Apple Announces Ultracompact USB Adapter Exchange Program
CUPERTINO, California—September 19, 2008—Apple® today announced that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating the risk of electric shock.
Apple has received reports of detached prongs involving a very small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been reported. Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft announcement: No more Seinfeld ads!
Valleywag – Remember those awful Microsoft ads with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates? Well, now you can forget them. Microsoft flacks are desperately dialing reporters to spin them about “phase two” of the ad campaign — a phase, due to be announced tomorrow, which will drop the aging comic altogether. Microsoft’s version of the story: Redmond had always planned to drop Seinfeld. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Product Updates
Apple Introduces New iPod nano
Available in nine vibrant colors, the new fourth generation iPod nano — the thinnest iPod ever — features a sleek new design with a curved aluminum and glass enclosure. It also incorporates Genius technology and features a built-in accelerometer that automatically switches to Cover Flow when rotated and automatically goes into Shuffle mode when lightly shaken. iPod nano (4th generation) comes in 8GB and 16GB models, starting at just $149. Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/ipodnano Read the rest of this entry »
iPhone 3G officially launches in RP
via Inquirer.net
MAKATI CITY – Putting much hype into it down to the last minute, Globe officially launched the iPhone 3G Friday midnight. Hundreds — joined by Globe officials and a number of local celebrities — flocked to Ayala Stock Exchange at the heart of the Makati business district Thursday night awaiting the official launch. Read the rest of this entry »
Globe Telecom to Bring iPhone 3G to the Philippines on August 22
MANILA – August 6, 2008 – Globe Telecom today announced that it will bring iPhone 3G to the Philippines on August 22. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone plus 3G networking that is twice as fast*, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs hundreds of third party applications available through the new App Store. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple’s Culture of Secrecy
By JOE NOCERA
“No one wants to die,” said Apple’s chief executive, Steven P. Jobs. “And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it.”
Steven P. Jobs in September 2003, before he had surgery to remove a tumor on his pancreas, and in June of this year, right. Recently rumors surfaced that Mr. Jobs was sick again.
It was a little over three years ago that Mr. Jobs spoke those existential words, in a commencement address at Stanford. His thoughts about death came during a portion of his speech in which he publicly discussed — for the one and only time, so far as I can tell — his brush with pancreatic cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
CUPERTINO, California—July 14, 2008—Apple® today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone™ 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countries—Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US—and will go on sale in France on July 17. Read the rest of this entry »
New iPhone hits shelves
TOKYO/WELLINGTON - Apple’s new iPhone made a glitzy debut on Friday as frenetic buyers in New Zealand and Japan, some of whom had camped in line for days, stormed outlets to get their hands on the gadget.
The new iPhone — a music and video player, cell phone and Web terminal in one — is an updated version of the original that sold to 270,000 people within days of its June 2007 launch. Read the rest of this entry »
.Mac to shut down Wednesday in advance of MobileMe launch
The curtain is about to fall on .Mac, Apple’s collection of Web-based services, as the company prepares to make the final switch to its rebranded MobileMe offering. .Mac will go dark on Wednesday evening, as Apple makes its final preparations to launch MobileMe. According to a .Mac support page, the .Mac service will be taken offline at 6 p.m. PT on Wednesday, July 9. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.4
What’s included?
The 10.5.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system improvements that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. Read the rest of this entry »
