Highlights from today’s WWDC Keynote address: New MacBook Pro 15″ – improved display, improved battery life, processor speed increases, SD Card reader now included, entry level price dropped to $1,699. Enhancements to MacBook Pro 17″ – entry level product now has 2.8 GHz processor and 500GB Hard drive, entry level price dropped to $2,499. MacBook [...]
Apple has now put the iPhone 3G within reach of the majority if not the entire United States cell phone market by lowering the price of the 8GB iPhone 3G to $99. Anyone out there still interested in the Palm Pre at $199….after rebate? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? I didn’t think so.
“Apple has spent some time outlining technology that would add a new level of interaction between iPhone users, such as the ability to share and control playback of digital media files like music tracks and video during a telephone call,” Slash Lane reports for AppleInsider. “The concept is outlined in a 19-page patent filing discovered [...]
Just one day after North Carolina lawmakers approved changes to the state’s corporate tax laws designed to lure Apple and a $1 billion server farm project to one of their rural communities, the state’s Governor signed Senate Bill 575 into law and announced that the iPhone maker is coming to town. via AppleInsider | North [...]
“iPhone is not only a great creative tool — it’s a great way for any business to stay organized,” says Jeff Turlik, Associate Creative Director and Music Director for Blue Man Group. “It’s easy to share information and connect with each other, from scheduling meetings to sharing audio and video files or even spreadsheets.” via [...]
So, you’re checking back in to see if I in fact “checked back in” with the fine folks at Adobe about this issue. Well, I did , and to my amazement, my client finally has their copy of CS4 Design Standard delivered. Please note, this does not change my impression or perspective on Adobe even [...]
Effective June 2, 2009, Apple is tightening their guidelines for their $99 per year One-to-One program. As of June 2, the One to One membership will only be offered to customers who purchase Macs through Apple’s direct channels – our retail stores and the Apple online store. The price for the program will remain $99. [...]
As most of you probably know by now, I’m not a fan of Adobe. In fact, some would say I’m staunchly opposed to anything and everything Adobe. I’m going to share one of the many reasons why in this post. Part of what our business is about is helping clients maximize the use of the [...]
A new paradigm for using the Internet is about to begin: Virtual Assistants (VA’s) are coming to a mobile device near you. This week, a stealth startup will demonstrate the first public version of their mobile virtual assistant, Siri. This may mark the beginning of the era of consumer-grade virtual assistants on the Web. via [...]
A new computer almost always feels faster than the one it replaces. In the old days, though, every few years you’d get a computer with not just a faster processor but a next-generation processor, and the resulting performance increase was dramatic. For the Mac, those were bumps like the first 68030s and 68040s, or the [...]
