Last week I asked (http://macte.ch/rxr8P) if Apple should be doing more to help the U.S. economy. Some readers, including my long-time friend, J. Scott Anderson, asked the flip side of the question: should the U.S. government be doing more to help companies like Apple move jobs back to this country.
Read MoreHere’s another good reason to think that Apple may be planning an Apple HDTV: more and more people are watching video online.
Read MoreApple will almost certainly never support Blu-ray on the Mac — though I’d love to be surprised with, say, a “Super” SuperDrive with an accompanying Mac OS X update that supports playback of Blu-ray movies.
I won’t be at all surprised if the next iMac and MacBook Pro upgrades lack an optical drive entirely a la the MacBook Air and Mac mini. After all, Apple is determined to encourage (force?) you into using iTunes to rent/buy movies as well as purchase music.
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A new patent (number 20120019371) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is working on a apparatus and method to facilitate an universal remote control. Could this hint at the much-rumored Apple HDTV (the “iTV”)?
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How would you like access to certain media based on your current location? According to a new patent (number 20120021773) at the U.S. Patent & Trade Association, Apple is working on such technology.
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