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Apple Begins "Why You'll Love a Mac" Advertising Campaign
Apple has begun a new advertising campaign that looks to have replaced the "Get a Mac" campaign which Apple began in 2006. The last set of TV commercials from the "Get a Mac" campaign began airing in the US in October 2009. Apple has now…
iPad App Stores and iBookstores Go Live Internationally
Yesterday saw the slow roll out of iPad App Stores in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. The move is ahead of the release of the iPad in these nine countries on Friday, May 28. Later in the day yesterday…
iPod touch with Camera Featured in Latest Leak
Vietnamese website Tinthe has once again posted a leak, this time of an iPod touch with a built-in camera. The 64GB iPod touch which carries a label stating it as DVT-1; DVT stands for "design verification test" suggesting a model late in the testing procedures…
A Look at the MobileMe Mail Beta
Last week Apple announced to MobileMe members that it was to begin a beta of a new look webmail client. Over the last few days those invites have been rolling in and the beta is live. Largely the MobileMe Mail beta is very similar to…
Apple Releases Fourth Beta of iPhone OS 4.0
Apple has today on a predictable bi-weekly cycle although later than usual released the fourth beta of iPhone OS 4.0 which was originally released at a media event held by Apple earlier this month. iPhone OS 4.0 beta 4 build 8A274b is a 365MB download…
Apple Seeds Fourth Build of Mac OS X 10.6.4
Apple today gave a select number of developers access to the fourth build of Mac OS X 10.6.4. Build 10F54 includes a multitude of fixes and for the first time in the testing cycle of Mac OS X 10.6.4 contains no known issues. Mac OS…
Apple Quietly Updates Low-End MacBook
Although leaked over the weekend by a Vietnamese website Apple has today quietly updated the low-end MacBook with a faster processor and update graphics capabilities. The new polycarbonate MacBooks spec is: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB DDR3 memory 250GB hard drive 8x double-layer SuperDrive…
U.S Mac Sales Expected to Climb 39% in April
April sales of Mac seem ahead of street expectations according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster who quotes data from research firm NPD. The data from NPD shows that Mac sales grew 39% year-over-year with the street consensus resting on 19% growth for the June…
Review: Instapaper Pro for iPad and iPhone
Instapaper is one of those services that I've been dubious of for a while but a few weeks back decided to give it a go. Remaining sceptical I picked up a copy of Instapaper Pro on the second day of owning my iPad. Simply put…
Foxconn Predicted to Ship 24 Million Next-Gen iPhones in 2010
Citing Taiwan-based component makers, Digitimes senior analysts Ming-Chi Kuo are predicting that Foxconn the suspected assembler of the next-gen iPhone dubbed iPhone HD will ship "4.5 million units in the first half and 19.5 million units for the rest of 2010". The article also points…
Future 2.4GHz MacBook Turns Up on Vietnamese Site
The Vietnamese site Tinhte who posted last weeks second iPhone HD leak have posted images and a video (below) of an unreleased MacBook. The MacBook packs a 2.4GHz processor, LED backlit display and NVIDIA 320M graphics and is presumably due for release in the coming…
Apple Seeds Third Build of Mac OS X 10.6.4
Apple today gave a select number of developers access to the second build of Mac OS X 10.6.4. Build 10F50 includes a multitude of fixes and just one known issue. Mac OS X 10.6.4 build 10F50 weighs in at 581.3MB in its delta form. Apple…
Walmart to Carry iPad By End of 2010
Gary Severson, senior vice president of entertainment for Walmart's U.S. stores, told BusinessWeek that Walmart intends to carry the iPad later in 2010. At the time Severson did not provide precise dates or prices. The move comes alongside plans for the world’s largest retailer to…
Apple Updates iWork for iPad Apps
Apple has today updated all three iWork apps for the iPad. Pages, Keynote and Numbers updates are all available from the iPad App Store and address stability and compatibility issues. Apple's release notes below: Pages Improves reliability when exporting Microsoft Word documents Addresses issues with…
Apple Begins Running "What is iPad?" Advert, Offers Nod to the Past
Apple has begun airing a brand new iPad advert entitled "What is iPad?" which is a significant departure from Apple's usual style of TV advertising. The advert is presented as a series of short questions and statements offering a few glimpses of the iPad in…
Apple Set to Begin MobileMe Mail Beta
Apple has today begun allowing MobileMe members to request an invitation to a beta of MobileMe Mail. Apple says "you can sign up at me.com by just logging in to MobileMe Mail and clicking "Request an invitation." The new MobileMe Mail beta adds the following…
Next-Generation iPhone Revealed for the Second Time
After the commotion and legal troubles that followed the revealing of the next-generation iPhone dubbed "iPhone HD" to the public last month by Gizmodo , it comes as a great surprise that a Vietnam based site has posted shots of a similar "prototype". Tinhte provides…
Apple Concedes iPad Software Update Incoming
Apple has updated a support document to reveal that the company will be releasing a software update for the iPad aimed at resolving issues with Wi-Fi connectivity. The support document also offers a number of "workarounds". Apple offers the following steps to help resolve the…
MacBook Air Update Expected
It is being rumoured that the MacBook Air could see an update as soon as tomorrow . Macworld.com.au is citing a "well placed source" who has identified at least one new model number as MC516LL/A K87 BETTER BTR-USA. Australian Macworld says that there are "several…
Printing "Will come" for the iPad
As is common these days Apple CEO Steve Jobs has informed a querying customer as to whether the iPad will have the ability to print in the future. The customer queried "Why no printing on the iPad? What gives?" to receive the simple and blunt…