The Apple Store Boylston Street to Open Thursday, May 15
BOSTON, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) will open its newest
retail store on Boylston Street in the heart of Boston’s historic Back Bay
on Thursday, May 15 at 6:00 p.m. EDT. The Apple Store(R) Boylston Street is
Apple’s largest store in the US with two floors of Macs, iPhones and iPods
for customers to experience hands-on, as well as a top floor dedicated to
innovative services including the Genius Bar and personal training through
Apple’s popular One to One program. The Apple Store Boylston Street also
introduces Pro Labs to Boston, offering free, in-depth training on Apple’s
industry-leading pro applications including Final Cut Pro(R). Read more
MacTech Releases Office Scripting Advisor Document
MacTech today released the MacTech Office Scripting Advisor — a set of guidelines, and questions
designed to guide readers to the best scripting options for Microsoft Office. Read more
New PocketMac AudioExtractor Downloads Audio Tracks From YouTube etc
Information Appliance Associates
announces the release of PocketMac AudioExtractor, the first tool to
enable Mac users to download the audio from their favorite YouTube
videos and other video streaming sites.
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SHAPE Services Unveils Mobiscope(TM) for Remote Video Surveillance From Apple(R) iPhone(TM)
STUTTGART, Germany, April 29 /PRNewswire/ — SHAPE Services officially
announced the release of Mobiscope for Apple iPhone, to monitor office
activities in real time and control the safety of the children, aged
relatives or pets on the go. The capabilities to remotely view and manage
the security at home or office and alert on motion detection are the
grounds for fast adoption of the application. Read more
Apple Updates iMac
CUPERTINO, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today
updated its all-in-one iMac(R) line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo
processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. With
prices starting at just $1,199, iMac includes faster processors with 6MB L2
cache and a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line, and 2GB
of memory standard in most models. The 24-inch iMac now offers a 3.06 GHz
Intel processor and the high-performance NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics as
options, extending iMac’s lead as the ultimate all-in-one desktop computer
for both consumers and professionals. Read more
Widgetbox Announces New Widget Gallery for the iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 /PRNewswire/ — Widgetbox, home to the largest
community of widget makers and users, today announced its iPhone widget
gallery, which extends the world’s largest gallery of widgets to the
screens of millions of iPhone users around the world. Read more
Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results
CUPERTINO, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today
announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March
29, 2008. The Company posted revenue of $7.51 billion and net quarterly
profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share. These results compare
to revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or
$.87 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 32.9
percent, down from 35.1 percent in the year-ago quarter. International
sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
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iTunes Store Top Music Retailer in the US
CUPERTINO, Calif., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R)
today announced that the iTunes(R) Store (http://www.itunes.com) surpassed
Wal-Mart to become the number one music retailer in the US, based on the
latest data from the NPD Group*. With over 50 million customers, iTunes has
sold over four billion songs and features the world’s largest music catalog
of over six million songs. Read more
Smaato previews “iSOMA” - first in-app mobile advertising platform for iPhone SDK developers
Smaato will preview “iSOMA” exclusively at Showstoppers: the new addition to the award winning Smaato open mobile advertising platform now with support for the iPhone SDK. In the past weeks since the official introduction of the iPhone SDK Smaato has developed a new way to monetize mobile applications for the iPhone through mobile advertising. The iSOMA SDK will be available for download at www.smaato.com. Read more
Apple Sued for iMac Deception by Kabateck Brown Kellner
LOS ANGELES, March 31 /PRNewswire/ — Apple deceptively marketed its
new 20-inch iMac in a way that grossly inflated the capabilities of its
monitor, which is vastly inferior to the previous generation it replaced,
according to a federal class action lawsuit filed today by Kabateck Brown
Kellner, LLP. Read more