Following the muchos-nifty-announcements at yesterday’s media event, Apple released iBooks 3.0, the new version of its e-reader for iOS. The new version, a 40.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – See all your iBookstore purchases in iCloud—right on your bookshelf with iOS 6. – Scroll vertically through your books with the flick […]
You’ve been hankering for this. And now you get to be somewhat angry at Apple for having bought a third-generation iPad, oh, six months ago. Per Macworld, Apple unveiled the long-rumored iPad mini along with a fourth-generation of the standard model. The iPad mini is 7.2mm thick—23 percent thinner than the new, fourth-generation iPad—“thin as […]
It may not have been the absolute centerpiece of the show, but it still looks nifty. Per Macworld, Apple on Tuesday released a new, thinner iMac. The company reengineered the iMac’s internals and display, and Apple says the display system is 45 percent thinner and 8 pounds lighter. The new iMacs are available in 21.5- […]
This could be interesting. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Apple surprised its audience by announcing the Fusion Drive, a combination of SSD and HDD technologies. Fusion Drive is part of the new, just-announced iMacs, and is supported by OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). In concept, it’s similar to auto-tiering that is used in enterprise environments. […]
The Mac mini, it’s now equipped with Ivy Bridge goodness. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, besides a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, Apple also updated its Mac mini line of desktops. The affordable Mac computer keeps the same boxy form factor, but soups up internals with a Core i5 or Core i7 Ivy […]