Last Minute iPad 2 Rumor Roundup

By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Feb 28, 2011 5:17 PM With Apple's iPad 2 event less than 48 hours away, the rumor mill is spinning faster than ever. What's the wisdom of the Web predicting? A thinner, lighter iPad with at least one camera and beefier ...

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Federal rules ensure Apple's iTunes has right to Comcast's NBC content

By Sam Oliver Comcast agreed to continue licensing of NBC content to online video services like Apple's iTunes in order to receive government approval of its acquisition of broadcast network NBC. In the terms of the acquisition approved by the US ...

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Apple to Sport Its Lead With New iPad

By YUKARI IWATANI KANE After much waiting, Apple Inc. is expected to unveil a new version of its iPad tablet device on Wednesday. Last week, Apple emailed invitations to the media for a special event on Wednesday in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center ...

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Verizon CEO: iPhone 4 sales strong, more coming from Apple on LTE

The Verizon iPhone launch was characterized by fewer and shorter lines at both the carrier's retail outlets and Apple stores. According to Mead, this was not a reflection of low demand, but the carrier's plan to stagger the launch. ...

Read more at: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/02/27/verizon-ceo-iphone-4-sales-strong-more-coming-from-apple-on-lt/

Byte Me!: "MacBook Pro, Use Thunderbolt!"

Apple unleashed a refreshed lineup of MacBook Pros on Thursday, bringing with them faster processors and a brand new input/output slot named "Thunderbolt." Now don't get confused - Thunderbolt just happens to come along the same year that HTC unleashed ...

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Apple's MacBook Pro Gets Head Start with Thunderbolt

However, Engadget reports that Intel has denied that Apple will have an exclusive deal to use Thunderbolt over the next 12 months and that other manufacturers are free to incorporate the technology into their designs just as soon as they like. ...

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Apple MacBook Pro Winter 2011 (2.2 GHz Core i7, 15 in) Editors' Choice

After a now-customary period of rumors, leaks, and anecdotal evidence, Apple's new generation of MacBook Pro laptops has arrived. And while these new models may look the same as the ones they replace, the changes under the hood are some of the most ...

Read more at: http://reviews.cnet.com/Apple_MacBook_Pro_Winter_2011_2_2GHz_Core_i7_15_in/4505-3121_7-34512751.html

15-inch MacBook Pro teardown offers a closer look at Apple's Thunderbolt

By Katie Marsal The Thunderbolt port inside Apple's new MacBook Pro lineup has its own prominent integrated circuit controller that is the fourth-largest chip found inside the notebooks, a teardown of the 15-inch model has found. ...

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Apple offers new and improved MacBook Pro laptops

By David Sarno, Los Angeles Times Apple Inc. has rolled out new, faster versions of its popular line of MacBook Pro laptops, the familiar gray notebook computers frequently seen in coffee bars and on television shows. The latest line of portable ...

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Apple's New MacBook Leaked: Is This It?

BY Kit Eaton Today Ahead of a news release today, specs for Apple's new MacBook Pro laptops have leaked. If the data proves true it teaches us two things: The Light Peak/Thunderbolt data link is here, but in all other respects Apple's kept the upgrade ...

Read more at: http://www.fastcompany.com/1731274/thunderbolt-no-lightning-new-macbooks-leaked-but-disappoint

Apple's Tim Cook: Steve Jobs' possible successor runs shareholders meeting

So all eyes were on Cook as he sat on Jobs' stool onstage at Apple's annual shareholders meeting Wednesday. It was only the second time in a decade that Jobs skipped the meeting. Cook may not have mesmerized the crowd (after all, ...

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Alleged MacBook Pro pictures reveal Apple's high-speed 'Thunderbolt' port

By AppleInsider Staff Apple's implementation of Intel's Light Peak technology could be dubbed "Thunderbolt," according to new pictures that claim to show the new 13-inch MacBook Pro hardware and box. Alleged hardware specifications provided to ...

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Intel to debut Light Peak alongside Apple's new MacBook Pros Thursday

By Daniel Eran Dilger On the same day Apple is expected to unwrap its new MacBook Pros, Intel said it will be briefing the press on "a new technology that is about to appear on the market." Intel's new technology to be unveiled will be Light Peak, ...

Read more at: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/22/intel_to_debut_light_peak_alongside_apples_new_macbook_pros_thursday.html

Apple schedules secret retail employee meeting ahead of possible media event

By Neil Hughes Apple has asked its retail employees to sign non-disclosure agreements ahead of an all-hands meeting likely to be held later this week, and potentially foreshadowing a forthcoming media event, AppleInsider has been told. ...

Read more at: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/22/apple_schedules_secret_retail_employee_meeting_ahead_of_possible_media_event.html

MacBook Pro Rumor Roundup

Various rumors and web reports indicate that Apple will be releasing updates to its MacBook Pro line later this week, possibly as soon as Thursday. It's about time, too â€" with the exception of the redesigned MacBook Air, Apple hasn't updated its ...

Read more at: http://mashable.com/2011/02/21/macbook-pro-rumor-roundup/

New MacBook Pros with Light Peak this week?

By Jason D. O'Grady | February 21, 2011, 5:39am PST European Apple resellers have to been told to expect “sealed packages” as soon as today that aren't to be opened until February 24, further cementing Thursday as MacBook Pro day. ...

Read more at: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/will-the-new-macbook-pros-debut-light-peak-this-week/9576

Apple planning to make Intel Light Peak-based product announcement?

By Sean Portnoy | February 20, 2011, 3:23pm PST Years ago, Apple championed FireWire as its interface technology of choice, to some success (at least until USB 2.0 overwhelmed it). Now, the company appears poised to launch a new interface to the masses ...

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Where's my Apple wristwatch?

You can't buy one of Apple's coolest gadgets: an Apple Design Award. They hand these out every year at the Worldwide Developers Conference, honoring “applications that demonstrate technical excellence, innovation, superior technology adoption, ...

Read more at: http://www.macworld.com/article/157830/2011/02/ihnatko_ada.html

New high-speed connection tech due from Apple

by Brooke Crothers An announcement from Apple is expected soon about a new high-speed connection technology, a source told CNET. An update to the Apple MacBook Pro is also expected soon. Whether the new connector tech will be part of the upcoming ...

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Will Apple Be Forced to Cancel Its Subscriptions?

By Paul Hartsock Apple has revealed its long-awaited system for providing media publishers with a way to deliver content on a subscription basis through iOS apps. However, the plan has kicked up considerable controversy, and antitrust regulators in the ...

Read more at: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Will-Apple-Be-Forced-to-Cancel-Its-Subscriptions-71898.html

Is Apple looking to build a TV?

Apple might be exploring getting into the TV business -- or at least making power supplies for televisions. The Cupertino, Calif., tech firm recently posted a new job listing on its website for an "AC/DC power supply design engineer. ...

Read more at: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/02/is-apple-looking-to-build-a-tv.html

Regulators Eye New Apple Subscription Service

NEW YORK - US regulators are looking at the terms that Apple unveiled earlier this week for a new digital subscription system for content companies to gauge possible antitrust concerns, the Wall Street Journal reported. The tech giant had said it will ...

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Regulators Eye Apple Anew

By THOMAS CATAN And NATHAN KOPPEL WASHINGTONâ€"US antitrust enforcers have begun looking at the terms Apple Inc. set this week for media companies who want to sell their content on its popular iPad and other devices, according to people familiar with ...

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Google Announces Cheaper Subscription Plan One Day After Apple

This service allows users to use one account to pay for multiple subscriptions to different publications--similar to Apple's App Store system. Unlike Apple's system, however, One Pass is favorable to publishers--Google will only take a 10 percent cut, ...

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Why Google's One Pass Could Be a Ticket to Nowhere

16, 2011, 5:03pm PT No Comments Google has gotten a lot of attention for the launch of One Pass, the all-in-one subscription plan for publishers that the search giant revealed earlier today, primarily because it made for a nice counterpoint to Apple's ...

Read more at: http://gigaom.com/2011/02/16/why-googles-one-pass-could-be-a-ticket-to-nowhere/

App developers unhappy with Apple

By Ben Parr, Mashable The WSJ reports that Apple could face antitrust scrutiny for exerting "anticompetitive pressures on price." (Mashable) -- Dissension against Apple's new in-app subscription policies is growing, with streaming music service ...

Read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/02/16/developers.unhappy.mashable/?hpt=Sbin

Rhapsody bites back at Apple

by David Carnoy Rhapsody is the first company to take issue publicly with Apple's new App Store subscription policy. With Apple officially sharing the details of its new App Store subscription plan, which lays the groundwork for Apple to take a 30 ...

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Apple making a shrunken iPhone? That would be tricky

by Erica Ogg Is Apple really planning to make a smaller version of the iPhone, like the Nano version of the iPod? Is there a way to take away features from ...

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Apple customer survey sparks hope for brawnier MacBook Airs with built-in 3G

By AppleInsider Staff Apple, a company notorious for relying on its own in-house research rather than the feedback of its customers, began reaching out to ...

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$7.8B in parts will make Apple largest customer of rival Samsung

By Sam Oliver The partnership between Apple and Samsung is expected to grow in 2011, as a new report claims Apple will become the company's largest customer ...

Read more at: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/14/7_8b_in_parts_will_make_apple_largest_customer_of_rival_samsung.html

WSJ says yes on iPhone nano, new MobileMe launch this summer

The sources also said that Apple is working on a revamp of MobileMe to make it more of an online digital locker, one that will work with Apple's ...

Read more at: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/02/wsj-corroborates-rumored-iphone-nano-new-mobileme-launch-this-summer.ars

The Mac App Store: It's an Honor Thing

You see, Apple has taken a different approach with the Mac App Store. It's an honor thing, and I like that. With many software products, I need to have a ...

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Apple Already Working on iPad 3 To Be Available This September?

Daring Fireball's John Gruber recently gave us his opinion on where Apple is going with its incredibly popular iPad. However, unlike all of the iPad 2 ...

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Apple iPad 3 Rumored for Release After iPad 2

Can you believe that here would be a Apple iPad 3 already? What are the specs of the Apple iPad 3 and iPad 2? How much would they cost? ...

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HP TouchPad: Has HP Done Enough to Compete With Apple and Android?

By Melissa J. Perenson, PCWorld I'll say this up front: Hewlett-Packard is no Apple. The company has neither the fanbase nor the reputation for creating ...

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Steve Jobs still working for Apple

Unlike virtually any other company, Apple's CEO is seen as the key asset to the entire company. When Jobs announced he was stepping away from his day-to-day ...

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Apple issues fourth beta of Mac OS X 10.6.7 with no known issues

By AppleInsider Staff For the fourth consecutive week, Apple has issued a beta of Mac OS X 10.6.7, the next update to its Snow Leopard operating system, ...

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Up Close with the HP TouchPad

By Lance Ulanoff HP isn't Apple. Sure, it surprised and pleased many with the unveiling of a 9.7-inch tablet running WebOS, but the company didn't have the ...

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Apple may be prepping iPad 3 for fall 2011 launch - rumor

By Josh Ong Reports have emerged of a fall launch of Apple's third-generation iPad in order to match the touchscreen tablet's release schedule with the ...

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Apple iPad 2 now in production

(Mashable) -- Apple's production partners are already hard at work on the new model of iPad, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. ...

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Apple iPad 2 in production: Thinner, lighter, with front-facing camera, report ...

Apple's next-generation iPad is in production by foreign manufacturers, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The new iPad -- which has been ...

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comScore reports 60% rise in smartphone usage

The top Smartphone platforms for the 4thquarter of 2010 were RIM, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Palm respectively. "RIM led the ranking with 31.6 percent ...

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Motorola Xoom Super Bowl Ad Airs New Take on 1984 Apple Macintosh Video

News Analysis: The new ad for the Motorola Xoom tablet may be a dead ringer for a certain Apple Macintosh Super Bowl commercial from 1984. ...

Read more at: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Motorola-Xoom-Super-Bowl-Ad-Airs-New-Take-on-1984-Apple-Macintosh-Video-541960/

35% of companies, including Apple, have a CEO succession plan

By Sam Oliver While investors attempt to strongarm Apple's board of directors into publicizing their CEO succession plan, a recent survey found that just 35 ...

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Motorola Bashes Apple in '1984′ Superbowl Ad

By Mike Isaac Motorola ran an ad for its upcoming Xoom tablet during the second quarter of Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, taking a direct swing at Apple, ...

Read more at: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/motorola-apple-1984-superbowl/

Tablet PC Sales To Rise 12-Fold By 2015 Driven By Apple iPad

Apple (AAPL) may make significantly more money from its new iPad that it has on any other product it has launched since 2001 when the iPod came to market. ...

Read more at: http://247wallst.com/2011/02/06/tablet-pc-sales-to-rise-12-fold-by-2015-drive-by-apple-ipad/

Motorola Xoom Super Bowl ad teaser jabs at Apple's iconic '1984' ad

It may be showing that Apple has fallen to the dark side. After all, the Mac ad was about the Macintosh saving us from "Big Brother" (AKA, the IBM PC). ...

Read more at: http://www.examiner.com/technology-in-national/motorola-xoom-super-bowl-ad-teaser-jabs-at-apple-s-iconic-1984-ad

Apple patent shows built-in iPad stand

A new patent filed by Apple shows a stowable stand that folds into the iPad's casing, removing the need for cases with built-in stands. ...

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Apple patent shows built-in iPad stand

A new patent filed by Apple shows a stowable stand that folds into an iPad's casing, removing the need for cases with built-in stands. ...

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Valentine's bouquet to often-attacked Apple app reviewers

Notes Arment: “I wasn't always a fan of Apple's requirement that all App Store submissions be reviewed by a fairly opaque process before release, ...

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Magid: Google makes bid to challenge Apple's iPad

Google formally showed off a version of Android for tablets, and Apple and News Corp jointly unveiled the long awaited daily "newspaper" for the iPad called ...

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Existing Verizon customers can now preorder Apple's CDMA iPhone 4

By AppleInsider Staff Both Apple and Verizon began offering existing Verizon customers the ability to preorder the forthcoming CDMA iPhone 4 right on ...

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The Daily Arrives: But Do You Want It?

By leaving behind everything that's holding it back in the 21st century, Apple and Rupert Murdoch may have reinvented the newspaper. ...

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Apple: We want a cut of Amazon, Sony e-book sales

"We have not changed our developer terms or guidelines," Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller told Ars. "We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ...

Read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/02/02/apple.ebook.sales.ars/

An Apple E-Book Rule Tightens

Apple confirmed Tuesday that it would require app developers that sell e-books outside of their iPad and iPhone apps â€" through a Web site, for example ...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab has 16% return rate, Apple's iPad just 2%

ITG also tracked purchases of the iPad through Verizon's retail stores in the US The survey found that just 2 percent of buyers returned Apple's tablet ...

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