Archives: April 2009

Behold, The MacBook Touch (It's A Design Concept)

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 30

On the heels of our story this week wherein we reported on the existence of an Apple device called a "media pad" comes this fascinating concept from Yanko Design dubbed...

Making Movies: The Next Big Thing in iPhones?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on April 30

I think we're about six weeks away from the next big thing [from Apple]. At long last, after decades of having to mess with camcorders and cables and PC video editing software and hard drives, my gut tells me Apple will make the iPhone a one-stop studio for recording, editing, viewing and sharing your own videos.

Apple Earnings: The Analysts Have Their Say

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 23

Share price targets maintained by analysts are heading upward again after last nights blow-out earnings call with Apple. Here's a round-up of comments culled the various research notes that landed...

Apple Sells Its Billionth App

Posted by: Peter Burrows on April 23

So someone just downloaded the one billionth app off of iTunes, just nine months after Apple hung its App Store shingle. No word on the lucky winner yet. But I...

Salma Hayek, iPhone User

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 23

Someone with too much time on their hands, and a good head for guessing password hints has apparently hacked the email account of the actress Selma Hayek. She is an...

From The Mac Vs. PC Humor Department

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 23

In one of Apple's latest "Get A Mac" ads "PC" played by John Hodgman makes several claims about how easy Windows PCs are to use. Then a bunch of...

Apple Beats Estimates, But Mac Sales Decline

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 22

The economy hasn't taken the air out of Apple's growth yet. The company just reported earnings of $1.21 billion or $1.33 per share on revenue of $8.16 billion. The EPS...

Another Voice Comment On The Mac Vs. PC Debate

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 21

Just got this voice mail from Jim_B in Austin Texas who share's his viewpoint on the whole Mac Vs. PC kerfuffle that's been taking place mostly within the reader comments...

On Macs And Malware

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 21

Windows apologists hate being reminded that their platform of choice has long been rife with security problems, and that relatively speaking, the Mac suffers less from these problems. I...

CNBC On The Mac Vs PC Fight

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 21

Jim Goldman, CNBC Silicon Bureau Chief, is apparently a Byte of the Apple reader. But as you watch his remarks in the video below, wherein he cites what are clearly...

Larry Ellison Wants To Own The Whole Widget. Kind of Sounds Like His Buddy Steve Talking

Posted by: Peter Burrows on April 20

A source with knowledge of Oracle's $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems acquisition says Larry Ellison has been talking with Sun co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy on a fairly frequent...

Mac Vs. PC: What Do You Think? Sound Off!

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 16

At last count 292 readers have left comments on today's Byte Of The Apple column. Someone told me on Twitter that I have wandered into "Holy War territory." Don't I...

CNBC's Jim Goldman On Eric Schmidt, Google CEO And Apple Director

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 15

"To me it's amazing that he's lasted this long," CNBC's Jim Goldman writes about Google CEO Eric Schmidt's position on Apple's board of directors. I've been wondering the same thing...

What A Teardown Is, And Isn't

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 14

Yesterday's story about iSuppli's teardown analysis of the iPod shuffle yielded a lot of comments both here on the site and on various blogs. One thing I constantly have to...

A One-Time Raging Bull on Apple Rages Again.

Posted by: Peter Burrows on April 13

Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu is out with a report this morning, advising investors that Apple's stock could rise from its current $119 to $152. That would be a 26%...

Almost A Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 10

Apple is closing in on a big milestone in the iTunes App Store: 1 Billion iPhone Apps sold downloaded. As you might expect it's celebrating by giving stuff away. Get...

The Variable Pricing 'Infection' Spreads

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 08

What Engadget yesterday characterized as an "infection" has spread with alarming speed. PaidContent.org reports this morning that variable pricing has now come to Amazon’s MP3 store as well as that...

Now, Will Apple Do A Music Subscription Service?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on April 07

One of the more significant advances in Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS announcement was support for subscription pricing. This was discussed in the context of iPhone app developers, who see it...

Everyone Has An Opinion On Today's iTunes Changes. What's Yours?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 07

Everyone seems to have an opinion on today’s big change in the iTunes Store. The good news? DRM-protecting on music is 100% gone! Yay! The bad news? Variable pricing starts...

Introducing: Byte Of The Apple Voice Comments

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 07

In the three years or so that we’ve been producing this blog, we’ve learned one thing: Opinions about Apple always run strong. Our readers love to leave lots of comments...

Microsoft's Lauren: She Bought The Fourth-Best Computer

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 03

So the blogosphere has been all over this Microsoft add where a perky redhead named Lauren buys "just what I wanted" - or rather an HP notebook running Windows. Her...

An iPod For The Queen? A Perfect Gift, Mr. President

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on April 01

Wags in Britain are up in arms about the gift that President Obama, in London for the G20 summit, has given to Queen Elizabeth II: An iPod loaded with video...