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Apple Awarded Motion to Dismiss Pystar’s Counterclaims

Apple has been entrenched in a mountain of legal battles over the last few months. Perhaps most interesting is their tussle with mac clone makes Psystar. As it currently stands, Apple has been awarded the motion to dismiss Psystar’s counterclaims.
The drama between Apple and Psystar began earlier this year when the mac cloner started selling [...]

Walmart Still Rumored To Start Selling iPhone in 2008

According to BGR, Walmart may still be getting the iPhone before the end of the year. Previous rumors pointed to November 15th as the start date, to no avail.

Back in early October, BGR explained they had a source that “had it on good authority” that Walmart would begin selling the iPhone on November 15th. Now [...]

Product (RED) iPhone Could Help Drive Holiday Sales

A PRODUCT (RED) iPhone may be exactly what Apple needs to boost holiday sales and increase interest in the company’s products. While unlikely, a surprise release of the RED iPhone by Apple would be a welcome treat by many.

Our friends over at iPhone Savior have reintroduced speculation regarding the heavily rumored (PRODUCT) RED iPhone. [...]

New Apple Notebooks Boost Mac Sales By 28%

Apple’s latest line of notebook computers has helped the company stay ahead of the pack, while Mac sales grew by 25% when compared to this time last year.
Gene Munster, a long time Apple analyst for Piper Jaffray, relayed some data by market research firm NPD Group, in a note to clients. As AppleInsider explains, Munster [...]

First Look: Google’s Voice Search App for iPhone, Impressive Results

Google has an update to their native iPhone application that integrates voice recognition. With the new app, iPhone users can speak and ask questions directly into the device before Google returns back a set of search results.

The user interface is polished and very refined. iPhone owners will love the interaction while performing a search.
Our [...]

SGN Brings Wii-Like Gaming Controls To Your iPhone With iFun

iFun, by Social Gaming Network is bringing Wii-like controls to users through their iPhones. With iFun the iPhone is simply transformed into the controller and the games are played on a desktop computer or notebook.
Social Gaming Network has had some great luck with their iPhone games (search “SGN games” in the iTunes Store). iBaseball, iGolf, [...]

Breaking: Apple Comes Through, CastCatcher 1.3 Approved

It looks like Amro Mousa and the crew at Return7 have had some prayers answered. Apple has reversed their decision and approved CastCatcher 1.3! Maybe there’s some hope after all.
As MacBlogz previously explained, Amro Mousa and Return7 were subject to a harsh rejection by Apple from the App Store.

Amro Mousa explained to MacBlogz, “As [...]

Macbook Trackpad Fix Finally Released by Apple

An update for users suffering from Macbook trackpad issues has been released by Apple. The update is 923 KB in size and is aimed at squashing any trackpad bugs user have been experiencing.
At the beginning of the month many Apple customers were complaining trackpad issues, where the notebook’s trackpad would stop recognizing clicks every 50 [...]

AT&T’s iPhone Tethering Plan, Some More Information

Since first revealing some rumored specifications regarding AT&T’s iPhone tethering plan, the reaction online has been “less than accepting.” While Apple has surely been leaning on AT&T to unveil tethering, a lot about the service remains unknown.
Many iPhone owners and potential tethering customers seem to be angered by the idea that AT&T would charge $30 [...]

Chunghwa Telecom Wins iPhone Rights in Taiwan

Right in time for the December holiday season, Chunghwa Telecom has announced that they have won the exclusive rights to begin selling the iPhone in Taiwan.
Chunghwa Telecom is Taiwan’s largest telecom provider by revenue. It owns 300 sales outlets across the island, and its 37.5% owned Senao International Co, has 200 outlets, according to the [...]

Future iPod Connectors to Inherit Magsafe Design Cues [U]

Apple has used the same 30-pin dock connector since the first iPod in 2001 third generation iPod. With the 10x faster USB 3.0 coming in 2009, it is rumored that Apple’s iPod connection ports may be updated to the faster connection, while inheriting a few design cues from Apple’s smaller form factor adapters.
Introduced with the [...]

Tweetsville Developer Ed Voas Goes Back to Work at Apple

Developer Ed Voas has recently convinced a slew of people to download his twitter iPhone application, tweetsville. The new “humble twitter client” offers users an elegant, simple approach, and all the hard work Voas has put into developing the application, has paid off.
In the land of twitter iPhone clients, elegant simplicity is the best approach. [...]

Google’s Voice Recognition Search App Now Expected on Monday

The highly anticipated Google voice recognition search application that was set to push last Friday, will now likely be made available through the App Store on Monday.

Google’s voice recognition search application allows users to speak into the device, converting the sound into a digital file that is sent to Google’s servers where the information is [...]

Apple Brought to Suit Again; Bandwagon Reaching Capacity

Adding to the mounting list of lawsuits that Apple has faced over the iPhone 3G’s performance, the company is being sued yet again with additional accusations that they are neglecting to acknowledge the prevalence of hairline cracks in the device’s casing.
AppleInsider reports that the 23-page suit, filed in a New York district court [...]

Judge Orders IBM to Pay $3 Million Papermaster Bond [Update]

When IBM first filed a lawsuit against Mark Papermaster, attempting to prevent him from joining Apple, they only had to pay a $350 filing fee to pursue the case. Now, a judge is ordering IBM to put up a $3 Million bond to cover any wrongful damages or costs Papermaster may encounter.
In an attempt to [...]

Njection Mobile: iPhone App Fights Off Speeding Tickets

Finally, there is an iPhone application that might end up SAVING money for people. Named Njection Mobile, the new application utilizes the device’s 3G and GPS capabilities to alert drivers of upcoming traffic speed traps, red light cameras, and speed detection devices.

As Cult of Mac points out, the new application employs a native Microsoft [...]

Apple Releases Safari 3.2, Recommended For All Users

Apple has released an update to its Safari web browser. The update is 39MB in size and can be downloaded through software update. Apple is recommending all users download the update.

“This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses. This update also includes [...]

Intel Leaks Point to Mac Pro Updates Early Next Year?

Digitimes is reporting that “sources at server makers” are pointing to a first quarter 2009 launch for Intel’s new Nehalem class (Xeon 5500, 3500) CPUs.
The two last Mac Pro updates Apple unveiled were on January 8, 2008, and April 4, 2007. MacRumors’ Buyer’s Guide has more information. Apple has recently squashed any rumors by announcing [...]

iPhone 3G Global Expansion to Hit Thailand

In continuing with the iPhone 3G’s global expansion, Apple has officially inked a deal with Thailand’s third largest mobile carrier, True Move, to bring the device to the South Pacific country.

Reuters reports that the deal will make True Move the first mobile operator to offer the device in Thailand. Rival carrier, Advanced [...]

Apple Working On Enhanced (Visual) Search Results?

TechCrunch claims that they’ve received multiple reports leading them to believe that Apple is working on a search engine. Additionally, they are reporting that Google CEO Eric Schmidt may be leaving Apple’s board.
Rumors of Apple developing a search engine in order to compete with the likes of Google and Yahoo seem a bit far fetched. [...]