Month: December 2013

As planned, Apple on Thursday kicked off its "12 Days of Gifts" promotion in the U.S. and other participating countries with a download of four songs from Justin Timberlake’s performance at this year’s iTunes Festival. More: continued here

At Palmaz Vineyards in Napa, California, iPad has improved the way the facility operates, from its vineyard to its tanks. Winemaker Christian Gastón Palmaz uses iPad to manage the vineyard and gather data that helps him make informed vine-tending decisions. iPad also has replaced complex industrial controls inside the winery. Palmaz uses an enterprise-level app…

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As noted by a number of MacRumors forum members and Twitter users, Apple has begun preparing a number of stock Mac Pro configurations for delivery starting on December 30. In addition, many other users are seeing their credit cards charged and order statuses changed to “Preparing for Shipment”. The new status indicates that orders cannot be…

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Following a report last month stating that Apple supplier Quanta Computer had landed the contract to mass-produce a larger-sized iPad for late 2014, Digitimes is reporting that the 12.9-inch tablet will be released in October 2014 and will target North America’s educational market. Apple is also said to be examining the possibility of replacing the…

Read More “Apple Reportedly Launching Larger iPad in October 2014, Larger iPhone in May 2014” »

What’s in store for wearables in 2014? A design and wearables software expert offers up the forecast which includes the elusive Apple smartwatch, multiple app store land grabs and more data for Facebook thanks to connected devices and life-logging. More: continued here

Apple reportedly acquired mapping firm BroadMap and Evernote competitor Catch in 2013, reports 9to5Mac, citing data acquired from “evidence and chatter from sources,” including LinkedIn profiles. Several former BroadMap employees are now listed as working at Apple on LinkedIn, including the company’s former Director of Program Management who now works in “Maps Data Validation” at…

Read More “Apple Acquired Mapping Firm BroadMap, Note-Taking App Catch in 2013 [Updated]” »

Yesterday, Apple began shipping its Mac Pros to waiting customers, with many shipments carrying an estimated delivery date of December 30. As it turns out, Mac Pros are shipping early and are already making it into the hands of customers, with one MacRumors forum user receiving his Mac Pro today. The 6-core stock Mac Pro…

Read More “First Mac Pros Begin Arriving Ahead of Christmas” »

With 760 million subscribers and a brand new 4G network, China Mobile is ready for the iPhone. Apple is happy to oblige. Why? Selling iPhones to just 10% of China Mobile subscribers would be twice that of the 33.6 million sales worldwide last quarter. More: continued here

Pebble owners that haven’t already updated their smartwatch firmware today have a nice surprise waiting for them. PebbleOS v.1.14 launched late on Thursday evening, adding a few new features and fixes. Among the more prominent additions is a customizable Do Not Disturb mode, which disables notifications […] More: continued here

With potential customers of the new Mac Pro eagerly awaiting any sign of a more concrete launch date than the “December” timeframe announced by Apple at its October media event, increased activity from Apple’s business team members suggests that a launch may indeed be very near. While Apple has publicly remained silent on pricing for…

Read More “Mac Pro Launch Nears as Apple Business Staff Begin Offering Price Quotes” »

Apple on Friday provided developers with the second beta of iOS 7.1, its forthcoming maintenance and security update for iPhone and iPad, with the pre-release software featuring fixes for issues related to iTunes Match, and also making it easier for users to access Touch ID settings on their iPhone 5s. More: continued here

Back in June, just days after Apple teased the new Mac Pro at its Worldwide Developers Conference, a Geekbench result appeared for a version of the machine using Intel’s 12-core Xeon E5-2697 v2 Ivy Bridge-E processor running at 2.7 GHz. Entries for 8-core and 6-core models followed in September and November respectively, but with those…

Read More “New 12-Core Mac Pro Once Again Shows Up in Benchmarks” »

Apple today released the second beta of iOS 7.1 to registered developers for testing purposes, following the release of the first iOS 7.1 beta back in mid-November. The update has a build number of 11D5115d and is available via an over-the-air update or through Apple’s developer center website. Release notes from the first iOS 7.1…

Read More “Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated]” »

The five major U.S. carriers have come to an agreement with the FCC over a set of voluntary industry principles to make it easier for wireless customers to unlock their devices and switch from carrier to carrier if they wish. The CTIA — the industry trade group representing AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon…

Read More “U.S. Carriers and FCC Come to Agreement Over Consumer Unlocking of Mobile Devices” »

According to Chinese site C Technology [Google Translate, via GForGames], Apple is planning to release its long-rumored iWatch alongside the next iPhone in October 2014, with the company having tested two iWatch prototypes. However, the report also states that Apple has not decided on the final screen size of the device, with the prototype units…

Read More “Apple’s ‘iWatch’ Said to Arrive in October 2014 with Wireless Charging” »