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Cook: Tablets Expected to Outperform PC Market
A report from Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope today shines a grand light on Apple’s future. Shope met last week with Apple’s Chief Operating officer Tim Cook, Senior Vice President of Retail Ron Johnson and Chief Financial officer Peter Oppenheimer to discuss the company’s prospects…
Apple Updates Garageband and iMovie for iOS
Apple has issued update for the iOS version of iMovie and Garageband. The update to iMovie adds support for audio and video output via HDMI and the Garageband update brings support for AirPlay and audio file importing.
Fast Forward: Apple's iCloud
One of the most complex pieces of the puzzle is Apple's cloud vision, with little more than a few scant rumours to go by looking at this potentially huge move for Apple relies on a lot of forward thinking. In addition Apple's moves in regard…
MacBook Air Supplies Restricted, Refresh Expected Soon
In mid-May it was rumoured that Apple was preparing to recieve shipments of ThunderBolt equipped MacBook Airs for release in June or July, both CNET and DigiTimes indicated from their sources that the units would begin filling the supply chain “in late May”.
Schmidt: Apple Renew Maps and Search Deal
In his interview at D9 conference Google Executive chairman Eric Schmidt revealed that Apple has renewed its partnership deal with Google to use Search and Maps. The executive chairman who used to sit on Apple’s board of directors said...
Apple Issues Update to Remove Mac Defender
Apple has today released the promised security update which tackles any installations of a recent spate of malware applications. The update labelled Security Update 2011-003 for Snow Leopard is available from Apple's website or Software Update. Apple has also posted a knowledge base article explaining…
iWork Available for iPhone and iPod touch
Apple has today announced that its iWork suite of productivity applications is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch via the App Store. iWork which was originally available for the Mac was ported over to iOS for the iPad in 2010 and now iPhone…
Steve Jobs to Present WWDC 2011 Keynote Announcing iCloud
Apple has today revealed that Apple CEO Steve Jobs and a team of executives will present the WWDC 2011 keynote next Monday in San Francisco. Apple will unveil its next generation software - Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X; iOS 5, the…
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Testing Continues, Release Nears
Late last week Apple gave developers the third build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 labelled build 10K531. The latest build which comes as a 1GB download includes the same focus areas as the previous build : Airport, Graphics Drivers, Mac App Store, Networking, QuickTime and…
Mac OS X 10.7 Begins Internal Apple Testing
Erica Sadun over at TUAW writes that "trusted sources" have indicated that Mac OS X 10.7. Lion has "gone live for internal Apple testing". Such a move for the next major Mac OS X release is said to point towards a "near to real world…
Apple in Discussions Over OLED Display for iPad 3
It is rumoured that Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook travelled to South Korea last week to talk with Samsun executives about moving to an AMOLED display for the next-generation iPad dubbed by some as 'iPad 3'. The original story from The Korea Herald was…
Apple Set to Issue Mac OS X Update to Remove Malware
Apple has posted a knowledge base article on its website explaining the steps the company will take to address the recent 'Mac Defender' malware that has surfaced in the past couple of weeks. In the article Apple reveals that it will issue a Mac OS…
Logic Updates Bring Garageband for iPad Support
Today Apple released minor updates for Logic Pro and Logic Express, whilst the updates include a number of changes and fixes they primarily add support for projects imported from Garageband for iPad.
iPhone 5 Camera Expected to Snap at 8MP
As is to be expected the iPhone 5 looks likely to receive a bump in the quality of its rear facing camera. The current 5MP camera on the iPhone 4 is supplied by Taiwanese company Largan Precision, the same company is now expecting to ship…
iOS 5 Rumoured to Drop 3GS Support
In a single Tweet Eldar Murtazin, editor-in-chief of Russian mobile phone blog Mobile-Review has cast speculation on whether the next major update to iOS will be compatible with the iPhone 3GS. The tweet posted earlier today reads: "Just one comment. Apple iPhone 3Gs wont be…
France Telecom CEO Discusses New Thinner, Smaller iPhone
In an interview with All Things Digital France Telecom CEO Stephane Richard has dicussed the upcoming iPhone and how Apple has been discouraged from using an e-SIM and instead to use an even smaller SIM card. The original revelation came last week when another Orange…
Apple Responds to Lodsys Patent Threats
Apple has today stepped into the dispute over In-App purchases which Lodsys claims infringes one of its patents and has asked iOS developers to license it from them. Apple has today sent out information to iOS developers with documentation outlining the Lodsys patent and a…
64GB iPhone 4 Memo a Typo
Following yesterdays publication of an internal memo from Russell Cellular it has now been confirmed that the reference to a 64GB iPhone 4 was a typo. Russell Cellular a third party Verizon retailer has reportedly reached out to This is my next to confirm the…
Sources Suggest iPhone 5 Curved-glass Display
Industry sources have reported to DigiTimes that Apple will adopt a curved-glass display for the iPhone 5. The sources who are familiar with the Taiwan-based supply chain have suggested that glass manufacturers have been "reluctant to commit investment to the purchase of glass cutting equipment…
Fallout from Foxconn Plant Explosion Continues
Following the explosion at Foxconn's Chengdu plant on May 20 there have been a number of further developments. Over the weekend it was reported that a third person had died following the explosion that ripped through Foxconn's newest assembly plant. News coming out of China…