Tag Archives: Apple

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

539% to be exact.

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As I mentioned here recently, the largest Apple Store in the world opens in Grand Central Terminal this Friday. But other tenants are screaming about the cushy deal granted Apple by the MTA, the owner of the building. The state comptroller’s office is investigating. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has launched an investigation into whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority gave Apple …

“If it looks the same, HOW will people know I upgraded?”

Gothamist gives us a look at the still shrouded in secrecy Apple Store at Grand Central Terminal, which when it opens on December 9th will be the world’s largest. And the sixth Apple Store in Manhattan. Artist’s rendering below. No glass cube or staircase.

The only Apple product I’ve ever owned. (It was a gift.)

The White House has released a statement by the president. Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. By building one of the planet’s most successful …

Mere weeks after he stepped down as the long-running CEO of Apple due to health reasons, computer icon Steve Jobs has died. I’ll add to this post when further details are available. [Image credit: Apple.com]

Approximately 25% of this week’s JMG readers arrived via mobile devices. Amazing. That is three times the percentage of one year ago. iPhone users lead by far with 14%, Android-based phones are at 5%, iPad users are at 3%, various other systems (Palm, Blackberry, etc) comprise about 3%. And as always, Mac-owning JMG readers are highly over-represented compared to Apple’s …

Steve Jobs resigned today as CEO of Apple, spawning rumors that his health was once again declining. The company’s board of directors announced that COO Tim Cook (left) will take the position. You may recall that Cook was outed in January by the gossip site Gawker. In April, Out Magazine declared that Cook was the nation’s most powerful gay person.

Above is the artist’s rendering of the proposed 2.8 million square feet Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. Pending the permission of city leaders, Apple plans to break ground on the project next year.

Apple has pulled their iTunes store from a Christianist site that funds anti-gay hate groups like the Family Research Council. This move comes after pressure from petition site Change.org convinced other major companies such as the BBC to end their affiliations as well. Apple has removed their iTunes store from the “Christan Values Network” (CVN.org) after more than 22,000 people …

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At today’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs gave up the details of the company’s much-discussed cloud-based music service. The new iCloud service replaces Apple’s MobileMe document-sharing offering, which cost $99 a year. The new iCloud service is free and available now with an iOS 4.3 update, Jobs said. With iCloud, content such as music and documents is stored on …

A teenager in China reportedly sold one of his kidneys on the black market in order to buy himself an iPad. The 17-year-old, identified only as Little Zheng, told a local TV station he had arranged the sale of the kidney over the internet.The story only came to light after the teenager’s mother became suspicious. The case highlights China’s black …

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Apple is set to launch a cloud-based music player that will scan a user’s home iTunes library and then make those tracks available from any web device. Apple has signed deals with Warner Music Group Corp., Sony Corp.’s Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Group Ltd. and expects to sign a fourth with Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group this week. The …