Posts by Michael W. Jones on MAC.BLORGE
January 17, 2011
I
t may be a case of one star rising while another sets, but the Apple App Store, the home of all sanctioned iPhone and iPad software, is on a pace to outsell the iTunes music store by March 2011.
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, iTunes, Steve Jobs | 2 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 17, 2011
No details are available, and may not be for a while, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs has just sent an email to all Apple employees stating that he is taking a leave of absence, starting immediately.
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, news, Steve Jobs | 2 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 14, 2011
It is beginning to look as if the “Home” button on Apple’s upcoming iPad 2 and iPhone5 are things of the past, in favor of some new gestures that will do the hard button’s job and perhaps more.
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, Free Software, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Rumors, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 13, 2011
The sales of Mac computers were truly a growth industry in the 2010 fourth quarter, grabbing almost 10 percent of the personal computer marketplace, with sales up fully 23 percent over 2009.
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, iPad, Mac, news, OS X | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 12, 2011
As one who has watched with lively interest as Apple’s stock price has gone from way under $100 to way over $300 in seemingly no time at all, the question has to be asked: “How high will it go?”
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 11, 2011
After reading repeatedly in recent days what the Apple iPhone will mean to Verizon, this writer began to think about the obverse question (what Verizon means to Apple), with the following results.
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, opinion | 2 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 10, 2011
Yesterday, Apple’s iTunes project turned ten years old, if you can believe it, showing that some things do really last on the Web, and also that some things can evolve and get better in the right hands.
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 7, 2011
The CEO of what is arguably the most successful company worldwide during the last 5 to 7 years, Steve Jobs of Apple, needs to stop by Human Resources to pick up his annual salary: $1 per year.
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, news, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 6, 2011
It has taken rival companies about nine months to give birth to their copies of Apple’s iPad, which they seem intent upon doing at CES in Las Vegas. Are they better than those tablets which were born prematurely?
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, iPad, news | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
January 5, 2011
Apple, as usual, does not have a physical presence at CES in Las Vegas. Nevertheless, the reigning king of personal electronic devices somehow overshadows everyone else at the annual electronics Mecca.
Read the full post
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Macbook Air, news | 1 Comment » Posted by: Michael W. Jones