We start the day with a deal for the iPhone and two for the iPad 2. First up is a dock cradle charger for the iPhone 4. The unit a line-out portand charging/syncing for the phone. A USB sync cable is not included. Next is a TPU Case for the iPad 2. Finally, we also check out an anti-glare screen protector for the iPad 2.
Along the way, we also talk about several other gadgets for the Mac crowd and more, details all of which can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” pag right after the jump.
Although they stopped recording together decades ago, the Beatles are being credited with reviving music sales that have been on the skids for a decade.
Remember the days when Mac owners chuckled as Windows users swatted swarm after swarm of malware, confident in the old saw about ‘security through obscurity’? Well, one side-effect of Apple’s growing popularity is the Mac is becoming a more visible target for malicious hackers — and they’re already building Trojans aimed at your machine.
After 13 years, Microsoft will no longer be scrutinized by the Department of Justice. The timing is apt, because Apple has supplanted Microsoft as the biggest company in tech — and with Apple’s rise in fortunes come its own anti-trust concerns.
For years, publishers have been fighting Apple for the ability to collect user data from iOS subscribers without their consent. It turns out, though, they don’t have to: over half of all subscribers give up their personal details willingly.
We start out with a MacBook, an iPod and an iPad deal. First up, the Apple Store offers several MacBook Air laptops, beginning at $849 for a 1.4GHz model with 64GB SSD and 2GB of RAM. Next, there is a deal on a 64GB iPod touch for $240. (This is the previous fifth-generation.) We wrap-up the spotlight with an iPad 2 case that also serves as a kickstand.
Along the way, we also check out other accessories for the iPhone and iPod, as well as the iPad. As always, details on these and many other items can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page after the jump.
Are Apple sales cooling off? That’s the belief of one Wall Street analyst who tells investors Wednesday the Cupertino, Calif. firm may have seen a 7 percent drop in April sales, compared to a historical increase of nearly 5 percent increase for the third quarter. But when we’re talking about Apple, a “slowdown” needs to be put in some context.
While a number of publishers ink special deals with Apple to bring their content to the App Store, Apple’s new in-app purchasing rules are forcing publishing middle men out of business. That’s the message from the creators of iFlow Reader, which just shut down.
“We put our faith in Apple and they screwed us,” Philip Huber of BeamItDown Software told users. The developer got squeezed between Apple’s demand for a 30 percent cut and other expenses. “Our gross margin on ebooks after paying the wholesaler is less than 30 percent, which means that we would have to take a loss on all ebooks sold,” Huber explained.
Now that several reports show the iPad eating into sales of traditional low-cost PCs, the blame game has begun – starting with Acer. You may recall Apple sales in the U.S. recently surpassed Acer, which fell 42 percent. The computer maker’s former CEO now blames the company’s slowness in responding to the iPad threat.
“I already saw if we want to become a major player in this new world, we needed to do certain investments, mainly on software and on smartphones and tablets, on touch,” ex-CEO Gianfranco Lanci told a blog earlier this week. Lanci resigned in late March amid reports he was blamed for the iPad cannibalizing Acer’s market.
We start the day with three hardware deals. First up is a number of new iMac desktops, beginning with a 2.5GHz Quad Core and 21.5-inch screen for $1,105. Next is several MacBook Pro laptops, starting at $899 for a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo. Finally, another Apple LED Cinema Display for $849.
Along the way, we also check out a number of cases for the iPad 2, iPad and iPod nano, as well as software for your Mac. As always, details on these and many other items can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.
It is quickly becoming clear that the end of the PC-era is approaching as consumers rapidly adopt mobile alternatives, such as the Apple iPhone and iPad. Intel, which powered many PCs, could be left in the dust, warns a former Apple executive. “Now that the PC market is in its twilight, with mobile devices proliferating and stealing growth from the PC, surely Intel has got to get into the race,” writes Jean-Louis Gassée, a former Apple executive now with venture-capital firm Allegis Capital.
Gassée, who headed Apple Macintosh development in the 1980s under then-CEO John Sculley, writing in his blog “Monday Note”, slammed the chip giant for its “complete absence from the mobile scene. Not a single smartphone contains an x86 processor.”
The competition between Apple and Google over who will control the cloud looks less and less like a puffy summer day and more akin to an approaching storm front. After Amazon first beat the Cupertino, Calif. company to the punch. it appears now Apple’s only cloud strategy includes that very expensive iCloud.com domain. Google Music is expected to be unveiled Tuesday in limited fashion, providing free storage for already-owned tunes, as well as playlist creation.
However, Google provides a hint as to what’s holding up Apple’s cloud-based iTunes service: those persnickety publishers. In an uncharacteristically open comment, Google digital content exec Jamie Rosenberg blasts labels as “more interested in an unreasonable and unsustainable set of business terms,” according to the Wall Street Journal‘s All Things Digital.
We start out another week with some deals on desktops and portable power. First up is an iMac powered by an Intel Core i3 processor running at 3.06GHz. The machine included a 22-inch screen for $979. Next is a number of MacBook Pro laptops, starting at $899 for a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-powered machine. We wrap up the day’s spotlight with the JumpStart battery pack from Philips. The gadget attaches to an iPod or iPhone via a sync cable.
Along the way, we also check out several cases for the iPad 2, as well as a video iPod and software for your Mac. As usual, details on these and many other bargains can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.
Should Apple bailout Intel? That’s the thinking of one analyst who suggests the Cupertino, Calif. tech giant help the chip giant leap from aging PCs to the future of smartphones and tablets. Apple, which already uses Intel Core 2 Duo, i5 and i7 cores in laptops and desktops, could adopt Intel’s Atom core.
“In our view, Intel would pick up Apple’s volume, driving revenue growth at good (not great) gross margin,” Piper Jaffray analyst Gus Richard tells investors Monday morning. Meanwhile, “Intel would also benefit from becoming a key supplier in smartphones and tablets and drive growth,” he adds. But what’s in it for Apple, which reportedly is looking for an alternative to the Intel chips in its laptop and desktops?
Last week it was Hearst Corp. Today, Condé Naste, publisher of magazines such as the New Yorker, announced an iPad subscription deal with Apple. The agreements appear to mark the end of a stalemate which devalued publishers’ iPad applications while also keeping some of the most popular periodicals from the best-selling tablet.
Readers of the New Yorker can now pay $5.99 per month for the iPad version, instead of $4.99 per issue. Most importantly, subscribers to the print magazine now get the iPad app for free. Previously, print subscribers were required to pay extra for each issue available on the iPad.
Apple. The brand is worth $153 billion and this year tops uber brandname Google, according to a new survey. The Mountain View, Calif. company, which topped the list in 2010, slipped to second place to $111 billion.
“Apple earned an 84 percent increase in brand value with successful iterations of existing products like the iPhone, creation of the tablet category with iPad, and anticipation of a broadened strategy making the brand a trifecta of cloud computing, software, and innovative, well-designed devices,” announced Branz, a subsidiary of advertising giant WPP.
We close another week of bargains and deals. In the spotlight are a number of Mac minis, starting at $599 for a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo desktop. Next is a 16GB Wi-Fi iPad from the Apple Store for just $349. Finally, several leather iPad cases are available from rooCase.
Along the way, we also check out various accessories for your favorite Apple product, plus software for the Mac. As always, details on these and many other items can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.
The hits just keep coming from Cupertino. Apple is breathing down the neck of cell phone giant Nokia, posting triple-digit year-over-year growth in smartphones — and climbing to the 35th spot on the Fortune 500 list of U.S. corporations.
Apple “not only continues to expand its reach in existing markets, it also keeps creating new ones,” lauds Fortune. The iPad maker not only “showed the world the power of tablet computing” but also introduced the iPad, “one of the most highly anticipated electronic products this year.” The tech giant rose more than 20 places on the vaunted list compared to 2010, when Apple ranked 56th.
If you are looking for a MacBook Pro, you’ve come to the right place. Today, we feature two version of the computer. First up is a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo-powered laptop with 13-inch LED screen for $1,049. If that’s not the right fit, how about a Dual Core i5-powered MacBook Pro for $1,049? Finally, we turn the deal spotlight on an 8GB iPod touch (previous generation) for $149.
Along the way, we check out a number of cases for the iPod touch, nano, as well as the iPhone 4 and iPad. As usual, details on these and many other items can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.
More than 8 out of 10 U.S. tablet users own the iPad. That’s the word from a new survey of the domestic tablet market and the device’s impact on PCs, e-readers and game consoles. The news reminds us of Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty’s remark that the iPad could have “iPod-like market share.”
“Despite the addition to the market of new tablet computers like the Samsung Galaxy and the Motorola Xoom, in the United States, Apple’s iPad is still dominating the conversation — and the market,” research firm Nielsen announced Thursday. The Android-based tablets have single-digit market share.
Morgan Stanley’s chief Apple analyst Katheryn Huberty recently visited Oz (also known as Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple) and came away with “increasing confidence” in the iPad-maker’s continued ability to amaze Wall Street. After a general conversation with finance head Peter Oppenheimer, Apple Store chief Ron Johnson, and Internet guru Eddy Cue, Huberty believes more than ever in a bullish future.
Apple iPads sales could grow 74 percent over the next two years, describing an “iPod-like market share in tablets.” Likewise, iPhone sales may grow 55 percent in what she sees as a “natural expansion” of distribution. As for Apple Stores, which celebrate their 10th anniversary on May 19, the company will build up to 50 new locations, expanding current stores to handle more product set-up services, Huberty reported.
The growing number of mobile devices – such as the iPad, the iPhone 4 and iPod touch – powered by ARM processors now have a bit more recognition. Well-known analyst firm IDC decided it will count ARM processors alongside the Intel chips found in PCs. The move is a recognition of the growing number of tablets being purchased and just the latest sign analysts are warming to lumping together tablet and PC sales.
“For the first time, IDC is forecasting PC microprocessor units by processor architecture, including those based on x86 (Intel and Advanced Micro Devices) and those based on ARM,” the firm announced in a research note. By 2015, more than 13 percent of PC processors will be based on ARM designs, according to IDC.
That e-reader you have today may soon be morphing into a full-fledged tablet device. Bookseller Barnes & Noble has become the second e-reader maker reportedly planning to launch an iPad rival. The company plans to announce May 24 “a new eReader device,” B&N included in Form 8-K filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The news, first reported by Reuters, follows a software update to the Android-powered Nook Color, providing users with tablet-like features such as games, web browsing and email. Internet retailer Amazon may also join the tablet fray, lowering the price of its Kindle e-reader to $114 while also talking to iOS developers about porting applications to the device.
We start off the day with a deal on a bundled Quad 3.4GHz Core i7 iMac. This desktop unit includes 8GB of RAM, a 27-inch screen and 3 years of AppleCare for just $2,599. Next is a number of MacBook Air laptops, starting at $849 for a Core 2 Duo 1.4GHz machine with 64GB of SSD memory. Finally, a deal on a 16GB iPod nano (5th generation) for $149.
Along the way, we also check out several cases for the iPad and iPhone, as well as a 27-inch LED Cinema Display for $849. As always, details on these and many other items can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.
If it sometimes feels as if everyone and her grandmother are hawking a tablet device, you aren’t too far off. By the second-half of 2011 there is a “high risk of facing excess tablet PC inventory,” one industry publication writes Wednesday. The report claims “demand scale” is only for 20 million units.
Analysts already predict Apple will sell anywhere between 18 million and 48 million iPads this year, with 23 million units in 2012. The overall tablet market could reach 55.7 million units in 2011.
