Apple News — page 31
2022 posts filed under Apple News
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…
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…
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…
Logic Studio Released Featuring New Logic Pro and MainStage
Alongside updates to Final Cut Studio, Apple today also released Logic Studio which features massive upgrades to both Logic Pro and MainStage. Logic Pro 9 features new Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins that provide realistic virtual guitar amps and stompbox effects to create amazing custom…
Apple Updates Final Cut Studio
Apple has today released an update to Final Cut Studio with over 100 new features and brings new versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor. Final Cut Studio features Final Cut Pro 7 which expands Apple's ProRes codec family to support…
Notes of Interest from Fiscal Q309 Earnings Call
Following the release of Apple's third fiscal quarter earlier today the company held a conference call for media and analysts. Below is a list of notes from the conference call. 4% year-over-year Mac unit growth (4% quarterly decrease) Notebooks make up two thirds of all…
Apple Announces Fiscal Third Quarter 2009 Results [U]
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended June 27, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $8.34 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $7.46 billion and net…
Street Expectations High Ahead of Quarterly Results
On Tuesday July 21, Apple will release its Q309 fiscal earnings, naturally towards the end of this week and no doubt on Monday and Tuesday of next week analysts and the street have been hedging bets on where Apple will land. To recap during the…
iMovie Update Addresses iPhone 3GS Video Issues
iMovie 8.0.4 - 35.56MB This update improves overall stability and fixes a number of other minor issues. The issues addressed include: Fixed a problem with incorrect rotation when working with video created by iPhone 3GS Resolved instability when adding multiple beat markers in some languages…
Apple Releases iTunes 8.2.1 [U]
Apple has today released a minor point update to iTunes which provides "a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices." The update which is 80MB in size brings no obvious features but is reported by numerous sources to…