Apple's first France store to open November 7th - reports While Apple has yet to make it official, multiple reports are saying that the electronics maker plans to cut the ribbon on its first French retail shop — a flagship location located beside the historic Louvre museum in Paris— on November 7. Zach Spear 16 years ago 25
Psystar sells $50 software hack to run Snow Leopard on PCs Mac cloner and enduring litigant Psystar has rolled out a new $50 application that will allow certain Intel-powered PCs to run Mac OS X. Zach Spear 16 years ago 72
Apple Retail Stores achieve highest quarterly revenue ever New customers and new computers helped drive a record-setting quarter for Apple's Retail Stores, bringing in the company's highest quarterly revenue ever. Zach Spear 16 years ago 18
iPhone tops satisfaction survey for consumers, business users Apple's iPhone leads the latest J.D. Power and Associates survey for both consumers and business users, dominating the smartphone segment it arrived on only two years ago. Zach Spear 16 years ago 64
Google expands ads for smartphones, adds to iPhone Maps app In addition to debuting new AdSense capabilities for smartphones, Google has quietly inserted advertisements next to search results in the iPhone OS 3.1 Maps application. Zach Spear 16 years ago 85
Apple challenges new Woolworths logo Attorneys for Apple have begun a legal response against the largest supermarket chain in Australia over a logo the electronics company says is too similar to its own iconic trademark. Zach Spear 16 years ago 126
RIM shares surge as BlackBerry sales hit record 7.8 million Shares of Research In Motion stock rose almost 23 percent after the company reported strong quarterly and year-end results for its BlackBerry smartphones, climbing back from a precipitous fall in February that drove the company to issue an outlook warning. Zach Spear and Prince McLean 17 years ago 64
China Mobile says it's still in iPhone talks Despite prior negotiations repeatedly breaking down, the world's largest mobile phone network operator says it's still negotiating with Apple to bring the iPhone to China. Zach Spear 17 years ago 7
Psystar presses forward with another Mac clone Despite ongoing litigation, Mac cloner Psystar has introduced a new slimline tower also capable of running Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, starting at $600. Zach Spear 17 years ago 64
Dell unveils heavier, more expensive MacBook Air rival Dell on Tuesday took aim at Apple's high-end portable computing dominance with a new design-focused Adamo notebook, but the PC maker is already facing questions about the machine's viability in a slumping economy. Zach Spear 17 years ago 82
Inside Apple's new third-gen iPod shuffle (teardown photos) The latest, most petit version of Apple's iPod shuffle music player can be disassembled without major challenge, according to a new tear-down report, which notes that the player is compatible with third-party headphones if all you want to do is listen to music straight and not control playback or volume. Zach Spear 17 years ago 81
CBS to stream March Madness games live to the iPhone CBS Sports announced Thursday plans to stream NCAA March Madness basketball games live to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch through a new application, but with a WiFi-only requirement and price tag of $4.99, many fans may choose to watch tournament for free on their Mac, PC, or big TV. Zach Spear 17 years ago 5
Apple releases iTunes 8.1, Front Row Update 2.1.7 As anticipated, Apple on Wednesday evening delivered iTunes 8.1 with performance enhancements, support for CD imports to iTunes Plus, and new Genius features. Separately, the company also updated its Front Row media application. Zach Spear 17 years ago 47
USB 3 test spec to be in Apple's hands by June A new USB standard that would bump data throughput to 5Gbps is slated to arrive as a test specification in June, with a possible final release ready for Apple adoption by next year. Zach Spear and Prince McLean 17 years ago 122
Hackers crack Apple's iTunes gift card algorithm $200 iTunes Gift Certificates are selling for less than $3 in China now that a group of local hackers has circumvented Apple's algorithm for creating the digital vouchers and built their own gift certificate generators. Zach Spear 17 years ago 72
Dow Jones claims confirmation of Apple netbook Sounding more like speculation at best, two anonymous sources have reportedly confirmed to Dow Jones that Apple is planning to launch a touchscreen netbook in the second half of this year. Zach Spear 17 years ago 188
U2 jumps ship from Apple to Research in Motion In a move that will clearly distance itself from one-time ally Apple, world-famous alternative rock band U2 revealed plans for its upcoming tour to be sponsored by Apple rival Research in Motion, in what the two sides are calling a "shared vision." Zach Spear 17 years ago 111
Eminem firm loses iTunes royalty lawsuit against Universal Universal Music has prevailed in a case that would have otherwise given millions more to artists for the sale of their songs on digital download services such as Apple's industry-leading iTunes Store. Zach Spear 17 years ago 34
Mac mini: teardown, adding second hard drive, 1TB upgrade kit Apple's new Mac mini can be taken apart in fifteen steps with an easy-to-follow, photo-rich instruction guide from a third-party solutions provider, which has also announced a do-it-yourself upgrade kit to replace the standard storage and optical drives with two 500 GB hard drives. Zach Spear 17 years ago 73
Shootout: Parallels outperforms VMware Fusion in many tests A head-to-head test of Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion - the two leading competitors in the Mac Virtualization segment - crowns Parallels as the clear winner, but the testers found both products performed well and VMware can even be a better choice under certain circumstances. Zach Spear 17 years ago 45
Inside Apple's new Mac mini, unboxing the new iMac Apple's new Mac mini is still easy to pry open with a putty knife and features some internal component rearrangement while the new iMac sports a slimmer, more refined pedestal and some other tweaks, as two sets of unboxing and comparison shots reveal. Zach Spear 17 years ago 33
New iMacs offer more value than competition - report While some industry watchers are incessant in their pleas for Apple to trim the cost of its Mac computer line in order to better compete, a fresh analysis argues that new iMacs introduced Tuesday already compare quite favorably with their Windows-based counterparts and are likely to boost sales of the sluggish Mac desktop segment. Zach Spear 17 years ago 218
Amazon brings Kindle eBook library to the iPhone On the same day that AppleInsider has published its review of the Kindle 2, Amazon is spreading its e-book library beyond its proprietary digital reader to Apple's handheld devices with a new Kindle app that's available for download from the App Store. Zach Spear 17 years ago 51
Notes of interest on Apple's desktops: Mac Pro gets Xeons early While most are familiar with Apple's desktop overhaul, a number of important details have slipped through the cracks — including confirmation that Apple is receiving access to Intel's next-generation Xeon processors ahead of schedule. Aidan Malley and Zach Spear 17 years ago 32
