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Analyst Notes Apple Television Product Launch “Imminent”

Looks like more rumours of an Apple Television related product are surfacing, according to a recent Barron's report (via MacRumors). Analyst James Kisner from Jefferies & Co. notes a TV-related product launch is "imminent" from Apple based on his conversations with people in the industry. In particular, he reports the multi-system operator (MSO) in the U.S, Arris, is...
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Santa May Not Be Bringing You A New iMac This Year [Rumour]

Waiting to purchase one of the brand new iMacs? You may need to rethink that idea, since the wait might be longer than anticipated. Apple's Phil Schiller delighted fans of the iMac line back at the keynote speech in October, by announcing the thinnest and most advanced model yet. It soon came to light that...
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Samsung Increases iPhone And iPad Processor Prices By 20%

The "I hate you, but I can't live without you" relationship between Apple and Samsung is turning out to be very profitable for the latter, as it is a supplier of key components of Apple's mobile devices. As the Korean daily Chosun Ilbo reports, Samsung has increased the price of manufacturing Apple's iPhone and iPad...

Apple Releases MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Update 2.0 Download

Apple has released a software update for the latest generation MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks introduced in June of 2012. The update notes it includes "graphics performance and reliability enhancements and also improves compatibility with some USB devices."  The MacBook Air update comes in at 133MB and a restart is required to completely install...
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Apple Patents Headphones With Loudspeaker Mode

Apple is working on headphones that can double as loudspeakers. As a recently granted patent shows, Apple has re-invented headphones and the new design allows headphones to be used in two different ways. The first way is the normal mode we use today, while the second mode can double as loudspeakers. (more…)

Ars Technica Details Fusion Drive, You Can Even Make Your Own

Ars Technica has detailed (via Tumblr blog posts by Jollyjinx) how Apple's new Fusion Drive works, an innovative new storage option that gives the performance of flash storage and the capacity of a standard hard drive, unveiled by Apple at iPad Mini event alongside the new 2012 iMac launch. New Fusion Drive-equipped Macs will come with a 128GB SSD and a much larger hard...

Apple Debuts 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro TV Ad: “Colors”

This evening Apple uploaded a new TV ad to its YouTube channel to showcase the new 13" Retina MacBook Pro. Titled "Colors", the ad depicts the slowly rotating new Retina MacBook and the narrator highlights the Retina Display that is for "the pro in all of us". Surprisingly, the video description is empty. Check it...