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Apple Updates iPad 2 Smart Cover Offerings with Color Tweaks

Posted by on 24 October 2011 at 3:39 pm

Alongside today’s quiet MacBook Pro refresh, Apple has also updated its iPad 2 Smart Cover offerings, perhaps most notably discontinuing the orange polyurethane cover and replacing it with a new dark gray cover.

New dark gray Smart Cover

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Apple Retail Stores to Offer In-Store Pickup of Online Orders

Posted by on 24 October 2011 at 3:21 pm

Apple is making plans to roll out a new pilot program that will allow customers to pickup orders placed through the company’s online store at one of their local retail stores. The program, reportedly known as Sherwood, will include any product availab…

Apple Bumps MacBook Pro with Processor, Graphics, Storage Upgrades

Posted by on 24 October 2011 at 1:48 pm

Apple today quietly released a minor update to its MacBook Pro line, offering upgraded processor, and in some cases graphics and/or storage options at the same price points as the previous models. Portions of the improved specs had been leaked to 9t…

Steve Jobs Biography Now Available in U.S. On iBooks

Posted by on 24 October 2011 at 5:08 am

The Steve Jobs biography is now available in the U.S. on Apple’s iBooks. The book had been rolling out across the world and is now available in all regions.

The book is an authorized biography by Walter Isaacson that has received positive rev…

Steve Jobs Biography Released Early on Kindle, Coming to iBooks at Midnight

Posted by on 24 October 2011 at 4:02 am

The Steve Jobs biography is officially launching on October 24th and it’s become available around the world as the local clock hits midnight. So, we expect it to be become available in the U.S. iBooks at the same local time (midnight Eastern).

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Apple Posts Steve Jobs Celebration Video from October 19th

Posted by on 24 October 2011 at 2:51 am

Apple has posted a video from the Steve Jobs memorial/celebration held on Apple’s campus on October 19th, 2011. The 80 minute video is available on Apple’s site. All of the retail stores were closed during the event so that everyone could watch. …

The Full Walter Isaacson/Steve Jobs Interview From 60 Minutes

Posted by on 24 October 2011 at 1:33 am

CBS has posted the full 60 Minutes interview with Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson, including a number of extras that weren’t included in the broadcast piece. The double-length interview promotes Jobs’ authorized biography which goes on sale tomor…

Steve Jobs Biography Reviewed and Other Tidbits From the Book

Posted by on 23 October 2011 at 9:36 pm

The much anticipated Steve Jobs biography is officially launching on Monday, October 24th. Despite the official release date, many copies have already started circulating. The image on the right is from a book delivery from late last week (thanks Er…

iPod Turns 10 Years Old Today

Posted by on 23 October 2011 at 4:37 pm

Ten years ago today, Steve Jobs took the stage and introduced the first iPod.

The portable music player is seen as being largely responsible for Apple’s dramatic comeback over the past decade. It also led Apple down the path into the consumer el…

Steve Jobs on an Apple Television Set: ‘I Finally Cracked It’

Posted by on 21 October 2011 at 10:08 pm

Rumors of an Apple television set have been circulating for years, but the company has repeatedly expressed doubts about the feasibility of entering the market. Steve Jobs himself noted that the current environment of “balkanized” cable operators cont…