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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…
Psystar Responds to Apple's Discovery Allegations, Calls Blogosphere "Rabid"
Just a little while ago, Psystar filed its response to Apple's letter brief alleging discovery violations . The letter alleges that Psystar has produced all of the relevant documents in its possession, and it is Apple who has impeded the discovery process by producing reams…
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 v. Psystar: Discovery Dispute Set for Hearing
As discussed at length in yesterday's article , Apple had put the Court on notice that it believed that Psystar's discovery behaviour consisted of an "inordinate failure to produce and testify." As I had suspected, Judge Alsup didn't let too much time go by before…
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 v. Psystar: Things Just Got Really Interesting
On April 29, 2009, Apple filed an Administrative Request for An Order Permitting the Filing Under Seal of Confidential Portions of Letter Brief Dated April 29, 2009 (PDF file linked). Wow, exciting, right? Okay, let me explain exactly what is happening as it is a…
Apple Prepping Cheaper Macs
AppleInsider reports that Apple is planning to introduce cheaper Macs, possibly as soon as this coming spring. According to AppleInsider the move comes as consumers switch to budget computers such as netbooks. Details no where exactly the cheaper Macs will appear are not known but…
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…
Second Chip Chief Heads to Apple
Just days ago it was widely reported that Bob Drebin a former Senior Executive at AMD/ATI had been scooped up by Apple. Today, The Inquirer reports that Raja Koduri is also making the move to Cupertino according to sources within Apple. Koduri was previously Chief…
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…
iPhone App Review: Wunder Radio
Description: Listen to over thirty thousand radio stations on your iPhone with WunderRadio. WunderRadio provides a quick and easy way to play thousands of streaming Internet radio stations and other audio streams on your iPhone. Developer: Weather Underground Price £3.99 ( $6.99 ) I thought…
Apple and Verizon Working on Two "iPhone-like" Devices [U]
An article in BusinessWeek today takes rumours of an Apple and Verizon partnership even further, suggesting that the companies could be working on two "iPhone-like" devices. According to two people who are "familiar with the matter" one device is a less expensive "iPhone lite" type…
MacBookMini Reference Found
Prior to the release of the MacBook Air at Macworld 2008 a reference to the machine was spotted in Adium stat logs . The logs which show usage of the Mac OS X based chat client were the first mention of the MacBook Air before…
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…