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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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
WWDC 2009 Sells Out
Last night Apple updated the WWDC page to say that the event had sold out for a second year running . WWDC 2009 will take place between 8-12th June at the Moscone West in San Francisco. Rumours so far suggest that Apple will demonstrate more…
A Look at iTunes 8.2
Today Apple allowed developers access to a pre-release build of iTunes 8.2. The update is required to install the latest iPhone OS 3.0 release. iTunes 8.2 is largely very similar to 8.1 but includes a few changes. Details from iTunes 8.2 can be seen after…
Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4 and iTunes 8.2 Beta
Apple has today released a new beta of iPhone OS 3.0 to registered iPhone developers. Beta 4 comes with build 7A300 of iPhone OS 3.0 and with the accompanying SDK labelled build 9M2734. In addition Apple released a pre-release version of iTunes 8.2 to developers…
Apple Hires Ex AMD Chief
Apple has made another high profile hire that will significantly benefit its hardware business. Apple who last year hired renowned IBM chip expert Mark Papermaster who coincidentally began official work at Apple last week has hired former AMD chief technology officer Bob Drebin as Senior…
Apple Corrects Form 10-Q, Giving Investors Say on Executive Compensation
Apple today has submitted to the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) a correct Form 10-Q that it originally filed on Thursday April 23. The original filing incorrectly reported the voting percentages for shareholder-submitted proposals because abstentions were counted as "No" votes. Very shortly after the…
Apple Sees Billionth App Downloaded in Just Nine Months
Yesterday evening the Apple website pronounced that the one billionth application had been downloaded from the App Store. The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s one…
Latest Snow Leopard Build Shows Increased Development Pace [Seed Notes]
Just three weeks after the previous build of the next major upgrade to Mac OS X, Snow Leopard build 10A355 has reached developers in the last few hours. The build marks an increase in the pace of delivery by Apple as the company attempts to…
Apple Issues Statement on "Baby Shaker" App
Apple has officially apologised in a statement today over a 99-cent iPhone application called "Baby Shaker" which went on sale on the App Store yesterday but was quickly removed. The application from developer Sikalosoft asked players to quiet a crying baby by shaking the device…