October 2011
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Apple's Share of U.S. PC Market Leaps to 12.9% in...
Apple’s U.S. Market Share Trend: 1Q06-3Q11 (Gartner) Research firm Gartner today released its preliminary personal computer shipment data for the third quarter of 2011, offering up a picture of market performance during the quarter. Riding the strength of the MacBook Air, Apple experienced aggressive 21.5% year-over-year growth to take third place in a U.S. market that grew by only 1.1%...
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Wrap-Up of Apple's iOS 5 and iCloud Launch Day
It’s been an extremely busy day of software releases for Apple as the company has rolled out updates across all of its platforms to support iOS 5 and iCloud. To help summarize the events of today, we’ve put together this wrap-up to highlight the myriad of releases. Apple Releases iOS 5 with Notification Center, iMessage, Twitter, and More The highlight of the day was the release...
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Apple TV Software Update Adds Photo Stream, NHL...
Alongside today’s release of iOS 5, Apple also pushed out version 4.4 of the software for its iOS-based Apple TV set-top box. As noted by Macworld, the update brings a number of new features to Apple TV.
- AirPlay Mirroring: Now with video mirroring – wirelessly stream what’s on your iPad 2 screen to your HDTV. - Photo Stream: View photos recently taken on your iOS device and pushed...
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iCloud and Migration from MobileMe Services Now...
With iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2 rolling out to users, Apple has officially flipped the switch to turn on iCloud for all users. The iCloud site lost its beta label earlier today and MobileMe users are now able to migrate their accounts to iCloud once they have upgraded their devices OS X 10.7.2 and iOS 5. The migration process for MobileMe users will move Mail and Calendars to iCloud, and MobileMe...
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Apple Releases iOS 5 with Notification Center,...
In line with Apple’s announced schedule calling for a release today, iOS 5 is now available to download for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users. Users can obtain the update by connecting their devices to iTunes and clicking the “Check for Update” button. It may take a few minutes for the update to propagate to all users, however. iOS 5 brings more than 200 new features,...
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Apple Releases OS X 10.7.2 with iCloud Support and...
As part of Apple’s rollout of its iCloud service today, Apple has just released OS X 10.7.2. The new update includes support for iCloud and will ensure that users have full access to their iCloud-hosted data across all of their devices.OS X 10.7.2 brings number of new enhancements beyond iCloud compatibility, including Safari 5.1.1 and ten featured improvements. The 10.7.2 update is...
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Sprint Denies Report of Unlocked Micro-SIM in...
Yesterday, Macworld reported that Sprint would be selling the iPhone 4S with an unlocked micro-SIM slot, potentially allowing users traveling abroad to simply slip in a local micro-SIM card and avoid high roaming costs. Ars Technica now reports that Sprint has reached out to deny this report, indicating that the iPhone 4S will not work with international micro-SIMs.
However, while Sprint will...
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Early iPhone 4S Deliveries from Verizon Reach the...
While some German customers appear to have been the first to receive deliveries of the iPhone 4S several days ahead of the official launch date of this Friday, it now appears that the premature deliveries are making their way to the United States. AppleInsider reports that one U.S. customer who ordered his iPhone 4S from Verizon has already received his shipment two days early. Customers who...
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White iPod Touch Now Available in Apple Retail...
In line with the announced October 12th launch date for iOS 5, Apple has also transitioned its iPod touch line to begin shipping with the operating system pre-installed. The most visible change to the iPod touch lineup, however, is the addition of white models, and iLounge reports that the white iPod touch is now on display and available for sale in Apple’s retail stores. ...
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'iTunes in the Cloud' Rolling Out Internationally
One of the iCloud features launched immediately in the United States upon the service’s announcement back in June was “iTunes in the Cloud”, offering users the ability to re-download music previously purchased from the iTunes Store to any registered device. The service allows users to forgo storing their entire iTunes-purchased music library on every device...
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'AirPort Utility' for iOS 5 Hits the App Store
Apple continues to make preparations for today’s iOS 5 launch with the release of its newAirPort Utility [App Store] app to allow users to administer AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, and Time Capsule base stations.
Use AirPort Utility to manage your Wi-Fi network and AirPort base stations, including AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and TimeCapsule – right from your iPad, iPhone, ir iPod...
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'Find My Friends' Debuts in App Store Ahead of iOS...
Apple’s Find My Friends app, which was announced last week when the iPhone 4S was unveiled, is now live in the App Store [link opens iTunes]. Find My Friends requires iOS 5, which is scheduled for release today.
Find My Friends allows you to easily locate your friends and family from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Install this free app on your iOS 5 device and sign in with the Apple ID...
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iCloud.com Website Updated, No Longer in "Beta"
Apple seems to be putting the finishing touches on their new iCloud service. iCloud.com has been updated this evening with a new login screen. The service now shows icons in the background and a new login that no longer is listed as “beta”. iCloud.com, itself, still seems restricted to developers for the most part. There have been sporadic reports of non-developers being able to...
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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Alaska Airlines ditches paper flight manuals for...
The iPad has already gotten the go-ahead from the FAA as a replacement for paper flight charts and maps, and now Alaska Airlines has become the first major US airline to hop on board the paperless bandwagon. While it’s not quite ready to ditch paper navigation charts just yet (though that is under consideration), the airline has announced that it will be replacing its traditional flight...
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New Signal Process introduces BreakOut Stereo and...
If your iPad or iPhone is set to play a starring role at your next, sold-out concert, you may want to check out two new, iOS-friendly interfaces from New Signal Process. Pictured above is NSP’s BreakOut Stomp — a die cast aluminum-encased pedal that promises to transmit guitar signals to and from your iDevice, without any unwanted distortions or detection interference. All you have...
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Apple's iCloud music service will automatically...
There’s been so much chatter about Apple iCloud that you’d think the streaming music service had already been announced and the deals inked.
But it’s still just a rumor until an Apple executive takes the stage and unleashes the Amazon Cloud Player and Google Music competitor in a spate of superlatives. That hasn’t stopped Businessweek from stepping up with a good...
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Why Apple is trademarking Thunderbolt and why Sony...
Thunderbolt (formerly known as Light Peak) may have been developed by Intel, but it’s Apple that’s been snatching up all the trademark glory. The company first filed in November of 2010 in Jamaica, then followed up in February of this year by securing the rights to the name in Canada, before registering similar claims in Europe, China, and now the US. This raised some interesting...
Explosion at Foxconn's Chengdu plant kills two
An explosion occurred at Foxconn’s Chengdu plant earlier today, with reports claiming several workers have been injured.
The Taiwanese company has yet to release a statement regarding figures and the cause of this tragedy, but according to 21st Century Business Herald, witnesses saw lightning hit the A05 building before the explosion took place — it is believed that this is a case...
Verizon finally killing unlimited data plans this...
Verizon’s been telegraphing its intent to drop unlimited data plans for nearly a year, and despite the fact that LTE smartphones launched with all-you-can-eat options, those plans haven’t changed one bit.Reuters reports that Verizon will finally nix the megabyte buffet this summer, replacing it with a fully tiered data pricing scheme, though CFO Fran Shammo also floated the idea...
Verizon adds 4G LTE to nine more cities, expands...
Verizon Wireless customers will be able to jet on to the LTE network in nine new cities, taking advantage of lightening-fast speeds on their HTC Thunderbolts and 4G mobile hotspots.
The expansion includes Mobile and Montgomery (AL); Greater Fairfield and New Haven (CT); Gainesville, Pensacola, and Tallahassee (FL); Fayetteville-Lumberton (NC); and Bryan-College Station and Temple-Killeen...
Mophie Juice Pack Plus iPhone charging case now...
Until now, Verizon iPhone owners looking for the Mophie battery boost had three options: lugging around a Powerstation plug-in, settling for the Juice Pack Air’s measly 1500mAh battery, or slipping into an ill-fitting Juice Pack Plus AT&T case — an awkward fit, thanks to a slight difference in the handsets’ button placement.
That long national nightmare is finally over,...
Intel admits Apple 'helps shape' its roadmap,...
We knew Intel and Apple had a close working relationship when it came to developing Thunderbolt, but now an exec from Santa Clara has taken the declarations of mutual admiration to the next level.
Tom Kilroy, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Sales and Marketing Group, told a Reuterstech summit that Apple isn’t merely important to his company’s plans, it...
Comcast brings Xfinity TV VOD to iPhone, iPod...
Comcast rolled out a v1.5 update today for the iPhone / iPod Touch versions of its Xfinity TV app which allows them to access the video on-demand streaming that has been available on the iPad since February.
Just like the iPad however, they’ll only work over WiFi — no streaming over 3G or downloading for offline viewing here, although unlike Cablevision and...
Apple gets cozy with EMI, Universal, and Sony over...
Ah, so it’s all coming together now. Following a report on Warner Music inking a cloud streaming deal with Apple, CNET is back with fresh information that sees three more major record companies jumping on board.
Citing “multiple music industry sources,” we’re told that EMI is the latest addition to Apple’s cloud music portfolio, while Universal and Sony are close...
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Apple's MacBook Air duo to receive Sandy Bridge...
We’ve already seen Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt reinvigorating the MacBook Pro line, so it’s only logical for the MacBook Airs to eventually follow suit — presumably they’ll pick up Sandy Bridge’s 17W mobile processors to match the current 10W and 17W Core 2 Duos. So when can we expect this to happen? Well, according...
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iDVM Digital Multimeter collects voltage readings...
This, dear reader, is the iDVM Digital Multimeter — the world’s very first iDevice-enabled voltmeter, from Redfish Instruments. Designed with auto technicians, electricians and engineers in mind, the iDVM uses an ad hoc wireless network to connect to any iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, allowing users to record voltage, resistance and current directly from their...
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Apple proposing smaller SIM standard?
It looks like the Micro SIM (announced with Apple’s first iPad last year) is destined to shed a few more grams, an Orange spokeswoman said — contradicting an earlier rumor claiming that Apple is trying to kill off the chip altogether.
SIM cards in their current form have been in use for over a decade (a Micro SIM is simply a standard chip without the extra plastic), and...
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Slacker intros Premium Radio subscription service,...
Internet radio provider Slacker is bulldozing the thin line dividing itself from subscription-based music services today, with the launch of Premium Radio.
The new pricing tier joins the existing gratis Basic Radio and ad-free Radio Plus plans, adding an all-you-can-eat music model akin to services like Rhapsody and Radio. Subscribers who shell out $9.99 a month receive all of the features of...
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Nuance voices found in OS X Lion, patent...
Apple’s certainly no stranger to speech recognition, but it looks like it may have enlisted a bit of outside help for the next version of OS X, otherwise known as Lion.
As Netputing reports, some of the text-to-speech voice options available in the developer preview of Lion just so happen to match the voices available from Nuance — which would seem to suggest a partnership or...
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Apple offers free repairs for iPhones, other...
Apple customers with Macs, displays, and iOS devices that were directly damaged in the Japan earthquake and tsunami may be eligible for free repairs.
The offer, posted on the company’s Japanese website, excludes iPod classic, nano, and shuffle, and only applies to customers living in areas covered by the Ministry of Health’s Disaster Relief Act. Originally posted in March,...
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Planex capacitive stylus mocks Steve Jobs, all the...
In the past, our coverage of Planex has largely been relegated to storage devices and wireless access points, but now the company has entered one of the most exciting businesses of all: breaking poor Steve Jobs’s heart.
That’s right, the company has meddled with the natural order of the universe by releasing new smartphone styli. They come in two colors — black and white,...
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YouTube will add 3,000 streaming movies for...
In the midst of a blog post welcoming us to “the future of video” head of YouTube Salar Kamangar confirms that starting today it will add around 3,000 new movie titles for rental in the US, along with reviews and behind the scenes extras.
More details are promised to come in another post later today, but right now the video page appears to have the same list of flicks we’ve...
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Conde Nast brings The New Yorker to iPad, seven...
Yet another print powerhouse is bringing its wares to the iPad, all lining up neatly ahead of Apple’s upcoming WWDC.
First it was Time, then it was Hearst, and now Condè Nast is joining the fun with very similar terms to the other two. Starting this week with The New Yorker, digital versions will be available for free to current print edition...
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WiMAX sleeve brings 4G speeds to the iPhone 4 in...
This is exactly how we humans got out of the trees five million years ago. We spot a problem, like the iPhone 4’s lack of 4G data, and we solve it.
In fact, Korean Telecom’s new Egg sleeve not only brings WiMAX to the iPhone 4 but also incorporates an extra battery to allow five hours of 4G surfing. It could make bipedalism slightly uncomfortable however, by bulking your pocket...
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DoubleTwist upgrade features AirPlay support for...
Add another notch to DoubleTwist’s Apple ecosystem integration belt, now that its Android app has added AirPlay streaming to the list of features.
As of version 1.4 it will stream music, videos or pictures to the Apple TV or other compatible devices while also claiming beta support for Sonos hardware. The DoubleTwist player is free, but using AirPlay means purchasing the...
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Eton's Soulra XL solar-powered iPod boombox will...
Summer’s nearly here, the sun shining bright — wouldn’t you like to share your tunes with friends while basking in the light? That’s what Eton’s counting on as it prepares to ship the Soulra XL, the solar-powered iPod boombox formerly known as the Soulra 2.
As we discovered at CES in January, its set of eight speakers get pretty loud, and Eton claims it charges...
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Amazon Cloud Player streams tunes to iOS,...
Amazon Cloud Player has been laying low following its scuffle with Sony Music, but that hasn’t kept the company’s developers from rolling a crucial new feature out — support for Apple’s iOS devices, which it didn’t have on day one.
Despite running in the Safari browser window, we’ve confirmed that songs will indeed play. If you’ve got a device handy,...
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iPad 2 light leakage due to faulty LG panels?
We don’t have official word from Apple on the subject, but we’re hearing rumors that might explain why some iPad 2 backlights tend to bleed — according to Digitimes’ anonymous sources, LG Display was “forced to reduce its shipments in the first quarter due to light leakage problem for panels,” and that Samsung took up the slack. That suggests that some of...
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redsn0w untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 works...
Apple released iOS 4.3.3 on Wednesday, but as it did with 4.3.2, neglected to patch the untethered jailbreak exploit in redsn0w 0.9.6rc9 (since updated to rc15).
Looks like that’s a hat trick for the iPhone Dev Team. The hack works with most devices (even the Apple TV), but there’s still no solution for iPad 2 owners — we’re sure that the underground powers that be are...
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Facebook, Google rumored to be vying for Skype...
Like two knights jostling for the hand of a fair maiden, both Facebook and Google appear to be courting the graces of Skype.
A source close to Facebook recently told Reuters that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is thinking about buying Skype outright, as part of a deal that could be worth $3 to $4 billion. A second source, meanwhile, claimed that both Facebook and Google are more interested...
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Apple updates 2011 MacBook Pro firmware to v1.4,...
In spite of the “Pro” in its name, Apple’s 2011 MBP got off to a bit of a bumpy start for many users.
Some encountered problems when outputting video through the Thunderbolt port to their Cinema Displays, while others found the new MacBook Pro freezing up when processing loads got that little bit too intense. The good news is that Apple now has a software update geared to...
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The Daily generated 800,000 downloads, $10 million...
It’s still too early to pass judgment on News Corp’s daring venture into tablet-only newspapers, The Daily, but at least we now have an idea of how much it costs to get a project like this off the ground.
Having spent $30 million developing the concept before launch, the company’s latest quarterly reports indicate another $10 million loss was incurred on the early operations...
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iOS 5 updates expected to be carried over-the-air,...
Having spent a good part of our day yesterday negotiating with iTunes and downloading a whopping 666.2MB file to update our iPhone to version 4.3.3 — a version, we might add, whose sole claim to fame is the removal of things — we know well the pains of updating Apple’s mobile software.
Those aches, however, may soon be coming to an end. 9to5Mac has multiple sources informing...
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Chrome Canary comes to Macs for fearless browser...
Until now, Mac users who like to live their digital lives on the edge have had to make do with Chrome’s dev channel while their Windows counterparts were flying by the seat of their pants with the Canary build. Well, be jealous so more OS X fans — you can now run your own untested, pre-developer build of Google’s web browser. The Canary...
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Hearst Corp. signs on to sell its magazines...
Esquire, Popular Mechanics, and O are not just for your local bookstore’s magazine rack any more — assuming you still have a local bookstore and that it is still large enough to own a rack.
Hearst Corporation, the force behind those printed ‘zines, has become the first major publisher to terms with Apple, so those very publications will soon be on iTunes....
