Apple stories - Page 26
Founded as Apple Computer Company in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, Apple Inc. is the world's largest technology provider when it comes to revenue and market capitalisation.
What started as a project to build an 8-bit desktop computer has since grown into an extensive, worldwide portfolio of products, ranging from laptops and smartphones to smartwatches and listening devices.
It was also the first publicly traded U.S. company to be valued at over USD$1 trillion in August 2018, then $2 trillion in August 2020, and most recently $3 trillion in January 2022.
News: 2012 MacBook Air review, Game Center and Chess in Mountain Lion, retina 1Password, and more!
Tue, 17th Jul 2012
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2012 MacBook Air impresses in latest review; Mountain Lion updates bring Game Center and revamped Chess; 1Password goes Retina; Ex-Apple exec joins Parallels.
News: Retina MacBook Pro and EPEAT, Mountain Lion launch date, North Carolina data center, and more!
Mon, 16th Jul 2012
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Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina may lose its EPEAT gold amid a possible review, ahead of the anticipated Mountain Lion launch on July 25.
News: Apple's EPEAT turnaround, dictation and speech in Mountain Lion, and more!
Sun, 15th Jul 2012
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Apple reverses course, rejoins EPEAT registry, amid wider updates on Mountain Lion's speech features and privacy enhancements.
News: beta iCloud website, expensive Thunderbolt cables, App Store Sandboxing, and more!
Wed, 4th Jul 2012
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Apple has unveiled a new beta of the iCloud website that features a few new apps that aren't currently available to consumers on the normal iCloud website.
Twitter cuts links with LinkedIn
Tue, 3rd Jul 2012
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Twitter slashes its social ties with LinkedIn, stopping the automatic syncing of user tweets to their LinkedIn profiles.
News: higher prices for Mac users, Apple's Reno data center, iCloud and the App Store, and more!
Wed, 27th Jun 2012
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Orbitz targets Mac users with pricier options, while Apple invests $1bn in Reno data centre and faces iCloud, App Store issues.
App of the Week: a bit of fun
Wed, 27th Jun 2012
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From flicking paper in offices to calculating life stats, explore the quirky apps turning dull moments into fun!.
UFB rollout – The process
Wed, 20th Jun 2012
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New Zealand's UFB rollout simplifies connectivity, promising vast improvements for homes, schools, and businesses, boosting the national economy.
News: inside the Retina display, Apple and Liquidmetal, Thunderbolt Ethernet adaptor, and more!
Tue, 19th Jun 2012
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iFixit uncovers the engineering prowess behind Apple's Retina display, revealing a marvel marred only by repair challenges.
News: Mountain Lion automatic downloads, the state of IPv6 in OS X, and more!
Mon, 21st May 2012
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Apple's Mountain Lion to introduce automatic downloads across devices, beefs up IPv6 support, and commits to 100% renewable energy for data centres.
Flashback infections not declining: discoverers
Mon, 23rd Apr 2012
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Russian firm disputes claims of declining Mac Flashback infections, citing numbers still at 650,000 despite security efforts.
News: updated iMacs in June, no updates for Mac Pro users, iCloud overhead, and more!
Tue, 10th Apr 2012
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Rumours are saying that updated iMacs with Ivy Bridge processors are set to launch in June, according to suppliers.
Girls Around Me app 'like looking in the window': developer
Mon, 2nd Apr 2012
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Girls Around Me app withdrawn from iTunes, spotlighting hazards of weak Facebook privacy, following a Cult Of Mac exposé.
News: the new Apple TV, iTunes 1080p content, 15-inch MacBook Air, and more!
Thu, 15th Mar 2012
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Apple ups the game with 1080p Apple TV, while rumours swirl around a 15-inch MacBook Air launch, potentially ending the MacBook Pro era.
News: Mac Pro update, Hazel 3, Windows 8 in a virtual machine, and more!
Mon, 5th Mar 2012
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Apple gears up for a Mac Pro update with Intel's new chips, while Hazel 3's launch and Windows 8's virtual test drive stir excitement.
News: Mountain Lion changes, second data center, Mastered for iTunes, and more!
Thu, 23rd Feb 2012
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Apple rolls out OS X Mountain Lion with iOS features, plans new Oregon data center alongside Facebook, introduces 'Mastered for iTunes', and more.
News: Apple's iTV, updated UI resources in 10.7.3, Droplr for Mac, and more!
Tue, 7th Feb 2012
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Canadian telecoms get early access to Apple's iTV, controlled by voice and gestures, alongside macOS 10.7.3 UI updates and new Mac apps.
News: Passware FileVault cracking, Mac OS X 10.7.3 released, the Apple iTV, and more!
Thu, 2nd Feb 2012
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A company called Passware has revealed they can crack Lion's full-disk encryption as used in FileVault 2 in under an hour.
Symantec to users: disable pcAnywhere
Fri, 27th Jan 2012
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Symantec urges pcAnywhere users to disable the tool amid security risk revelations linked to a 2006 source code breach.
News: Apple's quarterly results, Lion Server for home use, Macintosh birthday, and more!
Wed, 25th Jan 2012
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Apple's quarterly earnings call happened yesterday, and the results were pretty amazing (even for a company like Apple).