Category: Apple Inc.

The document of incorporation of Apple Computer Inc, from 1976, has been sold at auction for nearly $1.6 Million USD.   The document which was originally held by founding member Ron Wayne, was sold in 1994 to US Businessman, Wad Saadi for several thousand dollars.  The new owner of the document, Eduardo Cisneros, a US Television Exec (CEO of Cisneros Corp) and muscle car enthusiast, said about the purchase of the document in a tweet, “Very happy to own a piece…

Apple has posted an update for their iTunes program with the release of version 10.5.2.  This update addresses issues with audio distortion with playing and importing of CD’s into the iTunes library.  Apple has also improved iTunes Match in this release although the song limit is still 25,000 songs. For more information about iTunes, check out the iTunes website at: http://www.apple.com/itunes/ Apple  has posted a complete break down of the update at: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1426

In just under a year, Apple has reached 100 million downloads of Apps for the Mac, this according to a press release put out by Apple today.  The Mac store which was started to support Mac OS X, has been growing in leaps and bounds and currently has thousands of apps and has reached this milestone in a very short time. They also announced that the iPhone App Store, which is the example upon which the Mac App Store is…

At 10:00 am EST, Apple made a move that will send shock waves through the world of computing forever.   They opened their biggest and brightest store yet, right smack dab in the middle of Grand Central Station.  Long, the center piece of the New York existence, Grand Central serves more than a million people every day. Even though MacWorld Expo 2002 in Tokyo boasted some of the highest numbers ever for an Apple based event, coming in at 198,000 attendees…

by Rick Sutcliffe Technology News and Views Since 1983 Something Old, Something New December 2011 The Spy recently acquired a few surplus G5s, and in the process of setting them up to be useful file servers and replacements for even older G4s at his home and church, (re)-discovered some interesting things about memory, disk drives, and both hardware and software compatibilities. First is that all disk drives are not manufactured equal, quite apart from the Thailand flooding that means many…

Apple today released a couple of updates including iTunes 10.5.1.  This update is supposed to include the new service from Apple  called iTunes Match, their matching service which allows imported CDs to also be stored in iCloud.  This service should address many users issues with the lack of cover art and proper titling of their CD’s and seeks to eliminate many of the gaps in most people’s cover flows. iTunes 10.5 also included:• iTunes in the Cloud. iTunes now stores…

by Rick SutcliffeNovember 2011 Presciencewas not foreseen by the Spy when he titled last month’s column, but said monicker now seems faintly evocative of a sad prophecy. The iCEO has not merely stepped down, he’s left us altogether. Steve Jobs’ legacy sees us all materially wealthier, for he had a unique talent for putting his finger on the pulse of the market two or three years down the road, then inventing the product to create the market his mind’s eye…

The folks who produce the iPhone App Camera+ (http://www.campl.us) have put a very nice comparison of the different iPhone cameras online.  The comparison which starts with the original iPhone and ends with the iPhone 4S and two professional Canon Cameras, shows the distinct differences of each camera.  The iPhone 4S does very well in the comparison showing some of the crispness that the new camera is supposed to have. You can check out the comparison at http://campl.us/posts/iPhone-Camera-Comparison

The long awaited update for the Mac OS X Lion operating system has been released by Apple.  Thanks to a bevy of issues in the preceding releases of the Mac OS 10.7 series, many users have been counting the days until Apple released the latest update to resolve those issues. The 10.7.2 update includes the following new items in it: iCloud stores your email, calendars, contacts, Safari bookmarks, and Safari Reading list and automatically pushes them to all your devices….

With the release of iOS 5 this week by Apple, most of the iPhone users in the world were faced with the possibility of getting the update fairly immediately.  Unfortunately, my iPad 2 did not see the update until yesterday.   With a bit of trepidation, I went ahead and took the plunge.  Yes, both feet in and updated. While my iPhone 3gS had updated to iOS 5 smoothly, the download for the iPad 2 seemed to drag on forever in…

The iOS 5 Update for the iPhone and iPad has finally been released and the only thing we could say here was WOW!  It is massive and the difference between iOS 4 and 5 is like comparing Apples and oranges.  The update ran and re-booted nicely and we were back and running with our 3gS as we await the 4S.  Included in the update is the following items: •    Notifications ◦    Swipe from the top of any screen to view…

It appears that the iPhone update server is now down in preparation for the iOS 5 release.  The iOS 5 release which is expected here just two days prior to the release of Apple, Inc.’s release of their latest iPhone, the iPhone 4S, integrates all of the features of iCloud another new release product being touted by Apple. We will keep everyone posted about the servers and let you know when they come back online. UPDATE:  Servers are back up…

The lastest version of the iTunes program, version 10.5 has been released a day ahead of the impending iOS 5 release.  With all of the new product and software updates this week, it will be surprising if the Apple servers handle the load without some hiccups along the way.  The update is a required update for all those users looking to use iCloud when it is released. According to the release notes included with the program, it includes the following…

This week is scheduled to be one of the biggest update weeks in the history of Apple, Inc. with a slew of program and product updates coming.   On the agenda are: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 iTunes 10.5 iOS 5 iCloud iPhone 4S (HD Video, 8MP Camera, 64GB) iPod Touch (Pricing Change, new white edition) iPod Nano (Pricing change,  new built in sensors) With all of the updates happening at once, it is easy for some of the items to…

While many people have been patiently waiting for the announcement of a public funeral for Steve Jobs, the likelihood of one being scheduled is looking pretty dim.  A report in the wall street journal said that the funeral was being held Friday and was a private affair.  Obviously, this was done to prevent such idiocy as the WBC protests or to prevent masses of people from descending upon the funeral procession.  However, this also would be befitting the man who…

Apple, Inc. began taking pre-orders for their latest incarnation of the iPhone, the iPhone 4S.  While many speculated that the pre-ordering was done because of the hohum attitude about the new device, sales of the new phone have been more than satisfying to the companies selling the device. A few early morning issues with server availability caused some frustration among buyers, yet AT&T reported that their systems had taken over 200,000 orders for the new phone in the first 12…

One of our favorite games of the previous months has come back in a new incarnation.  Game Claw Halloween is a new play on the popular iPhone game Game Claw, but instead of prizes, you collect ghosts and goblins.  With Halloween right around the corner, this is the perfect game to get you Scare on.  The best part of the download is that it is free.  However, like other Game Circus LLS games, there are in-app purchases which allow you…

Apple turned on its ordering system for the new iPhone 4S early this morning.  The new phone which was announced at this past week’s event at the Apple headquarters.   This pre-ordering allows users who absolutely have to have the iPhone 4S a chance to claim their own copy of the latest model. The new iPhone 4S is expected to ship with iOS 5, the latest version of Apple’s iPhone / iPad operating system.  With the way that Apple’s and Sprint’s…

Notes making the rounds in the blogs today are making light of the fact that Siri, the new iPhone 4S personal assistant’s name is similar sounding to the Japanese word Shiri.  Shiri, or Oshiri in Japanese is rear or bottom and certainly not a word I would believe Apple would want associated with their latest product. A similar incident happened when the iPad was introduced in Japan.  AiPad is an adult diaper brand in Japan and this fact apparently escaped…

Apple announced in a memo just a bit ago that former CEO and Apple Chairman of the Board, Steve Jobs, has died of Cancer at age 56. While Apple did not specify a cause of death in their memo,  Jobs was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in 2004.  He had surgery then, apparently clearing out all of the cancerous cells at the time.  However, he was once again diagnosed with Cancer in 2009 and  had a liver transplant that year.  He…