Archives: September 2009

Apple Rehires Newton Engineer; Tablet Rumors Intensify

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 29

Speculation about a forthcoming Apple tablet device is getting more interesting every day. Today Brad Stone of The New York Times reports that Apple has rehired Michael Tchao, one of...

Bento 3 Is Out

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 29

Apple subsidiary Filemaker announced the availability of the third interation of its easy-to-use database application Bento, which is exclusive to the Mac. The new key feature is that Bento...

App Store Passes Two Billion Downloads

Posted by: Peter Burrows on September 28

Apple just announced that the two billion mark has been passed for downloads of programs from the iTunes App Store. More remarkably, the rate of downloads "continues to accelerate," says...

Apple Scores Some Points With Environmental Groups, But Not All

Posted by: Peter Burrows on September 25

"The best thing people can do [to help the environment] is to change their lightbulbs, insulate their attic and ride their bikes to work. That will be more important than knowing the carbon footprint of your refrigerator,” says Dell executive Dane Parker.

NetSuite: Run Your Business From Your iPhone

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 24

Word from NetSuite today is that it has released a pretty powerful application for the iPhone and iPod touch that more or less gives you the ability to do anything...

Compare Microsoft Courier To Apple's Knowledge Navigator

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 23

I'm probably not the first to make this comparison, but Microsoft's Courier concept device, demonstrated in the first video below, can't help but remind me of a certain infamous Apple...

Palm Smacked Down In USB Dispute With Apple

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 22

Remember if you will the back-and-forth between Apple and Palm concerning the Palm Pre and its ability to work with Apple's iTunes. When first released earlier this year, the Palm...

Google Un-Redacts Its FCC Letter

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 18

There's been another new development in the saga of the Google Voice application for the iPhone today. Google, following Freedom Of Information Act requests for sections that had been redacted...

Another new chief counsel at Apple

Posted by: Peter Burrows on September 15

Apple just issued a press release announcing that Bruce Sewell, the former chief counsel of Intel Corp., will take over the top legal job at Apple. He replaces Dan Cooperman,...

Steve Jobs Appears At Apple Event, Announces iTunes 9, New iPods

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 09

Apple CEO Steve Jobs appeared on stage at an event in San Francisco to announce a revamp to its iTunes music and media store, and new versions of its iPod...

Apple's iPod And iTunes Event As Details Become Known

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 09

A few early details from the Apple event in San Francisco today: Bloomberg News is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been spotted at the Apple event. It's not...

Apple's Event Next Week: Maybe An AppleTV Update Too?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 01

PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster in research note issued about an hour ago, raises what he describes as a wildcard possibility around Apple's Sept. 9 event: That it may include an...

Apple's Stealth China Mobile Plan?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on September 01

Despite ongoing talk about possible tie-up with the mother of all cellular carriers, China Mobile, equity research firm Wedge Partners believes Apple may have found a new way to sell...