Archive for November, 2010
November 30, 2010
What’s in your online shopping cart? Chances are, especially since you’re reading this on a Mac-centric blog, you had Apple products in there and this year the most-popular items include the company’s iPod touch and the really big iPod touch. Ready to buy?
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPod Touch, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 30, 2010
It seems that everywhere you look, there is yet another retail store that is selling the iPad. With all that retail sales help, you would think that Apple store sales would be down. Read on and think again.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, Mac, Macbook Air, news | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
November 29, 2010
There are a number of interesting Mac rumors around lately, including Apple going all SSD in MacBooks, the exclusive use of Light Peak for data transfers, and leaving optical drives out of their laptops.
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Posted in Apple, Mac, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Rumors | 1 Comment » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
November 29, 2010
A blog for disgruntled Apple Store retail workers, which appeared online back in August, is only just now gaining attention. And, now that it’s popped on the world’s and one assumes Apple’s radar, the purported employee will be sniffed out and the site snuffed.
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Posted in Amusing, Apple, news | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 29, 2010
iPhone and Mac sales boom, and iPad owns Christmas. Somewhere behind all of this success, a company is growing and not just a little. Recent years have seen billions in new revenue and tens of thousands of new employees, and the trend is gaining strength.
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Posted in Apple, news, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 27, 2010
The media’s alive with reports that the American consumer is back. That after two very lean years people are buying again and sales are up almost across the board. For the mothership, a boat that rode high throughout Bush’s great recession, the rising tide is looking like more of a good thing.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, Mac, MacBook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Macintosh, news, opinion | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 26, 2010
As pundits keep looking for any sign of real competition for the Apple iPad tablet, speculation swirls about what features may be appearing when the device is announced and when we may expect it.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, Rumors, Steve Jobs, Updates | 2 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
November 26, 2010
Not huge discounts, but any discount from the mothership is welcome. And, yes, like years past, you can get an entry-level iMac, MacBook or MacBook Air for $101 off the list price, which isn’t too bad — step inside for the full monty.
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Posted in Apple | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 25, 2010
Apple has pulled out one more weapon against the hackers that make iPhone / iPad jailbreaking and unlocking. Will the advent of the baseband signature check make life much harder for the hackers?
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Posted in Apple, Hacks, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Rumors, Security | 4 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
November 24, 2010
Although the blogsphere and media generally greeted the Fab Four’s online arrival with yawns, fans have warmly embraced the group’s music, snapping up tracks by the million. The surprising bit is that, at least in dollar terms, the majority of these sales were albums.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, news, Steve Jobs | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson