Year: 2010

Analyst: rivals won’t cut iPad’s market share to less than 50%

Posted by | Oct 8, 2010 | , |

Acer chairman J.T. Wang recently predicted that Apple’s share of the tablet market would decline precipitously as new rivals emerge, falling from nearly 100% to 20 or 30%. However, J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz doesn’t think the iPad will dip below 50% anytime in the foreseeable future, reports “All Things D” (http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20101008/tk-apple-will-control-half-of-the-tablet-market-tk/?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker).

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Apple considering music subscription service?

Apple considering music subscription service?

Posted by | Oct 8, 2010 | , |

Apple is talking with the major record labels about a subscription music service that would give customers unlimited access to songs for a monthly fee, reports “The New York Post” (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/apple_is_changing_its_tune_on_music_z2drJiGB2bbn1ZYBoMdTpI), quoting unnamed sources. The article adds that iTunes Vice President Eddie Cue was on the phone with music honchos as recently as a few weeks ago trying to figure out how the partners can move forward.

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Apple working on daylight savings patch for the iPhone

Posted by | Oct 8, 2010 | , |

Apple plans to fix a daylight savings bug in its alarm clock application for iPhones that causes recurring alarms to go off an hour early, according to “ZDNet” (http://www.zdnet.com.au/apple-plans-iphone-daylight-savings-patch-339306455.htm).

The bug was first discovered on Sunday morning after daylight savings kicked in for New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania. Unless otherwise configured, most iPhones automatically adjusted to daylight savings and moved an hour forward.

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Apple releases MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.4

Posted by | Oct 8, 2010 | |

Apple has released MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.4. This firmware update addresses an issue with certain MacBook and MacBook Pro models from 2007-2008 that prevents them from charging with new power adapters.


You can obtain the MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.4 via the Software Update component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences app.

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Imposition Wizard 1.7.2 released for Mac OS X

Imposition Wizard 1.7.2 released for Mac OS X

Posted by | Oct 8, 2010 | , |

Applications for Life Company has released Imposition Wizard 1.7.2 (http://www.impositionwizard.com), an update to their US$300, professional level, standalone imposition software for Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.

As a standalone application, Imposition Wizard doesn’t require any third-party software, it just reads and writes PDF files. Version 1.7.2 is a bugfix release aimed to fix problems with crop marks on booklets with creep feature enabled.

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