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Apple Updates Website to HTML5

Apple has updated it’s website to HTML5, moving on fro the HTML 4.01 Transitional previously used. The new site has features such as, dynamically resized search field in the navigation bar and a new “product slider” interface, which animates a series of icons depicting the families of Mac products. HTML5 […]

Mac OS X 10.6.7 beta Released to Developers

Mac OS X 10.6.7 beta has been released to developers by Apple. The release is expected to contain security and bug fixes. Developers have reportedly been asked to focus on AirPort, Bonjour, SMB file sharing, and graphics drivers. The 338.6MB download is being called Build 10J842. Apple says that there […]

Apple Macintosh 27 Years Old Today

Apple launched its first Macintosh computer 27 years ago today. Steve Jobs introduced the Apple Macintosh on January 24, 1984, in the first Mac Keynote speech. The Macintosh was the first affordable computer to include a Graphical User Interface. Powered by a Motorola MC68000 with 128k memory a keyboard and […]

Apple App Store Passes 10Billion Downloads

Apple’s App Store passed the 10 Billion download mark, on Saturday . The event was marked by a competition for $10,000 worth of App downloads. The winner of the $10k is Gail Davis of of Orpington, Kent in the UK after one of her daughters downloaded the game Paper Glider. […]

Apple Multi Touch Display Mouse Rumored

Apple Insider reports that Apple may be planning a mouse with a display in a patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled “Computer Input Device Including a Display Device.” “The display on the mouse would change according to what the user may be doing on their […]

Apple Largest Mobile Phone Provider by Revenue

Apple is now largest mobile phone provider by revenue, reports AppleInsider. Apple has become the number-one provider of mobile phones, overtaking Nokia. Despite competition from companies basing their offerings on Google’s free Android OS, as well as smartphone giant Research In Motion, Apple $10.47 billion in iPhone and iPhone accessory […]

Apple Net Income Soars

Apple net income soars 78 pct. in holiday quarter, reports Businessweek. Apple Inc. says it sold more than 7 million iPads, about a million more than expected. It sold more than 16 million iPhones in the quarter. Net income jumped to $6 billion, or $6.43 per share, up from $3.4 […]

Steve Jobs Taking Leave of Absence

According to web reports Steve Jobs has emailed Apple staff saying that he is taking a medical leave of absence, to focus on his health. Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will in charge of Apple’s day to day operations. “At my request, the board of directors has granted me […]

App Store About to Reach 10 Billion Downloads

Apple has announced nearly 10 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store worldwide. The 10 billionth app downloaded stands to win a US $10,000 iTunes Gift Card. To be eligible for for the $10K prize voucher you must be 13 years or older and a legal citizen of […]

iOS to Feature Find My Friends

iOS 4.3 developer build is rumored to have a new feature Find My Friends. According to Sam Oliver writing on Apple Insider, “The first iOS 4.3 beta this week includes references to a new “Find My Friends” feature tied to MobileMe, as well as two new iPhone and three new […]

Microsoft Objects to Apple App Store Trademark

Microsoft ihas filed a motion for a summary judgment to dismiss Apple’s trademark filing for the term App Store. Microsoft say the concept of an app store is “generic” and that it and others have been forced to use other terms to avoid infringing Apple’s trademark. Apple began its trademark […]

iTunes Festival London 2011 Announced

In July, more than 60 artists will perform 31 consecutive nights of brilliant live music at the UK’s best venue, the Roundhouse in central London. Linkin Park, Duran Duran and Rumer are the first three of more than 60 great artists to be confirmed. Every ticket to the iTunes Festival […]