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Grand Central Station commuters looking to score a holiday deal at Apple’s imminent New York City store may have to wait a while. Recent rumors had pegged the launch of the new Grand Central Terminal store for sometime this week as the holiday shopping season officially kicks into gear. But a construction worker reportedly confirmed to Mashable yesterday that [...]
Apple’s Black Friday plans have apparently been leaked, and if they prove true, there might not be much to write home about. According to 9to5Mac, it has received a “pamphlet” from a “trusted tipster” showing all of Apple’s Black Friday sales. That pamphlet shows Apple cutting the price of its MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and [...]
A new rumor claims Apple will forgo the IPS technology previously reported to be included in the iPad 3 in favor of Sharp’s IGZO technology. As I look at my iPad 2 sitting next to me, I wonder how a device with the same basic proportions could actually be thinner. Yet, the latest rumor says that Apple will forgo [...]
Apple is readying a MacBook that would extend the ultrathin Air design beyond the 13-inch market segment, according to reports. Japanese-language site Macotakara says a new 15-inch model has entered the test phase. It’s not clear at this point whether this will be an addition to the MacBook Air series–currently offered in 11- and 13-inch sizes–or a [...]
Former C3 Technologies Product Manager Ludvig Emgard pinches an iPad and zooms in toward Big Ben during a demo of the company’s product at CES 2011. An Apple buy of C3 has reportedly been confirmed. (Credit: Netbooknews.com YouTube video. Screenshot by Edward Moyer/CNET) Apple has bought its third mapping company, beefing up its cartographic portfolio [...]
Having initially pointed out customer complaints about subpar battery life in theiPhone 4S, the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper has followed up with a report about a possible culprit and a possible temporary fix. The Guardian said yesterday that some 4S users who had griped on Apple’s support Web site about the power drain were being contacted by the [...]
Walter Isaacson, in his new biography of Steve Jobs, reveals that Apple is planning to introduce its own televisions, attempting to revolutionize that space in the same way it did mobile phones with the iPhone. He quotes Jobs as having said that he had finally cracked the technical issues of controlling such a TV, though [...]
The sister of Steve Jobs says that growing up as an only child raised by a single mother, she would imagine her father as “an idealistic revolutionary” who resembled actor Omar Sharif. “For decades, I’d thought that man would be my father,” writes Mona Simpson, a noted writer. “When I was 25, I met that [...]
The economics of the consumer electronics industry dictate that on a long enough timescale, all products will become low-margin commodities. The companies that make products household names are destined to fade from the public’s memory. Will Apple suffer the same fate as others before it, such as RCA, who revolutionized television sets in a similar [...]
A new book revealing many of Steve Jobs’ most illuminating quotes is being rushed to the market following the passing of the Apple leader on Wednesday. Initially slated to be published next March and then pushed to November 15 following Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO, ”I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words,” is being shipped to [...]