Rumors hit the internet last night that said Apple was going to launch their very own music streaming service comparable to Pandora. I was personally excited because Canadians have minimal choice with such music-streaming services. The best free-alternative to Pandora at the moment would be the recently expanded Songza. While us Apple fans were in...
Mac users have received updates to their Macbook Air and Pros during June, but those who preferably enjoy desktop computing are likeliest to be eagerly waiting for an iMac update. We know an update is on tap, but we aren't sure of when. In an effort to provide some insight on the situation, Clayton Morris from FoxNews has...
The Twitter for Mac client's future isn't looking very great at this point. Although we haven't received a single update for over a year, I would at the very least expect one soon. According to MG Siegler, the Twitter for Mac client's grave has already been dug: Word is that Twitter made the call today:...
Apple's Tim Cook said the Cupertino company had huge plans for Passbook, yet it's seen as a boring, useless iOS 6 feature at the moment. In attempt to shed some light with the feature, one airline finally may be ready to utilize Passbook. No, it isn't Air Canada, it's actually an Australian airline. An Australian traveler was...
Apple has begun minor preparations for next Wednesday's iPhone event at the Yerba Buena Center early last night. They haven't had the chance to hang more than one Apple logo, but it's a start. On September 12th, 2012, at 10:30 Pacific time, Apple will unveil what's likely to be the next-generation iPhone. There is some uncertainty, but we may...
Reuters reports Apple has reduced its reliance on memory chip orders from Samsung for the upcoming iPhone 5: Apple has reduced its orders for memory chips for its new iPhone from key supplier and competitor Samsung Electronics Co, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. According to the report, confidential sources...
This evening The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is looking to develop a "Pandora-rival custom radio service." The service would be available through Apple's line of iOS devices along with Macs. They even noted possible support for computers running the Windows operating system. The source noted was "people familiar with the matter." Such...
Bloomberg Businessweek has profiled John Gruber from Daring Fireball. Gruber is well known in the tech industry as one of the most influential and connected writers about Apple. Here's a snippet: Last year, Apple inducted Gruber into an elite club of outsiders who get access to products before they hit stores, a group that includes...
After some outages in the App Store this afternoon, it appears Apple is testing a new layout to the Featured area in both the App Store in iOS 6 on both the iPhone and iPad. As you can see below, the iPhone's Featured area now has a side scrolling top area for the Editor's Choice...
Reuters reports Audience has noted to shareholders its top customer, Apple, most likely won't use its noise-cancellation technology in the next iPhone, which has caused the company's shares to drop 46 percent in after hours trading: Audience shares were down at $10.11 in trading after the bell. The stock closed at $18.86 on the Nasdaq...
The iPhone 5 announcement is quickly approaching and Foxconn must really have some major mass production going on currently. According to The Shanghai Daily and China National Radio 200 students were pulled from the Huaiyin Institute of Technology to produce the iPhone 5. The Shanghai Daily learned later that Foxconn pulled out students from at least five other colleges too. A student...
Facebook has announced today that they've finally completed the acquisition of the photo-sharing network Instagram. The deal was formed on April 12th, 2012 for $300 million cash and 23 million shares of stock. Facebook is committed in supporting the network's growth and notes "Instagram isn't going anywhere." Here is more from the Facebook Newsroom: As we said...
