Category: Apple News
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iPod touch Gets an Update
Today, Apple announced an update to their iPod touch. Nothing too major — those announcements are usually saved for their Keynote presentations — but it may excite some of you out there. A while back you may recall they released a 16GB touch that was pretty much a dumbed-down version of their 32GB and 64GB…
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Just Announced…iOS 8
So WWDC happened. With WWDC comes the opening keynote that most Apple nerds (and even non-Apple nerds) get all excited about because this is when they announce their new software and hardware. The two-hour keynote today consisted mostly of software announcements: Yosemite and iOS 8, baby! While Kali will cover all the juicy details of…
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Apple Event Wrap-Up
Apple didn’t lie when they said that there was still a lot to cover in an event that was held earlier today. Here’s a quick wrap-up the event for those of you who weren’t able to tune in and would like the short and sweet synopsis. Mac Pros — These were originally announced at WWDC…
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New Mid-2013 iMac Lineup Overview
While most Apple fans are busy gawking over the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, Apple quietly updated the specs on their iMac lineup this week. A brief press release and an email blast to Apple Resellers and Specialists details the new features of the next-gen iMac. They start with fourth generation Intel Core i5…
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Apple USB Power Adapter Swap Program
Apple has announced that, starting August 16th, they are going to be offering a USB Power Adapter swap program to replace customers’ third party (non-Apple) power adapters. They are now offering this at a special price for customers with third party power adapters because there have been several reports of these malfunctioning or causing safety…
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Apple Baffles the Street
In the days leading up the release of Apple’s Quarterly Financial statements this week, the analysts were all predicting that Apple would miss its own guidance for sales and profit. There was talk that the smartphone market was saturated, that Apple had lost marketshare, and a lot of prophets of doom for Apple. Instead, Apple…
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iOS 7's Education Advantage
iOS 7 embraces the environment of education with many new features to help deploy devices in schools. In the past, iOS has done a lot to help schools simplify curriculums and reach out to all kinds of students. iOS 7 comes with a handful of features that make this even easier. You can learn even…
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iTunes Radio
Move on over Pandora here comes iTunes Radio. Now some of you may be like wait, didn’t iTunes already have a radio. Well, yeah they kind of did, but it certainly wasn’t anything like the services that Pandora and Spotify have been putting out. With features like purchasing the songs you are streaming from iTunes…
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All Day Battery In An Air
We are now starting to see the new MacBook Airs come into our stores. Boasting better performance with a slower processor is hard to achieve if you are anyone but Apple, but they do it with grace. This round of Air’s has a new SSD architecture to make things run better then smooth. All of…
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The All-New AirPort Extreme & AirPort Time Capsule
In yesterday’s Keynote presentation at WWDC 2013, Apple announced a few new products and a bunch of new features for both iOS and OS X. Two products that I feel weren’t given their fair share of the limelight were the new base stations — the AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule. Apple is keeping consistent…