Today marks Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs’ 55th birthday.
Happy birthday, Steve. More power to you.
Archive for category Apple, Inc.
Steve Jobs turns 55
Feb 24
Apple released EFI firmware updates for the MacBook and MacBook Pro as well as SuperDrive Firmware Update 3.0
MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.4 and MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.8 will eliminate the noise made by the optical disk drive during system startup and wake from sleep on MacBook and MacBook Pro computers. When installation is [...]
The latest data from market research firm NPD Group shows Apple performing very well in U.S. PC sales for the month of October. The 21.5-inch iMac and 27-inch iMac are in first and third place, respectively, under the desktop category while the low-end 13-inch MacBook Pro took the top spot in notebook sales figures. Apple [...]
iPhone news mash-up
Dec 6
Just a quick rundown of iPhone-related news and bits for the past week or so.
New iPhone in the horizon
iPhone analytics firm, Pinch Media, has gotten the word out that the next generation iPhone is already in the wild. MacRumors says that Pinch Media’s iBart application for the iPhone has logged a device that identified itself [...]
I finally got my hands on a 5G iPod nano for review. The video camera plus the other new features makes the 5G iPod nano a great gift for the holiday season. Check out my review.
Just an update regarding the Apple Store Philippines regarding shipping times.
Both 21.5-inch iMac models are now estimated to ship within 2 to 4 business days, the low-end 27-inch will ship within 3 to 5 business days while the quad-core iMac has an estimated shipping time of 5 to 7 days.
The rest of the Mac line [...]
A study has revealed that after less than three years in the market, Apple has become the third largest smartphone maker in the world, shipping 7.04 million iPhones during the quarter which ended in September of 2009, thus grabbing 17.1% of the world’s smartphone market share. The same study from research firm Gartner also showed [...]
Apple last quarter sold more than 3 million Macs, 10 million iPods, and 7 million iPhones, resulting to what is considered to be the company’s most profitable fiscal quarter, earning $9.87 billion in revenue and a net profit of $1.67 billion.
Revenues were up 24% and profits rose 46% when compared to last year’s fourth quarter [...]
U.S. teens love Steve Jobs
Oct 14
For his entrepreneurial prowess, that is.
A study by Junior Achievement, a non-profit youth organization focused on education, has revealed that Steve Jobs is the most admired entrepreneur among those surveyed. A group of 1,000 U.S children, aged between 12-17, gave Steve Jobs the top slot with 35% of the vote, with the two-thirds of the [...]
After being crowned as the ‘undisputed’ leader in customer satisfaction by the CFI Group, the iPhone once again take top honors, this time in both personal and business use.
A J.D. Power and Associates survey had personal-use consumers give the iPhone high marks in four categories, ease of operation, operating system, features and physical design, but [...]
With less than 13 hours to go, things are revving up for Apple’s “It’s only rock and roll…” event, scheduled to start at 10AM Pacific Time or September 10, 1AM Manila Time.
iPodNN reported that an event banner was put up during the Labor Day weekend at the Yerba Buena Center. The banner has the same [...]
After much rumor and speculation, Apple has confirmed in an email sent to members of the press Monday that there will be a media-related event next week. The invitation features the iconic iPod silhouette with the words “It’s only rock and roll but we like it…” It’s expected that Apple will release new versions of [...]
The Macalope Speaketh
Aug 24
Last week on The Macalope Weekly:
Another rumor that just won’t die: The Beatles in the iTunes Store. (Can someone put these rumors out of their misery?)
MacNN has joined the fray to find out who can come up with the most ridiculous iTablet headline ever. (Et tu, MacNN?)
Flash should be taken outside, shot and buried face [...]
The Macalope Speaketh
Aug 20
Last week on The Macalope Weekly:
More iTablet madness.
More Google Voice crap.
More bashing on Apple bashers.
