Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple today updated MacBook Pro with Retina display with faster processors, double the memory in both entry-level configurations, and a new, lower starting price for the top-of-the-line 15-inch notebook. Apple also lowered the starting price of the non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro to $1,099. “People love their MacBook Pro because of the thin and light, aluminum…
One of the cool things about an iPhone or a Cellular iPad is that it can also double up as a router, so you can use it’s cellular data connection to connect your other devices to the internet. There are three ways to share your iPhone or iPad’s cellular data connection using the Personal Hotspot feature. Continue reading → More:…
Kyocera has published a new video of its Sapphire Shield smartphone cover in action, pitting it against standard impact-resistant glass in a few drop and scratch tests. As you might expect, the sapphire cover fared much better than the glass. While the glass display was easily scratched and shattered using a piece of granite, the…
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Earlier this week, Apple started replacing iPhone 5s glass screens in Apple Stores for the first time. But the catch is that the service is only available in the United States and Canada. That will change, though, next week. Sources say that the program will expand across Apple’s official retail locations in Europe as soon…
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Grab bag From keeping your files safe to making sure that your servers are doing their jobs, this week’s roundup of new Mac apps brings you a veritable cornucopia of goodies for your Mac. BatchPhoto 4.0.0 Bits & Coffee’s $30 BatchPhoto allows you to quickly process and convert a group of photos with a simple…
Apple has been expanding its supply chain, bringing in companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to produce components for its iPhone and iPad devices. This supply chain diversification may benefit Apple, but it is having a negative effect on rival Samsung’s chip manufacturing business, reports The Wall Street Journal. Since 2007, Samsung has enjoyed the coveted…
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Apple will launch its next-generation iPhone 6 at an event on Tuesday, September 9, reports Re/code. The company has reportedly scheduled a big media event for that date and in the past, September has been a month reserved for the introduction of new iPhones. Following the September 9 introduction, the iPhone 6 will likely be…
Apple’s content delivery network shows how dedicated the Cupertino company is to digital products — giving them the same care and attention as its physical ones. With the launch of its CDN, it’s clear Apple is just as webscale as Facebook or Google originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2014. Continue reading…. More: continued here
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Nate the greatest (2261802) writes Apple thrilled investors earlier this week when they revealed that they had sold 13 million iPads to schools and claimed 85% of the educational tablet market, but that wasn’t the whole story. It turns out that Apple has only sold 5 million iPads to schools since February 2013, or an…
Apple’s sapphire partner GT Advanced Technologies today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2014, acknowledging publicly that the companies’ facility in Mesa, Arizona is “commencing the transition to volume production.” “The build-out of our Arizona facility, which has involved taking a 1.4 million square foot facility from a shell to a functional structure…
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Apple’s latest splashy hire, Musa Tariq, comes from Nike, where he worked on marketing for the Fuelband. Previous to that, he worked alongside current Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts at Burberry. Apple’s latest hire: A social media expert for the company with almost no social media presence originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2014. Continue…
Bose has taken issue with some of the technology embodied in products in Apple’s newly acquired Beats line of headphones. As Ars Technica reports, Bose is suing Apple, claiming that the Beats products violate five Bose patents, covering noise cancellation and signal processing Although Bose never mentions Apple in the 22-page complaint, the acquisition price…
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