Category: Apple Events

The wait will soon be over. As Books & Review puts it, “Don’t forget, tech rumors — especially Apple rumors — are temperamental animals … we all know Apple never comments on technology before it’s released to confirm or deny anything…,” but tomorrow, the rumors will be put to rest. Apple’s September 12 Event kicks…

The current incarnations of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro got some processor speed bumps today, as well as upgrades to storage capacity and memory. MacBook Air Both the 11-inch and 13-inch models are being kept, and they now include up to 512GB flash storage, 60% faster graphics and up to 8GB RAM. They feature…

At today’s WWDC keynote, Scott Forstall went through all of the features that the newly-announced iOS 6 will have. Ready for it? I’ll go over the highlights here. Siri She’s getting a big upgrade, as our helpful assistant will graduate out of beta mode in iOS 6. Among the biggest upgrades: iPad availability is coming!…

Quietly off the stage of WWDC, the AirPort Express was kicked up a notch and now looks more like its sibling, the Apple TV. The AirPort Express now supports simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi. The new AirPort Express supports simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi. That means it transmits at both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies at the…

Quietly and away from the stage at WWDC, the Mac Pro line was updated with faster processor speeds and more memory in its base configuration. The Quad-Core which will sell for $2500 has one 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor and 6GB of RAM by using three 2GB memory chips. The 12-Core Mac Pro has two…

…so said Phil Schiller at today’s WWDC Keynote speech when he talked about asking the Apple engineering team this exact question. The answer, of course, is the entirely new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. I knew I wanted one before I even heard what it was as it sat on the pedestal under a…

“*WWDC*”:https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/faq/ is here again, and we’re giddy with anticipation. We’re always excited for it, no matter how many times we’ve been through it before…I mean, really–what today means is new Apple stuff! So, to lead up to the event (which starts at 1PM ET, by the way), I found a history over at “*Cult of…

Tim Cook kicked off the Apple Media Event today with an Apple TV update. Now offering support for 1080p video (also now available through the iTunes Store), the Apple TV features a new UI, among other updates. Features overview: New user interface includes icon-based category buttons and large artwork for content TV shows now support…

No…it’s not an iPad 3. Nor is it an iPad HD. But, the iPad announced at today’s Apple Media Event does have most of the amazing features everyone was hoping it does: Retina display, updated processor, 4G capability (and more). It’s so feature-rich, we don’t even care that it doesn’t have a fancy name and…

Apple declared that it is officially in the ring regarding educational material—notably digital textbooks and an expansion of online class offerings—and the media is buzzing about what this means for the future of school resources as we know them. With iBooks 2, iTunes U and perhaps most significantly, iBooks Author, Apple wants to shift the…