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730MB Myst game arrives on the App Store

May 4, 2009 By Kinjal Sangoi 5 Comments

I’ll confess I have never played Myst. But going through the Wikipedia page and learning how successful it was in its times, I thought to give it a try until I knew its download size. Heck, it’s a 727MB download and needs 1.5GB during installation (around 750MB is freed after the installation). So what […]

WSJ: Apple hiring people to build chips for future Apple products

April 30, 2009 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is building up a secret army that will help them develop chips for future Apple products. Apple’s recent appointment of Raja Koduri from AMD, more than 100 Apple employees on Linkedin having past experience in the semiconductor industry and job postings with descriptions like “testing the functional […]

iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4, iTunes 8.2 pre-release available for download

April 29, 2009 By Kinjal Sangoi 2 Comments

Apple is sticking to its two week cycle for the iPhone OS 3.0 beta releases. They have seeded the fourth build of its upcoming iPhone OS. The changes are not known for now. Apple also let loose a pre-release copy of iTunes 8.2 that is required for the activation of latest beta build. Similar […]

13-year old wins $13k worth of Apple goodies

April 24, 2009 By Apurva Leave a Comment

Envious? You should be because Connor Mulcahey aged 13 from Weston, Connecticut has won Apple’s one billion app contest. He takes away home $13,746 worth of Apple products, including a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod Touch, Macbook Pro and a Time Capsule. Lucky guy, I must say. Apple

Apple’s App Store passes 1 Billion mark

April 24, 2009 By Kunal Gangar 1 Comment

Congratulations, Apple. Their cash rich App Store has passed the 1 billion app downloads milestone in just nine months of its launch. It also marks the end of the giveaway where a lucky user will walk away with a $10k iTunes gift card, Macbook Pro, iPod Touch and Time Capsule. Apple hasn’t revealed the […]

Apple’s interim CEO lashes netbooks, says it has junky hardware

April 23, 2009 By Kinjal Sangoi 3 Comments

Apple’s not really fond of the new low cost PC phenomena which netbooks have brought in and when Apple’s interim CEO, Tim Cook was asked about this during an earnings call – he did the obvious, thrashed it. He said, “when I look at netbooks, I see cracked keyboards, terrible software, junky hardware, very […]

Apple announces second quarter results

April 23, 2009 By Kinjal Sangoi 1 Comment

Apple posted its second quarter results for fiscal 2009 and we can say that it is one of the safest companies in these times with $29 billion in the bank. The revenue recorded was $8.16 billion with a net profit of $1.21 billion, up from a year-ago quarter that posted a revenue of $7.51 […]

Apple’s billionth app download expected on Friday

April 22, 2009 By Kinjal Sangoi 1 Comment

Apple is still 8 million apps away from hitting the billion mark but they do know the D-day when it will reach the magical figure. According to their calculations, it’s Friday, the 24th when you’ll be greeted with the message above. Apple’s app countdown slipped this little detail as it relied on user’s system […]

Apple releases new Get a Mac ads

April 20, 2009 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

We would have liked if Apple spoofed Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter ads but it looks like they are reserving their replies for Laptop Hunter ads via other mediums. Four ads were released and as with every other Get a Mac ad, these are cool, witty and enjoyable. [Apple via 9to5Mac]

iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 goes live

April 15, 2009 By Kunal Gangar 1 Comment

Developers can now download the beta 3 (7A280f) update of the iPhone OS 3.0. There are no details on the changes in the update but the new SDK which comes along with it has brought changes to various components like Xcode, Interface builder and Dashcode. Apple has also confirmed a bug that does not […]