Apple News Weekly

Macworld notes that Apple has launched a new bargain bin of sorts for HD movie sales in its U.S. iTunes Store, featuring 30 titles in a dedicated "HD Movies $9.99" section [iTunes Store] of the store, although a handful of the films are price...

The Loop reports that Apple's iTunes U channel for distributing educational content via the iTunes Store has surpassed 250 million downloads since its inception.

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Apple today announced that it has sold more than 1.7 million iPhone 4 devices through Saturday, June 26, just three days after the phone’s launch on June 24. “This is the most successful product launch in Apple’s history,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Even so, we apologize to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough supply.”

MobileMe — the easy way to keep your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC in sync — now includes an all-new Me.com webmail application with faster performance and great new features and a free Find My iPhone app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Apple today announced that it sold its three-millionth iPad yesterday, just 80 days after the device’s U.S. introduction. “People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month.”

Engadget reviews the new Mac mini and credits the “striking unibody makeover,” NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics, and new HDMI port with making it “even more attractive as a home theater PC.” Noting the compact desktop’s exceptional energy efficiency, built-in power supply, and quiet operation, the reviewer calls Mac mini “one of the most perfectly executed small PCs we’ve ever encountered.”

LOOPRumors reports that it has received information claiming that Apple will be holding a special media event within the next 60 days to introduce a new iMac running both Mac OS X and an iOS touch interfa...

Gizmodo notes that the SD card slot on Apple's new Mac mini released last week appears to support SDXC cards, offering users the ability to mount cards based on the newest SD specification designed for capacities out to 2 TB while also mainta...

PC Magazine makes the new Mac mini an Editors’ Choice (4.5/5 stars), writing that it now “defines its category.” Citing the new aluminum unibody construction, HDMI port, SD card slot, and improved energy efficiency — and noting that Mac mini “blew away” the competition in 3D performance testing — the reviewer calls it “the compact PC you’ve been searching for.”

Apple today posted the session videos from its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) held last week. The turnaround time on the video release marks a substantial improvement from last year, when it took five weeks for the videos to be poste...