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FaceTime Available for Mac
During today's 'Back to the Mac' event Apple CEO Steve Jobs briefly demonstrated FaceTime running on a Mac. FaceTime on the Mac now allows those with the iPhone 4 or latest iPod touch to video chat with those on Mac. “FaceTime makes video calling to…
Apple Introduces iLife '11
Apple has announced the availability of iLife '11 which is available today. iPhoto ’11 has a whole new look, with stunning full screen modes for Faces, Places and Events. iMovie ’11 makes it easier than ever to edit videos and quickly transform them into fun…
MacBook Air Gets Thinner Now with 11.6-inch Model
During today's 'Back to the Mac' special event Apple unveiled two brand new models of MacBook Air . The original 13.3-inch MacBook Air has been redesigned with an even thinner enclosure and is now accompanied by a smaller 11.6-inch brother. Available in 11-inch and 13-inch…
Apple Gives Sneak Peak at Mac OS X Lion, App Store Coming Soon
Apple has today given a short preview of the next major release of Mac OS X . The eight major release of Mac OS X will be called Lion and Apple expects the OS to be in consumer hands during Summer 2011. Lion was described…
Tim Cook Gives State of the Mac
To kick of today's 'Back to the Mac' special event Steve Jobs invited Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook on stage to give a quick update on how the Mac is doing. During fiscal 2010 the Mac made up 33% of Apple's revenue last year…
Apple to Provide Live Stream of 'Back to the Mac' Event
Apple has announced just four hours before its 'Back to the Mac' special event begins that it will offer a live video stream. The stream will be available nearer the time at www.apple.com . For World of Apple's rumour roundup for today's special event being…
TweetDeck CEO Responds to Jobs' Comments
Following yesterdays surprise appearance by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on the company's quarterly fiscal results conference call the media has been alight republishing Jobs' comments during which he fired at both RIM and Google. Jobs paid particular attention to Google and its Android platform, not…
Apple Awarded ‘Marketer of the Decade’
Apple has won Advertising Age's first 'Marketer of the Decade' award, winning the award removes Apple from the annual 'Marketer of the Year' award nominations which the company had been awarded only once despite being "a contender almost every year". In an article Ad Age…
Notes from Q410 Conference Call, Jobs Slams Competitors
Today Apple held a live conference call with members of the media and financial analysts to discuss the company's fourth fiscal quarter results for 2010 which it announced earlier . Present during the call was Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, COO Tim Cook and in a…
Apple Posts $20.3 Billion in Revenue During Fourth Quarter 2010
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter which ended. The Company posted revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $12.21 billion and net quarterly profit of…
Apple Releases Seventh Build of Mac OS X 10.6.5
Today Apple released to developers the seventh build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The release comes just a couple of weeks 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…
iPad Coming to AT&T and Verizon Stores October 28
Both Verizon Wireless and AT&T have announced today that they will begin selling the iPad in stores starting October 28. Verizon whose network is not compatible with the current WiFi + 3G iPad will be bundling iPads that it sells with its own MiFi 2200…
Apple to Host "Back to the Mac" Special Event October 20th
Apple has today sent out invites to select members of the media announcing that the company will host a special event at 10AM Pacific time on Wednesday, 20th October at its headquarters in Cupertino. The invite which is labelled simply "Back to the Mac" features…
Third Beta of iOS 4.2 Available, Second iTunes Beta
Today Apple gave iOS developers access to the third beta of iOS 4.2. iOS 4.2 will be the first version of iOS 4 for the iPad and will bring all the major enhancements such as folders, multitasking and Game Center. Early in September Apple announced…
Walmart Confirms Plans to Carry Apple iPad
Walmart has confirmed that it will begin selling the iPad through hundreds of its retail stores in the U.S. from this coming Friday. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal Walmart will also sell the iPad through Walmart.com but will only be available…
Apple Preparing iOS Update to Fix Alarm Clock Bug
Apple has confirmed that an upcoming software update to iOS will fix an alarm clock bug that came to light last week. ZDNet Australia reports that iPhone and iPod touch users have been awoken an hour early in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, and…
Apple Releases Sixth Build of Mac OS X 10.6.5
Today Apple released to developers the sixth build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The release comes just a couple of weeks 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 TV Internals Revealed
Apple TV orders have begun arriving thick and fast at customers doorsteps and in typical fashion iFixit was on hand to tear apart a brand new Apple TV to offer a look at the internals. iFixit has been able to reveal that the new Apple…
Apple and Nokia Litigation Crosses the Atlantic
Apple's ongoing battle with Nokia which began in October last year has spread across the Atlantic to the UK where the company is accusing Nokia of infringing nine smartphone patents. In a statement to the BBC Nokia stated that it was "unsurprised" by the move…
100,000 iPhone 4 Units Shifted in China
China Unicom who began officially selling the iPhone 4 in China on Saturday has announced that it has sold 100,000 units in the first four days. China Unicom vice president Li Gang told reporters this week that the carrier had sold all of its first…