While the Apple iPhone 4 sales have been even stronger than Apple themselves expected, the launch has not been without a list of issues. Many people have been reporting signal problems since the Phone was released and Apple initially said it was down to' how people were holding the phone'. …
Read More »iTunes users under ‘hack’ fear
According to TheNextWeb it appears that iTunes accounts all over the world are being hacked. Hundreds and thousands of dollars are apparently being taken from people's accounts without permission. Detailed information on this was posted on razorianfly yesterday. This was first spotted by application developers who apparently spotted 40 out …
Read More »Apple announce email chain with CEO was faked
Apple have made an announcement saying that Steve Jobs was not the author of a series of comments in an email exchange with an end user regarding iPhone 4 reception. The comments which were published yesterday by Boy Genius Report linked a series of email responses to Apples CEO. In …
Read More »Nokia take a swipe at Apple – hold our phones however you like
Nokia have been one of the leaders in the cell phone industry for a very long time and they have had a pretty fiery relationship with Apple, it seems new legal action is taken weekly for patents. What we found slightly amusing however was a recent blog they wrote explaining …
Read More »Apple sell over 1.7 million iPhone 4’s – in 3 days
Seems to be Apple are making all the news today and their latest reports show a staggering 1.7 million iPhone 4s have been sold in the first 3 days. The iPhone 4 has been in the news recently, and not for all the right reasons as people have been complaining …
Read More »iPad to get iOS 4 in November
According to a report relating to advertisers plans with the new iAd program – iPad users will be getting iOS 4 in November. This means while iPhone users get to play with the multitasking operating system iPad users still have many months to wait. iAds is going live on iOS applications …
Read More »Apple launch new Mac Mini – nVidia 320m graphics
This morning we noticed that Apple have silently upgraded the Mac Mini, complete with nVidia 320m graphics. Many people had been wondering if Apple were finally going to can the Mini as the updates have been longer coming but it seems that isn't the case. The Mac Mini is a …
Read More »Apple to offer TRIM support for SSD?
Windows 7 SSD users have enjoyed TRIM support for quite some time, however if you move to OSX this support is currently lacking. Performance tends to suffer over time and while I have been using an INTEL SSD in my Macintosh for a while the performance is noticeably lower than …
Read More »Apple to face upcoming antitrust investigation
Apple have had a hell of a profitable year, overtaking the net worth of giant competitors such as Microsoft. It seems that we can't go a day without them making news headlines and we reported yesterday that they have coded an ad removal option into their Safari 5 reader. It …
Read More »Safari 5’s reader removes ads – fears for publishers
Everyone has been talking about Steve Jobs keynote presentation at WWDC a few days ago, but one thing that the public aren't mentioning is the fact that Safari 5 will have a prominent ad blocking option which will strip advertisements and other design code from any web page which appears …
Read More »Guitar Hero and Farmville hit App store
While details on the iPhone 4 dominated Steve Jobs keynote speech at the Worldwide Developers Conference we were more interested in a couple of very high profile games which will be hitting the App store. Farmville, which has been based on Adobe's Flash Technology is one of the most popular …
Read More »Steam show 8% of users are running Macintosh
Valve made the bold move a short while ago of releasing Steam on Macintosh OSX. Many doubters thought this was a waste of time, after all many have said that OSX is not a particularly good gaming platform and supporting it is too costly. It appears that this might be …
Read More »Jobs “surreal, but it doesnt mean anything” – win over Microsoft
Steve Jobs was interviewed by AllThingD's Walt Mossbery and Kara Swisher at the D8 conference and he was, as usual, in fine form for making memorable quotes. Apple recently surpassed Microsoft in market capitalisation but he said “It's surreal, but it doesn't really mean anything”. When he was asked about …
Read More »Making window management in OSX even better
Exposé – the hallmark of why using the OSX desktop is usually thought to be miles ahead of the one in Windows. The truth of the matter however, is that with Windows 7, Microsoft managed to one-up Apple with some nifty tricks of its own. Sure, switching between open windows …
Read More »Apple sell 2 million ipads, bigger than Microsoft
The iPad – love it or hate it, there is just no getting away from it. The latest sales figures in last night show that Apple have sold 2 million units in just under 2 months … yep, less than 60 days. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said “Customers around the …
Read More »New Apple TV to use A4 processor – shock $99 price point!
If you thought Apple TV was a cool idea but cost too much then the new revamp, due for release shortly might just tickle your taste buds. Engadget have reported that the next version will run iPhone OS 4.0 with a minimal amount of ram and will be reduced in …
Read More »BBC iPlayer will run on iPad – flash not required
The BBC recently announced version 3 of the iPlayer catch up service for their viewers meaning people can stream shows for a week after their first airing – these can also be downloaded for up to 30 days on support platforms. The system currently does not support Apple devices, however …
Read More »Adobe Flash proven to ruin Google Android 2.2 performance
It has been hard to escape the recent news coverage detailing Apples contempt for Flash on mobile devices. Many enthusiasts have stated that Steve Jobs has been very unfair with his dismissal of Adobes media software within the mobile platform. Jobs has said it destroys battery life, reduces security and …
Read More »Steve Jobs Keynote confirmed for WWDC 2010
Steve Jobs has been confirmed for the Worldwide Developers Conference in 2010. His keynote speeches keep the press occupied for days and this year we would expect the conversations to revolve around the incredible success of the iPad. The iPhone could well make up a portion of his speech, however …
Read More »Michael Dell eating Apple humble pie
It seems impossible to avoid the Apple success story lately and news has just filtered in that Apple are in fact now worth eight times as much as computer giant Dell. In NASDAQ trading today, Apple gained $1.95 to $239.74 to hit a market value of $218.12 billion or more …
Read More »Free iPad for woman – Apple damage control
You would think that walking into an Apple store with a wad of cash would be enough to get you a shiny new iPad, however a woman was recently refused a purchase, even though they were in stock. When this was made public via a news network, Apple dramatically not …
Read More »Hard to please?: Surveys say get an iPad
Are you a hard man to please? Is it tough to get you excited? Then I have a suggestion …. and before you book that flight to Sweden just hear me out. According to ChangeWave Research, 91 percent of people who have purchased an iPad are literally so happy they …
Read More »Gizmodo v Apple Round 4 – the ‘lost’ iPhone Saga
Jason Chen – editor of Gizmodo has been trying to hold his own against Apple in the case of the ‘lost' iPhone. Brian Hogan, 21, who lives in Redwood City, California was promised $8,500 from Gizmodo if the phone he had was actually the upcoming iPhone, due for release in …
Read More »Fancy an iPad? new $190,000 version available
If you are one of the handful of people who feel that the Apple iPad is ‘too cheap' then perhaps this latest model might appeal to your inflated bank balance. Stuart Hughes, the exclusive high end ‘luxury remodeling' company have just released a version of the iPad with 53 flawless …
Read More »Steam For Macintosh OS X Review
The Macintosh has never been pushed hard by Apple as a ‘gaming platform' and several times in the past their company executives have even been dismissive of gaming in general, clearly wanting to focus more on professional editing and design applications. This attitude certainly hasn't helped the Mac look attractive …
Read More »Apple graphic switching may be cause of battery life issues
Apple recently (finally) released new Arrandale based MacBook Pros with battery life of up to 9-10 hours. With this release they also announced their own automatic graphics switching technology which toggles between the onboard Intel integrated graphics paired with the i5 and i7 processors and a discrete graphics processor. This …
Read More »Arrandale MacBook Air to be launched soon ?
KitGuru spoke to an industry insider a few hours ago who told us that the new Arrandale MacBook Air could be released within the next month. As followers of Apple will already know the new updated MacBook Air has yet to hit the market, even though the rest of Apple's …
Read More »iPad 3G shortages – artificial or genuine?
The success of the iPad has been well documented by KitGuru as well as every other technology news site on the internet. Sales in the first month were around the 1 million mark in the USA alone and assuredly European sales will be high next month. Unfortunately in the USA …
Read More »Apple start taking international iPad preorders
Yesterday Apple have updated their online stores and are accepting preorders for both 3G and Wi-Fi models of the popular iPad – this is actually a day earlier than the announced launch date. These pages went online a little early for the May 28th launch and they are being handled …
Read More »Apple are developing an alternative to Flash
As the tension continues to mount between Apple and Adobe the latest news emerges that Apple are developing an alternative technology to Flash. This new package is called “Gianduia” and was originally mentioned at Apple's World of WebObjected Developer Conference months ago. Gianduia apparently is a ‘client side, standards-based framework …
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