March 13, 2010, 4:22 pm

iPad Available in US on April 3
03.12.2010
Apple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models.


Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement
03.02.2010
Apple today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.


iTunes Store Tops 10 Billion Songs Sold
02.25.2010
Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store, the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store.


Apple Releases Aperture 3
02.09.2010
Apple today introduced Aperture 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes.


Apple Launches iPad
01.27.2010
Apple today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more.


Apple Reports First Quarter Results
01.25.2010
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter ended December 26, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share.


Apple’s App Store Downloads Top Three Billion
01.05.2010
Apple today announced that more than three billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store by iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide.

 

Last 10 News Links for March 2010




03.13  Macworld  Steve Jobs finally wins approval to tear down house...possibly, Lex Friedman: Steve Jobs is accustomed to bringing the house down-unveiling remarkable devices like the iPad, the iPhone, and the original iPod make that a pretty common occurrence. Now, though, after an extended battle, the Apple CEO can finally bring down the other house he’s been trying to raze for so long. Maybe.

03.13  Macworld  Pre-ordering the iPad is a fool’s game, Galen Gruman: InfoWorld’s Galen Gruman wonders why anyone would spend $500 or more on a product that hasn’t even shipped.

03.13  Macworld  Review: Motorola Devour smartphone, Ginny Mies: There’s a lot to like about the Devour smartphone, especially its social networking features, intuitive user interface, and sturdy design, but it also has some shortcomings.

03.13  Macworld  The Macalope Weekly: A sad state of affairs, Staff: It’s a large helping of the Macalope this week, as he takes on non-sensical iPad analysis, Apple doomsaying, and other crimes of punditry.

03.12  Apple Matters  March 12, 1985: The First Mac Switcher, Chris Seibold: When the first Mac was being developed the designers saw no need to address the issue of running multiple programs. The oversight was understandable; the programmers were working hard enough just to develop the system and a single program to run in 64K, which the Mac was originally intended to ship with.

03.12  Apple Matters  How iPad Will Kill the eBook, Chris Seibold: If you have some spare time this weekend you might want to build a tiny coffin for the eBooks the iPad is about to kill.

03.12  Macworld  Apple COO Tim Cook awarded $22 million bonus, Jonathan Seff: The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, received a bonus worth $22 million for his work filling in for Steve Jobs’ during the CEO’s 2009 medical leave.

03.12  Macworld  Latest details make iPad a more promising e-reader, Lex Friedman: Can the iPad compete as an e-book reader? Apple’s latest details about iBooks make that more probable than ever.

03.12  Macworld  Smartphones spread slowly in China, despite 3G and iPhone, Owen Fletcher: China now has the iPhone and more big-name smartphones are due in the country, but high prices mean few Chinese buyers overall are choosing smartphones.

03.12  Macworld  Barnes and Noble to provide e-reader app for iPad, Matt Hamblen: Bookseller Barnes and Noble announced it will have an iPad version of its eReader app ready on April 3.