Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Online market for digital goods to grow with no end in sight

Posted by | Apr 12, 2010 | , |

No doubt the worldwide online market for digital goods will grow amid a state of continuous disruption across all forms of content markets — and Apple looks like the best company to capitalize on this.

According to a new report from GigaOM Pro (http://www.gigaom.com), fueled by an ever-growing user base, migration from physical formats to digital distribution, and a proliferation of new connected devices, the overall market for digital goods will grow to US$36 billion by 2014, up from $16.7 billion in 2009.

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Opinion: Next gen, touchscreen Macs running Mac OS X/iPhone OS hybrid coming

Posted by | Apr 9, 2010 | , |

Touchscreen desktops and laptops won’t be the norm for several years, but I think Apple will, not surprisingly, be head of the curve.

In fact, I think by late 2011, if not before, we’ll see Macs with touchscreens running an operating system that merges features of the iPhone OS and Mac OS X. Apple is already prepping us for this with multi-touch on its laptops and the multi-touch features of the Magic Mouse.

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Is Apple planning a mini tower?

Is Apple planning a mini tower?

Posted by | Apr 8, 2010 | , |

I find it hard to believe that Apple is planning a mini tower desktop with the iMac being such a raging success, but a new Apple patent (20100088450) at least hints at the possibility. The patent is for a component retention mechanism and could also reflect an upcoming revision of the Mac Pro, though the wording makes that seem unlikely.

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