July 2011 - Apple News - Techies Community

Apple Still Using SSDs With Varying Speeds on New MacBook Air

Several months ago, we noted that Apple appeared to be using two different suppliers, Samsung and Toshiba, for the solid-state drives (SSDs) on its MacBook Air models. Notably, the Samsung SSDs registered significantly faster read and write speeds than...

Published 07-26-2011 12:26 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Lining Up iPad 3 Suppliers in Face of Increasing Number of Competitors

Digitimes reports on several Taiwan-based companies that have been picked to supply parts for the upcoming iPad 3. Taiwan-based IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics, Richtek Technology, Capella Microsystems (Taiwan) and Integrated Memory Logic (iML...

Published 07-25-2011 7:37 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Releases Revised Mac OS X 10.6.8 With Patch for Existing Users

Apple today released a series of Mac OS X 10.6.8 releases, apparently revising the original version as well as offering a "supplemental update" to patch systems that have already been upgraded to the latest version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard....

Published 07-25-2011 6:42 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Releases iOS 4.3.5 to Address Security Issue With Certificate Validation

Only ten days after releasing iOS 4.3.4 , Apple has just pushed out iOS 4.3.5 to address a security issue with certificate validation. iOS 4.3.5 Software Update Fixes a security vulnerability with certificate validation. The new version checks in as Build...

Published 07-25-2011 3:25 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Amazon's 'Kindle' App Updated to Remove Direct Kindle Store Links

Following reports that The Wall Street Journal and eBook company Kobo have pulled direct content sales from their iOS apps in order to comply with Apple's new rules regarding in-app subscriptions and purchases, Amazon has followed suit with an update...

Published 07-25-2011 1:56 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Chinese Authorities Close Two Fake Apple Stores Over Permit Issues

Last week, we covered the story of fake Apple retail stores popping up in China and noted a follow-up report from The Wall Street Journal in which employees of the stores shared their thoughts about simply wanting to provide the highest levels of service...

Published 07-25-2011 1:24 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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AT&T Reportedly Prepping for iPhone Launch in 'Early to Mid-September'

BGR reports that AT&T is beginning preparations for an expected "early to mid-September" launch of the next-generation iPhone, in line with launch rumors and expectations and other reports of Apple beefing up its retail store staffing over...

Published 07-25-2011 12:36 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Wall Street Journal and Kobo Pull Direct Content Sales From iOS Apps

The Wall Street Journal reports that it will be removing subscription links from its iPad application, deciding to satisfy Apple's new in-app purchasing and subscription rules by removing the purchase links rather than offering subscriptions through...

Published 07-25-2011 12:26 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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OS X Lion's HiDPI Modes Lay Groundwork for Retina Monitors

With the release of Lion, users can now see some of the groundwork that Apple has laid down in OS X for ultra high resolution displays. We covered Apple's support of these new "HiDPI" modes while OS X Lion was still in beta. For those who...

Published 07-24-2011 11:30 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Facebook's Native iPad App Leaked

TechCrunch has posted an extensive gallery of screenshots from Facebook's long anticipated native iPad app. It turns out the latest update to Facebook's native iPhone application also included the code and resources for the iPad app. @AeroEchelon...

Published 07-24-2011 10:32 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple's Adoption of Bluetooth Low Energy Paves Way for New Possibilities

As we noted last week, Apple has adopted new Bluetooth 4.0 chips in their latest MacBook Airs and Mac Minis. Bluetooth 4.0 notably includes the Bluetooth Low Energy specification which promises a low-power and low-latency implementation that opens the...

Published 07-24-2011 4:29 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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New Apple iPad Ad: We'll Always

Apple released a new iPad television advertisement tonight called "We'll Always" which shows off the iPad in many different uses. We'll never stop sharing our memories. Or getting lost in a good book. We'll always cook dinner and...

Published 07-24-2011 9:36 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Seeds 10.7.2 to Developers for iCloud Testing

Apple seeded developers with OS X 10.7.2 alongside a new iCloud for Lion Beta 5. The 10.7.2 seed appears to only contain changes to support iCloud Beta 5 as Apple has not yet made any mention of 10.7.1. OS X Lion was just released last week, and we expect...

Published 07-24-2011 6:07 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Retail Increasing Staffing in U.S. for August-September Too

Apple appears to be increasing staffing in U.S. Retail Apple Stores too this fall. Previous reports had shown Apple Retail staff recruitment from August through October in the U.K. We've now learned that at least some U.S. Apple Retail stores are...

Published 07-23-2011 1:27 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple's Voice-Powered Virtual "Assistant" Coming to iOS

Apple's will have an extensive voice recognition service in a future version of iOS called 'Assistant', according to a report on 9to5Mac. It has been rumored that Apple was planning to include voice-related features from its acquisition of...

Published 07-22-2011 2:18 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Still Using SSDs With Varying Speeds on New MacBook Air

Apple Lining Up iPad 3 Suppliers in Face of Increasing Number of Competitors

Apple Releases Revised Mac OS X 10.6.8 With Patch for Existing Users

Apple Releases iOS 4.3.5 to Address Security Issue With Certificate Validation

Amazon's 'Kindle' App Updated to Remove Direct Kindle Store Links

Chinese Authorities Close Two Fake Apple Stores Over Permit Issues

AT&T Reportedly Prepping for iPhone Launch in 'Early to Mid-September'

Wall Street Journal and Kobo Pull Direct Content Sales From iOS Apps

OS X Lion's HiDPI Modes Lay Groundwork for Retina Monitors

Facebook's Native iPad App Leaked

Apple's Adoption of Bluetooth Low Energy Paves Way for New Possibilities

New Apple iPad Ad: We'll Always

Apple Seeds 10.7.2 to Developers for iCloud Testing

Apple Retail Increasing Staffing in U.S. for August-September Too

Apple's Voice-Powered Virtual "Assistant" Coming to iOS