in mid-June after just…
Apple Updates iWork, Adds ePub Export Option
Late last week Apple released a minor update for iWork labelled "iWork Update 4", not only does the 71.2MB update bring a number of fixes it also introduces a new feature. As a new feature Apple has added the option to export a Pages document…
Apple to Hold Music Related Special Event September 1st
Apple has today announced the date of its annual special event. The invites sent out to members of the media today featurea an image of a large guitar with an Apple shaped sound hole. Apple's event will take place in San Francisco on Wednesday, September…
Apple Delivers Extensive Security Update for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
Apple has today released Security Update (2010-005) for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. Apple offers limited information about the update in Software Update but gives extensive details on this support page . The update is available for Mac OS X Server 10.5, Mac OS…
Analyst Offers Insight into Apple and Verizon Talks
Analyst for Kaufman Bros, Shaw Wu has written in a note to clients that Apple requires to bring another carrier onboard in the U.S. to continue iPhone growth but it doesn't necessarily have to be Verizon. Wu continues to explain that AT&T's 90-million subscriber base…
Rose Weighs in on Apple TV Rumours
Kevin Rose founder of Digg.com has revealed some information he has heard from sources regarding the Apple TV update. Rumours of the Apple TV's first major hardware revamp first appeared in May this year . Engadget has since reiterated the initial rumour stating that the…
Software Update to Address iPhone 3G Performance Issues
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has purportedly sent an email confirming that Apple will be addressing performance issues with iOS 4.0 on the iPhone 3G in a forthcoming software update. Last month Apple confirmed that it was looking into reports of performance issues affecting the iPhone…
Apple Releases Second Build of Mac OS X 10.6.5
Apple has released to developers the second build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The release comes just five days after the first release of Mac OS X 10.6.5. Mac OS X 10.6.5 build 10H529 weighs in at 558MB for the delta update and contains six…
iPad is Delicious. Apple's New iPad TV Ad
Apple has today revealed a brand new television advert for the iPad. Taking on a slightly different take to the previous advert known as "What is iPad?" The new advert which has no narrative begins with "iPad is" and is officially called "iPad is Delicious"…
Snow Leopard Graphics Update Resolves Graphics Performance
Apple has today released a Mac OS X Snow Leopard Graphics update. The update which is the first of its kind went through a short testing period in the hands of developers before its release today. The update which weighs in at just 69MB contains…
Apple Releases First Build of Mac OS X 10.6.5
Apple has released to developers the first build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The previous update to Mac OS X, 10.6.4 was released in mid-June , not long after Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. Mac OS X 10.6.5 build 10H525 weighs in at 517MB for the…
How Will Apple Cope with Europe's Common Charger?
Last year the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, said that it had reached a voluntary agreement with ten major mobile phone manufacturers to bring a common charger for mobile phones to the market. A couple of weeks ago the story resurfaced, this was…
Apple to Replace Over-Heating First Generation iPod Nanos in Japan
Apple has agreed to entirely replace first-generation iPod nanos for customers in Japan who have experienced issues with their units overheating. Apple had previously only agreed to replace the batteries but quietly updated its website yesterday to inform that it will replace entire units. In…
Apple Issues PDF Exploit Fix for iPhone and iPad
Apple has today released an update for iOS 4 and iPad software. The update fixes a PDF exploit that came to light last week after it was used to aid in the Jailbreaking of iPhones. Fears were raised early last week that the exploit could…
Mark Papermaster Leaves Apple
It has been confirmed by Apple that Mark Papermaster will be leaving Apple. Papermaster previously had held the position of Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering within Apple and was of course in charge of much of the iPhone 4's production. Papermaster joined Apple…
Apple Releases Third Beta of iOS 4.1
Apple has today released the third beta of iOS 4.1 which first entered the hands of developers in mid-July . iOS 4.1 beta 3 build 8B5097d is a 599MB download for the iPhone 4 and 383MB for the iPhone 3GS and is only available to…
Covent Garden Apple Store to Open August 7
Apple quietly announced today that its newest store in London will open next Saturday at 10am. The Covent Garden Apple store will be just under one mile from the already hugely popular Regent Street store and is sure to attract a lot of foot traffic…