Apple celebrated the ten billion application downloads by handing the downloader of that app a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Now, the Cupertino based company is planning a similar giveaway to celebrate 25 billion app downloads. A new counter has appeared on Apple’s official web site alongside the following text: As of today, nearly 25 billion [...]
New evidence suggests that Apple is preparing to announce a major refresh of its ‘Apple TV’ line. But what exactly will that entail? Apple Insider speculates that the Apple TV, a set top box designed to stream iTunes content directly to your television, is slated for a Spring refresh. The publication assessed the possibility after [...]
Earlier today, Apple announced the next major Mac OS X update: Mountain Lion. While unexpected, this update brings many of the awesome features from iOS, such as Notification Center and Messages, to the Mac. This update will be released over the summer. As of now, we’re unsure of [...]
According to iMore, Apple is holding a press event on March 7th to announce the latest addition to the iPad line. We can expect the actual product to be released to the public a week after the official announcement. These rumors are believable as Apple has a history of announcing iPads in early March. For instance, the iPad 2 [...]
Path, an up-and-coming social network similar to Facebook, was recently caught snatching information stored in users’ Address Books including contact names, phone numbers, and email addresses. This discovery was made by Arun Thampi, an iOS developer from Singapore. Dave Morin, the CEO and co-founder of Path, claims that the only reason Path is uploading this [...]
Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail are reporting that Apple have approached Rogers and BCE Inc during talks with several Canadian carriers regarding the upcoming Apple iTV. “They’re not closed to doing it with one [company] or doing it with two,” said one source who is familiar with the talks. “They’re looking for a partner. [...]
A new commercial for the Galaxy Note which aired during today’s Super Bowl continues Samsung’s current trend of mocking Apple and their fans at every opportunity. With more singing, dancing and theatrical tomfoolery than an episode of Glee, Samsung’s Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad (again) takes aim at Apple line-waiters, but fails to really sell [...]
Glass manufacturer Corning have released a follow-up video to last year’s highly popular “A Day Made of Glass”, which impressed many with its slick vision of future touchscreen technology. The first video amassed over 17 million views and demonstrated the myriad applications of intelligent photovoltaic and electrochromic glass panels both in the home and at [...]
If the latest hands-on videos are anything to go by, the Microsoft Surface 2 has brought us one step closer to Minority Report-style touchscreen awesomeness. A product built in partnership with Samsung, the Surface 2.0 is now available for pre-order in 23 different countries. Weighing in at a hefty 36.8kg, the SUR40 features “PixelSense”, which [...]
While the rumors about Apple’s foray into the television have been picking up pace in recent weeks, industry insiders have today downplayed the likelihood of the Apple television launching until late 2012. DigiTimes are reporting that the “chance is low” that the Apple TV will arrive during the second-quarter 2012, with Sharp holding limited production [...]
The Japanese website Macotakara says that the next generation iPad will not launch in February as previously suggested. Instead, blogger Danbo claims Apple plans to hold a “strange” event later this month followed by a product reveal and subsequent launch in March. Macotakara previously cited an Asian supplier and an unnamed North American source as [...]
According to Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, Apple are actively exploring supplier options for the much-rumored Apple TV. A research note which was published yesterday referenced a discussion with a “major TV component supplier” who had indicated that Apple had contacted them regarding the capabilities of their products. An excerpt from the report, as quoted by Barron’s: In [...]
The Kindle Fire is Amazon’s self-proclaimed “most successful product ever” and was the second best-selling tablet in 2011, after Apple’s iPad 2. Confirming the Kindle Fire’s success, investment bank Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan stated that Amazon’s $199 tablet had “defined and dominated” the lower end of the market. Rohan attributes the popularity of the device [...]
Apple have announced the release of a free update to Final Cut Pro X (v10.0.3) which adds a host of new features to the company’s flagship video editing software and alleviates a number of issues that had frustrated early adopters. The new update includes support for multicam editing, with automatic syncing using timecodes and audio [...]
Apple CEO Tim Cook has hit back at allegations made in a New York Times report which implied a culture of indifference to worker’s conditions in China, stating in an email to employees that “any suggestion that we don’t care is patently false and offensive to us.” The NYTimes report cited former Apple executives with [...]
