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Rumor: Brand New MacBook Air May Appear Next Month

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Mark

A new MacBook Air could be on the cards for a release next month as stock supplies of the existing models of MacBook Air have been significantly reducing a third party sellers. According to AppleInsider, Amazon.com have run out of stock of the 13 inch MacBook Air with 256GB storage, and then 11.6 inch Air is heading that way as well. This observation runs parallel to other Apple resellers such as MacMall who also are seeing low stocks.

Third party sellers of Apple products are often the first to display stock shortages when Apple runs down production existing models of an item in preparation for the release of a new version. Certainly with WWDC set to be held in June, it is likely that Apple will be debuting a new version of the MacBook Air with Intel Haswell processors and upgraded graphics performance.
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The App Store Hits Fifty Billion Downloads

Posted on May 15, 2013 by AppleBitch

Apple has today sold the 50 billionth app downloaded on the App Store, ending the countdown to win a $10,000 App Store gift card. As of today, in excess of 50 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide, meaning that since only January of this year, over 10 billion apps have been downloaded. Nearly 20 billion of those downloads occurred in 2012 alone, but its likely that this amount will be surpassed in 2013 if the downloading continues at the same rate.
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Google Announces Amazing New Maps And App For iPad

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Chris

During the Google I/O conference taking place today, Google executives revealed some significant changes to the Maps service that will be released later in the year. Alongside these changes will be the release of a long-awaited iPad version of the popular Google Maps app that was released for iPhone and iPod touch earlier this year. The new app will be available free in the summer and will incorporate the new features that Google is adding to Maps.
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iWork Lives! Apple Hiring For Testing Of Next Generation iWork Software

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Lily

Despite many assumptions to the contrary, it seems that Apple hasn’t forgotten iWork altogether as the company has today posted a job advertisement looking for a software QA engineer to work on the next generation of iWork software. The position advertisement is specifying a software engineer who can ‘work on the next generation of Desktop, Mobile and Web application/services‘. The position appears to be focused on bug detection, isolation and reporting in the iWork suite.
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Is The Apple Television Killer Feature A Massive Hard Drive For 4K Movies?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by AppleBitch

Many have speculated upon the killer feature that could be incorporated into the long-rumored Apple television set, a feature that would turn the television industry on its head. While it’s difficult to predict what such a feature would be, one analyst points towards a massive hard drive, in excess of 2 terabytes, as the low tech piece of hardware that would facilitate the killer feature which has been the subject of previous rumors…the 4K resolution (via Motley Fool). 4K resolutions are 4 times the size of 1080p HD resolutions and, as an example, Sony has just begun shipping a tv with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels packed into a 55 inch display.
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Apple Recruiting For Handwriting And Gesture Recognition

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Lily

Apple is recruiting for an engineer who will be able to help develop novel gesture and handwriting recognition technologies for their future products. An advertisement appeared today on the Apple recruitment website for a Multitouch Sensor Algorithms Engineer who has expertise in developing algorithms for sensor pattern, gesture or handwriting recognition systems. It’s unclear if the engineer would work on a specific handwriting recognition application or if the algorithms would be hard-baked into the OS to add to the user experience.
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Rumor: iPhone 5S Screen Manufacturing Getting Underway

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Mark

One of the companies that is responsible for the displays in the next iteration of the iPhone, Sharp, is apparently going to be starting production of the LCD display units for the iPhone 5S next month. The report comes from Japanese publication Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun who suggest that the ramp up of the components required for the iPhone 5S will start in June, and that other manufacturers such as LG have already started production on the displays required for the new device.
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Foxconn Moves Into Televisions

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Dave

Favored builder of Apple products, Foxconn, is making big moves into the television market, according to a new report from the New York Times. In a strategy, that could prove interesting for Apple should the company make a long-rumored move into the television market, Foxconn has apparently formed close investment partnerships with companies like Sharp and, as a result, has invested around $840 million in a new LCD panel factory in Japan. The company now has the capability to make 90% of the component required for a television in-house.

While the move is said to be part of an effort to diversify Foxconn’s interests so that it is not as reliant on Apple, it is an interesting move for the company that builds a significant number of Apple products. Apple itself has been long rumored to be looking at revamping the television market with recent rumors suggesting that the company is developing a television with Ultra HD ’4K’ resolution. The new television is also thought to include motion control functionality and internet connectivity.
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Rumor: Two New iPad Mini Launches Within One Year

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Lily

A new report is suggesting that a new version of the iPad mini will be announced this summer, and then again early next year. According to analyst Richard Shim of NPD DisplaySearch, the iPad mini could be refreshed twice in the coming twelve months (via CNET). Notably the analyst suggests that the first time a Retina Display will appear in the device will be this year, indicating that the next variant of the iPad mini will have a Retina Display. The analyst also suggests that another version of the iPad mini would arrive in Q1 of 2014.
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Rumor: Low Cost iPhone To Be Better Than Expected

Posted on May 3, 2013 by AppleBitch

A new report is today suggesting that the long rumored low cost iPhone that Apple is expected to release later this year will actually be of a better standard than many were expecting. The report comes from AllThingsD who have been speaking to Mark Moskowitz and Gokul Hariharan, analysts from J.P. Morgan. The analysts suggest that the low cost iPhone will launch at a price point of $350-400 and would be a ‘mid-range’ device, rather than a lower priced, less functional product.
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