The NYTimes just published Mona Simpson’s eulogy for her brother, Steve Jobs. The eulogy, taking up three pages of the NYTimes, is a great piece of work, a humbling piece that gives a different view on Steve’s life, one that I favor over the bandwagon/fanboy view, one that is written by a follower but not [...]
The latest in Apple news, beyond the iPhone 4S launch and sales numbers, is the port of Siri to the iPhone 4. Apple launched Siri as an iPhone 4S exclusive feature which they could to use to market the iPhone 4S with. This exclusivity set Steven Troughton-Smith on a journey to see if the technology [...]
After the Apple Online Store received some short maintenance earlier today, Apple came back with a new option- in-store pickup for online orders. This new option, which was rumored a few weeks ago, is finally available for people who live in the San Francisco Bay area. The option is only available for three stores at [...]
A report by Bloomberg is very confident that Jeff Robin, creator of the original iTunes and iPod, is working on a team working on developing an Apple television set, a complete HDTV differing from the Apple TV, which is a misnomer hopefully abolished by a rename upon the arrival of an Apple HDTV. The Apple [...]
Rumors had, for about a month or so, been circulating about an eminent MacBook Pro refresh and a silent refresh was pushed out by Apple, this morning, to quench our thirst. The refresh brought processor upgrades across the whole line alongside larger hard drives, and more capable video cards. All of the updated MacBook Pro’s [...]
Readers of 9to5Mac have recently found one of the biggest and perhaps most dangerous bugs in iOS 5 yet- a security hole that involves your iPad 2 and a Smart Cover. The hole allows anyone with a Smart Cover to access information in your password-protected iPad 2, which basically defeats the purpose of having a [...]
With the launch of new operating systems, Apple has held many “Tech Talk World Tours” for developers so they can make the most out of the newest OS. Today, Apple announced that their next “Tech Talk” conferences would start in Berlin, Germany this November, and end in Austin, Texas in January. Of course, this time [...]
After welcoming Sprint to its iPhone carrier roster this year, it seems as if Apple is beginning to branch out to many smaller carriers across the U.S. Today, regional carrier C Spire Wireless announced in a rather brief press release that they will be carrying the iPhone 4S on their service within the next few [...]
Apple recently announced in a press release that they have already sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S units in its first weekend- more than double the amount of iPhone 4 units sold in its first weekend. A few weeks ago, Apple had sold 1,000,000 iPhone 4S units during the first 24 hours of pre-orders [...]
If you are already bored with the black or white glass that your iPhone 4S sports, fear no more because Colorware is already offering its services for the iPhone 4S. Colorware is famous for changing the color of many popular electronics, from Beats by Dre to MacBooks and back, into really any color the consumer [...]
Thanks to the work of Steven Troughton-Smith and 9to5Mac, the possibility of Siri coming to the iPhone 4 is soon to be a reality. Siri, the personal assistant that graces the iPhone 4S, was transferred to the iPhone 4 by using some of Springboard’s files and of course, Siri. The transfer being what one would [...]
Today, Apple launched the iPhone 4S, available in stores today and available online for pre-order previously. AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint were the carriers to get the iPhone 4S, but Sprint got something extra that AT&T and Verizon already had, the iPhone 4. Sprint released a statement recapping launch day sales, online and retail, of the [...]
Today, I experienced my first every at store product launch at the Dallas, TX store on Knox Street. There I met a few friend including the business manager for my local Apple store. Another person I met was David Collins, he decided to operate a survey via his iPad 2 of customers in line for [...]
9to5Mac received a tip from Mr. X offering the valuable info that new MacBook Pro models have been spotted in Apple’s inventory system. The models, K90IA (13 inch), K91A (15 inch), and K92A (17 inch), are set to replace the current generation of MacBook Pros; the amount of the current MacBook Pros in stock has lessened everyday. [...]