News regarding Apple hardware, software, major product and releases, system software updates, and other newsworthy topics from the Apple ecosystem including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, AirPods, and more.
It’s going to be an Apple Christmas. According to a new report by Duracell, Apple products are the most requested item on many kids Christmas wish-lists for 2010, overcoming toys as a the most sought after gifts by a wide margin. Not only do children want Apple gadgets, but they’re at the very top of … Read More
Wondering how the new MacBook Air 11″ and MacBook Air 13″ benchmark against the older MacBook Air and the current MacBook Pro models? Wonder no more: Update: This article has been updated with more information. Read on for further benchmark results for both the MacBook Air 11″ and 13″ models. The above results are from … Read More
See that graph? That’s Apple taking over the world… if you think the iPad counts as a PC that is. The chart represents PC Market Share in the USA (AKA United States of Apple), and includes Apple with and without the iPad counted as a PC. That massive blue leap is Apple with the iPad. … Read More
Excited for the Mac version of Civ 5? Me too. Now we have a video trailer showing it off! The video trailer also provides a Civilization 5 for Mac release date range of “Fall 2010” which is another way of saying “any day now.” Here’s the text from the video trailer: Sid Meier’s Civilization V … Read More
Update on 11/23/2010: Civilization 5 for Mac has been released! The official release date of Civ 5 for Mac was November 23 2010. You can order Civilization V for Mac from Amazon, which includes free shipping. Great news for Mac gamers, Civilization 5 for Mac has arrived. We knew that Civilization 5 for Mac was … Read More
So now we know that “Back to the Mac” refers to iOS coming back to it’s parent operating system, Mac OS X. Basically Apple is deciding to take some of the good ideas of the iOS experience (the iPad received particular emphasis) and bring them to the Mac Desktop. Apple provided a limited sneak peak … Read More
Update 6/5/2011: Apple has announced Mac OS X Lion release date is set for July, will cost $29.99, and is available as a download from the Mac App Store. We were given a sneak peak at Mac OS X 10.7 Lion today, and Steve Jobs provided a release date: Summer of 2011. The Mac App … Read More
The Back to the Mac event is scheduled to be live streamed directly from Apple today. To watch the live video feed, go to http://www.apple.com/ at 10 AM PDT using Safari on either a Mac or iOS device. Here’s the message from Apple’s PR team: Apple® will broadcast its October 20 event online using Apple’s … Read More
According to a recent unconfirmed report, the CDMA iPhone, dubbed “iPhone 3,2” is currently in “field test stage” and, surprisingly enough, includes a SIM card slot. What does this mean exactly? Certainly easier production lines for Apple. And, perhaps future iPhones will be able to use whatever carrier they want. The addition of a SIM … Read More
Dota fans will be excited to hear this one; Dota 2 is coming as it’s own independent game on the Mac and PC platforms in 2011, and it will be distributed through Steam. The press release from Valve is brief: Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and … Read More
AutoCAD for Mac is now available. AutoCAD brings powerful design and drafting tools to the Mac platform, and promises full compatibility with the Windows version as well. Anyone can download a free 30 day trial of the software at AutoDesk’s Mac site, purchasing the software comes at the retail price of $3,995. AutoCAD for Free … Read More
Alright World of Warcraft fans, the latest expansion is coming very soon. Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will be released on December 7 of this year. At a cost of $39.99, you will be able to download the game expansion through the Blizzard store or buy a DVD that is Windows and … Read More
If you had any doubts that Apple and Verizon were working together, this should quiet them. Verizon will begin offering the iPad in their stores starting on October 28. The iPad model offered will be the WiFi model, but each iPad will be bundled with a Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot to insure wireless data coverage. … Read More
Apple is holding a media event on Wednesday, October 20 titled “Back to the Mac.” The details are as vague as usual, but the image sent out is causing loads of speculation thanks to a lion peeking out from behind an Apple logo. Maybe this will be our first look at Mac OS X 10.7? … Read More
Microsoft has announced that Windows Phone 7 will sync to Macs, but Mac users will have to wait until later in the year for software to perform the task. The following short statement is currently all that Microsoft has said on the matter: Later in 2010 Microsoft will make a public beta available of a … Read More
Apple has just released iOS 4.2 beta 3 for download at the iOS Dev Center. The latest beta version of iOS 4.2 works for iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 4g, iPod touch 3g, and iPod touch 2g. Alongside the iOS 4.2 beta 3 is the newly released Xcode and iOS SDK … Read More
This is the first commercial for Windows Phone 7, which was announced on 10/4/10 at a press conference from Microsoft. In case you didn’t know or don’t care, Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft’s new foray into the mobile world. They’re getting a bit of a late start, but Windows Phone is hoping to compete directly … Read More
Microsoft is busy making new friends with popular mobile developers, except some of the friendships seem to be entirely one-sided. RovioMobile, the developers of the incredibly popular Angry Birds game, noticed that Microsoft put their famous apps icon on the Windows Phone 7 site – without permission and without any agreement to build the hit … Read More
