Yesterday while I was on the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, I came upon a 7-foot-tall scanner walking around. After I figured out that my cold medicine wasn’t making me hallucinate, I knew that I was in the right place — the Doxie booth. There I was able to interview Paul Scandariato [...]
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January 28th 2012 | Posted by admin
Standing in the middle of the Macworld | iWorld 2012 exhibit floor looking a bit out of place, Alljack’s $68,000 diamond-studded speakers — fresh from CES — are drawing a bit of attention.
Inspired by a wine bottle and a flower, the speakers are crafted with Russian diamonds, gold plating, simulated wood grain [...]
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January 28th 2012 | Posted by admin
If there’s one company at Macworld | iWorld 2012 that epitomizes the leading edge of Apple accessories, it’s Other World Computing (OWC). At this year’s event, the company is showcasing a number of new or soon-to-be-released products for Mac and iPad.
In the Mac realm, OWC is about to release two new versions [...]
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January 28th 2012 | Posted by admin
Don’t walk past police with a stolen iPhone in your boot.
According to the New York Times, a quick-thinking police officer and Apple’s Find My iPhone managed to retrieve a woman’s stolen iPhone. The woman was in a handbag store in Manhattan when a thief allegedly held her up at gunpoint and took her [...]
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January 28th 2012 | Posted by admin
Sometimes the revolving door spins quickly at the top. AllThingsD reported today that HP executive Jon Rubinstein is leaving the company for places unknown.
Rubinstein is perhaps best known for his days at Apple, when he spearheaded the rapid growth of the iPod music player — the piece of Apple hardware widely remembered as [...]
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January 28th 2012 | Posted by admin
Jeff Scott of 148 Apps has announced the winners for the Best App Ever for 2011, and you can review at the official site right now. Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick was the overall winner in the iOS devision (which is a great app, but probably also benefited from actually promoting the Best App [...]
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January 28th 2012 | Posted by admin
Love Apple gear? Like math? TUAW’s Doing the Math series examines the numbers and the science behind the hardware and software.
Several sites — including TUAW — reported yesterday that 80% of all smartphones AT&T sold in Q411 were iPhones, based on AT&T’s quarterly earnings report. On closer inspection, however, there’s a subtle [...]
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January 26th 2012 | Posted by admin
Not very long after Tim Cook said that Apple sees a “huge opportunity” in Brazil, it turns out the company’s CEO may have had more than sales on his mind. Brazil has granted iPad assembler Foxconn special exemptions from Brazilian excise and other taxes, clearing the way for iPad production to begin in [...]
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January 26th 2012 | Posted by admin
It’s the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You’ll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what’s happening in the Apple world.
You can listen to today’s Apple stories by clicking the inline player [...]
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January 26th 2012 | Posted by admin
The attention-grabbing numbers from Apple’s most recent earnings statement have already made the rounds — US$46 billion in revenue, net profit of $13 billion, 37 million iPhones sold — and all of that within three months. Apple didn’t just turn in record-breaking performance for a tech company; only Exxon has ever managed to [...]