November 19, 2009
After receiving a legal snot-o-gram from Baker & McKenzie asking his company to change the name of one its applications so it would no longer contain the word “iPod,” Little App Factory CEO John Devor decided to take matters into his own hands and write Steve Jobs personally. Surprisingly enough the Apple CEO actually responded, though this story doesn’t have a happy ending.
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Posted in Amusing, Apple, Free Software, Mac, Macintosh, OS X, Steve Jobs, iPod, iPod Touch, iTunes, news | 2 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 16, 2009
No one satisfies with vaporware like Apple. This device hasn’t been seen let alone used by anyone, but pundits of every stripe are tripping over each other to declare the Mac tablet, a.k.a. iPod touch on steroids, the next insanely great thing from Steve Jobs and his merry band of elves.
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Posted in Amusing, Apple, Macintosh, Steve Jobs, iPhone, iPod Touch, news, snow leopard | 9 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 10, 2009
NVidia CEO Jen-Hsun “whoop ass” Huang was recently interviewed in Dubai where he went on about his love for Apple products, which fill his home. However, as he went on about how well his company is getting on with the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone maker, there was something completely out of place on the desk in front of him, which looks remarkably like a legendary though still unreleased Apple product — the Mac tablet.
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Posted in Apple, Mac, Macintosh, Rumors, iPod Touch, news | 9 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 6, 2009
Industry insiders are saying that Apple is currently speaking with a wide range of broadcasters about the content that would be required to support their rumored upcoming TV subscription service.
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Posted in Apple, Apple TV, iPhone, iPod Touch | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
November 5, 2009
There are apparently problems between Apple’s iTunes and either Windows 7 or a certain processor from Intel (or both), according to reports from users who have experienced iPhone sync failures.
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Posted in Apple, Microsoft, Windows, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
November 4, 2009
The Apple App Store, and the number of apps that it contains and which are downloaded from it, have been given a great deal of the credit for the success of the iPhone, but when is enough enough?
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, iPhone, iPod Touch, news | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
October 26, 2009
An offhand remark in a presentation by a New York Times editor has the much-prophesied tablet computer back in the news and connected once again to the news business.
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Posted in Apple, Rumors, iPod Touch, news | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
October 19, 2009
As expected our favorite fruit company has delivered its best ever quarter for Macs and iPhones, resulting in revenues of nearly $10 billion and a $1.67 billion profit. So, even as the recession bites deeply and unemployment rises, the company’s growing legion of customers continue to single out Mac, iPod and iPhone as being the value leaders in every category where Apple competes.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, MacBook, Macintosh, OS X, Steve Jobs, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, news, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 16, 2009
One of the latest Apple rumors is that the company is planning to bring FM radio with live pause and iTunes tagging, such as they recently introduced on the iPod Nano, to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Posted in Apple, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
October 13, 2009
There have been a few exceptions, but in the vast majority of cases consumers simply cannot get a refund on App Store purchases. With prices rising, should this Apple policy change?
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Posted in Apple, iPhone, iPod Touch | 2 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones