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Apple Targeting December 13 for Mac App Store Launch
Rumours today point towards December 13th as the day that Apple will unveil the Mac App Store. The rumoured date would put Apple way ahead of its scheduled 90 day release window that gave the company up until the end of January 2011. According to…
Apple Planning Amsterdam Retail Store
Dutch website One More Thing reported over the weekend that Apple is preparing to open a store in the Netherlands' capital city Amsterdam. The store is said to be located in the ground floor and mezzanine of the Hirsch building at Leidseplein and will likely…
Parts of MobileMe Rumoured to Turn Free
Evidence found by Mac Rumors points towards elements of Apple's MobileMe service turning free. The evidence found in the latest iOS 4.2.1 build shows that Apple could be preparing to offer a free MobileMe product alongside the current paid membership. The evidence found in a…
Rumours Mount Ahead of 'Exciting' iTunes Announcement
Today Apple will announce "exciting" news about iTunes and proposes that today will be a day "you'll never forget". Since yesterdays quiet unveiling of Apple's homepage many news outlets have been scrambling to find out ahead of time what Apple could be announcing. Here's what…
Rumours Pin November 16 iOS 4.2 Release
With the release of Mac OS X 10.6.5 and iTunes 10.1 now in the past the pathway is clear for the release iOS 4.2. Although originally expected on November 12 rumours now point towards November 16. The report which comes from the largely accurate iPhoneHellas…
Apple Set to Increase iTunes Previews to 90 Seconds
Apple looks set to increase the preview time of songs on the U.S. iTunes store to 90 seconds. The change was detailed to music label representatives on Tuesday via email. The change of song preview from 30 seconds to 90 seconds will only affect songs…
Apple’s North Carolina Data Center Set for Operation Soon, Further Details Arise
Apple's $1 billion data centre in North Carolina is to begin operations "any day now" according to a report from Data Center Knowledge . The report stated that the data centre is "fully operation" and that Apple could be planning to double the current size…
GSM/CDMA iPhone 5 Set to Skip 4G
In a somewhat unsurprising rumour TechCrunch writes that the next generation iPhone due for release in mid-2011 will feature a chip making the handset compatible with both GSM and CDMA networks but not the future 4G LTE network. The article from TechCrunch also speaks in…
iPhone Looks Set for Early 2011 Verizon Appearance
This week the hot news has been that Verizon looks set to begin selling the iPhone in early 2011. Although rumours of a Verizon iPhone have been around for years, this week saw numerous sources pointing towards the end of AT&T's exclusivity with Apple. It…
Mexican Carrier Hints Towards Revised iPhone 4 Hardware
A report from Mexican publication CanalMX includes comments from Marco Quatorze, director of Value Added Services at Telcel who is the Mexican carrier of the iPhone and began offering the iPhone 4 last Friday alongside Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Portugal, and Slovakia. In his comments…
Analyst Offers Insight into Apple and Verizon Talks
Analyst for Kaufman Bros, Shaw Wu has written in a note to clients that Apple requires to bring another carrier onboard in the U.S. to continue iPhone growth but it doesn't necessarily have to be Verizon. Wu continues to explain that AT&T's 90-million subscriber base…
Rose Weighs in on Apple TV Rumours
Kevin Rose founder of Digg.com has revealed some information he has heard from sources regarding the Apple TV update. Rumours of the Apple TV's first major hardware revamp first appeared in May this year . Engadget has since reiterated the initial rumour stating that the…
Software Update to Address iPhone 3G Performance Issues
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has purportedly sent an email confirming that Apple will be addressing performance issues with iOS 4.0 on the iPhone 3G in a forthcoming software update. Last month Apple confirmed that it was looking into reports of performance issues affecting the iPhone…
How Will Apple Cope with Europe's Common Charger?
Last year the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, said that it had reached a voluntary agreement with ten major mobile phone manufacturers to bring a common charger for mobile phones to the market. A couple of weeks ago the story resurfaced, this was…
iPad Production Pushed Over 2 Million Units in July
A report from DigiTimes claims that Apple has ramped production of the iPad beyond 2 million units for the month of July. Apple is estimated to have outsourced 2.3-2.35 million iPads to Taiwan players in July with 58-60% for the Wi-Fi and 3G hybrid model…
Apple Hints at iWork Apps for iPhone
On a new page on its website describing the features of Mail in iOS 4 Apple has seemingly given a glimpse into the future of its iWork Apps on the iPhone platform. In particular the feature highlighted is the ability for attachments received via email…
WWDC 2010 Rumour Roundup
The coming week marks one of the most important in Apple's calendar, with the demise of Apple's presence at Macworld the Worldwide Developers Conference marks the only occasion for Apple to host a scheduled stage event. WWDC also allows a significant number of developers across…
Apple Looks Set to Unveil "Magic Trackpad" At WWDC
Largely accurate Engadget has at the last minute pinned Apple down to release a brand new multi-touch trackpad designed for use with desktops. The trackpad which is believed to be dubbed "Magic Trackpad" has been revealed by Engadget in a brief set of photos with…
Apple Ends Acquired Lala Service
Apple has today shuttered music streaming service Lala which it acquired in December last year . Apple announced in late April that it would close the service but offered no suggestions of whether it would merge the service with iTunes. Those that used the Lala…
Apple TV Moving to Cloud Based Storage, iPhone OS and $99 Price Tag
The Apple TV has been neglected by Apple for a while now, with the release of the iPad the "hobby" vanished from the front page of Apple's online store but the details for the future of Apple TV look grand. Engadget reports from two sources…