Apple’s Passbook Could Be A Platform, Not Just Another Mobile Payments Rival
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At this week’s WWDC, Apple introduced a new application called “Passbook,” meant to function as an organizer for all your passes. It supports store cards, gift cards and coupons out of the gate, replacing their plastic counterparts, and providing an Apple-approved way to get consumers paying at checkout with their mobile...
Confirmed: Waze And Others Contributing To Apple’s iOS 6 Maps’ Crowd Sourced Traffic Data
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Shortly after yesterday’s Apple WWDC keynote there was plenty of chatter amongst the pundits, journalists and developers about which apps Apple had screwed over with iOS 6.
In particular is the turn-by-turn map services now baked into iOS 6, a move that removes Google Maps from the core OS altogether. Waze, which launched back in 2009, offers...
TC’s Writer Roundup Of Apple’s WWDC 2012 Keynote [TCTV]
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Still have an appetite for some more talk about the latest Apple WWDC keynote that happened today? Ha, just kidding, of course you do! It’s like Jell-O: There’s always room for more.
We at TechCrunch couldn’t get enough either, so I rounded up a couple of my colleagues in the TechCrunch TV studio to shoot the breeze about all the...
Watch This Happy, Happy Man Refurbish An Old Apple II
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This charming man, Todd Harrison, bought a used Apple II and some drives from Ebay and did what any self-respecting geek would do: he gave them the attention and respect they deserved, cleaning all the parts and getting it ready to run some BASIC again.
The machines were in pretty rough shape. He powered the CPU on and it seemed to fry a little and...
Apple’s Power Nap Is Basically Microsoft’s Windows SideShow/Connected Standby
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Isn’t Power Nap an awesome new feature of OS X In case you missed it earlier today, Power Nap allows your MacBook to keep up to date while in sleep mode. So emails are updated, things get synced to iCloud, system updates are pushed through and even TimeMachine backups are performed in a silent and power efficient manner. Sounds pretty great,...
More iOS 6 Features: New Privacy Settings, Share Widgets, Revamped Store Apps More
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Yesterday, Apple revealed the latest version of its iOS operating system, iOS 6, which promises over 200 new features. On stage, Apple presented a subset of these, touting new additions like an improved version of Siri, Facebook integration, a new phone app, FaceTime over 3G/4G, an updated version of Safari with iCloud Tabs, a new version Photo...
No More Wall Wart: Apple Reveals New Airport Express Base Station
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Apple isn’t always so forthcoming with certain product announcements. I guess it’s their version of an Easter Egg? Like the Mac Pro update and death of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, they also updated the Airport Express Base Station.
It looks a lot like the Apple TV but it’s white and no longer requires you to plug it directly into the...
To Be Clear, Siri Is Not Coming To The iPhone 4 Or iPad 2 (Update)
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It’s understandable why you might have been confused. Apple made Siri’s expansion about as clear as mud yesterday at Apple’s WWDC keynote.
She learns more, moves to the iPad, gets all kinds of new integrations in iOS 6 (which most certainly will come to your iPhone 4/3GS), but does she actually hop on over to the new hardware and...
Apple Introduces All-New MacBook Pro with Retina Display
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Apple Still Has It
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There will be plenty of bits spilled over the next few days about whether Apple is going extinct, whether Jobs’ touch was integral to the Apple experience, and whether this was “The.Worst.Keynote.Ever.” I posit, however, that Apple still has a few good years left and this keynote (now available here) – a precise and...
Apple Updates MacBook Air and Current Generation MacBook Pro
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