Mac sales were up 43 percent year over year during the month of February, according to a note from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. As seen by Apple Insider, Munster forecasts that Apple will reach somewhere between 2.8 and 2.9 million sales in the March 2010 quarter, a number slightly above most Wall Street estimates.
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Wearable computing expert now Apple "prototype scientist"
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Apple has hired an expert in "human-computer interaction for mobile applications" to complement its research and development in mobile computing, according to a new report from Computerworld. Richard DeVaul, known for his work in the field of "wearable computing," is Apple's newest senior prototype scientist.
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How-To: Stop iTunes Web Links From Opening iTunes
10% of Microsoft Employees Using iPhones
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The Wall Street Journal over the weekend profiled iPhone usage among employees of Apple's longtime rival Microsoft, noting that approximately 10,000 Microsoft employees, representing about 10% of the comp...
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Google/Apple Feud Gets More Impassioned, Personal
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A Google employee expressed his distaste for the way Apple does business in no uncertain terms in a recent blog post. Tim Bray, a co-inventor of XML and a well-known blogger in his own right, is also a Google employee on the Android team, having recently joined following his time at Sun Microsystems.
Read more »40% of Blackberry users willing to trade in for an iPhone
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BlackBerry users may be ready to move on to other smartphone platforms, suggesting that RIM isn't keeping up with consumer demand in its efforts to combat growing encroachment from the likes of iPhone and Android. In fact, two in five BlackBerry owners plan to swap their current device for an iPhone when it's time to upgrade, according to market researcher firm Crowd Science.
Read more »Analyst Estimate: 150,000 iPads Pre-Ordered Already
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While the number isn’t official (Apple isn’t exactly free and easy with its sales figures), one analyst is saying that although its early yet to tell, it looks like the iPad is on track to break some pretty significant records in terms of order volume. Amateur Apple analyst Daniel Tello, who regularly outguesses the pros, is now saying that around 152,000 iPads have been pre-ordered in the first 72 hours of availability.
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Apple Hires Expert in Wearable Computing
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Computerworld reports that Apple recently hired Richard DeVaul, an expert in wearable computers, to the position of "Senior Prototype Engineer". The move appears to signify efforts by Apple to remain at ...
Read more »The Next Apple TV? Drawing Inspiration From the iPad
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Steve Jobs calls the iPad Apple’s “most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device” and I’m certainly not one to disagree. The iPad boasts significant advances over the iPhone in terms of hardware and software which makes me wonder, how much of that advanced technology could make it’s way into a future Apple TV?
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Apple plans to replace iPads with exhausted batteries with a brand-new iPad for just $99 plus shipping. However, then internal battery is expected to last 2-3 years under normal use.
Read more »iPad Opening Weekend Pre-Orders Pegged at Roughly 150,000 Units
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Fortune continues following an organized effort being made to track iPad pre-orders in the U.S., noting that demand for Apple's new tablet device has significantly tapered off since Friday's pre-order launch and settled in the neighborhood of...
Read more »etc: The New York Times has a nice piece about the degradation of Apple and Google's relationship between the original iPhone la
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The New York Times has a nice piece about the degradation of Apple and Google's relationship between the original iPhone launch and now.
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Read more »Was the iPad Launch a Success?
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Even though a single iPad hasn’t actually been shipped, that won’t stop the questions over the success of initial orders from being asked. Considering how Apple has positioned the iPad in the product lineup, on par with the Mac, iPod, and iPhone, Steve Jobs better have a press-release answer ready.
Read more »Apple's Rivalry With Google Gets Personal
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The New York Times walks through the timeline of the current Google and Apple rivalry and reveals that the competition has become quite personal. Yet according to interviews with two dozen industry watchers, Silicon Valley in...
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Video How-To: Printer Sharing on a Mac
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The following how-to video will walk you through the basics of printer sharing on the Mac. You’ll learn both how to set up and how to access printers on a network.
We will cover the following points:
- Setting up Printer Sharing
- Printing to a Shared Printer
- Adding a Printer via System Preferences
You can watch the embedded video below (lower quality) or watch the full quality version here (28MB).
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iPad mania: hot presales, iBooks info, 3G model semipopular
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iPad mania has hit since Apple's answer to the tablet became available for pre-order on Friday morning. We already mentioned with glee that the mute switch has been transformed into an orientation lock.
Read more »Week in Apple: iPad day looms, Mac gamers rejoice, and more
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As St. Patrick's Day draws near, Apple fans are counting themselves among the lucky. After all, Steam is finally coming to the Mac, the iPad finally has a ship date, and the iPad developer program now has a much lower barrier to entry. Read on for the top Apple news from the last week:
Read more »Apple's iPad Battery Replacement Program Forgoes New Battery, Replaces iPad
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Several MacRumors readers have noticed that Apple has posted information on its iPad Battery Replacement Service, which allows users to receive a replacement should their device's battery no longer hold a...
Read more »etc: Apple COO Tim Cook got a giant pile of cash/stock (valued at a total of $22 million) as a bonus thanks to his performance w
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Apple COO Tim Cook got a giant pile of cash/stock (valued at a total of $22 million) as a bonus thanks to his performance while Steve Jobs was on leave.
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Read more »iPad Submitted to Federal Communications Commission for Approval
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Engadget notes that a pair of filings for the iPad have appeared in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's online database, showing the Wi-Fi (Model A1219) and Wi-Fi + 3G (Model A1337) versions of the device.Apple, of c...
Read more »Tim Cook Receives Bonus of $5 Million and Stock for Performance During Jobs' Absence
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Apple today filed a Form 8-K submission with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing a bonus of $5 million and 75,000 shares of Apple stock paid to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook in recog...
Read more »etc: The trial between Nokia and Apple won't begin until 2012 pending results of an ITC investigation. That's assuming it ever g
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The trial between Nokia and Apple won't begin until 2012 pending results of an ITC investigation. That's assuming it ever gets that far—Nokia has moved to have Apple's counterclaims dismissed.
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Surprise: iPhone app use heaviest at night and on weekends
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Apple has made inroads into the professional market with the iPhone—the company has noted that some Fortune 500 companies have deployed them alongside or even replacing BlackBerrys. Despite this, analysis of app usage suggests that it remains a mostly personal device.
Read more »Apple Already Running Low on iPad Supplies for Launch Day In-Store Pickup Reservations?
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MacDailyNews notes that multiple iPad customers who placed pre-orders for Wi-Fi iPad models and are looking to change those orders to in-store pickup reservations have been told by Apple representatives that customer response to the iPad has ...
Read more »Apple Estimated to Have Taken 50,000 iPad Orders in First Two Hours
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With iPad pre-orders having begun in the U.S. just a few hours ago, observers are looking for any signs that might indicate how sales are going. According to one report, two orders placed 30 minutes apart this morning resulted in Order ID nu...
Read more »Apple Features iWork Applications for iPad
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As information on the iPad continues to spill out from Apple in the wake of the launch of pre-orders in the U.S., more screenshots and feature information on iWork applications for the iPad have surfaced on Apple's site. Announced alongside the iPad...
Read more »Bed readers rejoice: iPad gains last-minute rotation lock
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When Apple first introduced the iPad in late January, we noted with much disappointment that the device had no way to lock the screen orientation. This is apparently no longer the case, however—according to an updated iPad specs page, there is now a screen-rotation-lock switch on the right-hand side of the device, seemingly replacing the mute switch that was there when the media first played with it.
Read more »Apple Rolls Out iBooks Feature Page
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iBooks Application in Landscape Orientation
Apple has augmented its iPad "Features" section with a new page devoted to its iBooks application. Initially available only in the U.S., the iBooks application will be available in the App S...
New iPad Details Emerge as Pre-Ordering Commences
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People may be able to buy their iPads today, but they won’t actually get their hands on the much-anticipated devices until early next month, and later if they opted for 3G connectivity. But Apple isn’t without a heart, so the company revealed some new specific details about the tablet on the iPad micro-site, according to MacWorld.
Read more »Which iPad I’m Ordering and Why
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It’s a little after 6AM Eastern on Friday, March 12 as I write this post. In a little over 2 hours from now, the Apple Store will officially take orders for all iPad models, apparently with the ability to specify pickup at a local store. As of this writing store is down, though it wasn’t the last time I checked about an hour ago.
Read more »iPad Now Available for Pre-order
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Apple’s much talked about iPad is now available for pre-order.
The Wi-Fi version of the iPad will deliver on April 3 or be available for in-store pickup then (if you chose that option). The 3G version still has no official ship date, just an ominous “late April.”
iPad's 'Mute' Switch Replaced With Screen Rotation Lock
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9 to 5 Mac notes that Apple appears to have made a minor last-minute hardware change to the iPad, replacing what was previously described as a mute switch just above the volume rocker on the side of the device with a "screen rotation lock".
Read more »Apple Details iPad 3G Service Sign-Up and Management
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With today's launch of iPad pre-orders in the U.S., Apple has also released additional information about the device and associated services. While 3G-capable models of the iPad will not be available until late April, Apple has provided an overview o...
Read more »Apple Begins iPad Pre-Orders in U.S.
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As reported, Apple has begun accepting pre-orders for the Apple iPad in the U.S. Apple Store. While U.S. customers can pre-order any of Apple's six iPad models (three Wi-Fi and three Wi-Fi + 3G) beginning today, only the Wi-Fi models will be ...
Read more »etc: Safari 4.0.5 is out for Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.8, 10.6.1/2, Windows XP, Vista, and 7.
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Safari 4.0.5 is out for Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.8, 10.6.1/2, Windows XP, Vista, and 7.
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Read more »U.S. iPad Pre-Orders Set to Begin at 5:30 AM Pacific Time Tomorrow
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TUAW reports that U.S. pre-orders for both Wi-Fi and 3G-capable iPads will go live on Apple's site at 5:30 AM Pacific Time / 8:30 AM Eastern Time tomorrow morning. Apple last week announced that pre-orders would begin on March 12th, but did ...
Read more »etc: 5:30am PST is when iPad preorders begin tomorrow, March 12. Early morning chat date, anyone?
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5:30am PST is when iPad preorders begin tomorrow, March 12. Early morning chat date, anyone?
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Read more »iPhone still second-place US smartphone while Android grows
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The latest data from market research firm comScore shows Apple holding on to a quarter of the US smartphone market, which grew roughly 18 percent over the last six months. That makes the iPhone the number two smartphone in the US, though it still lags well behind number one RIM. Android-based devices are still growing rapidly in popularity.
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Apple updated Safari to 4.0.5 with performance, stability, and security improvements, which affect Top Sites, third-party plugins, web forms, SVG, and using Safari to configure some Linksys routers.
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