Archives for October 2012
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Browse By Day in October 2012
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BlackBerry Loses Another U.S. Agency, Immigration & Customs
After eight years, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is parting ways with Research In Motion's BlackBerry and moving…
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$AAPL Bounces Back from Friday’s Losses with 4% Jump
Shares in Apple Inc. bounced back from Friday's hammering with a 3.97 percent leap on Monday. Investors shook off broad…
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California Theater All Dressed Up & Ready for Apple (Photos)
San Jose's California Theater is all dressed up and ready to go for Apple's media event on Tuesday. The company…
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Drag a File to OS X Terminal Window to Get Path, Edit
One of the coolest tricks in OS X is the ability to drag a file icon from the Finder to…
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Third-Party Lightning Authentication Chips Begin to Appear
Nearly two weeks after a Chinese company reported that it had cracked Apple's Lightning authentication, third-party authentication chips are starting…
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Analyst: I Held the iPad mini
Topeka Capital analyst Brian White says that not only is a smaller iPad model coming on Tuesday, but that he's…
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Samsung Announces End of iDevice Display Deal with Apple
Samsung, once the leading supplier of LCD displays for Apple's iDevices, will soon cease all shipments to the Cupertino company.…
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Japan Court Rules Apple didn’t Infringe on Samsung Patents
Samsung was handed two legal losses in Japan when a court ruled that Apple isn't infringing on two of its…
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Apple Testing iOS 6.0.1, Fixes Keyboard Flicker & Wi-Fi Issues
Apple has reportedly begun testing iOS 6.0.1, the first update to the company's latest mobile OS. The update promises several…
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Reader Discussion: Apple Media Event Expectations
Apple has a media event scheduled for Tuesday, October 23, where the company is expected to introduce a 7.85-inch iPad.…
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Apple to Highlight Education at Media Event
Along with the introduction of the smaller form factor iPad, Apple is expected to highlight education and iBooks 3 at…
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BusyCal 2 Improves Mountain Lion, iCloud Support
BusyMac announced the immediate availability of BusyCal 2 for the Mac on Monday. The new version of the calendar app…
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Apple Sued for Locking iPhones to AT&T
Apple has been hit with a new iPhone lawsuit, but instead of a competitor claiming patent infringement, this one comes…
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TMO Live Coverage: Apple’s “Little More” Event
Apple will be hosting a special media event on Tuesday, October 23, and The Mac Observer will be on location…
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Construction of Oregon Data Center Gets Underway
Apple has begun construction on its Prineville, Oregon data center. They purchased 160 acres of land in February for US$5.6…
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Microsoft’s New Tablet: Surface Warfare Torpedoed
Microsoft’s disclosure of its Surface RT tablet pricing and availability has once again ignited the discussion about the role of…
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OS X: Force-Quit the Active Program Quickly
In this tip, Melissa Holt will go over a bunch of ways to force-quit stubborn, locked-up applications, including one special…
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Let There Be Light: 3 Free iOS Apps Featuring Light
Het Buddy, you got a light? How about 3, for free? Vern Seward explores 3 apps that feature light in…
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Apple to Replace Seagate 1TB Drives on Some iMacs
Apple has announced a replacement program for 1TB Seagate hard drives on some iMac systems sold between October 2009 and…
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Earnings Worries Sends $AAPL Tumbling 3.6%
Poor earnings report from just about every company but Apple sent stocks tumbling on Friday, including a 3.6 percent drop…
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Atlas by Collins (iOS) is Beautiful but Flawed
Atlas by Collins, released October 18, is a world atlas for iOS. It has satellite, physical and political maps as…
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Refurbished Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5: $519
Apple is currently offering the refurbished refurbished Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 for $519. This is the entry…
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Vintagio Takes Your Home Movies On a Journey Through Time
We still live in an age where time travel eludes us. Although, you would never know it with the iPhone…
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Native Union’s Gripster For iPad Is Versatile
The Gripster case for iPad 2 and 3 is a grip, a stand, and a handle. It works with the…
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All Aboard: Apple Wants Color’s Engineers
Reports that Apple is buying the nearly dead social networking service Color may have been overstating the deal a little…
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iOS Hacker Comex Loses His Apple Gig
Nicholas Allegra, who earned fame as the iOS jailbreak wizard Comex, no longer has his internship with Apple after he…
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Tweetbot for Mac: Priced for Twitter Tokens
Tapbot announced the immediate availability of Tweetbot for the Mac on Thursday. Now that the Twitter client is an official…
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OS X Update Pushes Users to Oracle’s Java
Apple released Java updates for Mountain Lion, Lion and Snow Leopard on Thursday that addressed security issues and also push…
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Apple Looks to Expand iPhone Distribution in India
Apple is looking to gain traction for the iPhone in India, something that has so far eluded the Cupertino, CA,…
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Booz Allen Hamilton Dropping BlackBerry for iPhone, Android
Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm that works with the U.S. government, has eliminated support for BlackBerry. It will no…
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Apple to Open Two More Apple Stores in China
Apple is working on expanding its presence in China by opening two more Apple Store retail locations in the country.…
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Sterne Agee: Microsoft Surface Pricing Could Be Fatal Mistake
Microsoft's decision to price its new Surface Windows 8 tablet at $499 without a keyboard, and $599 with a keyboard,…
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Carriers Will Embrace Win Phone in Fear of Apple-Android Planet
Fear of an Apple-Android planet will cause carriers to embrace and push Windows Phone devices, according to Nokia CEO Stephen…
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Multitasking & the iPad
Why doesn't the current crop of iOS devices, especially the iPad, support true multitasking? Ted Landau peers into Apple's past,…
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Apple Buying Nearly Defunct Color Labs
Apple is apparently in the process of buying the failed social networking company Color Labs. The company was co-founded Bill…
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Verizon Q3 iPhones Activations Hit 3.1M, 21% iPhone 5
Verizon revealed its third fiscal quarter iPhone activations during its earnings report on Thursday: 3.1 million iPhones, 21 percent of…
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UK Court Shoots Down Apple Patent Appeal
The High Court in London upheld an earlier ruling that said Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet line doesn't infringe on Apple's…
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Apple’s MFi Tech Summit to Focus on Lightning Technology
Apple will be holding a conference for MFi accessory manufacturers in Shenzen, China on Nov 7-9. The hot topic will…
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Janney Montgomery Scott Ups $AAPL Target to $745 on iPad mini
Janney Montgomery Scott analyst Bill Choi bumped his price target for shares in Apple Inc. to US$745 the expectation that…
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Apple Represents U.S. Manufacturing in Presidential Debates
Apple entered U.S. presidential politics on Tuesday when the company was used as a stand-in for American manufacturing during the…
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Dumping on Tim Cook Seems Easy, But It’s Misguided
Steve Jobs had a strong personality, one that wasn't amenable to second guessing or uninformed criticism. Notably, Tim Cook has…
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Evio VersaBook Case for iPad: Attractive & High Quality
iDevice accessory maker Evio has recently released a new iPad case, the VersaBook. We take a look at this attractive,…
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Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.8GHz Dual-core Intel i7: $1,149
Apple is offering a refurbished MacBook Pro 2.8GHz Dual-core Intel i7 for US$1,149. This model was introduced in October of…
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iPhone Drives Smartphone Users Up Over 1 Billion
The smartphone market hit a new milestone in the third quarter of 2012 when the total number of users worldwide…
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iOS App Sizes Increase as Device Capacities Remain the Same
iOS app sizes are steadily increasing due to larger download limits and Retina displays. This means better looking, but larger,…
