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Apple stock shed the downward trend it set in early morning trading yesterday and jumped $5.73 in regular trading closing at $453.01. This close was up $5.73 from Friday’s close. The stock jumped even further in after hours trading closing the late session up another 0.84 to end the day at $453.85 USD per share. Rumors running through many news desks on the day were that the stock would push quickly tot he $500 USD per share mark, however, after…
JACE or Java Apple Computer Emulator has been updated once again by Brendon Robert. The latest version of the emulator has mouse emulation implemented. According to the release on CSA2, “ While the implementation is still early, it does work with a number of mouse enhanced Apple ][ products. It will not however, work with Dazzle Draw or Airheart. Brendon is looking for help in the issue of the Resetting the Mouse Pointer as well as any insight into what…
Apple has hired John Browett, former CEO of Dixons Retail to be the new Senior VP in charge of Apple Stores world wide. Press Release From Apple: CUPERTINO, California—January 30, 2012—Apple® today announced that John Browett will join the company as senior vice president of Retail, reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Browett comes to Apple from European technology retailer Dixons Retail, where he has been CEO since 2007. Beginning in April, he will be responsible for Apple’s retail strategy…
Apple is starting this week where it ended last week on a downward spiral. While the record highs hit last week are still freah in people’s minds, the $445.70 USD per share at 8:17 AM EST is off by 1.58 or 0.35% per share. News over the weekend included news of the lawsuit against Apple and other tech giants for colluding to prevent employees from jumping from one company to another, While these claims have not been substantiated, they are…
AT&T announced that they are upgrading their data plans for smartphone and tablet customers. The new plans for Smartphones are as follows: AT&T Data Plus 300MB: $20 for 300MB AT&T Data Pro 3GB: $30 for 3GB AT&T Data Pro 5GB: $50 for 5GB, with mobile hotspot / tethering For Tablet users, the available plans are: Keep their existing plan of 250mb for $14.99 a month AT&T DataConnect 3GB: $30 for 3GB AT&T DataConnect 5GB: $50 for 5GB While these are…
Ewen Wannop has released an update to his Speccie’s News Acquisition Program or SNAP. Version 1.1 features the ability to read Usenet and NNTP news on your Apple IIgs desktop as well as to post and reply to messages. The configuration system in SNAP lets you “tailor your daily news fix.”. SNAP requires Marinetti 3.0b3 or later on the Apple IIgs. For more information check out the Speccie website at: http://www.wannop.info/speccie/
Mike Maginnis has managed to make the Apple /// Cobol software and manuals available ont he Apple ][ Scans website. Thanks to a loan of the materials from David Scmenck, the Apple /// collection is one item richer today. Originally released by Apple in 1982, it sold for a whopping $500 at the time. To download the software and the manuals, check out the Apple][ scans website at: http://apple2scans.net/apple-iii/apple-iii-cobol/
GAMEVIl got this game absolutely right. Old school video game baseball comes to the iPad and iPhone. Everything about this game reminds me of the days of the Nintendo Famicon or NES as it is called in the rest of the world outside of Japan. The style of characters in the game remind you of those old time games and the way that baseball was played. We downloaded the App, and even though there are options for more G-Points,we chose…
Program: Namco Arcade Platform iPad and iPhone URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/namco-arcade/id465606050?mt=8 Price: Free (Somewhat) NamcoBandai Games has released their entry into the realm of vintage gaming on the iPhone and iPad, Namco Arcade. Sadly, this is as far as the excitement went. While many of us who lived in the arcades in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the quarters we plunked into the machines were for real play on real machines. We certainly were not willing then nor now to buy…
SMK-Link has introduced a new docking stand for the iPad which essentially turned the iPad into a desktop. The PadDock 10 or VP3650 Ver. 2 allows you to not only use it as a desk top, but also adds speakers, has full 360 degree rotational ability and a really cool option, tilting. The PadDock 10 has two speakers built into the stand and is currently only compatible with the iPad2. Obviously a bluetooth keyboard would need to be used for…
Apple Inc (AAPL) closed up slightly on Friday, regaining $3.01 by the end of After Hours trading on Friday to close at $447.64 USD a share. The stock had been trading in the $444 USD a share level after reading a high above $454 USD a share post Q1 2012 profit announcement. Thus far, this year, return on Apple Inc. stock shares are up over 30 percent making it one of the best performers on the market.
In this day and age where iPhones and iPads can be tracked using the Where’s my iPhone App, you would think that thieves would take a bit of a more cautious approach. This time, the perpetrator robbed a woman in a handbag store at gun point. He took the woman’s purse and her iPhone, sticking the later item in his boot. When Police Office Robert Garland got on the job, he simply used the App to track the iPhone using…
The latest incarnation of the Eamon Adventurers franchise, Eamon Deluxe 5.0 has been shipped to beta testers. Thus far, the program is only available in Win32 format, however, other formats including Mac OS X versions will be released in the coming days. Thus far, there are 20 beta testers with room for 10 more on the team. Frank Kunze, author of Eamon Deluxe has been continuing work on the system and also on the conversion of the older Eamon adventures. …
Apple Inc. (AAPL) stock is off by $1.11 at $443.52 as of 9:01 AM EST, dropping nearly a dollar in the last hour of morning trading. While some of the morning trading has some push back, it would appear that there is some profit taking going on after the stocks $30.00 rise this past week. Analysts have projected a big rise in the stock over the coming months but so far, there is so much negative news after the record…
An article posted in TechBuggalo is suggesting that Apple is working on a new television based on Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology. The TV would be controlled by an enhanced version of Apple’s Siri voice control as well as iOS based apps on the TV. Supposedly it will be released sometime in APril or May according to the report Source: Tech Buffalo
The Age of Reason BBS which runs on a real Apple //e is down at the moment. This week, Washinton state has several back to back storms causing power outages throughout the western part of the state. A power spike sent the machine into oblivion and in talking with Gene Buckle, the curator of the BBS, he still doesnt know exactly what is wrong with it. Age of Reason runs on GBBS Pro, a BBS package written by Greg Schaefer…
Kevin Dady is known for his strange hacks over the years, but this one is actually useful to Apple //c Owners. Not wanting to purchase an Apple //c joystick, Kevin set out to build himself one, using a thumb controller from an XBox controller. The result of that and a few parts from Radio Shack is a game controller that looks every bit the modern piece of equipment except for the old 9 pint //c connector. Kevin has posted a…
Apple Inc (AAPL) took a small dip after a fairly rambunctious morning trading session. With no clear definition in the market prior to 10am, trading stayed in the $447 USD a share range. However, with the start of MacWorld today and no Apple presence, the stock began to take s slow downward spiral until stabilizing in the $444 USD range. The stock closed the days regular trading at $444.63 USD a share and is now up clightly in the After…
Karelia Software has released an update to their Sandvox Website Creator. Sandvox is an easy to use website creation package which allows users to create entire websites within a matter of minutes rather than days and weeks. Sandvox 2.5 has included some automatic features allowing notifications to be sent to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and even email. Also included in this version are the following changes: Version 2.5 requires a minimum of Mac OS X 10.6.and now has Full screen mode. …
Yesterday, Tim Cook held a town hall meeting with employees of Apple Inc. While there were several items discussed, perhaps the biggest surprise was the new employee discounts that Apple employees will get. Each employee will get $500 off Mac Purchases and $250 off iPad purchases, once every three years. The discounts will begin in June 2012 and it is only available to employees who have been with the company for more than 90 days. It is also not applicable…
