TMZ: A press release from the Metropolitan Police, which doesn’t specifically name Winehouse, says: “Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman … Continued
∞ Apple launches iMac hard drive replacement program
Apple on Friday launched a program to replace the hard drive on certain of its iMac computers.
∞ Apple releases iOS beta 4 to developers
Apple is plugging along with more iOS updates. The company has been on a furious pace lately, working on Macs, Lion and iOS. You might think that they would have slowed down this week, but apparently not. Of course, this … Continued
∞ T-Mobile slams the iPad
BGR.com: A new page on T-Mobile USA’s website makes some fairly bold claims about the carrier’s premier Honeycomb tablet, the LG G-Slate. In comparing the sleek device to its steepest competition at AT&T and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile says the G-Slate … Continued
∞ Apple's new MacBook Air packaging
I am always amazed at the detail Apple puts into the simple things with its products, like packaging. But that’s the first impression we have of the product, so it does matter. With the latest MacBook Air, Apple changed from … Continued
∞ The future of the PC industry
Ben Bajarin: I believe that this inflection point can be described as going from personal computing to personalized computing and will be defined by tablets and smartphones that take all types of shapes, form factors and designs that make the … Continued
∞ Acer says Apple is starting a patent war
AppleInsider: “As Apple’s patent lawsuits against HTC have created concerns among market watchers, and have even strongly impacted HTC’s stock price, Wang pointed out that the player, which started the patent war, wants either money or market influence and should … Continued
∞ Google+ snags 20 million users
ComScore: To get a better understanding of how Google+ is performing to date and who is using it, comScore pulled together some figures based on the first 21 days of its public existence (June 29, 2011 – July 19, 2011). … Continued
∞ More fake Apple Stores uncovered worldwide
Jason Subler for Reuters: After the stir provoked by her first blog, titled “Are you listening, Steve Jobs”, the woman invited readers to send their photographs of fake Apple stores worldwide — and has received responses from place including Costa … Continued
∞ Customers angry at China's fake Apple Store
Reuters: Wang, a petite, 23-year-old office worker who would not give her first name, spent 14,000 yuan ($2,170) last month buying a Macbook Pro 13-inch and a 3G iPhone from the Kunming store. She wasn’t issued a receipt at the … Continued
∞ HBO releases Entourage tribute video on iTunes
This year marks the end of “Entourage,” one of my favorite HBO shows. The network released a special tribute about the show on iTunes.
∞ Gruber on shipments vs. sales when calculating market share
Looking at iPad market share, John Gruber says: What they’re calling market share is really “shipment share”. I don’t think that’s what most people think of as market share. By their metric, a company could take the market share lead … Continued
∞ Lodsys sues Rovio, Electronic Arts, Atari, Square Enix, Take-Two Interactive
Florian Mueller: Today Lodsys has amended its complaint against mobile app developers and modified the list of defendants, leaving out one of the seven developers sued on May 31 (Vietnamese company Wulven Games) but adding five famous games companies. It … Continued
∞ Apple in talks to buy Hulu
Bloomberg: Apple is in early talks that may lead to an acquisition offer for Los Angeles-based Hulu, said the people, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly. This is interesting. Apple could do a great job with an streaming video service, … Continued
∞ Apple makes $30 million from Lion in one day with little distribution costs
With previous releases of Mac OS, Apple had to stop development about a month before it was supposed to ship, so disks could be manufactured. After manufacturing, disks had to be shipped to stores and other retail outlets, which costs … Continued
∞ Lion tops 1 million downloads the first day
Apple on Thursday said OS X Lion topped 1 million downloads in just one day.
∞ PlayBook approved for U.S. Government use
Reuters: This certification … enables the U.S. federal government to buy with confidence knowing that the PlayBook meets their computing policy requirements for protecting sensitive information,” said Scott Totzke, a senior vice-president for BlackBerry security at RIM. Apparently nobody in … Continued
∞ Accessing multiple user accounts with Lion Screen Sharing
Chris Breen for Macworld: For example, let’s say a remote Mac has two user accounts—Joe and Jane. Joe is currently working on that Mac in his account. From another Mac, Jane can select that Mac under the Shared heading in … Continued
∞ How real journalists behave
Rob Pegoraro: For years, I’ve had to tell sometimes skeptical friends and family members that real journalists don’t do that. We are generally uncouth, sometimes lazy and screw up in plenty of other ways–not least when we drop stories because … Continued
∞ Nokia post dismal quarterly results
Benedict Evans: Of course, the picture would be equally bad if Nokia had chosen Android or stuck with Symbian/Meego instead of choosing Windows Phone – Nokia simply has no competitive devices in the mid range and high end of the … Continued
∞ Natural scrolling and Quick Look URLs in Lion
OS X Lion has a new feature called natural scrolling that is trying my patience, but I’m giving it a try anyway. I have a few tips that may help you get used to it too.
∞ Apple launches Business App Store for volume purchases
Apple on Wednesday launched its B2B App Store, allowing businesses to make volume purchases of apps.
∞ Make your own Lion USB drive
Christina Warren for Mashable: Because installation takes place entirely from within the Mac App Store, the usual “clean install” option isn’t present. If you’ve followed our guide for preparing your Mac for Lion, you’re probably in good shape to proceed … Continued
∞ Apple on track to sell more iPhones in 2011 than all other years combined
Matt Richman: Of the 25.09 million iPhones Apple sold in 2009, 35.8% of them came during Apple’s first and second calendar quarters. In 2010 that number was 36.1%. Using calendar 2011 iPhone sales numbers and a 36% average, Apple is … Continued
∞ OS X Lion video tutorial released
MacProVideo.com: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion has been referred to by Apple as “Back to the Mac”. That’s because iOS took a lot from the original Mac OS X and built on the unique touch interface of the iOS devices. … Continued
∞ Dear RIM: it's you, not us
RIM investors must be holding their face in their hands this morning after reading how well Apple did in its latest fiscal quarter. While RIM bombed its most recent quarter, Apple blew away all expectations.
∞ Adobe outlines CS5 issues with OS X Lion
Adobe posted a page on its Web site today outlining any issues it found with Apple’s newly released OS X Lion. The page talks about everything from scrolling behavior to individual apps like Dreamweaver and Illustrator. Certainly a good resource … Continued
∞ Here's what to do If you have Lion GM installed and want to download it from the Mac App Store
I little tip that was sent to me on Twitter this morning. For those os us that had Lion GM installed, you found that you couldn’t download the retail version of the operating system from the Mac App Store. Mine … Continued
∞ Apple execs discuss Lion, MacBook Air, Mac mini, Thunderbolt display
It’s been a busy day for Apple. The company released its next generation operating system, OS X Lion, and new a MacBook Air, Mac mini and Thunderbolt display. I had some time to sit down with Apple executives to talk … Continued
∞ My four word Mac OS X Lion review
People have been reviewing Lion since the first developer preview was released a few months ago. Every Web site known to man is posting a detailed Lion review this morning, with pictures, that say many of the same things that … Continued