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Apple to Announce Q409 Fiscal Results, Street Expectations High
Apple will today announce it's fourth quarter 2009 fiscal results. Wall street and analysts alike are looking for Apple to impress and once again beat expectations. Apple which is scheduled to announce the results at 2 p.m. pacific, 5 p.m. eastern and 10 p.m. London…
Apple Seeds New Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build [Seed Notes]
Apple today gave developers the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.2, 10C527f which contains only one known issues is said to include two sets of release notes, an indicative sign of a possible release candidate. The build is 483.5MB in size. Seed notes for…
In-App Purchase Now Available for Free Apps
Yesterday Apple sent out a mass email to registered iPhone developers informing them of a policy change regarding free apps and the use of In-App Purchase. Now you can use In App Purchase in your free apps to sell content, subscriptions, and digital services. You…
Apple Addresses Hard Drive Pauses With Update
Performance Update 1.0 - 108KB This update addresses intermittent hard drive related pauses reported by a small number of customers. Products Affected MacBook Air (Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz…
iMovie Update Adds Support for iFrame
Apple has today released iMovie 8.0.5 which adds support for a new video format developed by Apple. The format called iFrame is only currently available on two Sanyo manufactured video cameras and is designed to make importing and editing video easier and quicker. On a…
Levinson Resigns from Google Board [U]
Following the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into Apple and Google's overlapping board of directors, Arthur Levinson has become the latest director required to choose between the two companies. The news comes just a few months after Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple's…
Apple Begins Work on Mac OS X 10.6.2 [Seed Notes]
This week Apple released two builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2 to the developer community. The builds, 10C514f and 10C519f came just four days apart and already contain a sizeable number of fixes and focus areas. The latest build 10C519f weighs in at 456.94MB for…
Apple Outlines Tweaks to MobileMe
Apple has posted a support document online outlining several changes that have been made to MobileMe. The changes mainly affect MobileMe's iDisk service but the "Find my iPhone" feature now takes a more prominent place on the MobileMe navigation bar. Apple lists the following changes…
Apple Creates Industry Wide NAND Memory Strain
DigiTimes is reporting via industry sources that NAND flash supplies have become "tighter" as major producers Samsung Electronics, Toshiba, Micron and Hynix Semiconductor attempt to meet demand for Apple. The report suggests that other buyers are beginning to look elsewhere for supplies, IM Flash is…
Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1.2
Apple has today released a minor iPhone OS update aimed at all iPhone models and the iPod touch. The update addresses issues with wake from sleep, network connection issues and crashes during video streaming. This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following: -…
Telus and Bell Canada Announce iPhone Coming November, Rogers Exclusivity Ends
Hot on the heels of rumours that Rogers would be losing its exclusive hold of the iPhone in Canada, Bell and Telus have both announced that Apple and the carriers have come to an agreement. Both Telus and Bell revealed today that the iPhone 3G…
Apple Resigns from Chamber of Commerce
Apple has become the latest in a series of companies to resign from the United States Chamber of Commerce over a disagreement on the Chamber's climate policy. In a letter addressed to Thomas J. Donohue, president and chief executive of the chamber Catherine A. Novelli…
Placebase Mapping Company Acquired by Apple
Computerworld writes that Apple has acquired mapping company Placebase back in July. Placebase is very similar to Google Maps, offering a mapping service of the whole world with different layers that can be superimposed upon the maps. Placebase CEO Jon Waldman has also adjusted his…
Vodafone to Begin Selling iPhone in UK
Following the news that Orange would begin selling the iPhone in the UK, Vodafone has also followed suit and announced that it will begin selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS in the UK and Ireland starting in early 2010. Further pricing will be available nearer…
Apple Updates iWork '09 and iWork.com
iWork 9.0.3 - 59.62MB This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, updates the help, and fixes a number of other minor issues in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The issues addressed include: Reducing file size of images that have Instant Alpha applied Managing file…
China Unicom to Begin Selling iPhone October 1
China Unicom the official carrier of the iPhone in China today announced that it would begin selling the iPhone in the country on October 1. The carrier has also released pricing information for the iPhone, handsets of an unknown size will be sold for Rmb5,000…
App Store Downloads Top 2 Billion, 85,000 Apps Available
Apple has today announced that the App Store has surpassed two billion app downloads since it opened in July of 2008 and over 85,000 apps are available. Apple also stated that 125,000 iPhone developers are registered into the iPhone Developer Program. "The rate of App…
iPhone Comes to Orange in UK
Orange has today officially announced that both the iPhone and iPhone 3GS will be available on the network later this year. The company will now be selling iPhone units in 28 countries around the world. No information about tariff prices or availability were given but…
AT&T to Roll Out MMS Today
AT&T will today begin rolling about MMS for iPhone customers in the U.S., the patch which will enable the service will be available from iTunes and will allow iPhone users to begin sending and receiving photos and videos. The rollout will begin late on Friday…
Apple Wins Case Against Palm Pre iTunes Syncing
The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has dismissed Palm's complaint that Apple, by issuing an update to iTunes that used the USB Vendor ID number to prevent the software from automatically transferring content to any non-Apple USB device, had violated "the letter and spirit of the…