Though many were suspicious that it would move off the shelf, Apple announced today that Apple TV will sell over one million units by the end of this week. According to the press release, iTunes users purchase 400,000 TV episodes and over 150,000 movies per day, though how many of those end up being watched through Apple TV was not …
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Oh Amazon, Why Can’t You Be More Like iTunes?
Recent numbers show that iTunes accounts for about 66% of the downloadable music market, with Amazon trailing a distant second at around 13%. There are two big reasons Amazon should be kicking the bits out of iTunes, but Apple’s stubbornly immovable music service only seems to keep getting bigger and stronger.
Amazon beats iTunes in …
Apple Computers Get Mac App Store on January 6
Apple’s upcoming Mac App Store hopes to make the process of finding, downloading and installing computer software as simple as downloading apps on an iPhone or iPad. The store will launch in 90 countries on January 6 for users running the Snow Leopard version of Apple’s operating system.
Software applications will be available in both …
The Loadout for December 14, 2010: New Games to Attack Your Week With
Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to hold out until the weekend. Green means add it to your arsenal, yellow leaves it up to your discretion and red means …
Are Video Game Developers Growing an Industry For Apple Devices?
Nintendo and Playstation might be household names when it comes to gaming, but the graphics and portability of Apple’s iOS devices are making it a contender in the gaming market. It’s not cheap for developers, who have to pay a $99 licensing fee and a steep 25 percent in royalties after the first $5,000 in sales, but many are opting to …
Dissecting the Latest 4G Verizon iPhone Rumors
The long-rumored Verizon iPhone got another shot in the arm recently, with MacDailyNews reporting that not only would the most anticipated phone that doesn’t even exist yet be here right after Christmas, but it would run on Verizon’s new 4G network that was just lit up a couple weeks ago.
Like all the Verizon iPhone rumors before it, …
What Are the Top-Selling Apple Apps of 2010?
Apple has unveiled their top-selling apps of the year, and it seems that depending on what device you have you tend to like certain programs. For iPhone users, it’s all about entertainment-based apps revolving around games, but iPad users tend to like apps the help them with productivity such as Apple’s Pages software and its Numbers and …
Apple Drops Refurbished iPad Price to $429
Getting closer. Clossserrrr.
Apple’s dropped the base-level price for a refurbished 16GB iPad from $449 down to $429. The refurbished 32GB version is down to $499, which is a full $100 lower than the price of a new one. The refurbished 64GB version is also $100 off—$599 instead of $699 for a new one.
These prices are for the …
Will We See the iPad 2 in April?
Rumor has it that Apple will launch a new iPad in April of next year, which happens to be roughly one year after the first one came out.
That a new iPad will eventually be available is inevitable, and the idea that it’d be available a year after the first one isn’t too far fetched given Apple’s tendency to cycle products annually, but …
Someday, Nobody Will Ask “PC or Mac?”
In this week’s Technologizer column at TIME.com, I take a stab at answering technology’s longest-running question: “PC or Mac?” My answer won’t please everybody–it’s a topic that instantly sends some people into prickly, combative mode–but it’s the only one that makes sense: “It depends on what you’re trying to do, and how much money …
Through Computer History with Woz
Here in Silicon Valley, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak is happily omnipresent–you might run into him in line at your local Apple Store, attending a conference, or going for the gold at a Segway Polo championship. On Thursday, I had my neatest Woz encounter to date: Along with other reporters, I got to participate in a Woz-led sneak peek …
Radio Shack Shaves $50 Off iPhone Prices (More If You Trade in an Old One)
Radio Shack is slashing $50 off the price of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS now through December 11. The iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (16GB) and iPhone 4 (32GB) will drop to $49.99, $149.99 and $249.99 respectively.
If you’ve been waiting to upgrade, the time is now especially since Radio Shack is also offering to pay $75 credit for a 3G …