Once again, Steve Jobs took to the stage to deliver the WWDC keynote. Here is the summary: Setting the stage for the keynote, Jobs said, “If the hardware is the brain and the sinew of the product, the software in the middle is the soul.” Apple now has 54 million Mac users worldwide with notebooks now accounting for 73% of […]
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Android and iOS continue US growth at expense of others
The latest US mobile subscriber market share report from comScore shows that Google Android and Apple iOS continued to grow in the three month average period ending April 2011. That growth came at the expense of RIM, Microsoft, Palm which all saw their market share drop over the same period. Here are the latest results: Jan-11 Apr-11 Point change […]
Steve Jobs to unveil iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion, and iCloud at WWDC
Apple today confirmed that Steve Jobs, the company’s CEO, will deliver the keynote at the upcoming WWDC. As expected, it will focus on software: At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad, iPhone […]
Apple iOS 5 to feature revamped notifications and widgets?
Without providing much in terms of details, TechCrunch is reporting that Apple’s upcoming iOS 5 (widely expected to be unveiled at WWDC) will feature a completely revamped notification system as well as widgets. Apple is also pushing journalists to attend this year’s WWDC as “the software announcements will be huge.” The emphasis on software lends credence to earlier rumours that […]
Apple testing MacBook Air powered by iPad 2 A5 processor?
A new report from Japanese site Macotakara.jp suggests that Apple is testing a new MacBook Air powered by an A5 ARM processor, the same as found in the iPad 2. It goes on to indicate that the “test machine performed better than expected.” It’s not clear if the test system is powered by Apple’s full-fledged Mac OS X or by […]
Android and iOS continue to gain market share in Q1 2011
Gartner earlier this week released its Q1 2011 “Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide” report. Smartphones continued to outpace the overall mobile communication market which saw shipments of nearly 428 million devices. “Smartphones accounted for 23.6 percent of overall sales in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 85 percent year-on-year,” said Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner. […]
Apple iOS 5 to include OTA updates for iPhone?
Over-The-Air (OTA) updates may be coming to the Apple iPhone with iOS 5. A report by 9to5Mac.com which cites multiple anonymous sources indicates that the feature will be included in the first release of iOS 5. Subsequent point releases would then use the feature rather than having users connect their iPhones to iTunes to perform the update. The feature may […]
Apple announces WWDC 2011 dates
Apple today announced that the its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place from June 6th to June 10th 2011 in San Fransisco at the Moscone West Center. “At this year’s conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “If you are an […]