NPD: iPad quickly eclipsing iPod as people’s first Apple product
The iPad is beginning to replace the iPod as a household's first Apple product, says market research firm NPD. The company released a new report on Thursday morning, its "Apple Ecosystem...
Can Apple revamp the WWDC ticket system? Does it want to?
The popularity of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference has seen a steep upward slope since the introduction of the App Store in 2008. While the number of attendees previous to 2008 varied...
Apple’s WWDC 2012 will be June 11-15, focusing on iOS and OS X
After some nervous waiting on behalf of Apple's developer community, the dates for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference have been announced. The conference will take place from June 11-15 in San Francisco,...
Apple: we could settle patent fights if others would "invent their own stuff"
Apple largely impressed investors on Tuesday by announcing a record second-quarter performance that nearly doubled its year-over-year earnings. The company posted quarterly revenues of $39.2 billion and a net profit of...
Liveblog: Apple’s FY2012 Q2 earnings call today at 5pm EDT
Apple plans to announce earnings for the second fiscal quarter of 2012 this afternoon, April 24, 2012 at 2pm PT (5pm CT). The results will be followed by the typical conference call where Apple executives...
Week in Apple: Mac malware saga continues, Jobs interviews, and more
Is the Apple world still talking about malware threats on the Mac? Yes, yes it is. Our most popular Apple posts from the last week were almost entirely focused on old...
Canadians suing Apple, publishers over e-book prices too
Apple's e-book price-fixing battle has made its way to the Great White North. At least three lawsuits have been filed in Canada against Apple and a number of publishers for allegedly conspiring on e-book prices,...
Apple prepared to go to trial in the US over e-book pricing
Apple is prepared to take its side of the e-book pricing fight all the way to court—and actually hopes it gets there. A lawyer for the company stated as much during...
"Sandwich makers" now described as "female" under Facebook’s "Leet Speak" option
D1d u kn0w F@c3b00k h4s a l337 sp3@k l4ngu@g3 0p7i0n? If you didn't before, you do now—though using the site with it turned on is more insufferable than reading my first sentence in this post....
Week in Apple: Flashback eviction edition
The most significant Apple news of the last week, in our opinion, was the US Department of Justice's antitrust suit against Apple and e-book publishers. But that wasn't the most popular bit...
Apple: we broke "Amazon’s monopolistic grip" on e-book industry
Apple has now publicly responded to accusations that it colluded with publishers to fix e-book prices. In a statement released late Thursday, the company says the launch of its iBookstore in 2010—along with the origina......
Apple updates Java for a third time, this time with Flashback malware removal
Hot on the heels of the antivirus firms targeting Flashback, Apple has released another Java update meant to identify and remove any infections of the malware. The company posted the update on...

