Apple has been hailing its solar power and fuel cells plants in North Carolina as an affirmation of its commitment to make use of clean energy resources. While that may impress many, a recent report by Greenpeace suggests that Apple’s cloud storage service, iCloud, relies heavily on power generated from coal, dubbing it ‘dirty energy.’
News regarding Apple and the many different developments happening at the company nearly never come from Apple itself. They are usually discerned from the hints scattered here and there from which we are able to deduce half-truths. Now, a job listing posted by Apple indicates that the company is looking to ramp up the work in its 3D research group.
There has been a lot of speculation as to whether or not Apple will enter into the smaller-tablet market with the launch of a mini iPad. Many have formerly claimed that Apple will be releasing a 7-inch iPad as well as 7.85-inch iPad, but so far we don’t have any sound reason to believe so. Now, an analyst from Sterne Agee, Shaw Wu has expressed his opinion that an iPad mini is simply a ‘question of when, not if.’
Apple has long been criticized for letting go of support for Adobe’s Flash Player and resorting rather to HTML5. As it turns out, Apple may not have been all wrong. Adobe has now formally announced that it has ceased further development of the Flash Player for mobile devices. Among others who would benefit from it, HTML5 stands victorious.
Google has been one of the most loved tech companies for a long, long time. This is because Google has been instrumental in our lives and has been quite open in a lot of ways. Now, however, Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin is of the opinion that the internet freedom which allowed the creation of Google, is under threat and is being stifled by the likes of Facebook and Apple.
Apple’s bug reporting tool which Apple provides for iOS and Mac developers is called ‘Radar.’ To register a complain or a note regarding a bug or a problem by these developers is then called ‘filing a radar.’ For long the developers have been facing a lot of problems with the tool itself which comes with many issues. Apple, however, has been turning a blind eye to the complaints about it. Now, the developers have stated a ‘Fix Radar or GTFO’ petition to get the company’s attention.
A Japanese metal products manufacturer called Marudai claims that they have made an indestructible metal case for the iPhone. This bulletproof metal case can resist a .50 caliber round. Marudai gives a dummy cartridge for purchasers, in order that you can show friends exactly what you are protected against. This bullet-proof case is available at Marudai for $650.
Apple has been quite fast in moving from one build of OS X 10.7.4 to another, although it is still in beta. Now, Apple has started seeding the third beta build of OS X 10.7.4 to the developers. The build is numbered 11E46 and has asked the developers to focus on a number of features such as QuickTime, graphics, mail, screen sharing, App Store and Time Machine.
According to several source, some iPhone 4 user seems to get lucky and will get free iPhone 4S replacement. This is at least 100% confirmed for 16GB White iPhone 4. Due to shortage in replacement unit Apple instructed Apple Store Genius Bars to give free 16GB iPhone 4S as hardware replacement.
Philippe Starck, a well-known French designer, was reported yesterday to have divulged that he has been working on a ‘revolutionary’ Apple project that is due to be unveiled within the next eight months. As it turns, Apple has stated that Starck’s claims are absurd and that Apple hasn’t worked on any such project with him.
Apple keeps patenting a number of innovative ideas and break-through technologies. This is not to say that all these will see the light of the day some time but we at least do know what we can expect in upcoming Apple products. Now, Apple has been granted a patent for a bluetooth headset that has a built-in MP3 player with it.
Apple has a knack of guarding its secrets. And although many rumors fly about Apple’s upcoming products, rarely does a speculator gets it right. Now, the famous French designer Phillippe Starck has revealed that he has been working with Apple on a ‘revolutionary’ product that will be unveiled within the next 8 months.
Apple has done an exceptionally good business on the tablet front recently with the launch of the new iPad. However, it seems that the iPhone sales still continue to contribute the largest chunk to Apple’s overall revenue. With Apple due to report its quarterly revenue within a week and a half, a Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has stated that Apple will most probably report sales of 33 million iPhone devices and 12 millions iPad tablets during the first quarter of 2012!
Life had been calm for Mac users when suddenly we were told that a certain Java exploit was being used by a Flashback Trojan to infect hundreds of thousands of Macs. Apple was prompt to respond and stated that it was working on a tool to counter this security threat. Now, Apple has released the software update which, it claims, can adequately take care of the Flashback Trojan.
We reported a while ago that a certain malware named Flashback Trojan had made silent encroaches into Apple machines around the world and was able to infect some 600,000 Macs around the globe. Now, we have been told that Apple is working on a tool that will be able to detect the malware and then remove it from the user’s machine.
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