My MacBook Pro has about ten hours of battery life before it dies off. As soon as the battery indicator turns red, I rush looking for an outlet and plug it in. Sometimes I’m away from home, on on the road or on an airplane, making it impossible to charge it. If Apple has their way, that may no longer be a problem.
Traditional pop, rock, alternative, electronica, rap, comedy - a small list of the categories contained within the Grammy Awards, each of which is intended to isolate a specific contribution to music. As far as I can remember Steve Jobs didn't release a rap song and I certainly can't picture him writing traditional pop. So the news that he has posthumously been awarded a Grammy Award, as reported by Mercury News, has come as a bit of a shock.
By nature, I am not a betting man. However, If I was I would be willing to bet that the majority of people reading this would have in no way suspected to see a trailer containing an evil version of Apples new personal assistant Siri. I would go even further in my assumptions by stating that no one would ever expect a Siri related post that draws comparison to the 1983 superhero movie Superman 3.
It should come as no surprise by now that every time Apple releases a beta version of an OS, regardless of whether it is OS X or iOS, the researchers and explorers always seem to find some hidden away nuggets of information which points to the future implementation of new features or even reveals the possibility of new hardware. With the recent seeding of OS X 10.7.3 beta, MacRumors have continued their pursuit of finding all relevant information relating to the future possibilities of a Retina Display on the new range of Macs.
Christmas shoppers looking to pick up something from Apple's online store are in luck, with the Cupertino outfit offering free next day shipping on all in-stock products.
In todays day and age it isn't uncommon to see products belonging to large brands appearing unashamedly throughout Hollywood blockbusters. The general public refer to this type of advertising as product placement, but a more common name is embedded marketing which is when a well known branded product is placed in a context usually outside of the advertisement sphere like a movie, music video or a television show.
Users around the world have reported in the last couple of days that purchasing and downloading applications from the iTunes App Store has become problematic for them, with what seems like an almost total block from the platform. It remains to be clarified what is actually causing the issue, and with no official word from Apple we can only speculate as to the cause but the problem is affecting a random selection of users, the majority of which are running older versions of iOS.
Apple has massively improved iOS of late. Just the recent release of iOS 5 has catapulted the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch operating system to a new level, while simultaneously bringing with it features that owners Android and Windows Phone 7 devices have been enjoying for some time. Proper notifications, anyone?
In the latest round of Apple Vs. Everyone lawsuits that seem to be dominating the news of late, the iPhone maker has successfully managed to get HTC's Android hardware banned after the U.S. Trade Commission ruled in its favor. As of April 19th 2012, a ban on HTC's Android hardware will come into effect across the United States unless things change between now and then, of course.
When Apple announced the inclusion of Siri on the iPhone 4S during the October 4th special event, it was only going to be a matter of time until clever consumers and technical boffins alike demonstrated the true power and versatility of the Personal Assistant.
