Feb 5th, 2010
Third major publisher dumps $9.99 e-books model for Apple
The future of the $9.99 e-book is in danger. A third major publisher, Hachette, is going for Apple's agency model in order to sell e-books for up to $14.99 apiece, the company revealed in a memo to agents.
Feb 4th, 2010
Can Kindle best Apple’s iPad with touch-screen and apps?
Amazon might not like Apple stealing its e-book thunder with the iPad, but it surely doesn't mind borrowing a page from Apple's playbook when it comes to app stores and touchscreens.
Jan 29th, 2010
Will we ever see Flash on the iPad? Probably not
Steve Jobs pitched the iPad on Wednesday as a device that lets you browse the Web the way it was meant to. Yet his demo of the iPad clearly showed that there wouldn't be any support for Adobe's proprietary Flash platform. Perhaps this was intentional.
Jan 28th, 2010
Apple’s iPad ready to challenge the Kindle
Not only will the Apple iPad compete with the Amazon Kindle as an e-reader, but because Apple's new tablet will run iPhone applications, it will compete with Kindle's software, too.
Sep 1st, 2009
Indeed, Gmail was down
Google Mail (Gmail) was down for a considerable amount of time on Tuesday. The webmail service was unavailable for a majority of its users for over two hours.
Aug 31st, 2009 | One response
Apple officially announces September 9 event
Apple announced on Monday that it will be holding a special media event on Wednesday, September 9, titled "It’s only rock ‘n roll, but we like it."
Aug 31st, 2009
Apple to replace defective MacBook Air hinges
Apple will replace at no charge defective hinges of some MacBook Air laptops, the company announced on Saturday.
Aug 29th, 2009
New ‘Get a Mac’ ad featuring Robert Loggia
Apple introduced on Saturday a new ad in the Get a Mac series featuring actor Robert Loggia, called Trainer.
Aug 28th, 2009
Microsoft wants Bing on the iPhone
Microsoft thinks the iPhone could represent another way to boost the popularity of its search engine, Bing.
Aug 27th, 2009 | 2 responses
Apple approves Spotify and Facebook 3.0 for iPhone
Apple approved on Thursday both the Spotify and the Facebook 3.0 applications for the iPhone, according to multiple reports.
Aug 27th, 2009
5 hidden features in MacOSX Snow Leopard
Apple considers Snow Leopard more of a feature pack over Leopard rather than a fully-fledged update. But Snow Leopard is full of improvements and refinements, some of which Apple has said very little about. Have a look at these five potential Snow Leopard gems that not many have talked about.
Aug 27th, 2009
$30 Snow Leopard upgrade disc works with Tiger too
Happy times for Mac OSX Tiger users: the $30 Snow Leopard disc, intended for Leopard upgraders, will reportedly do a full update for OSX Tiger users too.