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Month: August 2008

Apple promises MagSafe power adapter replacements

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:06 pm30 Comments

You may notice a separation of the white insulation on the magnetic end of the MagSafe adapter…

Exit Games’ Neutron online multiplayer gaming platform comes to Apple iPhone

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:21 pm14 Comments

Exit Games has announced that its cross-platform multiplayer gaming service, Neutron, is now compatible with Apple’s revolutionary iPhone…

Engadget debuts Apple iPhone, iPod touch site, as Apple devices account for 95.8% of mobile views

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:25 pm34 Comments

Engadget.com has launched a beta version of Engadget for Apple iPhone and iPod touch users…

iTunes Store blocked in China after Olympic athletes found listening to pro-Tibetan protest music

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:45 pm51 Comments

Access to Apple’s online iTunes Store has been blocked in China after it emerged that Olympic athletes…

So-called ‘leaked’ screenshots of Nike+iPhone app not authentic

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:41 pm17 Comments

A series of images making the rounds on the Internet this week as ‘leaked’ screenshots of an upcoming…

Apple: iPhone 2.0.2 Software Update ‘improves communication with 3G networks’

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:16 am41 Comments

Apple acknowledged Tuesday that a software update for the iPhone partly fixes the connection snags…

Aussies switching to Macs at faster rate than almost anywhere else

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:09 am38 Comments

Australians are switching to Macs at a faster rate than almost anywhere else in the world…

Privacy advocates’ concern over Apple’s iPhone ‘kill switch’ overblown, say experts

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:00 am25 Comments

Privacy advocates’ concern over what Apple will do with iPhone user data may be overblown…

RUMOR: Apple to hold special event in late September to debut iTunes Music subscriptions, more

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:03 am66 Comments

An anonymous tipster has told MacDailyNews that Apple will hold a special media event in late September…

Apple’s billions best used to build advanced product assembly factories?

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:44 am36 Comments

In order to realistically examine what Apple might do with its $20 billion dollars, one has to look at Steve Jobs’ stated goals…

State of the Art?  Nearly 35% of new PCs have Vista replaced with ancient Windows XP

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:01 pm44 Comments

More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP…

State of the Art?  Nearly 35% of new PCs have Vista replaced with ancient Windows XP

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:01 pmNo Comments

More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP…

Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5.5 due soon

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:42 pm23 Comments

Alongside the public release of iPhone Software v2.0.2 on Monday, Apple also provided its Mac OS X developers…

Apple: Battery problem caused very rare overheating in discontinued, first-gen iPod nano

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:19 pm12 Comments

Apple Inc. said Tuesday that batteries from a single supplier are to blame for the meltdown…

Leaked screenshots of Nike+iPhone show Google Maps support

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:50 pm16 Comments

We’ve known that Nike+ has long been in development for the iPhone. Now we’re finally getting a peek…

Analyst: Apple iPhone’s browser share has nearly doubled since 3G launch

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:13 pm28 Comments

Over the past few weeks, several Wall Street kernels have popped when it comes to Apple…

Michael Arrington has some bad luck with his Macs, thinks it means that everybody else does, too

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:28 pm70 Comments

My first computer, purchased by my parents after nearly a year of begging, was an Apple II+….

Japan warns of fire risk for discontinued first-gen iPod nano

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:37 am16 Comments

Japan on Tuesday warned consumers of the risks of Apple’s iPod nano portable music player…

Apple slams Vista, Windows PCs in three new ‘Get a Mac’ ads (with video)

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:14 am63 Comments

pple has begun airing three new “Get a Mac” ads on U.S. network and cable television…

ACSI: Customer satisfaction rockets for Apple’s Mac; rest of Windows PC industry drops again

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:17 am24 Comments

Customer satisfaction continues on a bumpy path without momentum or trend in the second quarter…

Apple to celebrate grand opening of Apple Store University Park Village (Fort Worth, Texas) Aug 23rd

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:47 am2 Comments

Apple will be celebrating the Grand Opening of their latest retail store, Apple Store University Park Village…

Apple grants additional 60-day MobileMe subscription extension

Monday, August 18, 2008 11:21 pm32 Comments

The transition from .Mac to MobileMe was rockier than Apple had hoped…

Apple releases iPhone, iPod touch 2.0.2 Software Update

Monday, August 18, 2008 5:42 pm79 Comments

Apple today released iPhone and iPod tocuh software version 2.0.2 which includes “bug fixes” and…

Rising fees may force founder to pull the plug on Pandora

Monday, August 18, 2008 5:14 pm47 Comments

Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora, says rising song fees could shut down his online music-mix service…

Apple adds Smithsonian Channel programming to iTunes Store

Monday, August 18, 2008 3:19 pm13 Comments

Smithsonian Channel today makes its award-winning programming available on Apple’s market-dominating iTunes Store…

Steve Jobs: iPhone 3G reception issues affect 2% of total units shipped; software update coming soon

Monday, August 18, 2008 3:00 pm24 Comments

A MacRumors reader claims to have received a response from Apple CEO Steve Jobs…

Stephen Colbert on iPhone ‘kill switch’ – plus bonus Microsoft Zune slam

Monday, August 18, 2008 2:40 pm21 Comments

In his “ThreatDown” segment, The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert…

iPhone 3G reception issues could be fixed via firmware update as early as this week

Monday, August 18, 2008 1:01 pm28 Comments

Apple Inc.’s iPhone 3G was just a couple of days old when reports began trickling onto the company’s support forum…

Apple installing thousands of Macs in hotels and cruise ships

Monday, August 18, 2008 12:31 pm38 Comments

Apple’s Enterprise Sales Group has been quietly installing thousands of iMacs, Mac minis, Mac Pros, and Xserves in hotels and cruise ships…

China Mobile still in talks with Apple over iPhone

Monday, August 18, 2008 10:43 am20 Comments

China Mobile is still in talks with Apple on launching iPhone in Chinese market, but has not reached any agreement yet…

Turkcell to sell Apple iPhone 3G in Turkey

Monday, August 18, 2008 10:19 am5 Comments

Turkcell, in an e-mailed statement to customers today, said Monday it will bring Apple’s revolutionary iPhone 3G…

Google Android phone won’t debut until Thanksgiving; may lack Exchange support, force Gmail use

Monday, August 18, 2008 10:04 am20 Comments

The first mobile phone based on Android, which is software supported by Google, will debut this fall…

Michael Dell thinks he can rival Apple’s iPod+iTunes

Monday, August 18, 2008 9:19 am56 Comments

A long list of powerful companies have tried and failed to make much of a mark in the world of digital entertainment…

Longtime Eudora user switches to Apple Mail

Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:16 pm40 Comments

After more than a decade, I’ve switched e-mail programs…

Commercial casting call: anyone named Steve Jobs; any age, ethnicity, or type, anywhere in USA

Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:26 am43 Comments

A Los Angeles casting call is currently taking place for the following commercial…

Activision CEO hits back, accuses Middlebronfman of disrespect

Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:10 am26 Comments

The chief executive of the company behind the Guitar Hero video game franchise has hit out at Warner Music…

AT&T now selling Apple’s iPhone 3G on its business Web site

Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:46 am8 Comments

Despite being launched more than a month ago, long lines or shortages can make getting an iPhone 3G…

Abilene Christian University giving all incoming freshman Apple iPhone 3Gs or iPod touches

Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:33 am28 Comments

Approximately six months after Abilene Christian University announced its intent to bring mobile learning devices…

New iPhone, iPod touch app streams iTunes collections anywhere; eliminates storage limits

Friday, August 15, 2008 4:12 pm33 Comments

The developer of desktop software that lets users listen to their iTunes libraries from any broadband Internet connection…

Oracle sees over 23,000 downloads of its iPhone apps in first month

Friday, August 15, 2008 4:09 pm17 Comments

Oracle’s business intelligence software for the Apple iPhone is making slow but steady progress…

T-Mobile to offer first Google Android phone; ‘big and bulky,’ it’s no Apple iPhone

Friday, August 15, 2008 1:50 pm42 Comments

Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google Inc’s Android…

WSJ: Apple preps software fix for iPhone 3G reception issues reported by some

Friday, August 15, 2008 12:14 pm22 Comments

Apple Inc. is working on a software fix for its new iPhone 3G to remedy dropped phone calls…

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