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Rumor: iPad to Hit on March 26th

Because the rumors make life interesting. A recent rumor has suggested that Apple Store employees will get their first hands-on experience with the iPad and begin training on Wednesday, March 10th, while consumers could be able to purchase one Friday, March 26th. According to The Examiner, an unnamed Apple Store manager in Southern California stated […]

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Publishers Looking to Raise Prices to $13 – $15 Per Book for iPad Content

With the iPad only days away from launch, a new report states that consumers have “unrealistic expectations” about how low e-book prices should be. Recently, the New York Times provided a breakdown on the economics of producing a book from the publisher’s perspective. The report noted that while printing costs go away when a book […]

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Rumor: Apple Looking to Bring HDMI Ports to Various Macs

Because the rumor mill’s fun, sources have stated that Apple plans to introduce HDMI ports on some of its systems this year, embracing a current trend among its competitors. According to AppleInsider, a prototype of the Mac Mini has been seen with an HDMI port by two sources close to the story. The port sits […]

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Child Labor Discovered in Apple Supplier Companies

At least eleven 15-year-old workers were discovered in the factories of three factories which supply Apple. Although Apple has yet to name the offending factories, or say where they were based, the majority of its goods are assembled in China. Apple also has factories working for it in Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, the […]

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Mac OS X Market Share Up 29% According to Recent Report

If you’re still being told that the Mac is on its way out (a la the mantra of the 90’s), a new set of statistics released today show that the market share of Mac OS X in Web use has grown by 29.4% in the last year, while Windows has decreased 3.8%. According to AppleInsider, […]