Apple News & Mac Rumors

Samsung is now the world's leading smartphone maker, according to a slew of reports out this week from Juniper Research, International Data Corp (IDC), and comScore. Thanks to impressive shipment numbers during the first three months of 2012, Samsung now controls more of the smartphone market than either Apple or Nokia. According to IDC's estimates, Samsung shipped 42.2 million smartphones during January, February, and March — a… Read More

As a lawsuit between an independent production team and Aftermath Records heads to trial, a surprise third party has entered the fray: Apple has filed an objection to prevent depositions from Steve Jobs and others from being made public, saying that they contain "highly confidential and proprietary trade secrets." FBT Productions (responsible for production on Eminem tracks like "Without Me" and "Lose… Read More

A meeting between the CEOs of two of the world’s biggest tech companies to resolve a legal dispute which currently comprises some 50 lawsuits across 10 countries has been set for May 21 and 22. According to a post by Florian Mueller on patent specialist blog Foss Patents, the meeting between Apple’s Tim Cook and Samsung’s Choi Gee-sung will take place in a San Francisco courthouse and be overseen by Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero. Mueller says… Read More

Apple’s Mac App Store appears to be growing steadily, with estimates from two separate sites — MacRumors and MacGeneration — suggesting it now contains 10,000 apps (both free and paid) for Apple’s desktop and laptop machines. The download-only Mac App Store launched in January last year as the Cupertino-based company pushes to change the way its users obtain new software for their computers. Inspired by the success of the iOS App Store, Apple… Read More

You have to hand it to Apple for definitely thinking outside of the box when it comes to fixing the problem of prototypes being left by employees in restaurants and bars (See: Last year, the year before). Instead of installing some kind of Mission Impossible-esque software that would allow remote destruction of said devices once lost, Apple has opted for something much simpler, if more expensive: It's building its own restaurant, so that… Read More

It started with a cafeteria. It ended with an entire city full of Apple-built facilities exclusively for employees of the tech giant — Apple bars, Apple restaurants, Apple gyms, Apple hospitals, Apple supermarkets, Apple Apple Stores. Could it really happen? No, probably not. Apple appears to have taken a step in that direction though, with the company having just obtained permission from the Cupertino Planning Commission for the construction of… Read More

  Nominations are now open for the 2012 Apple Design Awards, a celebration of the best iOS and OS X apps available today. According to the Cupertino company’s Design Awards webpage, judges are interested in apps that are well designed, inviting, engaging, intuitive, compelling and easy to use.  They should also take advantage of the latest hardware and OS releases “to offer rich functionality, high performance, and extensive system… Read More

Sprint and the Apple iPhone are "a marriage made in heaven," according to Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, and the honeymoon period looks like it's about to get extended: Hesse has said that the company's unlimited data plan for the iPhone will continue to be available for the next generation of the device, even if it comes with 4G LTE. Sprint is currently the only US carrier to offer an unlimited data plan for the iPhone, with both… Read More

As usual, Apple reported record breaking earnings yesterday. Nothing new there. However, CEO Tim Cook did make the news with a few interesting comments he made during the first-quarter earnings call. For starters, he said that he hates litigation, hinting that Apple is more willing to settle its patent infringement cases in a Post-Steve Jobs era. But his comments on devices and operating systems that attempt to merge tablets and PCs may become… Read More

It's on, people! Apple announced today details about its 2012 Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC). The big summer shindig will run June 11 through 15, and be held the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco. According to the press release, this year's WWDC will focus on "the future of iOS and OS X." In other words: Expect to see iOS 6 sometime around the middle of June. As its name suggests, WWDC is all… Read More

The smug smile so often worn by Mac users whenever the subject of malware and viruses comes up was wiped unceremoniously from their faces recently when news of Flashback hit the headlines. The malware had reportedly found its way onto some 600,000 Mac computers around the world and had the potential to collect passwords and other personal information before forwarding it to a remote server. Despite Apple and a number of other security companies… Read More

In an initial determination sure to cause nervousness amongst the iPhone faithful, the US International Trade Commission has found that Apple is infringing on a 3G wireless patent owned by Motorola Mobility, and "induces others" to similarly infringe the patent without knowing that they're doing so. Should we start worrying about whether or not we'll ever see an iPhone 5 yet? According to Administrative Law Judge Thomas… Read More

Whereas the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs was prepared to “go thermonuclear” on the subject of patent disputes, it appears his successor, Tim Cook, is a somewhat more conciliatory kind of guy. During Apple’s Q2 2012 conference call on Tuesday, Cook said that he’d “highly prefer to settle than to battle” when it comes to lawsuits concerning his company. He added, “I’ve always hated litigation and I continue to hate it.” Don’t, of course, expect to… Read More

According to the company's official press release, Q2 saw Apple selling 35.1 million iPhones (an 88-percent increase over the same period last year) and 11.8 million iPads (up 151 percent over Q2 2011). Likewise, the firm sold 4 million Mac computers, which is a seven percent increase over the prior year. All of these are wildly positive numbers, but Apple did offer up one arguably negative figure. Specifically, iPod sales: The company… Read More

Scheduled to be unveiled at the upcoming De Facto Standard art exhibit in Melbourne, Australia, the latest cologne from the aptly-named Air Aroma is modeled after the smell that comes wafting out of the box once you've popped open a brand new MacBook Pro. A group of three Aussie artists teamed with Air Aroma to "scientifically recreate the smell of an Apple unboxing," using sophisticated technology and their own inherent… Read More