Archives for March 2012

March, 05th March 2012

• Senator Pushes for FTC Investigation into iOS, Android Privacy

  Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into Apple and Google’s practices…

• Apple Reveals 25 Billion App Store Download

  Apple’s countdown to the 25 billionth app download from the App Store ended late last Friday evening, and now the…

• Mail: Quick Keyboard Shortcuts for Replying to Messages

  Do you often switch between Reply and Reply All in Apple Mail? Mac Geek Gab listener Scout sends in a…

March, 03rd March 2012

• Apple’s iOS App Store Tops 25 Billion Downloads

  Apple’s App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch reached the 25 billion download mark Friday night and winning…

March, 02nd March 2012

• AT&T Clarifies “Unlimited” Data Plans in New Policy

  AT&T has clarified, and simplified, its “unlimited” data plans after confusion and outrage over throttling thresholds and a recent small claims court award to…

• MacOS KenDensed: The iPad 3 is Coming & AT&T is Choking Your Data

  Apple kicked off a media feeding frenzy with media invitations for what’s likely to be the iPad 3 announcement next…

• 3 for Free: Music! Music! and More Music!!

  This week on Free on iTunes, free music! Vern Seward takes a listen to three free tunes from Mona, School…

• Apple Claims 514,000 Jobs in U.S.

  Apple has posted the results of a study that found that Apple is responsible for creating and/or supporting some 514,000…

• The 3rd Generation iPad Will be oh, so Right

  Apple has some interesting decisions to make about the iPad 3. It’s a balance between extreme tech bleeding edge and…

• Air Force Buys 18,000 iPads for Air Mobility Command

  The Air Force announced Friday a deal to buy up to 18,000 iPads. Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Air Force’s…

• MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Quad-core Intel i7:  $1,869

  The Deal Brothers noted that Apple is offering the refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Quad-core Intel i7 for $1,869. This system was…

• Apple Said to Want Streaming TV for Christmas

  Apple is apparently pushing content providers hard to land deals for its own streaming TV service in time for the…

• Shutterfly to Buy Kodak’s Online Photo Service

  Kodak has agreed to sell its online online photo storage and printing service to Shutterfly as part of its plan…

• Reader Poll: Are You Buying an iPad 3?

  Apple is expected to unveil the iPad 3 during its special media event next week on March 7. Today TMO…

• German Court Shuts Down Two Apple, Samsung Lawsuits

  Apple and Samsung each saw one of their patent infringement lawsuits tossed out of court in Germany on Friday by…

• Airport Utility: Setting Wireless Time Limits

  Sometimes you need to block your kids from accessing your wireless network at certain times of day. (Sometimes you may…

March, 01st March 2012

• Steve Jobs’s PR Guru: ‘1984’ More Successful than the Mac

  Apple’s 1984 commercial was more successful than the Mac it was supposed to advertise, according to Steve Jobs’s public relations…

• Aatma Studio Offers Cool iPad 3 Concept Video

  Aatma Studio has published a very cool concept video on what it thinks the iPad 3 could—or it wishes would—bring…

• Steve Wozniak: Apple TV Could Push Stock to $1,000

  Shares in Apple, Inc. could hit US$1,000 per share, according to company cofounder Steve Wozniak. The noted engineer—who is not…

• Apple’s iPad 3 Event May Also Drive Apple TV Future

  The Apple TV hobby might benefit in unexpected ways from the iPad as well as new TV technologies.  In fact,…

• iPad Deals from the Apple Store Starting at $299

  The Deal Brothers noted that the Apple Store online is offering refurbished iPads with pricing starting at $299 for iPad…

• Apple Tops Fortune’s Most Admired Companies List Again

  Apple took the top spot in Fortune’s annual list of the most admired companies again, marking the fifth year in…

• Of OS Wars & App Wars

  A long time ago, in a tech galaxy far far away, the personal computer operating system war came to a…

• Apple Wins German Injunction against Motorola Phones [Updated]

  Motorola Mobility’s loss was Apple’s win on Thursday when a German court ruled that smartphone maker’s use of navigation features…

• Reader Discussion: iPad 3 & Higher Price Rumors

  Apple’s iPad 3 media launch event is scheduled for March 7, and some rumors claim the company will raise the…

• Wacom’s Intuos5 Tablet goes Multi-touch

  Wacom announced the immediate availability of its new Intuos5 graphics tablet lineup on Thursday. The Intuos5 line supports multi-touch gestures…

• iMac Graphics Firmware Update Addresses Stability Issues

  Apple released iMac Graphic FW Update 3.0 late on Wednesday to address stability problems on Intel-based iMacs. The slim release…