Archive for 'Apple News'
Microsoft steals an Apple exec
Microsoft has been coming after Apple hard these past few months, with their “Laptop Hunter” commercials and their plans to open their own line of Microsoft stores (some of them right next to Apple Stores). Well it is been confirmed that an Apple executive has jumped ship and joined Microsoft. The Apple retail executive is [...]
Full StoryFoxconn Employee Comits Suicide
The security team for Foxconn , wich is the company that manufactures the iPhone for Apple, is said to have subjected employee Sun Danyong to “unbearable interrogation techniques,” leading Danyong to commit suicide. He was under investigation for losing a prototype device.
The rumors and reports, collected and then translated, by ex-Gizmodian Elaine over at Shanghaist, [...]
Apple is feeling the sting
Apple may have publicly responded to Microsoft’s Laptop hunters ads with a counter punch of it’s own back in May, but apparently Apple is still felling the sting from these ads, at least according to Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Turner. Speaking at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference earlier today, Turner said that he knows the [...]
Full StoryApple Tablet coming in October
Apple fans have been clamoring for a Mac tablet for years, and year after year Apple has disappointed them. Now a new report from Taiwan says the company plans to a release a $800 tablet in October.
The device will have a 9.7-inch touchscreen, and three Taiwanese gadget manufacturers–Foxconn, Wintek and Dynapack–have received orders for different [...]
Apple releases Safari 4 and claims it’s the fastest browser
Apple has just released their new Safari 4 browser to the public, and they claim it’s the fastest browser available. They even go so far as to claim that their new Safari 4 browser is twice as faster as Explorer. Those are fighting words, you hear that Microsoft?
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® [...]
iPhone finally set to launch in China
There is no set date yet for the iPhone launch in China but the time frame has been narrowed down to some time in July. The information is cited from a report on the Taiwan Economic News;
Apple has reportedly placed contract orders for the production of the third version of iPhone, which is available in [...]
iTunes 8.2 does not break Palm Pre synching
The Palm Pre is almost here and one of the big features that have been talked about is the Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes. But will it sync with the new iTunes 8.2? Will Apple try and block the Pre and then laugh in their face? Not yet it seems, from tests it has [...]
Full StoryRim creates a Netbook “blackberry Storm”
When the President of RIM Mike Lazaridis sat down with Cnet Asia, we expected some confidence in the new flagship product. But the question was asked if he saw RIM competing with netbooks, Mike Lazaridis answered with the bold statement, “These are netbooks”. “They are just smaller”. This was referring to the Blackberry Storm. True [...]
Full StoryNo Apple Expo in Paris for 2009
Apple expo’s and conventions used to be the place to go to for Apple fans around the world, now it looks like times are changing even for Apple. The organizers of the Apple Expo in Paris have announced that they will be holding an Apple Expo in 2009. Apple did not attend the event in [...]
Full StoryMac Shipments Slow with Economy
The economy is down and people have less money to spend. So what do they do? They buy PCs instead of Macs. Numbers have shown that Windows has been making 7% gains year over year while Apple’s Macs have slowed by 1% in that same time. Black friday was a huge boost for PC’s in [...]
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