Well, this is certainly unexpected. Apple may have kept secret a big change to the App Store that they’ll announce at the “Let’s Talk iPhone” event tomorrow: app rentals. First uncovered by Tech Erra, strings inside the latest iTunes 105. Beta 9 suggest that Apple will soon allow developers to rent their apps out for a period of time. The strings read: [Read More...]
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Apple continues to out-muscle Android online, according to a new report of devices using the Internet. Despite fewer mobile devices, iOS-powered products in September collectively accounted for 54.65 percent of the mobile market, versus 16.25 percent for Android. The data from enterprise app maker and web watching firm Net Applications indicates around a 1 percent gain for Apple over August, when the tech giant had slightly over 53 percent of the mobile [Read More...]
There is a bombastic upstate New York car dealer who loves to say his auto sales are “huge.” However, the first day of iPhone 5 sales expected to start this week, could redefine the definition. The enormous “pent up demand” for the new iPhone will “shatter” Apple’s previous one-day sales record of 1.7 million handsets, according to a Wall Street analyst. There are two main reasons why the next iPhone — [Read More...]
It’s getting close! With Apple set to hold its next media event on Tuesday, the folks in Cupertino have already put up a “Let’s Talk iPhone” banner outside of the Apple campus auditorium. The icons on the banner match the invites that were sent out to the press last week. As you can see, the venue resides at 4 Infinite Loop. Apple’s auditorium only holds between 200-250 people, so expect Tuesday’s keynote to be an intimate affair. [Read More...]
Apple and Facebook are two tech titans that have been known to butt heads every now and then. When Apple introduced the Ping social network in iTunes, Facebook denied Apple access to integrate the two networks. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Ping is just one example — there have been multiple talks behind closed doors that have resulted in the two companies almost parting ways for good. Over the [Read More...]
The Mac and Mac OS X have changed tremendously in their nearly three-decade long existence, but some problems stand the test of time. Finder Error Code 36 has plagued Mac users since the Beige Days: My girlfriend and I have matching 13? MacBook Pros (4Gigs RAM and both with ample HDs) and are the same “age”. We both are music nuts and have tons of music and [Read More...]
Preview in OS X Lion has been updated to include a helpful magnification tool that follows the mouse cursor. To activate it, just hit the ~ (tilde) key with an image open in Preview, then by using the trackpad you can pinch or spread to increase or decrease the size of the magnifier. This is pretty useful and offers a much more precise option than zooming in [Read More...]
Now that questions over when the iPhone 5 will appear seems to be settled, new speculation has shifted to whether former CEO and Apple stage-master Steve Jobs will show up on what was supposed to be new CEO Tim Cook’s day. Jobs “is expected to make an appearance, though a no-show by the Apple co-founder will not be a major disappointment,” Reuters reports Monday. An Apple investment fund manager is quoted [Read More...]
Analysts foreseeing Apple introduce two iPhones at Tuesday’s event should get their eyes fixed. That’s the message from a Wall Street expert predicting the tech giant will unveil one new handset, but reduce prices on the iPhone 4 to $ 99 and the iPhone 3GS to free with carrier contract. Apple will announce a new smartphone – either the “iPhone 5? or “iPhone 4S,” RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky writes Monday. [Read More...]
Verizon Wireless has reportedly offered staff at its call centers ‘unlimited overtime’ this Tuesday — the day Apple is set to announce its fifth-generation iPhone. Although recent reports claim the device will launch a week or two after the event, Verizon is “expecting something big to drop THAT DAY.” Macgasm has received information from several sources who claim that Verizon is encouraging its call center staff — those in Salt Lake [Read More...]
