Categories
MacBook Air News

Apple nixes PhotoFast 256GB MacBook Air upgrade kit

It was good while it lasted. Per 9to5 Mac, Apple has quietly stopped third-party outfitter PhotoFast from selling the 256GB MacBook Air SSD upgrade kit, the company’s product page returning a 404 error this morning. The kit included a 256GB upgrade chip as well as a USB 3.0 housing for the 64GB chip currently in […]

Categories
iPad News

Softbank to offer subsidized iPad to Japanese market in exchange for two year contract

Japanese carrier Softbank has announced that the company will begin offering the 16GB iPad 3G for free when customers sign up for a 25 month, US$56 a month contract, a new report claims. Per mocoNews, Softbank’s subsidy would contain no hidden costs that spread the cost of the iPad over the term of the contract. […]

Categories
News Software

Google Earth 6.0.0.1735 released

Late Wednesday, software giant Google released version 6.0.0.1735 of its popular Google Earth program. The new version, a 53.3 megabyte download, adds the following new features: New features in Google Earth 6: – Integrated Street View: In Google Earth 6, the Street View experience is now fully integrated. You can enter Street View either by […]

Categories
iPhone iPod Touch News Software

Random FaceTime calls reported, iOS 4.2.1 bug suspected

As cool as the idea of FaceTime and videoconferencing can be, you really don’t want to be receiving these calls without expecting them. Per iPodNN, some of Apple’s various FaceTime-compatible devices made a series of random calls to each other overnight between the 27th and the 28th, according to reports and complaints on Apple’s support […]

Categories
News retail

Cyber Monday deals continue on U.S. Apple Store web site

The savings continue and you won’t need to be trampled at a mega-store to get them… Per the Mac Observer, Apple is offering Cyber Monday deals on items such as the Beats by Dr. Dre Beatbox iPod and iPhone speaker dock for US$359.95, iPhone and iPad cases by Michael Kors, Panasonic’s HM-TA1 HD video camera […]