Apple outpaces the other top five US PC makers in the first quarter in terms of Mac shipments according to a research firm. Apple shipment rose by 32.5% to 1 million units, compared to 762,000 Macs shipped in the same quarter last year. Apple ended the quarter with a 6.6% market share and placed No….
Apple Insider has an extensive look at an Apple patent filing that could point to some interesting innovations for future versions of the Apple OS. The drawings showcase some innovative ways that Apple could implement a 3D desktop environment on the desktop. Instead of a two dimensional interface that we have now we could see…
NBC issued a statement to the press responding to Apple’s Press Release on Friday. “We never asked to double the wholesale price for our TV shows. In fact, our negotiations were centered on our request for flexibility in wholesale pricing, including the ability to package shows together in ways that could make our content even…
Shortly after the announcement yesterday, Phil Schiller spoke with the Associated Press about the potential damage that may happen to unlocked iPhones. ”This has nothing to do with proactively disabling a phone that is unlocked or hacked,” Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in an interview. ”It’s unfortunate that some…
Apple issued a press release this morning announcing that the 5 billionth song has been sold in iTunes. The press release went on to say that iTunes customers are renting and/or purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes the world’s most popular movie store. The movie information in particular is interesting. 50,000 rentals/purchases a…
Apple just issued the press release for their 3rd Quarter Financial results, and things couldn’t be going any better for Macs. Revenue is up 38% year-over-year, and Mac Sales are at an all time high. Apple shipped 2,496,000 Macs during the quarter, representing 41% growth from the previous year. That’s absolutely amazing. Full press release…
2007 got off to a wild, but ultimately slow start for Apple. There was tremendous speculation that the iPhone and the “true” video iPod were going to be announced at Macworld 2007. Then, just before the event, more speculation insisted that they weren’t going to be announced. No one, however, got it quite right. The…
According to the Santa Clara County Fire Department the fire at Apple’s Valley Green facility last week resulted in $2 Million in damages. It is still unknown what exactly caused the fire. Various reports indicate that the fire was burning for more than 3 hours. It was reported at 10:21 pm, and “under control” by…
According to Macworld UK our friends across the pond (Hey, Matt!) will finally be getting movies in their iTunes Store before the end of the year. Apple’s vice president for Europe, Pascal Cagni, went on to reveal that the iPhone will be released in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2007. Things are looking up…
Digg and Revision 3 found Kevin Rose made a splash on the Internet this weekend with new rumors about Apple’s next refresh of the iPod line-up. We’ve all discussed how Apple has made a habit of hosting a special event in September to announce the fall iPod line-up, but Kevin comes in with some very…
Apple is well known for producing expensive products. Part of it is brand recognition, part of it is market forces, and part of it is reputation. If you want an Apple device, you’ll likely need to spend some money. But you can get what is essentially a new device for at least fifteen percent less…
A small Bluegrass record label “Dawg Music” has filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, several Major music labels, and a variety of other online music stores. MaCNN has the full story…here’s an excerpt of what Dawg and co. are complaining about… The two large record companies agreed to online distribution of Grisman’s library without…
