Friday - June 5, 2009
Speculation surrounding the next-generation iPhone has been simmering all week, and with Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference set to hit next week, it just might boil over. Lots of bloggers have been rounding up the rumors, like a 3.2 megapixel camera or even video conferencing. However, it's not an all-iPhone world, after all. Overall, Apple appears to be raking in -- and spending -- plenty of cash. The company's flagship store in New York might be taking in as much as $440 million per year, and Apple plans to build a data center in North Carolina.
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Friday - February 13, 2009
Just a month after saying it had no intention of opening a chain of retail stores, Microsoft has announced plans to do just that. The software giant announced Thursday that it has hired Wal-Mart veteran David Porter to lead the retail effort. Porter will report directly to Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer.
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Friday - February 13, 2009
Speculation, rumor and unnamed sources: They're often the three main food groups of Apple blog chatter, and this week was no exception. Reportedly, Apple retail stores are getting ready to undergo a software-focused makeover, and Apple will start storing customer movies in the cloud. Meanwhile, the $99 iPhone rumor/prediction just won't die.
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Monday - February 2, 2009
A lot of people have heard of the Bronx Zoo, but a Mac Petting Zoo? That's what Tekserve co-owner Dick Demenus has in the seminar room of his 26,000-foot retail Apple computer store in the heart of Manhattan -- a Mac Petting Zoo. Now in his 22nd year of selling Apple computers, Demenus has acquired an impressive collection of Mac products.
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Monday - January 12, 2009
The Consumer Electronics Association has confirmed that an Apple-focused area will come to its huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in 2010, though it currently can't confirm that Apple itself will set up an official exhibit. Apple created a furor in December when it announced that this year's Macworld conference in San Francisco would be its last.
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Friday - January 9, 2009
This should come as no surprise to any iPhone-toting, Apple-watching, Mac-usin' reader: this week's blogs were primarily aimed straight at Macworld and the last Apple keynote the company will deliver. More specifically, the hottest coverage focused on Phil Schiller's keynote address, the new unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro, and DRM-free iTunes tracks.
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Wednesday - December 17, 2008
Where were you in January 2007 when you first learned that Apple was going to release an iPhone? I remember very well where I was: sitting glumly at my desk looking through the window at the snow on the ground and wishing I was at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. A fellow tech journalist called from the floor of the rival expo CES -- he too wished he had gone to Macworld.
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Friday - December 12, 2008
There's been a lot of interesting Apple-focused blogging news this week, much of which focuses on what might be happening soon -- like a final Mac OS X 10.5.6 update, a MacBook firmware update, and the unleashing of Snow Leopard in early 2009. Still, there are three questions that speak to a broader world and are worth a closer look: Are low-cost apps cheapening the iPhone experience?
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Friday - November 14, 2008
Now you can get your fix of "Bulletproof Monk" and "American Gladiators" -- all without leaving the comfort of YouTube. Yes, the king of user-generated, short-form video is now embracing the other kind: studio-generated, feature-length films. Yes, this is the same YouTube that said long-form video was anathema to its business model. But I guess when the big MGM lion comes roaring, you make an exception.
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Thursday - November 13, 2008
As the United States gets ready for its upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, retail organizations are gearing up for their annual Black Friday sales. This year, though, they face a difficult economic climate, and many consumers may be especially tight with their cash this time around. Some retailers -- especially those that sell consumer electronics -- are expected to cut prices even deeper than usual.
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