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T-Mobile UK Quietly Begins Selling iPhones
The Register reports that T-Mobile UK has begun selling iPhone 3G handsets to a select number of customers. According to The Register only high spending customers who threaten to leave will be eligible for the iPhone 3G and even then T-Mobile is allowing only 150…
Apple Updates Garageband
Garageband 5.1 - 139.3MB This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and fixes a number of other minor issues. The issues addressed include: GarageBand track effects and Audio Units can now be added to a guitar track Improved support for Apogee audio interfaces…
iTunes Store Comes to Mexico
Apple has today released the iTunes Store in Mexico with a catalogue of over one million songs. The iTunes Store in Mexico features Mexican artists including Paulina Rubio, Vicente Fernández and Zoé and a wide range of international artists including Shakira, Lady Gaga, Green Day…
Google's Dr. Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Apple Board
Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt has today resigned from his position on Apple's board of directors, a position he has been in since August 2006. "Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make…
Amazon Begins Accepting Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pre-Orders
Amazon.com has posted pages for Mac OS X Snow Leopard allowing customers to pre-order copies. Mac OS X Snow Leopard is available for users currently running Mac OS X Leopard for just $29. Amazon doesn't offer a firm shipping date but Apple has pinned September…
FCC Questions Google Voice App Rejection
Following the rejection and removal of Google Voice apps from the App Store the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has now begun an investigation into the process involved in app approvals and what role AT&T plays in the process. To offer some background, Google Voice is…
Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0.1
Following today's news that Apple was planning to patch a security flaw that threatened iPhones the company has now released iPhone OS 3.0.1. The update is available for iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS and lists one change, "Fixes SMS vulnerability."
iPhone SMS Patch Imminent [U]
According to O2 in the UK Apple is set to release a patch that addresses a serious vulnerability in the iPhone's SMS application. Yesterday it was revealed at the Black Hat convention that through an SMS message hackers could fully control any iPhone in the…
iPhone Gets Regulatory Approval in China
Despite not knowing exactly who is going to carry the iPhone in China the device has now received regulatory approval. Earlier this week it looked certain that China Unicom had struck a deal with Apple but officials from both companies denied that an agreement had…
Apple Quietly Discontinues Shake
Today Apple quietly removed any trace of Shake from the online Apple store. Shake which was a digital effects and compositing suite was updated to version 4.1 in 2006 which was the last major update. Following this release Apple informed customers that it would no…
Time Capsule Now Available in 1TB and 2TB Capacities
Apple has today quietly updated Time Capsule , the companion product to Mac OS X's Time Machine. Apple has doubled the capacity of the wireless router, network attached storage devices while keeping the same previous price points. Time Capsule is available in 1TB and 2TB…
MobileMe iDisk Comes to iPhone
Announced back in June at WWDC Apple has now released an iPhone app allowing access to MobileMe iDisks. The app which is free to download allows MobileMe users to browse and view files stored on their iDisks, sharing is also available via email. View files…
Double Reports Suggest September Tablet Release
Two reports have emerged this week speculating that Apple's 10-inch touchscreen tablet will emerge during September of this year. Such reports go against AppleInsider who reported last week that the device would arrive in the first quarter of 2010. The first report published on Monday…
China Unicom and Apple Reach iPhone Deal, Maybe
According to a report by Shanghai Securities News Apple and China Unicom have entered into a three-year agreement to begin selling the iPhone in China. The source stated to Shanghai Securities News that China Unicom could begin selling the iPhone around late September and the…
Apple Seeds iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 3 and SDK
Sticking to the schedule of bi-weekly releases Apple has today given iPhone developers access to the latest version of iPhone OS and SDK. Beta 3 of iPhone OS and SDK 3.1 labeleld builds 7C116A and 9M2808 respectively bring Apple one step closer to the release…
Toshiba Increasing NAND Production Ahead of iPod Refresh
Taiwan based publication DigiTimes is reporting that Toshiba is expected to increase production of NAND to over 90% of its capacity. Despite this massive increase Toshiba has told the market that supply will be limited, suggesting that the supplier is seeing strong demand from Apple…
Apple's Tablet Coming Q1 2010
Following a recent resurgence of rumours surrounding Apple's touchscreen tablet Mac project, AppleInsider has stepped in once again with what the rumour site believes to be hard facts. AppleInsider who refers to the project as a "tablet device" never mentioning the word netbook in its…
Latest Snow Leopard Build Packs a Few Goodies
Yesterday Apple made the latest update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard available to developers, the update pushed the operating system to build 10A421. In the last few builds very little has changed with Apple making minor tweaks to the performance and operation of Exposé…
Apple Updates Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Developers who are actively testing the latest incarnation of Mac OS X were greeted with an update today. Build 10A421 of Mac OS X Snow Leopard comes just 10 days after the previous release and comes as a 741MB download. In the Software Update utility…
Apple Dominates Higher End PC Market Revenue
According to data released by the market research firm NPD, Apple claimed 91 percent of the revenue market share for computers costing upwards of $1000 during the month of June. The data which is gathered only through "brick-and-mortar" retail channels shows a continuing trend for…