Goodbye TV Show Rentals and External Hard Drives
Chris Maxcer at Mac News World has written an interesting article about Apple’s decision to cancel iTunes TV show rentals, and while he doesn’t particularly like what they did, he’s happy…
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Analyst Says Apple Expected to Launch 3 HDTV Models by March 2012
Rumors of an Apple-branded TV have been going around for a while now, and the latest comes from Trip Chowdry of Global Equities Research. Chowdry claims Apple will release this new product…
How the Editor of Windows Magazine Became an Apple Fanboy
Mike Elgan has written a great article on Cult of Mac of how he went from being the editor of Windows Magazine to an Apple Fanboy. From Cult of Mac: The perfect out-of-box experience with…
Opinion: Why Apple scrapped MobileMe for iCloud
Jackie Dove at Macworld wrote a great article on why Apple is discontinuing MobileMe for iCloud. From Macworld: As Apple gets ready for the fall launch of iCloud, its brand new Internet…
Opinion: iCloud to Replace iTunes for iOS Device Syncing
John Gruber of Daring Fireball has posted his thoughts on what will be announced with Apple’s new iCloud service tomorrow at WWDC. In short: “Don’t think of iCloud as the new MobileMe;…
A Look Into the iPhone FaceTime Glitch Claims
There have been many articles on the web this week suggesting that Apple’s iPhone 4 could be secretly taking pictures of users. I would like to look into these claims and use a little…
Why 2011 Will Be the Year of the iPad 2
Rene Ritchie at TiPb posted a great article on why 2011 will be the year of the iPad 2. From TiPb: When Steve Jobs announced iPad 2 on Wednesday he listed a lot of great features and…
Opinion: Apple’s Data Center is 21st-Century Broadcasting Network
Cult of Mac had an interview with Nick Carr, author of “The Big Switch,” a bestseller about cloud computing. Carr talks about what he thinks Apple will be using their new $1 billion data…
Why Apple is Relaxing its App Store Policy
Darrell Etherington at TheAppleBlog.com has an interesting theory on why Apple has recently relaxed its App Store restrictions and allowed video player apps like CineXPlayer and VLC. He…
Next iPad Likely to Integrate Gyroscope Component
Apple is likely to integrate a three-axis gyroscope in the next iPad, according to a UBM TechInsight analyst. From MacNN: The company allegedly tested a component from InvenSense, however…
Magic Trackpad Hands-On (Video)
9to5mac has a nice hands-on and impressions video of Apple’s new Magic Trackpad that was released yesterday.…
Apple Does Not Need to Recall the iPhone 4
The Internet is being stormed today by “experts” saying that Apple needs to recall the iPhone 4. This is all because Consumer Reports recently said that their findings “call into question…
The Mac Daddy’s Apple Event Speculation
As many of you most likely already know, Apple is hosting a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 27. They have titled the event “Come see our latest creation.” To many, this…
Opinion: The Case Against a 10″ AMOLED Apple Tablet
Jon Stokes at Ars Technica has an article about why he doesn’t believe the rumors that Apple’s yet to be announced tablet will have an 10″ OLED screen. From Ars Technica: Active matrix OLED…
How and Why Apple Does Controlled Leaks
The Wall Street Journal provided comfirmation of an Apple tablet device had all the earmarks of a controlled leak. John Martellaro talks about this for the Mac Observer. “Often Apple has a…
Steve Wozniak: ‘iPhone offers the most solutions for my life’ (with video)
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak talks about the future of technology with…
OPINION: App Store Approval Process Becoming Less Stringent
From ipodNN: Apple may be adopting a more tolerant approach to flaws in submitted iPhone apps, one developer’s experience suggests. Vimov notes that it recently submitted an update for…
OPINION: Apple doesn’t need another U.S. carrier
Chris Maxcer at MacNewsWorld has speculation that Apple is not interested in another U.S. carrier. This would be bad news for Verizon customers. Remember, this is only a rumor, there are a…
OPINION: Verizon iPhone deal may not happen anytime soon
Kaufman Bros. analyst, Shaw Wu, gives some reasons why Verizon may not get the iPhone in the near future. Apple’s exclusive deal with AT&T is expected to end in the summer of 2010, but Wu…