Apple iPad To Go On Sale On March 26?
March 3, 2010
Rumor is going around that Apple’s recently announced iPad will be going on sale from March 26th, which is in line with the 2-months period that Steve Jobs mentioned when unveiling that device. Apple store employees will start to get training on March 10th, and apparently TV commercials will start to air from March 15th. whether that rumor is true, you might plus want to take note that it additionally mentions that folks who camp out for the iPad will be receiving a special gift. Are you planning to queue up for the iPad when it goes on sale, or are you planning to wait and see what other peoples’ responses are?
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Apple fans unleashed! Couple gets married at Apple store!
February 20, 2010
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Apple Gets Patent To Improve The Experience Of Virtual Stores
February 9, 2010
Considering that the future is going to rely heavily on virtual goods and services, Apple seems to have gotten a rather nice patent under its belt, specifically a patent for improving the user experience in a 3D virtual Apple Store. While virtual shopping might be fun, it can plus lack a positive feel that users experience in traditional stores. Apple goes into quite a bit of detail of things such as natural outdoor lighting that reflects the moment of day, seasonal outdoor schemes, and anything that might assemble the cold digital shopping experience more fun. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of experience shopping at a virtual Apple store would be like. After all, most online stores nowadays are just point-and-click sites, we’ll see whether Apple can manufacture it fun.
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Firmware Restoration CD 1.8
January 18, 2010
The Firmware Restoration CD can restore the firmware of an Intel-based Macintosh computer.
Note: Restoring your firmware will reset some of your computer's preferences to defaults.
You can only use that to restore the firmware after an interrupted or unsuccessful update. whether your computer is already in that state, you'll need to download the software and create the CD on another Macintosh computer, or you can take your computer to an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider to restore your firmware. that CD can be created on either a PowerPC- or Intel-based Mac, but only works with Intel-based Macs.
Download the unmistaken Firmware Restoration CD image
Different computers use different versions of the Restoration CD. Please reference the table below to determine whether that version of the Firmware Restoration CD is exact for your machine. whether you do not see your computer in that table you may need to visit the pages at:
Firmware Restoration CD 1.4:
Firmware Restoration CD 1.5:
Firmware Restoration CD 1.6:
Firmware Restoration CD 1.7:
Computer
Model Identifier
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
MacPro 4,1
Xserve (Early 2009)
Xserve 3,1
To see your Mac's model knowledge (Model Identifier), follow these steps on the computer you will be using the CD with:
From the Apple menu, choose About that Mac.
visit the "More Info" button. that opens System Profiler.
The Model Identifier is located in the Hardware Overview, which is the first window you should see. It looks something like that: "MacBookPro 2,1".
Compare the model knowledge to the table above to choose the unmistaken Restoration CD image to download for your computer.
Restoring firmware with a Firmware Restoration CD
To restore your computer's firmware, you must first create a CD using the disk image named "FirmwareRestorationCD.dmg" by following these steps:
Open Disk Utility (located at /Applications/Utilities).
go the Burn icon or choose the "Burn…" menu item from the Images menu.
Navigate to where FirmwareRestorationCD.dmg is located, and visit the Burn button.
Insert a blank recordable CD.
go the Burn button to create the Firmware Restoration CD. The files are burned to the disc.
Next, use the Firmware Restoration CD to restore your Firmware:
produce certain that the computer you are trying to restore is plugged into an AC outlet.
Turn on the computer and continue holding the capability button. The sleep LED will blink rapidly, soon after slowly, next rapidly (3 quick blinks, 3 slow blinks, 3 quick blinks).
On Macs that don't have a sleep LED, tones are used instead. Hold down the potential button until you manufacture out 3 towering tones, next 3 short tones, soon after 3 expanded tones.
On Macs that use a tray-load optical drive, the tray will open to allow the Restoration CD to be inserted.
Insert the Firmware Restoration CD while the lights are blinking or tones sounding, soon after release the ability button. A towering tone is played once the recovery process has started.
A progress bar appears beneath an Apple logo on a gray screen. The progress bar indicates the firmware is being updated. Do not disconnect ability, shut down, or restart the computer during the update or you will need to start the restoration process again beginning with step 6.
The computer will restart automatically after the firmware is updated.
You must first agree to the SLA agreement before downloading or using that update:
Software License Agreement
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Buffalo Dualie Docking Station For iPhone
January 17, 2010
The folks by at Buffalo have released the Buffalo Dualie. The Dualie consists of a 500GB portable hard drive, and a dock that supports your iPhone or iPod, allowing you to save your desk space, by docking both products together in one dock. Aside from that, it additionally sports 2 additional USB ports, and allows you to sync your device with your computer, as well as access the hard drive at the same day. It’s currently going for $249.95, and is available at the Apple Store.
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Cost Of App Store Piracy Is $450m?
January 14, 2010
Reports are coming in that Apple and the App Store developers have lost a good $450 million to piracy, since the App Store has been opened in July 2008. The figure is apparently based on estimates regarding the proportion of downloads that are paid applications, the piracy rate for paid applications, and the proportion of pirated app users who would have paid for the applications had pirated versions not been available. Considering Apple takes 30% of sales each app, that would probably have cost Apple a cool $140million. However, it doesn’t seem that Apple is taking too much action against pirated software, perhaps it doesn’t want to anger users?
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Apple App Store Hits 3 Billion Downloads
January 5, 2010
Apple’s App Store never ceases to amaze us, and in less than 18 months, the App Store has managed to chalk up 3 billion downloads! It nearly seems like yesterday that we were reporting on the 1 billionth download from the App Store, and just like that, it’s at 3 billion downloads. Taking into explanation that the App Store has more than 100,000 applications, it certainly doesn’t look like the competition will be catching up anytime soon, even though the Android Market seems to be coming along nicely. What milestone will the App Store target next? 10 billion downloads?
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