Published on: 25th September, 2010

Adobe has recently announced the release of its Photoshop Elements 9 as well as its Premiere Elements 9, available together in a bundle. Mac users are familiar with Photoshop Elements but it is the first time to make available Premiere Elements for the Mac platform. The new software makes available a part of the full [...]
Published on: 25th September, 2010

Analyst Shaw Wu from Kaufman Bros. has raised the target for AAPL (Apple stock) from $350 to $374, appreciating the potential of iPad shipments. Sources indicate screen supplies are better now and the significant production bottleneck would this way be eliminated. Shaw Wu appreciates that about 5.7 million iPads would ship in this September quarter, [...]
Published on: 15th September, 2010

According to analyst Daniel Ernst from Hudson Square Research, it is almost a rule that fewer college students buy new computers, but Macs are their favorites and have consequently grown in proportion versus other computers. Out of 212 polled students, only about 20 percent have bought a new computer during the last three months, while [...]
Published on: 13th September, 2010

Stan Shih, Acer’s creator, characterized Apple’s products as being “mutant viruses” needing to be cured. Steve Jobs’ insistence on creating revolutionary hardware is seen by Shih as producing rampant growth, but a short-term one, for devices like the iPhone and iPad. According to Acer’s official, the approach may be initially successful, but it can be [...]
Published on: 6th September, 2010

LaCie has recently unveiled MosKeyto, its most compact USB flash storage drive ever. The device offers capacities up to 16GB in a size which is only 0.7 inches long and 0.35 ounces; it is even short enough to lay flush against a notebook while being stored in a bag. The MosKeyto comes equipped with a [...]
Published on: 11th August, 2010

A huge ramp in the production of a new MacBook Air is planned by Apple and suggests significantly more mainstream design, according to Keith Bachman, BMO analyst. Investigating the supply chain, two models have been found enroute in September and would ship in much larger numbers than for the current Air. The researcher did not [...]
Published on: 22nd July, 2010

About a quarter of the managers working in the IT area are already using the Apple’s iPad, as ITIC claims in a study. At this moment, 23 percent of them have their own iPad and another 18 percent are planning to buy one this year. This does not mean giving iPads to employees, but suggests [...]
Published on: 22nd July, 2010

A report recently published by Gartner Research says that US Mac sales in the second quarter have reached 24 percent, which means 1.7 million units. This is outpacing the average of the industry. Gartner analysis places the domestic market share of Apple at 9.8 percent, which is higher than the 8.8 percent estimated by IDC. [...]
Published on: 6th July, 2010

Apparently, Steve Jobs left little to no hope that Blu-ray will be available on the Mac in the near future. According to an e-mail response posted by MacRumors, Jobs compared the Blu-ray to the high end audio formats, which allowed the CD; he has also declared that it will soon be beaten by Internet downloadable [...]
Published on: 27th June, 2010

Nokia has reformulated some of the rules and software in order to revive developer interest for the Ovi Store. The Finnish company is finally reacting with a long awaited move and now lets individuals, besides companies, to register as Ovi Publishers. It is also possible now for developers to have their applications signed for free, [...]