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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   ... analog joystick and support for up to 52 key commands. Atom Hackintosh netbooks crash and burn Apple has apparently struck a deadly blow against the burgeoning Hackintosh community by disabling support ...

2. Best Buy sells Acer notebook for $250

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... give away six months of AV protection through the holiday season. It will offer over 30 laptops from Acer, Apple, Asus, Dell, Gateway, Sony, Toshiba and Lenovo in prices that range from $250 to $2,000. ...

3. Mac clone war sparks fierce debate over Apple tax

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 03 September 2009

   Our article telling of the bloody Mac clone wars sparked a fierce debate over Apple's controversial "tax" and its control over OS X. However, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich told TG Daily that Club ...

4. War declared: Apple’s Cult Takes on Google’s Borg

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Tuesday, 11 August 2009

   ... before. That’s because our protagonists, Google and Apple, are both very much at the top of their game. And these relative superpowers have just taken off their proverbial gloves and declared war. Where’s ...

5. Snow Leopard tops Amazon’s sales charts

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 03 August 2009

   Amazon began offering preorders for Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X 10.6 operating system, also known as Snow Leopard. Within four days, the software has become the most popular software on the website.  ...

6. Apple App Store downloads top 1.5 billion in first year

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 14 July 2009

   Apple says customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications in the first year of operations for its App Store. Cupertino (CA) - Apple says customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion ...

7. End the iPhone exclusivity

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Monday, 29 June 2009

   ... have only one choice if they want an iPhone: Rogers. Like AT&T in the U.S., Rogers signed an exclusivity deal with Apple. Also like AT&T, this deal is cloaked in secrecy. No one knows with absolute ...

8. Apple 'makes $420 on each iPhone sold'

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 24 June 2009

   Industry watcher iSuppli says that the new iPhone 3GS costs Apple just $178.96 to build. El Segundo (CA) - Industry watcher iSuppli says that the new iPhone 3GS costs Apple just $178.96 to build. The ...

9. iPhone 3G S launches with another round of delays

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 19 June 2009

   Buying a new iPhone on launch day often requires patience. With the first two generations, we learned that you will have to consider waiting in line and expect activation delays. Apple and AT&T appeared ...

10. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... black fabric cable and sleek in-line microphone. V-MODA's VIBE II with Microphone is available at the Apple Store and online at Apple.com in Nero (black) and Chrome Rouge for $119. Check out www.v-moda.com. ...

11. iPhone 3G S: A speed package for Apple’s phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    Apple today introduced “the fastest iPhone ever”, with speed and software upgrades, a video camera, a compass as well as more storage capacity. The broadband speed upgrade was sort-of announced by ...

12. HTC goes Android in China

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 25 May 2009

    ...  Apple doesn't sell the Iphone in China yet. But it will, it will. The HTC Ophone is likely to start shipping in the next month or so.  ...

13. Computers ain’t anything like cars

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 19 May 2009

    Analyst Opinion - When I wrote last week’s column suggesting Apple consider a move downmarket to expand its computer/OS market share and avoid being perpetually marooned in niche territory, I suspected ...

14. Apple, go cheap or go home: Time to dump the elitist strategy

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 12 May 2009

    ... We all know it’s obvious, so we’re hardly surprised when we read the headlines. So when Mr. Ballmer made headlines in March when he said computer buyers paid a so-called $500 “Apple Tax” just to get the ...

15. Apple approves controversial NIN app after Reznor rant

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 07 May 2009

    Apple has finally approved the sale of a controversial Nine Inch Nails app. The company had initially rejected the revised application due to "objectionable content" which was reportedly linked to "The ...

16. UPDATED: BlackBerry Curve outsells Apple's iPhone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 04 May 2009

    ... The first-quarter 2009 ranking of the top-five best-selling smartphones is as follows: RIM BlackBerry Curve (all 83XX models) Apple iPhone 3G (all models) RIM BlackBerry Storm RIM BlackBerry Pearl (all ...

17. Outraged Reznor criticizes Apple censorship

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 04 May 2009

    An outraged Trent Reznor has criticized Apple for rejecting a Nine Inch Nails (NIN) application due to "objectionable" content. According to the company, potential applications must not contain any ...

18. iSuppli tears apart Palm Pre

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    ... tackle the iPhone. It's got everything a "smart phone" needs. Simultaneous touch inputs and stuff like that. Can we live without the Palm Pre? iSuppli is here.  Apple may sue. It's in its DNA.  ...

19. Apple makes buying iTunes music easy as 1-2-3

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 07 April 2009

    Today marks the end of an era. As announced in January, Apple's $0.99 iTunes one price fits all music track pricing system has migrated to a new three tier pricing system, ranging from $0.69, to $0.99 ...

20. Intel posts Xeon 5500 pricing, adds new mobile CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    ... of the Xeon 5500 (and more than four weeks after Apple’s decision to introduce the CPU), the new processors have made it into Intel’s public price list. Previously called Nehalem-EP, the twelve different ...

21. Apple unveils unlocked, no-commit $599 and $699 iPhones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    Apple has introduced a no-commit option for prospective iPhone 3G customers who don't want to sign a 2-year service contract with the AT&T. Apple stores are now carrying 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3Gs ...

22. The second Android cellphone arrives by Easter

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    ... improvements. Combined with devices from other vendors, Android will flex its muscles this year to show us what it's got against Apple's 15 million user base. EXTRA: SLIDESHOWS Chicago (IL) - T-Mobile's G1 ...

23. iPhone OS 3.0: Showing us just how big the iPhone is

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 March 2009

    As planned, Apple previewed their next-gen iPhone OS 3.0 today to select group of media members at a quaint company gathering inside their own Town Hall -- located at the Cupertino campus. Beyond new ...

24. iPhone OS 3.0: A thousand new APIs for developers

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 March 2009

    In Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 preview today, a new software developer kit (SDK) 2.0 was unveiled allowing developers to create iPhone OS 3.0-compatible applications. The release packs over 1,000 new APIs ...

25. HP now sells batteries that promise to maintain their capacity

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 16 March 2009

    ... Apple notebooks.  ...

26. Fake iTunes cards challenge Apple's iTunes business

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 11 March 2009

    ... None of them are selling the physical card that consumers get when you purchase it at brick-and-mortar Apple stores or, more conveniently, via the company's online store. Instead, you just get the code ...

27. Apple's App Store analysis: This Titanic is actually unsinkable

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    With nearly 27,000 applications now available on Apple's App Store, the number of iPhone applications has now exceeded what it took Windows Mobile nine years to amass. With an addressable market of ...

28. Resident Evil 5: Zombie basher saves the day for console makers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    ... gaming platform, and Apple doesn't provide the data separately from overall iPod sales -- but it is estimated that there are at least 20 million iPod touch units in the wild. Resident Evil 5:  The Zombie ...

29. Apple tax on the latest Mac gear: 40 percent

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    With a new Mac Pro, Mac mini and iMac, Apple brought the entire Mac family up to date with varying success. While Mac Pro clearly has the edge over rivals, Mac mini falls behind somewhat. It is iMac ...

30. Apple tweaks MacBooks, Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and keyboards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 04 March 2009

    Apple's announcements yesterday weren't just about desktop refreshes that brought the hardware inside iMac, Mac mini and Mac Pro in sync with reality. The company also slipped other less headline-making ...

31. Apple refreshes iMacs, adds a new top-of-the-line model to the family

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    It's hard to distinguish the new iMacs unveiled earlier today from the previous generation on looks alone. Instead of altering the form factor, Apple opted for the expected under-the-hood changes which ...

32. Analyst: iPhone service plans too pricey. Duh!

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Monday, 23 February 2009

    ... -- at least if we took off our Apple blinders, that is. Do I sound upset? Yes, there are plenty of reasons for being upset about the iPhone and what we the consumers have to accept just to use one of ...

33. Second-gen LG Prada, not the iPhone, rules the fashion cellphone market

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 23 February 2009

    The premium cellphone market has proven very lucrative, being dominated by high-end smartphones bound to expensive two-year service contracts. Apple has been the first to see the hidden potential in ...

34. Next-gen Mac mini spyshots and specs leak online

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 February 2009

    ... article, but it has been 563 days since Apple updated current Mac mini. With speculations flying all around, ranging from an entirely new form factor and architectural changes, all the way to the claim ...

35. UPDATED: Apple rejects South Park app for iPhone over "offensive" content

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 19 February 2009

    Boing Boing reports that the developers behind a new South Park iPhone application submitted it for approval four months ago. And now the developers have received a note from Apple which confirms the ...

36. The next Psystar: PearC sells Mac clones in Europe

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 12 February 2009

    While Apple has its legal artillery in place against Mac clone maker Psystar in the U.S., we hear about the next Psystar that recently surfaced in Germany. PearC is the next company effectively breaking ...

37. Kindle vs. iPod and AMD Dragon vs. Intel 32 nm: The power of marketing

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 11 February 2009

    ... listening to nine songs.   The original iPod was $400 and required an Apple PC. The Kindle is $359 and does not require a PC at all to work.  Granted, the iPod Touch with a whopping 32 GB is ...

38. Up next for Apple TV: Networked cable television

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 February 2009

    A suspicious lack of Apple TV-related announcements at the MacWorld Expo last month could mean either that Apple is phasing out its set-top box or preparing to take its "hobby" business to the next level. ...

39. Why the DRM-free iTunes Store is a rip-off

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    When Phil Schiller, Apple's chief of worldwide marketing, took the stage yesterday morning to deliver the Macworld 2009 keynote, DRM-free iTunes was one of  three key topics on the keynote agenda. ...

40. Macworld 2009: Apple unveils iLife '09

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

      Apple updated its iLife digital lifestyle suite during the Macworld 2009 keynote at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The company's marketing chief Phil Schiller unveiled iLife '09, a long overdue ...

41. Macworld 2009: Apple's iWork and iLife as cloud services?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 02 January 2009

      According to online reports, Apple will unveil cloud-based versions of iWork and iLife at Macworld Expo, which is scheduled to open its doors on January 5. Reports claim that all office productivity ...

42. Salesforce.com taking cues from Facebook and Apple

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 18 December 2008

    ... take their data mobile, providing out of the office access to their employees. Salesfore.com is shifting, and they are now beginning to take hints from companies such as Apple and Facebook who have ...

43. Apple throws DMCA at Psystar

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 03 December 2008

      Apple changed the strategy in its legal dealings with Mac clone maker Psystar, which became famous for hacking Mac OS X to run on cheap PCs it calls "Open Computer". New court filings reveal that ...

44. Apple preparing multi-touch iMacs?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 25 November 2008

      Apple has been quite clear about the multi-touch in desktop and notebook computers – this feature will not be available in the near term. However, contrary to the public statement, we received ...

45. Computers: Changing from power to experience

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Sunday, 23 November 2008

      Analyst Opinion – This November has certainly a big month for technology and shifting trends. One of the most interesting news bits was a quiet change from Windows to Apple boxes in some of the ...

46. Wal-Mart to start selling Apple’s iPhone 3G on December 28

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 20 November 2008

      Wal-Mart and its wholesale subsidiary Sam's Club will join Best Buy in selling Apple’s iPhone. According to JPRG Research analyst Jamie Townsend, Wal-Mart will begin offering the iPhone 3G on ...

47. iPhone surpasses RAZR as most popular consumer handset in the U.S.

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 11 November 2008

      Apple's iPhone has displaced Motorola Razr as America's top-selling consumer handset in the third quarter of the year, according to market research firm NPD. Despite Motorola’s financial problems ...

48. Windows vs. Mac ads: Negative isn’t funny anymore

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 03 November 2008

    ... has gone south, the Republican presidential candidate has, at this writing, virtually lost because of them, and, frankly, I would like Apple to move on and focus on getting people into stores and sell ...

49. New MacBook Air now shipping

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 29 October 2008

    A fortnight ago Apple announced at its “Spotlight Turns to Notebooks” event that the MacBook Air would be getting an update. Several media reports suggest that the new Air models are now shipping. The ...

50. New Wal-Mart MP3 store challenges iTunes with lower prices

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

      Wal-Mart relaunched its MP3 store with more than 3 million DRM-free songs in a much cleaner layout and new store navigation features. As Wal-Mart’s overall music sales are falling behind Apple’s ...