John Gruber of “Daring Fireball” (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/05/25/chrome-beta) hints that Apple might release a “proper extension API” (application programming interface) for Safari at June’s Worldwide Developer Conference. I hope he’s right. It’s long overdue since both Firefox and Chrome offer extensions.
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By Greg Mills
The news is full of Microsoft reorganization stories. “The Wall Street Journal” and others report poor numbers on everything Microsoft in the mobile division except the Xbox — which is not mobile anyway.
Read MoreOkay, so maybe I’m not such a dinosaur after all. “Macworld UK” (http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=3224278) reports that a Hewlett Packard survey of over 1,000 UK consumers, aged between 16 and 60, shows that, despite the rise of services such as iTunes, folks (besides me) still like their CDs and DVDs.
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Apple has been granted patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office involving Final Cut Pro, the iPhone and laptop housing. Following is a summary of each.
Read MoreA lot has been made of last week’s forecast by RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky that predicts Apple is now selling more iPads than Macs. And it’s garnered some speculation that we may see Macs that are more iPad-like.
Abramsky says that, by his estimates, Apple sells more than 200,000 iPads per week in the U.S., a total greater than the estimated 110,000 Macs sold stateside every seven days. Obviously, people love the Apple tablet, as well as the iPhone and iPod touch, so I do think we’ll see future Macs that adopt features from the iPhone OS.
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