Archives for January 2013

January, 28th January 2013

• Wozniak Turned Down Involvement in “jOBS” Due to “Crap” Script

  The independent biopic jOBS opened to mixed reviews over the weekend, but Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was not among those praising…

• iOS Beta and Retailer SKUs Hint at 128GB 4th Gen iPad

  New information found in an iOS 6 beta and in retailer inventory logs indicates that Apple may soon release a…

January, 27th January 2013

• MGG 434: The Calm Before The Storm

  Dave and John have a full line-up tonight ... of your questions, tips, hints and Cool Stuff Found. Highlights include…

January, 26th January 2013

• How to Install & Use High-Quality System Voices in OS X

  Back in 1984, the first Macintosh had text-to-speech capabilities. Sandro Cuccia shows you how crude, robotic speech synthesis has evolved…

January, 25th January 2013

• The Lost Treasures of InfoCom: Zork I: The Underground Empire

  Text adventures? On your iPhone? Yeah baby! And Vern Seward take a look at the granddaddy of the all that…

• Armchair Quarterbacks Dictate to Tim Cook & Always Lose

  No one understands Apple's customers and the company's sales figures better than Tim Cook.  No one understands the build and…

• $AAPL Continues Sell-Off, ExxonMobil Passes Apple

  Shares in Apple Inc. continued to sell off on Friday, shedding another 2.36 percent to end the week at US$439.88,…

• Verizon & AT&T Swap Spectrum in $1.9 Billion Deal

  Verizon announced on Friday that it has sold spectrum in the 700 MHz band to AT&T, while AT&T sold spectrum…

• Apple Names Names in 2013 Supplier Sustainability Report

  Apple released its 2013 Supplier Sustainability Report update Friday, and the company's not messing around when it comes to some…

• Samsung Demands iOS 6 Code in South Korea Patent Fight

  Samsung wants Apple to hand over the code for iOS 6 so it can look for evidence to back up…

• Hold Down Compose Button in iOS Mail to Go To Your Drafts

  Mac Geek Gab listener Philip sent in this great tip about a shortcut he accidentally found to get to the…

• U.S. Kills Unauthorized Mobile Phone Unlocks

  A change to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act means that come Saturday some smartphone owners will be considered criminals if…

• AT&T Sells 8.6M iPhones, Still Lost $6B

  AT&T reported selling 8.6 million iPhones during its fourth fiscal quarter for 2013, making up about 85 percent of the…

• Deadline for TMO 2013 Editors’ Choice Awards Submissions: Jan 28

  Macworld/iWorld is only days away, which means the deadline for The Mac Observer's 2013 Editors' Choice Award submissions is coming…

• Apple Kicks Off Get Stuff Done Mac App Store Sale

  Apple launched a new promotional Mac App Store sale on Thursday called "Get Stuff Done." The three week sale targets…

• OS X: Opening Recent Files in the Finder

  If you go around your Mac feverishly Command-clicking, you'll notice that doing so will often let you figure out where…

January, 24th January 2013

• $AAPL Drops 12%, Analysts Jockey for Position

  Apple's earning report didn't please regular session investors any more than it did Wednesday's after-hours traders, as they sent the…

• The Apple TV Hobby is Riding High. Apple’s HDTV Display on Hold

  Long ago, Steve Jobs coined the Apple TV as a hobby. It's not one of the major legs of Apple's…

• Apple to Host Post-earnings Town Hall Meeting

  Apple CEO Tim Cook is gathering the troops following Wednesday's first fiscal quarter earnings report for a town hall meeting.…

• Analyst: AAPL Q1 Earnings Hint at Early iPhone Launch

  Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley looked at Apple's March quarter expectations, and while he called it "soft," he also saw…

• Pebble Watch Finally Shipping in Limited Capacity

  As promised, Pebble began shipping its iPhone-connected watch on Wednesday, but in a very limited capacity. Only about 500 units…

• Analyst: Apple’s New Guidance Scary but Good

  Apple's executive team said the company is abandoning the under-promise-over-deliver style financial guidance that it's know for and instead will…

January, 23rd January 2013

• Apple TV Hobby Jumps 60% to 2 Million Units

  Apple's hobby is getting more serious, as the company reported on Friday that it sold 2 million units during the…

• 36 New LTE Carriers Line Up for iPhone 5

  Apple is just a week away from expanding the number of cell service carriers offering iPhone 5 LTE support from…

• Cook on Product Cannibalization: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

  Apple is facing the prospect of cannibalizing its own product sales, which has some analysts worried. Company CEO Tim Cook,…

• $AAPL Pummeled in After-Hours Trading, Here’s Why

  Shares of Apple Inc. were pummeled in after-hours trading Wednesday as investors expressed their displeasure over the company's December quarter…

• Apple’s Tim Cook Explains How to Think About Certain Rumors

  During Apple's 2013 Q1 earnings report, Tim Cook was asked about how to interpret various rumors about Apple's build and…

• Apple Dumps “Scotty Principle” for Financial Guidance

  Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer raised a few eyebrows during the company's first fiscal quarter earnings conference call when he announced…

• Tim Cook: We’ve Sold a Half Billion iOS Devices

  Backing up the notion that the iPhone and iPad are big sellers, Apple CEO Tim Cook said his company has…

• TMO Live Coverage: Apple’s Q1 2013 Earnings Report

  Apple will be hosting its financial earnings conference call for the first fiscal quarter of 2013 Wednesday afternoon, and The…

• Apple Posts Record Profit & Sales for December Quarter [Update]

  Apple announced results for the December quarter on Wednesday, posting record sales of US$54.5 billion and a record profit of…

• Designing the New Mac Pro: An Awesome Design Concept

  Many people have great hopes and aspirations for Apple's forthcoming Mac Pro, promised by CEO Tim Cook.  We tend to…

• They Might Be Giants get in Your iPhone

  They Might Be Giants released their own iPhone app on Wednesday so fans can listen to the band's music for…

• The Last “User Friendly View” Column

  Ted Landau writes his farewell column for User Friendly View, including a look back at the many different topics he…

• Doxie One Scanner Scans Without A Computer, Can Upload To iPads

  The newest version of the Doxie Scanner from Apparent is the Doxie One. It requires no computer connection to work,…

• Boston Globe’s News in Education Program Moves to iPad

  The Boston Globe is revamping its Newspaper in Education program by transitioning from traditional print papers in the classroom to…

• Steve Jobs Threatened Patent Lawsuits to Stop Employee Poaching

  Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs apparently threatened Palm with patent lawsuits as a ploy to deter the company from luring…

• Applr: Getting Friendly with App Store Discovery

  There's a new way to sift through the thousands of titles on Apple's iOS App Store thanks to a just…

January, 22nd January 2013

• Forbes Jumps Shark, Calls for Apple to Oust Tim Cook

  Forbes has jumped the shark with a new piece calling for the ouster of Tim Cook as Apple CEO based…

• Rare See-Through Apple Newton Sells for $1,350

  A rare version of an Apple Newton recently sold on Ebay for US$1,350. The see-through device appears to have been…

• The Case for Augmenting Apple’s Product Line

  Companies that splinter and proliferate their products lines have had severe problems in the past. However, Apple did have to…

• Microsoft May Help Finance Dell Buyout

  Microsoft is reportedly in talks with various parties involved in an effort to take Dell private. According to reports, Microsoft…

• Sponsor: Newer Technology Power2U

  I'd like to thank Newer Technology (and, of course, their parent company, Other World Computing) for sponsoring TMO here this…

• AT&T Snaps Up What’s Left of Alltel for $780M

  Regional cell carrier Alltel has agreed to a deal where AT&T will buy its U.S. business in a US$780 million…

• UBS Cuts AAPL Estimates, Cites Low End iPhone Sales

  USB analyst Steve Milunovich cut his fiscal 2013 and 2014 estimates for Apple follow a report that claims consumers are…

• Verizon: iPhone Makes Up Two Thirds of Smartphone Activations

  Verizon released its fourth fiscal quarter numbers for 2012 on Tuesday, revealing that 6.2 million of its 9.8 million smartphone…

• 10.8: Using Tab View in Safari

  If you use tabbed browsing in Safari, Mountain Lion's Tab View feature will make your browsing experience at least 23.7…

January, 21st January 2013

• TMO Staff Sessions at Macworld/iWorld 2013

  Macworld/iWorld 2013 is less than two weeks away, and The Mac Observer will be there to check out all of…

• Apple Reports Earnings Wednesday, TMO to Provide Live Coverage

  Apple is scheduled to report earnings for the December quarter on Wednesday, January 23rd, after the closing bell on Wall…

• Trek Folio Case for iPad Mini: Elegant Simplicity

  The Brenthaven Trek Folio is an extremely well designed and executed case for the iPad mini. David Winograd tells you…