Laptops stands are great – I frequently use a laptop stand to hold my laptop at a more ergonomic angle when using it on my lap or my desk. I, like many others, have found it highly uncomfortable to use a laptop in it’s “natural” position for extended periods of time. However, this tends to pose a problem to those that are on the move – it can be difficult to fit a laptop stand in your backpack, briefcase or carrying bag. Today’s product is called the AViiQ Portable Laptop Stand, and it poses a fantastic solution to that problem. Find out more after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
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Apple held the much anticipated press conference today, essentially: death grip applies to everyone, media blew it out of proportion and free cases for everyone. Apple also announced it had sold three million iPhones in the first three weeks. Starting up the Verizon iPhone rumors, Steve said that there is a Verizon cell site on the Apple campus. We’ll have more on this later.
Jason Chen got his stuff back after the DA dropped charges over the $5000 Gizmodo iPhone. Foxconn denied ripping off its workers. USB 3.0 is said to be part of the newest Macs. Firefox Home is in the App Store.
Don’t worry, this isn’t the week the news is going on strike – we promise. First all the news unrelated to the iPhone 4. Steve had a good weekend as Toy Story 3 (created by his former firm Pixar) had a really good weekend. It looks like it’s going to be another weekend, as predictions for Apple’s next quarter seem to be hovering around $15 billion in revenue. Still, some nutjob thinks Apple stock is headed to $45 quickly – this comes in the wake of Apple stock continuing to hit all times high. While Apple stock doesn’t seem to be going up in flames anytime in soon, although a French Apple store did have some smoke problems. Apple sold 3 million iPads in 80 days. HardMac found some interesting things regarding the new MacBook Pro’s USB ports. In patent news, Apple won some for just about everything. LOOPRumors is reporting that Apple might have a special iOS Mac event in the coming days, we take this with a grain pound of salt.
On Monday, Apple released iOS 4. While Best Buy and Wal Mart are getting iPhone 4s in stock, including some in white, AT&T seems to have none outside of the pre-ordered ones. Apple accidentally sent some a tad bit early. Apple kindly sent out reminders for those that pre-ordered. Those Verizon rumors never seem to die. Perhaps if AT&T hadn’t cost Apple an additional million iPhone 4s on launch day. Finally, AT&T confirmed that FaceTime won’t use any of those precious minutes.
Choosing the right laptop case is an extremely important decision – it can make all of the difference in the security, protection, and portability of your laptop. Recently, Pelican kindly agreed to allow us to test one of their extremely tough offerings – and not only is it tough, it’s also secure, and has plenty of storage for the things you’ll need. Our thoughts on the case after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Glenn alluded to earlier that there hasn’t been a list of what to happen at WWDC, that’s because he hasn’t read this post. Of the staff, Charlie is the least interested in WWDC 2010 (although he will be buying a new iPhone), so it seemed appropriate that I write this post. (Yes, that was third then first person – get used to it) And since there really wasn’t a whole lot of non-WWDC Apple news (there actually is really little news on most weekends anyways) – it seemed logical to put this in the same post.
Back to School season might seem far away to most, but the reality is that in the tech world it’s just begun. Given that the EDU market is… a huge one, it seems only appropriate that we at TheMacFeed give you our thoughts and tips regarding the hardware and software to make your life at school a tad bit easier. Hit the jump for our suggestions…
I know, we lied. We said: A. the news wouldn’t come at 5:30 on weekdays and B. it would come every day. Quit complaining… Monster news day kicks off today. Yesterday, Apple gave a slight bump to the MacBook. Seems certain MacBook Pros are having issues. For those that need the visual breakdown of Apple’s success, 9to5Mac gives you this chart of Q2 2010. Apple is rumored to be making Final Cut Studio more prosumer-like. Isn’t that why they have Final Cut Express? Apple then clarified the rumor. The Apple-Google fight is still going on, this time over AdMob/iAds. Apple has been sued for selling music over the internet.
In the Mac OS X world. Apple released the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.4 to developers. Apple then released a Java update for Leopard and Snow Leopard to the public. In today’s version of patents. Apple filed for a trademark of the Remote icon. They also took up trademarking the MobileMe iDisk logo. Cupertino won MacBook & Media Player patents. Apple filed for a trademark of the retail Apple Store.
It was yet another bad week for Apple suppliers. Wintek claims that it gave the workers who were poisoned at its factory proper medical care. Then, a report from one of China’s leading newspaper exposed some incredible stuff regarding what goes on at Foxconn.
The Verizon CEO talked about having an iPad. Then all of those fun rumors regarding the Verizon iPhone started up again. But AT&T’s head isn’t scared. And then some crazy ideas regarding an all white iPhone emerged.
Apple released iPhone OS 4 Beta. A bunch of new features came including… tethering! (AT&T had no comment.) One that isn’t there is “Airplane Mode” prompting. Seems some people have kindly made some cases to protect Gizmodo’s $5000 iPhone. Apple has claimed 72% of the Japanese smartphone market. Steve must really like Vietnam. Now there is a prototype iPod touch with camera floating around.
iPhone mobile payments should be starting soon. Seems as if an iPhone heart rate monitor is going to be launching on June 1st. It was a big 36 hours for the app that was Tweetie and is now Twitter for iPhone. First, it was pulled from the app store. Then it quietly reemerged in the App Store with a very familiar icon. Then it went live.
