Tag Archives: Apple

Apple CEO: Sorry About That Map App

Apple CEO Tim Cook has posted an apology on the company’s home page: At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are …

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Photo Of The Day

Buzzfeed has posted a photo compilation of Apple employees around the world cheering for customers as they exit with their new iPhone. The above NYC employees don’t seem to notice that their customer’s t-shirt is advertising a website that specializes in buying yesterday’s now-useless model.

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NYPD At Apple Stores

Gothamist reports that the NYPD is working the massive lines outside today’s iPhone 5 launch at Manhattan’s Apple stores. The cops are there to help folks register their phones as part of a campaign to thwart the rash of robberies on the subway. Operation ID is provided to the public at no cost. Officers register the serial number of valuable …

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Banned iPhone 5 Promo

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New Sales Record For iPhone 5

Apple reported today that pre-orders for the iPhone 5 have eclipsed all previous records. More than two million units were sold in the first 24 hours. Last year, Apple reported that, overall, the iPhone 4S had sold one million pre-orders in the first 24 hours, a figure that the company said it was “blown away” by at the time. Demand …

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For The Busy Fanboy

The launch date for the iPhone 5 is next Friday and a couple of fanboys are already in their camping chairs outside an Apple store in London. But if you live in San Francisco, you can pay somebody to wait in that line for you. San Francisco-based TaskRabbit has rolled out a new program that lets people in the San …

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Thinner, Lighter, Longer

Ars Technica reports on the just-unveiled iPhone 5: The phone measures 7.6 millimeters thick and weighs 112 grams, 18 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter than the iPhone 4S. IPhone 5 retains the retina display pixel density of the iPhone 4S at 326ppi, but it now has a 4-inch 16:9 display at a 1136×640 resolution with 44 percent more color …

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She’s About To Get A New Hat

The tech sites are squeeing in anticipation.

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Apple Vs Samsung, Round II

After winning a billion dollar patent infringement judgment against Samsung, Apple has already named the products it wants taken off the market.

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FTC Hits Google With Largest Fine Ever

The Federal Trade Commission has fined Google $22.5M for secretly placing tracking cookies on the users of Apple’s Safari browser after telling them that they wouldn’t. It’s the largest tech fine in FTC history. In its complaint, the FTC charged that for several months in 2011 and 2012, Google placed a certain advertising tracking cookie on the computers of Safari …

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Steve Wozniak: Regulate The Cloud

In a column published today by Gizmodo, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak calls for federal regulation of internet data storage services. “I’ve had too many personal experiences get messed up just because companies change things on the cloud. I’ve come to a depressed state of feeling that I own nothing on the cloud and have no ability to keep things working …

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She’s Got A New Thinner Hat!

Via the Los Angeles Times: Apple’s next iPhone is expected to have a bigger screen and now a new report says it will also have a thinner one. The Cupertino, Calif., tech giant is already mass-producing the screens, which will integrate touch capabilities into the LCD and thereby removing the need for a second layer used to make it a …

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Higgs Boson

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Rumor Mill: Apple To Make iPad Mini

Tech sites have lit up on the rumor that Apple is planning an October release for the iPad Mini, which analysts say is meant to challenge the low prices of Google’s Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire. Google’s small tablet ships next week. Claims from the Bloomberg news agency come about a week after Google launched a $200 7-inch tablet, …

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Pay The Gay Away

Via JMG reader Sean Chapin, who also provided the headline. Source.

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The Scent Of Apple

An Australian firm claims to have created a fragrance similar to the one that wafts over fanboys when they first unwrap a brand new Macbook Pro. A distinctive scent can be observed when unwrapping a newly purchased Apple product from its packaging. Apple fans will certainly recognize this smell. The scent created for Greatest Hits encompasses the smell of the …

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She’s Got A New Camping Hat

From the appropriately titled Cult Of Mac. There’s already a long line camping out at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue. Online pre-sales are sold out.

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Apple: Bigger Than All Retail Combined

Well, not all retail. But OMFG still! A company whose value is dependent on the continued success of two key products, now has a larger market capitalization (at $542 billion), than the entire US retail sector (as defined by the S&P 500). Little to add here. (Via Think Progress)

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VIDEO: She’s Got A New HD Hat

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She’s Got A New Hat 3!

Throw your iPad2 away right now unless you want hipsters to mock you.

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