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Photos: Steve as you’ve [mostly] never seen him before

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:58:03 +0000

Whether you’re looking for some simple clue to his success or just gotta scratch that (tech) celebrity itch, Steve Jobs is an elusive source. Moreover, in the infrequent glimpses we do get, it’s hard to get a feel for who he really is. Here’re a few candids, some never seen before, providing insight [...]
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Apple pitching TV plan to broadcasters

Michael W. Jones — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:08 +0000

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.

Apple will need to sell their rumored $30 TV subscription service to [...]
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Fortune names Jobs ‘CEO of the decade’

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:03:06 +0000

As Apple rolls into what looks to be yet another record setting holiday shopping quarter, on the heels of the company’s most profitable quarter ever, giving an accolade to the man who’s listed by name among the patent and trademark docs for the iMac, iPod and iPhone seems a safe bet. [...]
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Apple, Intel, Microsoft look into sync bug

Michael W. Jones — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:25:41 +0000

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.

Three of the biggest companies in the technology sector (Apple, Intel, [...]
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Don’t have a cow, man! OS X 10.6.2 supports Atom [again]

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:07:37 +0000

With incidents like this, you’ve gotta wonder if Apple’s just testing to see if we’re 1.) paying attention and 2.) actually care. In this particular case, we don’t know what if any purpose Cupertino had in removing and returning support for the processors used in most netbooks, but folks were definitely [...]
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Is 100,000 apps in the App Store too many?

Michael W. Jones — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:54:34 +0000

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?

It [...]
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Apple needs to hurry a less expensive iTablet

Michael W. Jones — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:56:31 +0000

A new study says that Apple needs to lower its price expectations for its tablet computer, if indeed it exists, and had better think about getting it to market sooner than later.

Even though no one is really sure what [...]
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StatCounter says Windows 7 is off to ‘encouraging’ start [guffaw]

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:48:12 +0000

Geez Louise this has gotta sting and more than a little. To date, two of the more prominent Web metrics firms have pegged Microsoft’s operating system launch somewhere between good for Apple and the Mac, to better than Vista. So much for a holiday home run for Redmond this Christmas shopping [...]
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Would you pay $30 a month for ‘iTunes TV’?

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:18:40 +0000

Is Apple preparing to push its industry-leading jukebox/device management/digital download store software in a new direction? The latest rumor making the rounds is that Steve Jobs, Eddy Cue and their merry band are preparing the way for a monthly subscription service, but you’re run of the mill pay-forever-music deal that everyone [...]
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New OS X won’t support the Atom

Michael W. Jones — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:24:19 +0000

When Mac OS X 10.6.2 comes out, the rumor is that the the new version of the Apple operating system will no longer run on the Atom processor, insuring that it can’t be used on certain netbook computers.

A so-called “Hackintosh” [...]
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