Apple adds $124.99 and $174.99 price tiers for in app purchases
Apple today told developers that it was adding two new price tiers for high end apps at the $124.99 and $174.99 price points giving developers new price points from which to sell their apps. Click to enlarge – new price points at Tier 63 and Tier 69 We’re not exactly sure why Apple made the...
OWC Introduces “techKNOWlogy” Video Series
One of the things that we constantly get comments on are our Instructional Series of videos, which show you how to install memory, hard drives, and other upgrades into your Mac. Now, we’d like to announce our new series, techKNOWlogy, which, instead...
Tim Cook unloads $11 million in AAPL stock
According to an Apple filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today, Tim Cook sold 20,178 shares of his company’s stock in a series of transactions over the past two business days. The sales started at $547 a share and climbed to $551 before the last transaction, which left Apple’s Chief Executive Officer with...
iPad ship times slip to 2-3 weeks, Apple says demand has ‘been off the charts’
Ship times for Apple’s new iPad slipped again this evening to two to three weeks in the United States, which was previously March 19 across the board. Many European Stores have been at two to three weeks for a few days now. Meanwhile, Apple told USA Today: “Customer response to the new iPad has been...
J33 Apple TV introduced tomorrow will be $99, B82 part will be $39, iPad AppleCare +: $99
We’ve gotten a few more tidbits about tomorrow’s Apple TV announcement (Oh, there will be a new iPad too!). The Apple TV J33 model, MD199LL/A – J33 BEST -USA, which we’ve covered before will come in at the same $99 price point (and similar prices globally). We know from previous reports that it will have updated...
Reading the tea leaves on app sandboxing in OS X
What's behind Apple's decision to require sandboxing in OS X apps? It is not a far stretch to consider that this shift in approach might have a connection to Apple's long-term plans to make iCloud the center of their strategy for the next decade.
The iPad isn’t a PC — so let’s not count it that way
Apple doesn't count iPads as laptops when they sell them, or when they account for them to shareholders. And we don't use iPads the same way as PCs. So why are we throwing them in the same basket?
The story behind Norman Seeff’s iconic Steve Jobs photo
"We were two guys goofing off having fun," he recalls 28 years later
Steve Jobs with Mac. Photo by Norman Seeff. Click to enlarge.
Ray Basile, who hung out in Norman Seeff's Laurel Canyon studio as a teenager and now writes a blog called iPhone Savior, has posted a long interview with the South African photographer whose...
How the Mac Will Die
Another Apple announcement, another de-emphasis on the Mac brand. It seems that every time Apple opens its corporate pie-hole, the venerable Macintosh brand drops down a notch in importance, and the Mac’s future demise seems more likely. I was on a recent episode of...Early Apple employee Jerry Manock remembers Steve Jobs
When you think of notable, early Apple employees, you think of the big names like Steve Wozniak, Andy Hertzfeld, and John Sculley. Beyond these key names are a multitude of lesser-known people who played a crucial role in the early years of the compa...
Lowest price Mac desktops from MacMall: New Minis start at $551, iMacs at $1086
From 9to5Toys.com: MacMall is offering 9to5 readers an additional 3 percent off its already lowest prices on Mac Minis and iMacs this month to yield the lowest prices you will find anywhere (by as much as $50) with free shipping via this link. The 3 percent is deducted at checkout and MacMall does not charge tax in most states. All discounts,...
Mac desktop lowest price special from MacMall: New Minis start at $551, iMacs at $1086
From 9to5Toys.com: MacMall is offering 9to5 readers an additional 3% off of their already lowest prices on Mac Minis and iMacs this month yielding the lowest prices you’ll find anywhere (by as much as $50) with free shipping via this link. The 3% is deducted at checkout and MacMall doesn’t charge tax in most states. All discounts,...
