Apple has increased its home notebook PC share to now rank #4 in the home installed base..
Month: September 2008
RUMOR: Apple to debut new MacBooks on October 14
Apple has become the fourth biggest laptop manufacturer in the US – even as strong rumours…
Analyst: 20 million Windows users to join iPod nation annually; ‘iPod halo’ bodes well for Mac sales
The iPod halo effect continues to convert Windows users to the Mac platform…
Google’s Chrome aims to take on Microsoft Windows
In an uncharacteristic burst of modesty, Google co-founder Sergey Brin says we should think of the company’s new Chrome Web browser…
CNET reviews Apple’s 4G iPod nano: ‘Apple has yet again raised the MP3 player bar’
Apple’s fourth-generation iPod Nano returns to the original long, light, and slender…
Passionato debuts world’s largest collection of high-quality DRM-free classical music downloads
Passionato launches today, giving classical music lovers the opportunity to browse, sample and download…
AmTech’s Wu warns: iPod touch price cuts ‘nice,’ but ‘may not be enough’
Across the board price cuts announced by Apple on its iPod touch line of digital media players…
High-res photos of Apple’s new iPod nano 4G, iPod classic 2G, and iPod shuffle 2008
iLounge has just posted new photos of the fourth-generation iPod nano, second-generation iPod classic, and…
Apple execs agree to settle stock options lawsuits
A group of former and current Apple Inc. executives has tentatively agreed to pay $14 million…
Apple releases 2.1 firmware for iPod touch; iPhone 2.1 due Friday
The 2.1 firmware update may be the most critical update for the iPhone yet…
Enderle: Apple’s iPod looks like obsolete technology at this point
Apple’s latest batch of iPod announcements was fairly well received, save for a few corners grumbling…
Hedge funds and Apple
Last year, Apple, one of the Four Horsemen of the Nasdaq, was a superstar…
Dvorak: Microsoft’s new Gates+Seinfled ad is either meaningless or kinky-sex endorsement
Is Microsoft’s new series of advertisements really about kinky sex? Yes, you have to consider…
Estelle quietly returns to Apple’s iTunes Store as Warner fails to force bundle (album) sales
On Tuesday, September 02, 2008, BBC News reported, “British R&B star Estelle has seen her single American Boy…
CNET: Apple’s iTunes 8 ‘Genius’ feature a fun way of rediscovering music
For us, the most interesting part of iTunes 8 is the Genius feature. Not because it’s essentially a new way…
Dell attacks Apple MacBook Air in Latitude E4200 laptop video
Dell is attempting to compare their Latitude E4200 laptop (catchy name) against…
Apple airs new ‘funnest’ TV ad for 2nd-gen iPod touch (with video)
Apple yesterday introduced the second generation iPod touch featuring a thin contoured…
Everyone wins as Apple and NBC bury hatchet over iTunes Store TV shows
New NBC Universal TV shows are back in the iTunes Store after a one year absence…
Steve Jobs: I could stand to gain 10 or 15 pounds, but I’m doing just fine
Steve Jobs is healthy, was taken by surprise by all the speculation about his health swirling around him…
Apple posts ‘Let’s Rock’ special event video
Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs reveal what’s new in music during Apple’s “Let’s Rock” special event…
Apple releases Front Row 2.1.6
Apple today released Front Row 2.1.6 which provides improved iTunes 8.0 compatibility and…
Apple releases MobileMe Control Panel 1.1 (for Windows)
Apple today released MobileMe Control Panel 1.1 (for Windows)…
Apple posts iTunes 8 for Mac and Windows
Apple has posted iTunes 8 downloads for Macintosh and Windows…
Beleaguered Napster faces disgruntled investors, board unrest
A dissident shareholder group’s bid to muscle its way onto the board of struggling digital music service…
Apple releases QuickTime 7.5.5
Apple today released QuickTime 7.5.5 which includes changes that increase reliability…
Jobs blames unnamed hedge funds for recent health scare rumors
CNBC’s Jim Goldman is reporting on-air (nothing online, yet) that Apple CEO Steve Jobs attributed his health scare rumors…
Apple debuts new ‘nano-chromatic’ TV ad for 4th-gen iPod nano (with video)
Apple’s new TV ad for iPod nano: “nano-chromatic”…
Apple intros new iPod touch, ‘the funnest iPod ever’
Apple today introduced the second generation iPod touch featuring an thin contoured metal design…
Apple debuts iTunes 8 with Genius technology
Apple today announced iTunes 8, the next major release of Apple’s ubiquitous music and video player…
Apple App Store downloads top 100 million milestone worldwide
Apple today announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded more than 100 million applications…
NBC Universal returns to Apple’s iTunes Store; Top 10 series available immediately in SD and HD
Apple and NBC Universal today announced the return of NBC programming to the iTunes Store including NBC…
Apple intros new iPod nano with built-in accelerometer, Genius tech, shake to shuffle, and more
Apple today introduced the new fourth generation iPod nano, the thinnest iPod ever featuring a sleek new design…
Live coverage of Apple’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event
MacDailyNews and iPodDailyNews will offer live coverage of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ presentation at Apple’s “Let’s Rock” event…
Keep an eye on Apple’s iPod price points today
One key thing to watch at Apple’s “Let’s Rock” presentation in San Francisco today are the price points…
Apple Store currently offline (UPDATE: 2:25pm EDT: Apple Store back online)
Apple’s online store is currently offline, displaying the familiar message that often…
Missing New York City school teacher spotted yesterday in Apple Store Fifth Avenue
A New York school teacher missing since Aug. 29 was spotted in a midtown Manhattan…
U.S. DOJ mulls antitrust lawsuit against Google
The Justice Department has quietly hired one of the nation’s best-known litigators, former Walt Disney Co. vice chairman…
Company jumps the gun, posts 4th-gen iPod nano images online
Along with images, Wrapprz.com is offering “skins” for Apple iPod nano 4th-gen which, whoops!, haven’t been announced (yet)…
London Stock Exchange totally paralyzed by Microsoft .Net-based system failure
The London Stock Exchange suffered its worst systems failure in eight years on Monday…
Dan ‘Fake Steve Jobs’ Lyons: Apple has started looking like what Microsoft was 10 years ago
A former lieutenant of Steve Jobs’s once told me something surprising about his ex-boss…
Microsoft announces updates, features coming for Zune ahead of Apple’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event
Zune, Microsoft Corp.’s distant also-ran music and entertainment outfit, has announced some updates…
Apple debuts new ‘Get a Mac’ Web ad: Stop Switching to Mac! (with video)
Apple has debuted a new Web ad, “Stop Switching to Mac!” currently seen on Time.com and other major websites…
