Apple Launches Back to School Promotion for 2011
Finally, after weeks of false reports, and yesterday’s discovery of in-store promotional material, Apple has finally launched their annual Back to School Program. This program offers minor discounts on Macs purchased by college students, a parent of a college student, or a school faculty member. A $100 gift is also thrown in on the deal in lieu of the traditional iPod offering. [Read More]
No New Macs Until After OS X Lion’s Release?
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is holding back new Mac hardware releases until after the release of OS X Lion, which is slated for a July release. This makes sense, and that timeframe is just around the corner. [Read More]
Apple Looking Into Ways For you to Make New Friends with you iPhone
Because Apple didn’t learn their social networking lesson with Ping, a newly-published patent application reveals that the company is looking into ways for you to make friends using your iPhone. Specifically, the patent outlines ways for you to meet new people with the iPhone with the use of location-based services, and interest matching. Oh, boy. [Read More]
More on the Efforts To Invalidate Lodsys Patent Claims
It appears Apple (and Google) will be barred from the Lodsys case, after Apple tried to intervene. This is due to their already existing licenses. So, Apple may have to sit on their hands and let this play out in court without them. [Read More]
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