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New Snow Leopard Build Brings Chinese Handwriting Recognition [Seed Notes]
Apple this weekend offered developers a new build of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, build 10A354 comes not long after the previous build and shows sign of less adding of features and more tweaking and bug fixing. Notable in the latest build is the…
Digital Compass In Future iPhone Model
BoyGeniusReport has posted screenshots purporting to be a debugging menu from the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0. The image depicts a menu that would control a digital compass (magnetometer) which is rumoured to be in the new iPhone. Mac Rumors offers further background on…
Schmidt Won't Leave Apple Board
Google CEO and member of Apple's board of director Eric Schmidt has told reporters that he will not resign from his position at Apple despite a government investigation. The investigation being done by the Federal Trade Commission into possible breach of antirust laws was announced…
Apps To Be Tested for iPhone OS 3.0 Compatibility
In an email sent today Apple has advised iPhone developers that all applications submitted to the App Store for approval will be reviewed using iPhone OS 3.0. Apple also warned that applications must continue to work after iPhone OS 3.0 is in public release or…
Snow Leopard Shows Evidence of 3G-Based Macs
AppleInsider reports that the latest builds of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard have included a possible clue towards 3G mobile wireless connectivity in future Macs. The report comes after several rumours which speculated that Apple would build 3G connectivity into MacBook models later this…
AT&T To Drop Base iPhone Tariff by $10
According to Cote Collaborative analyst Michael Cote there is a "strong possibility" that AT&T will drop the entry-level iPhone tariff price by $10. The $10 price drop would bring the price of the tariff down from $69 to $59, a saving of $120/year. The move…
Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5, New SDK and iTunes 8.2
Apple last night released a new beta of its iPhone OS 3.0. The update which is only available to registered iPhone developers is beta 5 (build 7A312g) and delivers very few new changes. The accompanying SDK which is build 9M2735 has one area of interest…
Apple Job Listing Points Towards Possibility of 3G Notebooks
A job posting (now removed) on Apple's website adds further credence to recent rumours that Apple could be looking to add 3G mobile wireless connectivity to its notebooks. The job listing which seeks a "Communications QA Engineer" to work within the Mac Hardware Group, the…
Mac OS X 10.5.7 Due Friday, 9J60 With Developers [Seed Notes]
A report from Mac|Life today claims that Mac OS X 10.5.7 which first entered developer testing in late February will finally reach the awaiting public this Friday. Elsewhere Apple has released yet another build of Mac OS X 10.5.7 to its developer community, build 9J60…
iPhone OS 3.0 to Loosen App Store Restrictions, Improves iPhone Camera
Apple appears to have inadvertently revealed some future plans via a message to an iPhone developer. The report which comes via iLounge focusses on the Newspaper(s) made by developer Makayama which was rejected to to "objectionable content". The app is designed to allow readers to…
FTC Investigates Apple and Google's Board Ties [U]
The Federal Trade Commission has begun an enquiry into whether Apple and Google's close ties are in violation of antitrust laws. Google and Apple share two directors, Eric E. Schmidt, chief executive of Google, and Arthur Levinson, former chief executive of Genentech. According to the…
iPhone Falls to Second Place In Bestselling Smartphone Chart
According to data from NPD Group the iPhone lost its position of the best selling smartphone in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2009 to the BlackBerry Curve. According to NPD the top five bestselling smartphones in the U.S. during Q109 were: 1. BlackBerry…
Apple Offers Fix for iMacs With ATI Radeon HD 4850
Apple has issued an EFI software upgrade for iMacs with ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards which shows signs of freezing and issues waking from sleep in Boot Camp. The 1.7MB update can be downloaded from the Apple website.
Apple Delays Mac OS X 10.5.7, Continues Development [Seed Notes]
Apple has today delivered a new build of Mac OS X 10.5.7 to developers. The new build labelled Mac OS X 10.5.7 9J58 offers only two areas of change, both affecting CFNetwork in association with Safari, VPN and iChat. As with all previous builds of…
Apple Prepping Cheaper Macs
AppleInsider reports that Apple is planning to introduce cheaper Macs, possibly as soon as this coming spring. According to AppleInsider the move comes as consumers switch to budget computers such as netbooks. Details no where exactly the cheaper Macs will appear are not known but…
Apple Building Team to Design Own Chips
The Wall Street Journal explores some of the detail behind a number of recent moves Apple has made. It all started last April when it was revealed that Apple had acquired custom chip design company P.A. Semi . Recently Apple has started hiring key figures…
Apple Takes On Xbox Strategy Boss
Apple has recently taken on board former Microsoft Xbox strategy chief Richard Teversham. Teversham who had worked at Microsoft for 15 years as senior director of business, insights and strategy for Xbox. According to MCV Teversham has taken on a "education-related" role at Apple's European…
At Look at iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4
Earlier today Apple released a new beta of iPhone OS 3.0 to registered iPhone developers. Unlike the previous three builds of OS 3.0 the new beta delivers very few face value changes. In terms of stability Beta 4 is far more stable as would be…
Second Chip Chief Heads to Apple
Just days ago it was widely reported that Bob Drebin a former Senior Executive at AMD/ATI had been scooped up by Apple. Today, The Inquirer reports that Raja Koduri is also making the move to Cupertino according to sources within Apple. Koduri was previously Chief…
Jobs Misses Town Meeting Says Attorney
On Tuesday evening Steve Jobs was due to attend a Woodside town council meeting to put forward the case to have a 30-room mansion demolished. More details and history can be seen in this article . Of interest from last nights meeting was the lack…