Apple

The Verizon iPhone rumor is as old as the iPhone itself. So whenever anyone trots it out, you take it with a grain of salt. It’s like The Beatles coming…

The Impeccable Timing Of The Verizon iPhone Rumors

Low supplies of aging Apple models have traditionally indicated a hardware refresh, and the latest herd to run thin is the great wild MacBook Air. Few retailers have any, and…

Pop the champhers because Apple just got its patents for Cover Flow and the Magic Mouse as well as for Time Machine. PatentlyApple has all the details but what I…

Last week, we heard from Digitimes that Sintek Photronics was shipping some early samples of extra-large capacitive touchscreens to Apple for the rumored touchable iMac. As it turns out… not…

While many will say that Microsoft’s decision to build an MS store across from the Apple Store in the Mall of America is kind of a douche move, it’s really…

Good news for Mac gamers: Left 4 Dead 2 is coming tomorrow. If you already own it for the PC, you will own it on the Mac. If you don’t…

Here we go again. It seems like a week can’t go by now without some company suing another company over some lame software patent. The latest is Microsoft which today…

Another Indirect Android Lawsuit As Microsoft Sues Motorola. This Is Getting Out Of Control

It’s October 1, which means that you’re average American think Oktoberfest has started. Not true: Munich’s Oktoberfest begins in mid to late September and lasts through October. A minor technicality…

Back in May, a patent troll called Sharing Sound sued a host of companies, alleging that all of them infringed on a (ridiculously broad) patent for online music distribution. Targets…

Apple Settles Lawsuit Over Online Music Distribution Patent
Hardware

The iArm Mount Keeps Your iPad At Your Fingertips

8:53 pm PDT • September 30, 2010

We’ve tried the avoid the majority of iPad mounting solutions, but this one is just too good to pass up. The iArm car mount keeps your iPad where you want…

Here’s a fun story out of China, the home of fun stories. It’s also the home of, like, many, many grey market iPhone re-sellers. It used to be that Apple…

Much has been said about Apple’s foray into “social networking” (at least into what they consider that term to entail) with the introduction of Ping, part of the company’s iTunes…

Tell You A Secret – Even With Facebook Integration, Ping Will Still Be A Disaster
Hardware

New Generation Nano Costs Apple $45.10 To Make

10:30 pm PDT • September 27, 2010

The new nano has been stripped of its camera, squashed down into a square, and given a touchscreen. Not only that, but the $149 Nano reportedly only costs Apple a…

Polish site AppleMania.pl [Polish] is getting a cease and desist from good old Apple for potentially infringing on Apple’s delicate trademarks. Use of the logo APPLEMANIA and Apple http://applemania.pl/ infringes…

If the new Ping sidebar that was launched today as a part of iTunes 10.0.1 looks familiar, perhaps it’s because you’ve been using the iLike Sidebar — an iTunes (and…

It launched with much fanfare, but I don’t think it was unreasonable to call Ping a dud out of the gate. While pretty much everyone initially signed up to try…

Ping Now Works With Your Actual iTunes Library. This Is A Thousand Times Better

Apple, no doubt, has a history of creating commercials that resonate with consumers. And with the recent Facetime ads, Apple has taken it one step further, appealing to the human…

Back in June of last year, a report in The Washington Post stated that the U.S. Department of Justice had begun a probe looking into the hiring practices of some of tech’s…

DoJ Confirms And Settles Apple/Google Anti-Poaching Deal. Apple And Adobe Had One Too?!

Target will soon be able to fulfill all your iPad needs. October 3rd is the date that the Apple iPad should hit Target stores throughout the US. Best of all,…

Remember the HTC Shift? Sort of an early-days tablet. (Tablets are dated in terms of whether they came before or after the almighty iPad.) The hardware wasn’t too bad, but,…

Apple announced the refreshed Apple TV just a few weeks back and immediately starting taking pre-orders. However, something is now amuck. The Apple TV product page always listed September as the…

What’s a Friday without an Apple rumor? This time around the rumor comes straight out of China where Shanzai.com claims that the upcoming smaller iPad is complete and looks like…

People Are Really Happy With Their iPads

4:17 am PDT • September 24, 2010

Apparently you can get satisfaction, if you’re the owner of an iPad that is. A report recently released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index shows that consumer satisfaction with personal…

Roku XDS: Step One In My Quest To Kill Cable

6:00 pm PDT • September 22, 2010

Perhaps you read my post this past weekend about my quest to remove cable television from my life. As a refresher: I’m giving Comcast six months (heavily discounted months due…

Roku XDS: Step One In My Quest To Kill Cable

You know, it’s starting to look like that set of App Store Review Guidelines Apple published recently might actually… mean something. Just 8 days after the guidelines went live, Apple…

At this point, my head is spinning. Earlier tonight, I wrote about how Verizon is still full-steam ahead on destroying the fabric of Android. Meanwhile, on the other side of…

AT&T Not Concerned About iPhone Defections — CEO Boasts That 80% Are Basically Trapped

About a week ago, we noted that Verizon was gearing up to launch its own app store for Android phones. This app store, called V CAST Apps, would be completely…

Verizon: Our Apps Aren't About Taking Over The Phone — It's About "Choice". Puke.

Eying on of HyperMac’s battery solutions? You better get one fast, bub,  because Apple just released the legal hounds on the accessory maker over six patent violations concerning MagSafe and iPod topics.…

The San Francisco Business Times recently began a project to document wireless dead zones in the Bay Area. It’s a good idea; they have a simple form any user can…

Believe it or not, Apple has always made quaility networking products. The Airport Extreme Base Station is among the best consumer-grade router available. The only issue most of the time…