A set of application-level (AL) specifications designed to simplify the creation and distribution of multimedia software — including audio, video and imaging functionality — across multiple platforms. That sounds quite a bit like Apple’s AL multimedia specification (writ large).
The United States Chamber of Commerce has replied to Apple’s defection over the Chamber’s environmental and climate change policy, taking shots at both Apple and CEO Steve Jobs.
After staying with the basic Mighty Mouse for four years, it look like Apple is finally ready to introduce a new model, and this replacement apparently has more features than you can shake a stick at.
The Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod, and iPhone maker has joined five other companies in defecting from the business group over its stand, or lack thereof depending on your viewpoint, on global warming and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Apple’s share of the enterprise market has stalled south of 10 percent and, although worth billions, it probably won’t be growing in any big way any time soon. The villains? Corporate IT departments, of course, which can’t see the dollars for the cents, which is the argument of old — Macs cost too much and are too much trouble.
Despite continuing pressure from regulatory agencies, and despite his own departure from the Apple board of directors, Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the other Apple-Google shared board member should stay put.
In some ways, blogging about Apple and its many wondrous products is like being a paparazzi standing outside a Hollywood nightclub hoping Britney Spears or some other noteworthy moistened bint gives you the chance to photograph a nipple slip. Well, we’ve been afforded just such an opportunity as Dutch-language ad copy “confirms” that new iMacs, MacBooks and Mac minis are near, very near.
This fall’s Mac refresh is turning into a fairly substantive affair. What pundits thought would be a simple speed bumping of the iMac and MacBook has turned into a wider ranging makeover of the company’s computer and input device product lines.
This is one of those stories that just makes you doubt humanity’s future. Although the gun toting “villain” in this report lacked, shall we say, an appropriate measure of tact given the suburban setting he was in, you’ve gotta shake your head a little at the Apple Store employees who just kept the ball rolling.
One of the things users like about the iPhone is its tight integration with Google maps, but it looks like Apple is moving towards a proprietary mapping system and away from Google.
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