Apple on Wednesday launched its annual back-to-school promotion offering Mac-buying students and teachers an iPod Touch at no additional charge.
For many years, students and schools have been an important market for Apple, and the company wants to keep it that way with its annual giveaway. This year, students and teachers buying any Mac, other than [...]
Will the strong Mac growth outlined by Apple COO Tim Cook continue amid times of economic turmoil?
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Apple’s fourth quarter should have survived the economic chaos currently rounding the globe, but what Wall Street will care about Tuesday afternoon is its outlook on the future.
Despite a few more product glitches than usual, it’s [...]
Did you know that your Mac can read aloud to you? Mac OS X Leopard includes a cool Text to Speech function that makes the Mac speak selected text in text-based files — including web pages, email messages, spreadsheets, calendar entries, PDFs, text documents, Finder windows, and even iTunes.
To start, open the System Preferences panel [...]
They may not be revolutionary tweaks, but Apple continues to improve the market-leading iPod year after year.
Apple appears to be taking that old adage to heart as it concerns its iconic iPod lineup: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Tuesday’s iPod event provided few surprises but reiterated Apple’s commitment to making the kinds of incremental [...]
The new iPods feature cosmetic changes and lower prices, but Steve Jobs didn’t announce any game-changing innovations many have come to expect
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Apple watchers have high expectations for the company’s signature events. There’s [...]