Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
MacRumors pointed us today to an analysis of Apple’s new Lightning connector from developer Rainer Brockerhoff. There was some controversy surrounding Apple’s decision to go with the new connector, but Brockerhoff outlined some of the benefits of the Lightning connector’s all-digital, adaptive interface, including its ability to detect and adapt to connecting devices: -Lightning is adaptive. […]
Despite record sales of 5 million units for the iPhone 5′s debut weekend, Apple is apparently facing shortages that, according to analysts, kept the company from selling as many as 8 million to 10 million new iPhones at launch. According to reports from earlier today, Apple’s new in-cell display technology is likely to blame, with […]
With Apple’s new Lightning connector on the iPhone 5 dropping to just eight contact pins from the 30 pins seen in the original dock connector and gaining the ability to be inserted in either orientation, many have wondered just how Apple has been able …
RIM Speedwagon says: We are going to keep loving developers at Research In Motion, all the way to BlackBerry 10 and beyond. Watch our leadership team for developer relations bring back the band: Alec Saunders, VP Developer Relations & Ecosystem, Chris Smith, VP Application Platform & Tools, and Martyn Mallick, VP Global Alliances & Business. […]
. Apple hired Sally Cole as the Director of Employee Communications last month. Cole comes from cross-town rival Google, where she served as the Director of Internal Communications for almost six years. The Scarsdale native has a B.A. in history from Yale and a J.D./M.B.A. from nearby Stanford University, from which both companies hire liberally. […]
Fluance’s FiSDK500 Two-way High Performance Wood Speaker Dock Music System for iPod/iPhone—let’s just call it the FiSDK500—is a big, serious-looking system. And it sounds good, too.
The FiSDK500’s wood, rounded-ends enclosure is finish…
Along with the update to iOS 6, the iPad 3, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 also received a large Maps update that includes turn-by-turn navigation features previously only available with 3rd party applications. With the new features, you can now use Siri or th…
MacTech Conference for Apple Developers and IT Pros, Oct. 17-19, in Los Angeles, has announced its evening activities, and entertainment.
The event: a three-day, information-packed event tha…
MacTech Conference for Apple Developers and IT Pros, Oct. 17-19, 2012 in Los Angeles, has announced its post-event sessions and activities.
The event: a three-day, information-packed event t…
Adobe has announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and Adobe Premiere Elements 11, newly designed versions of its consumer photo- and video-editing software.
Photoshop Elements 11 offers a solutio…
iFixit and Chipworks have partnered on a teardown of the A6 system-on-a-chip, Apple’s custom design that powers the iPhone 5. While several of the high-level details such as 1 GB of RAM and a dual-core CPU paired with triple-core graphics have already…
For the second consecutive year, Apple has been named the top company in the “25 Most Inspiring Companies” list as determined by Performance Inspired (http://www.performanceinspired.tv), a resea…
Apple decision to create a smartphone — that would be the iPhone 5 — that boasts a thinner, lighter touch screen contributed to the component shortfall that caused demand to outstrip supply of…
Despite rumors to the contrary, Google isn’t working on providing Google Maps for the iOS 6 after Apple dropped the app in favor of a home-grown (and much maligned) app dubbed Maps, reports “Reu…
Samsung is alleging juror misconduct in new court filings asking a federal judge to throw out Apple’s billion-dollar jury verdict and allow a new trial, reports “CNET.”
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VirnetX announced that at a pre-trial scheduling conference, jury selection in its trial against Apple will begin on Oct. 29, with a jury trial commencing on Oct. 31, reports “MacNN” (www.macnn….