New kit coming and who doesn’t like fresh gear? Recently, the mothership rolled updated Airport Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule hub, bringing full 450Mbps throughput — soon coming to Airport Express, too, before Apple’s much anticipated iCloud reveal.
Apple has been on the receiving of geek grief and angst for suing competitors over use of its App Store trademark. Whereas the technorati argue the term should be viewed as generic and ubiquitous, they miss the obvious point that it was Apple who made it that way. And, yeah, they own it, too.
The “Back to Mac” sub current, computers really don’t rate a “theme” from Apple these days, trickles on with the introduction of a highly desirable service that’s been available to iPhone users for over two years. However, for the rest of us, at least those that aren’t paid-in-full devs, we’ll just have to hope no one nicks our MacBooks for a few more weeks.
Aside from superficial legalities, what’s the difference between Apple’s download and play anywhere iCloud music service, and BitTorrent? How you answer the question largely depends on which side of the religious divide you fall. Now, Apple’s moving to obviate some of that destructive rancor, though the debate won’t be fully silenced.
And, it’s Microsoft on the receiving end of this most educational thumping. Whereas I and much of the Mac digerati have pooh poohed Cupertino’s 2011 student, teacher and family promotion, cash registers are nonetheless ringing the sounds of the season.
Companies always ask the court to block the sale of their legal opponents’ products, but I can’t remember a time where one has delivered the desired injunction. And, we don’t have an exception here either as the federal judge assigned to the case won’t stop Amazon from using the words “App Store.”
Last year’s student-teacher-family educational promotion put up to a quarter pound (i.e. iPod touch precooked weight) of stuff in our hands and Apple’s 2011 come on is for a little plastic card redeemable for virtual goods — which would you rather have?
Music, movies and TV, oh my! Until today, we’ve only heard about Apple’s deals with three of the four major music labels, but now there are whispers that feature films and television shows will be in the mix, too. Are you ready for Cupertino’s major cloud reboot?
Better is as better does. Everybody knows that Android phones outnumber iPhones, way more handsets. However, if you’re a digital media producer or any advertiser, there’s a another number you might want to consider.
There’s a lot of positive buzz coming out of Apple’s latest little revolution, though the company itself has been characteristically quiet. Nevertheless, one top developer isn’t being shy about the success its having on the mothership’s groundbreaking desktop software marketplace.
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