Sep 28
CNET reports that for the fourth consecutive year, J.D. Power and Associates has ranked Apple highest in customer satisfaction among smartphone manufacturers. The study showed that iPhone scored particularly well in ease of operation, operating system, features, and physical design.
Sep 28

Gizmodo reports on the plans for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' new house in Woodside, California, to be built on the site of a mansion Jobs purchased back in 1984. That mansion, which had been built in the 1920s by copper magnate Daniel Jackling, ha...
Sep 23
Archaeologist Steven Ellis and his team are using iPad — with apps like Pages, FMTouch, iDraw, OmniGraffle, and Photos — to capture invaluable historical data in the trenches at Pompeii. Says Ellis, “That my team could both type and draw on the screen, and also examine all previously entered data, made it an ideal single-device solution.”
Sep 22
CNBC reports that iPad is the highest-scoring product the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has ever tracked.
Sep 20

Apple today released Security Update 2010-006, a minor update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard. According to a support document, the update addresses a single issue related to AFP shared folders.

Sep 16

As noted yesterday by TiPb, plugged-in Microsoft follower Paul Thurrott tweeted a claim that the company is working on applications for Apple's iPad.

Shhh.... It's true: Microsoft is working on iPad apps.

While Microsoft ha...
Sep 15

Apple today released Pro Applications Update 2010-02, a package of updates for users of the company's Final Cut Studio professional-level video and audio editing suite.

Pro Application Upd...

Sep 15

Apple today released QuickTime 7.6.8 for Windows, addressing a pair of security issues related to ActiveX control and QuickTime Picture Viewer.

QuickTime 7.6.8 improves security and is rec...

Sep 14
IGN calls iPod touch “the greatest iPod to date,” noting its new A4 processor, built-in cameras, FaceTime video calling, and Retina display — which results in “incredibly smooth and detailed menus, game graphics, photos, and video playback.” The reviewer adds that the hardware improvements make iPod touch “uniquely prepared to take on richer, more complex games” and that “the latest model may be a worthy upgrade for gaming applications alone.”
Sep 14
IGN calls iPod touch “the greatest iPod to date,” noting its new A4 processor, built-in cameras, FaceTime video calling, and Retina display — which results in “incredibly smooth and detailed menus, game graphics, photos, and video playback.” The reviewer adds that the hardware improvements make iPod touch “uniquely prepared to take on richer, more complex games” and that “the latest model may be a worthy upgrade for gaming applications alone.”