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Retail chief Ron Johnson officially leaves Apple, no successor announced

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November 1, 2011

In June, Apple Senior Vice President – and the creator of the Apple Store – Ron Johnson announced that he would be departing November 1st to become the CEO of JC Penney. That day has come and Apple has made the exit official by removing the veteran executive from their Apple Leadership website. Notably, no replacement has been put up yet, but we will likely hear some news about that soon, eh?
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BT fibre broadband cable UK rollout accelerated

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October 31, 2011

Telecoms provider BT is accelerating its fibre broadband rollout. It now plans to offer “super-fast” internet speeds to two-thirds of UK premises by the end of 2014. The target is a year ahead of its original plan. The firm says its main product will offer maximum download speeds about 10 times faster than at present, at 70-100Mbps on average. That will help it compete against Virgin Media’s 100Mbps offer. BT says it is employing an additional 520 engineers and bringing forward £300m of investment to achieve the goal. The company says six million premises already have access to its fibre broadband technology,...
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Apple ‘Questioning’ the Future of its Mac Pro Line?

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October 31, 2011

Late last week, we noted that with pricing information on Intel’s upcoming Sandy Bride E Xeon processors surfacing, Apple’s options for a potential “Early 2012″ Mac Pro have begun to clear up. The Mac Pro has not been updated since mid-2010, and delays in Intel’s new chips have pushed their availability out from late this year to early next year. But despite the new processors now being in sight, AppleInsider reports that Apple is reportedly “questioning” the future of the Mac Pro line and whether it will even release updated models. Although the Mac maker has reportedly developed a revision to the existing Mac Pro...
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How to extend battery life of your iPhone 4S by disabling ‘Setting Time Zone’

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October 31, 2011

Poor battery performance is one of the major teething issues that’s been plaguing early iPhone 4S adopters who are flocking to Apple’s Support Communities forum in search for answers. Apple’s remained mum on the matter thus far. The problem appears to be affecting some iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS users as well, indicating a likely software bug rather than a hardware defect.iDownloadBlog offers an interesting remedy that may not work for everybody, even though some folks are reporting seeing an improved battery performance. It appears that the Setting Time Zone function in iOS 5 can lead to excess power drain because the device is repeatedly polling...
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Bill Gates on Jobs bio quotes “he said a lot of very nice things about me and he said a lot of tough things” [Video]

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October 31, 2011

Gates defends himself slightly but seems smart enough (and secure enough) not to handle the tough words head on. “Well, Steve and I worked together, creating the Mac. We had more people on it, did the key software for it.” “So, over the course of the 30 years we worked together, you know, he said a lot of very nice things about me and he said a lot of tough things. I mean, he faced several times at Apple the fact that their products were so premium priced they literally might not say in the marketplace. So, the fact that we...
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iMattic Lite is in the the “What’s Hot!” section of the news category!

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October 31, 2011

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Mac OS 10.8 users already doing external testing

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October 31, 2011

Mac OS 10.8 testers both inside Apple’s HQ and in the surrounding area of Silicon Valley have been spotted in Web Logs by MacRumors. Indeed, looking at our own logs (above), 10.8 users have been hitting our servers since mid-August, though only in numbers that probably could have been faked. More recently, however, 10.8 testing has grown more abundant, with testers hitting our site every day including on weekends from non-Apple IP addresses throughout October. Similar patterns emerged in testing OS 10.7 which leads us to conclude that this is still very early testing and it is likely more than a...
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Apple looking to bring AirPlay Mirroring, iMessage application to Mac OS X

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October 31, 2011

AirPlay Mirroring shown with an iPad 2 and an Apple TV Sources familiar with the future of Mac OS X say that AirPlay Mirroring and an iMessage application are currently in development. Although neither project may see the light of day, they are definitely on the table for release in future versions of OS X Lion. AirPlay Mirroring for the Mac will allow a user to wirelessly mirror exactly what is shown on their Mac’s display to an Apple TV connected to a projector, television, or external monitor. AirPlay video streaming is also being integrated into QuickTime X. This would...
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