Oliver Shultz
16 May 2012, 08:07
When you write for a tech blog like SlashGear, it’s hard to be surprised at Apple rumors. But every once in a while the source can throw you for a loop. So it is with this one: Ben Reitzes, an analyst for Barclays Capital, claims that the company will updater its MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac lines as soon as next month. He’s echoing things we’ve heard ourselves for weeks, including “Retina” displays and a new lower price point for the Air.
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Analyst predicts new Macbooks and iMacs in June, 7-inch iPad this fall
When you write for a tech blog like SlashGear, it’s hard to be surprised at Apple rumors. But every once in a while the source can throw you for a loop. So it is with this one: Ben Reitzes, an analyst for Barclays Capital, claims that the company will updater its MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac lines as soon as next month. He’s echoing things we’ve heard ourselves for weeks, including “Retina” displays and a new lower price point for the Air.
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Oliver Shultz
05 May 2012, 12:38
If you’re not satisfied with the audio output by your iOS devices, here is a dock station that promises to enhance audio quality for your iOS devices. The Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station has been announced for its availability for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
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Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station for iPhone, iPad and iPod
If you’re not satisfied with the audio output by your iOS devices, here is a dock station that promises to enhance audio quality for your iOS devices. The Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station has been announced for its availability for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
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Oliver Shultz
03 May 2012, 13:57
Say goodbye to the days of Columbo and Kojak. Police investigations these days are going high tech. A new survey of court records has found a trend that is anything but surprising but still interesting to look at – when it comes to confiscating electronic devices to gather information about suspects, computers are on the way out. Mobile devices are becoming much more lucrative and commonplace in solving mysteries.
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Apple iPhone, iPad become popular search warrant fodder
Say goodbye to the days of Columbo and Kojak. Police investigations these days are going high tech. A new survey of court records has found a trend that is anything but surprising but still interesting to look at – when it comes to confiscating electronic devices to gather information about suspects, computers are on the way out. Mobile devices are becoming much more lucrative and commonplace in solving mysteries.
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Oliver Shultz
25 April 2012, 12:58
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, doesn’t see success in Microsoft’s strategy to have Windows 8 power everything from notebooks to tablets to devices that converge the two concepts together. Cook even went as far as comparing the convergence of the two to a refrigerator with toaster functions on the side. The whole idea was deemed as poorly conceived by Cook when asked about the possible convergence of the iPad and MacBook Air products into a single device that combines the portability and utility of each by Richard Gardner of Citigroup.
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Tim Cook: iPad and MacBook Air Convergence Won't be Happening Soon
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, doesn’t see success in Microsoft’s strategy to have Windows 8 power everything from notebooks to tablets to devices that converge the two concepts together. Cook even went as far as comparing the convergence of the two to a refrigerator with toaster functions on the side. The whole idea was deemed as poorly conceived by Cook when asked about the possible convergence of the iPad and MacBook Air products into a single device that combines the portability and utility of each by Richard Gardner of Citigroup.
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Oliver Shultz
12 April 2012, 14:40
Recently, journalist Rob Schmitz published a series of reports in American Public Media’s Marketplace detailing factory conditions in China. After being granted unprecedented access by Apple and Foxconn, Schmidt not only detailed the conditions he saw but also managed to interview both workers and their supervisors. For those of you who didn’t know already, Rob Schmitz was the journalist who exposed Mike Daisey’s fabrications and exaggerations of Apple’s Chinese suppliers in the past.
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Rob Schmitz Takes an Exclusive Look at how an iPad is made inside a Foxconn Factory
Recently, journalist Rob Schmitz published a series of reports in American Public Media’s Marketplace detailing factory conditions in China. After being granted unprecedented access by Apple and Foxconn, Schmidt not only detailed the conditions he saw but also managed to interview both workers and their supervisors. For those of you who didn’t know already, Rob Schmitz was the journalist who exposed Mike Daisey’s fabrications and exaggerations of Apple’s Chinese suppliers in the past.
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Oliver Shultz
11 April 2012, 01:56
Market research firm Gartner has released its latest forecasts for worldwide media tablet sales to end-users, revealing that the iPad will continue to take the lead through at least 2016. Its forecast estimates tablet sales for 2012 to be 118.9 million units, which is up 98 percent from the 60 million units sold in 2011.
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iPad will continue to lead in 2016, says Gartner
Market research firm Gartner has released its latest forecasts for worldwide media tablet sales to end-users, revealing that the iPad will continue to take the lead through at least 2016. Its forecast estimates tablet sales for 2012 to be 118.9 million units, which is up 98 percent from the 60 million units sold in 2011.
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Oliver Shultz
09 April 2012, 16:49
Apple must balance a fine line between generic use of the iPad name for tablets and continued dominance of the slate segment, experts have warned, as the company faces the possibility of the trademark being deemed generic. The name of the best-selling tablet is already associated by many consumers as a catch-all term for tablets in general, the AP writes, despite the best efforts of Android slate manufacturers and others. However, while Apple’s value hasn’t been hurt by the sales success of the three generations of iPad, it could also potentially lose control of the name itself should courts decide it has too deeply entered the public lexicon.
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Apple walks fine iPad trademark line warn experts
Apple must balance a fine line between generic use of the iPad name for tablets and continued dominance of the slate segment, experts have warned, as the company faces the possibility of the trademark being deemed generic. The name of the best-selling tablet is already associated by many consumers as a catch-all term for tablets in general, the AP writes, despite the best efforts of Android slate manufacturers and others. However, while Apple’s value hasn’t been hurt by the sales success of the three generations of iPad, it could also potentially lose control of the name itself should courts decide it has too deeply entered the public lexicon.
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Oliver Shultz
03 April 2012, 13:17
A recent iPad 3 review has sparked rumors that a game controller is in the works at Apple.
There are already a number of third-party game controllers for iOS available on the market, but now there are rumors that Apple is working on its own first-party physical controller. The rumors stem from a recent AnandTech review of the iPad (third gen) which claimed that the gadget is in the works.
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Is Apple Working on a Game Controller for iPhone and iPad?
A recent iPad 3 review has sparked rumors that a game controller is in the works at Apple.
There are already a number of third-party game controllers for iOS available on the market, but now there are rumors that Apple is working on its own first-party physical controller. The rumors stem from a recent AnandTech review of the iPad (third gen) which claimed that the gadget is in the works.
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Oliver Shultz
02 April 2012, 17:39
There’s always some kind of issue with new Apple products, real or otherwise. The iPhone 4 infamously had Antennagate, iMacs have been accused of yellow-tinted screens in the past, and most recently the new iPad came under fire for both its charging issues and increased heat output. Consumer Reports ran tests that showed that the new iPad reached temperatures hitting 116 degrees Fahrenheit while running graphically intense games for extended periods of time.
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Consumer Reports: warm iPad isn’t “cause for concern”
There’s always some kind of issue with new Apple products, real or otherwise. The iPhone 4 infamously had Antennagate, iMacs have been accused of yellow-tinted screens in the past, and most recently the new iPad came under fire for both its charging issues and increased heat output. Consumer Reports ran tests that showed that the new iPad reached temperatures hitting 116 degrees Fahrenheit while running graphically intense games for extended periods of time.
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