Apple’s head of security has left the company, according to 9to5Mac. The site’s sources are reporting Apple’s Vice President of Global Security, John Theriault, has departed the company after the recent scandal involving the lost iPhone 4S prototype.
John Theriault has been responsible for managing Apple’s security division since 2007. His departure will be added to the growing list of Apple executives that have jumped ship in recent months.
Walgreens has begun deploying iPads to pharmacy employees as in-store tools for helping customers with prescriptions. The initiative is a slow rollout, with Walgreens only sending iPads out to 16 stores in the Chicago area.
A designated employee will wander the aisles of each Walgreens with an iPad in-hand. The iPad probably won’t help you buy the right birthday card, but you’ll be able to get information on medicine and other pharmaceutical needs.
MacRumors is reporting that Apple is set to unveil its improved Apple Store on 5th Avenue in New York City tomorrow. The unveiling is scheduled for 10 AM Friday, November 4.
Construction workers have already begun to remove the giant walls surrounding the new and improved glass structure around the flagship store. The $6.6 million renovation started back in June and was reported to be nearing completion earlier this week.
Kevin Rose and his new company, called Milk, has launched an app called Oink in the App Store. We told you about Oink awhile back when Rose demoed the project in San Francisco at the Web 2.0 Summit. The app has now been made available to everyone.
Oink is an app that enters the user-reviewed, location-based scene of other apps like Yelp and Foursquare. Taking cues from Rose’s first success, Digg, Oink lets users rank things based on the context of a certain city or general location.
Jawbone has released the UP wristband and iOS app to help you keep track of your physical activity, sleep patterns, and exercise schedule. The wristband serves as a lightweight monitor that’s to be worn at all times, while the iPhone app is used to offload data and show recorded activity along with other details, such as running routes and sleep pattern graphs.
Priced at $99, the UP aims to revolutionize healthy living in the digital age. The Jawbone UP iPhone app is available for free in the App Store.
A folder in OS X Lion has been discovered by Mac OS X Hints that uses iCloud to automatically sync stored documents between Macs. While iCloud stores your saved documents from Mac and iOS devices on iCloud.com, Apple has yet to implement a polished, Dropbox-like way to let users sync iCloud data between desktop machines.
Tucked in the “Library” directory in Lion, the “Mobile Documents” folder syncs iCloud documents and app data between your devices. A nifty workaround lets you use this folder as a wirelessly-updated document hub for your Macs.
Apple has sent out an email to developers saying that iTunes Match has updated alongside the release of iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2. The update includes a “number of important stability and performance improvements” and iTunes Match has now been made available for testing on the Apple TV.
Developers that have been using iTunes Match must update to iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 to continue using the service. Once upgraded, iTunes Match can be enabled on all supported Apple devices. On the Apple TV, select “Music” and then “Turn on iTunes Match.” Your music will then be available for streaming on Apple’s set-top box.
PBS is slated to air a new documentary on Steve Jobs tonight, November 2nd. The documentary will feature multiple interviews with several personalities that have been in contact with Jobs throughout the years, as well as rare clips from an interview with Jobs himself in 1994.
While the documentary will be airing on PBS in the US at 10:00 PM ET, the feature will also be aired on the UK’s Channel 4 tonight at 11:05 PM.
It just got a whole lot easier to install Lion on your hackintosh, thanks to Tonymacx86’s new “UniBeast” bootable USB drive utility. In case you didn’t know, a hackintosh is basically a PC that’s been modified to run OS X, and some people create pretty sweet hackintosh setups for half the price of an Apple-branded equivalent.
UniBeast is a new tool that makes it easy to install Apple’s newest desktop OS, Lion, on your hackintosh. Not only does UniBeast get rid of the need for an iBoot CD, but it also creates a bootable Lion USB flash drive.
Apple has seeded iOS 5.0.1 to developers in the iOS Dev Center. The beta adds enhanced multitasking gestures for the original iPad, fixes the battery life bug that has extensively plagued iPhone 4S users, and adds several other fixes.
Apple also issued a statement prior to seeding this developer beta saying that it was aware of the battery life bug in iOS 5. The public 5.0.1 update is expected to drop in a few weeks.
Apple has issued an official statement to AllThingsD saying it is aware of a battery life bug in iOS 5 that causes users’ battery performance to drastically decrease when running iOS 5 on a range of devices. An iOS 5 update will be issued in the coming weeks to fix the bug.
The team at 6Wunderkinder is well known for Wunderlist, one of the best task manager apps for the Mac and iOS platform. Wunderlist has quickly become a favorite among the GTD (Getting Things Done) community, and it remains one of the slickest task managers with cloud sync in the App Store.
6Wunderkinder has a new project up its sleeve called Wunderkit, and it looks like a dream come true for the collaborative productivity app scene.
An interesting report from Bloomberg takes a look at 5 million iPhone users on the largest and most valuable carrier in the world, China Mobile. What’s surprising about China Mobile’s iPhone user base is the fact that Apple’s smartphone isn’t officially offered on the carrier.
Millions of Chinese Apple lovers are using their iPhones on a network that can’t even offer 3G data speeds for the device due to frequency incompatibilities. If that’s the case, then why are so many people content to use the iPhone on China Mobile? The answer: Wi-Fi.
Apple has closed its original SoHo location in New York City to perform some renovations. The SoHo store on Prince Street is closed for a limited time, and Apple has opened a temporary store on Greene Street.
Described as “raw and “rustic,” Apple’s temporary SoHo store is bustling with activity and features all the aspects that customers would expect from an Apple Store. Apple sure knows how to throw a store together.
A recent report from The Wall Street Journal gives an inside look at Tim Cook’s influence as Apple’s new CEO during the past couple of weeks. Cook has been known as the mastermind behind Apple’s incredibly efficient operations for years.
In the wake of Steve Jobs’ death, Cook has already begun to do things differently than Jobs, and he is proving to be a very different type of Apple CEO.
WIRED magazine has collaborated with Gizmodo to release the “Wired App Guide” iPad application in the App Store. The app provides 400 detailed reviews of “essential tools for every type of smartphone user.”
With categorized app reviews and an index of the hottest apps in the App Store, WIRED’s new App Guide is a must-download for any Apple enthusiast.
It appears that Apple has had a Hulu Plus app for the Apple TV cooking in Cupertino for over a month, and the app is running on prototype Apple TV units inside Apple’s headquarters.
According to 9to5Mac’s sources, a Hulu Plus app is “ready to roll out” to current Apple TV users right now. Apple hasn’t pulled the trigger yet due to “political” reasons, like the fact that Hulu Plus directly competes with the TV section of iTunes.
Spotted by 9to5Mac, artist Guilherme M. Schasiepen has posted a gallery of concept iTV images. The images depict a multi-touch TV set with 3D that doesn’t require glasses.
Color us skeptical, but the idea of a touch-screen television seems absolutely unrealistic. This concept is still pretty gorgeous, however.
Apple is finally unveiling its seamless glass cube entrance to the Fifth Avenue store on Friday, according to MacRumors. Apple’s Fifth Avenue retail store is one of the most recognized Apple stores in the world and a main tourist attraction in New York City.
$6.6. million in renovations to the Fifth Avenue store will finally be revealed to the public on Friday, November 4th. Since June, there have been a series of temporary walls hiding the work that has now been done to the glass cube entrance of the store.
Mona Simpson, Steve Jobs’s sister, published her eulogy for her brother in The New York Times today. The piece is the most touching, intimate tribute to Steve we’ve seen since his passing.
According to 9to5Mac, Apple has purchased its second 3D mapping company called C3 Technologies. Apple bought a company called Poly9 last summer that also specializes in 3D mapping technology.
Rumors have said for years that Apple is working to drastically improve its iOS Maps application with in-house features and improvements. The purchase of C3 Technologies suggests that Apple is working to bring revolutionary 3D technology and hi-quality image rendering to its Maps app on the iOS platform.
In iOS 5 Apple implemented a handy feature that lets you mark multiple emails as read. In the stock Mail app, multiple emails can be selected and marked quickly to save you the time and hassle of having to go through each individual message one by one.
It’s that time of the year, folks. What’s not to love about an Apple-themed pumpkin carving on Halloween weekend?
Reader Glenn sent in the above picture of his Steve Jobs pumpkin. We want to see what fine creations you guys come up with, too!
While this illustration may be taking the point a little too far, it does have a point. Siri may have an attitude now, but at least it’s not self-aware.
Yet.
If you’ve been using OS X Lion, you’ve probably noticed the linen theme in some of the interface elements. If you initiate Mission Control, you’ll notice the wonderful linen texture on the outside border of your screen. Apple has brought this design to aspects of iOS, including the Notification Center background.
A guy took the swatches Apple uses in Lion and created full-res wallpapers for everyone to enjoy. You can download these linen-themed wallpapers for your iPhone and iPad.