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TUAW Year in Review: October 2012

by Michael Rose (Jan 1st, 2013)

Welcome to TUAW's Year in Review. Month by month, we're running down the top stories of 2012, all day long on New Year's Day. Apple announces the long-rumored iPad mini (updated) Just two weeks after Apple sold its 100 millionth iPad, the company has announced the iPad mini. ...

Apple October 2012 Event Metaliveblog

by Erica Sadun (Oct 23rd, 2012)

Join us on October 23rd at 10:00 AM Pacific (1:00 PM Eastern). TUAW will be metaliveblogging Apple's Media Event. We're looking forward to seeing you then! Got some predictions? Drop them in the comments! ...

Join us on 10/23: TUAW metaliveblog of Apple's October Event

by Erica Sadun (Oct 22nd, 2012)

Join us here tomorrow at 10AM PT (1PM ET) as TUAW metaliveblogs Apple's October Event. As the invitation says, Apple has a little more to show us. Is it a new mini iPad? Updated Macs? We'll all find out together. Please accept TUAW's invitation for fun, live blogging and lots of product ...

MacTech conference returning to LA in October

by Mike Schramm (Aug 8th, 2012)

I've been to the MacTech Mac and IT consultants conference a few years in a row now, and I have to say: If you do any Apple consulting or development, it's a great show to see. The Sheraton Universal here in Los Angeles is a great setting, and MacTech publisher Neil Ticktin always puts an ...

Pre-event AAPL trading bucks trend

by Mike Schramm (Sep 30th, 2011)

Andy Zaty of the Bullish Cross blog has done some interesting analysis on the AAPL stock price around Apple's keynote events, and he found that for next week's event, the pattern seems to have fallen apart. During the past four iPhone releases, Apple's stock price has risen in the rumor-filled ...

NYT: iPhone 5 announcement 'just weeks away'

by Chris Rawson (Sep 16th, 2011)

According to Nick Bilton at the New York Times, an unnamed Apple employee has confirmed to him that the next-gen iPhone announcement is "just weeks away." The next-gen phone will be "fairly different from the iPhone 4." Bilton's source seems to confirm multiple rumors claiming the iPhone 5 will ...

WSJ: Sprint will sell the iPhone 5 in mid-October

by Chris Rawson (Aug 23rd, 2011)

At TUAW we typically look the other way when it comes to iPhone rumors, but once something hits the Wall Street Journal, we pretty much consider it a done deal. The WSJ now reports that Sprint will offer the iPhone 5 in mid-October, bringing the handset to the third-largest US carrier. The ...

iPhone 5 reportedly slated for early October launch

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 19th, 2011)

According to BGR, an AT&T Vice President is telling employees to be prepared for an early October launch of the iPhone 5. Jim Dalyrymple of The Loop adds credibility to this rumor by replying with a simple "yep". This October date has been thrown around recently and fits in nicely with ...

Office 2011 to ship October 26

by Mike Schramm (Sep 28th, 2010)

That's right -- Office for Mac 2011 now has an on-sale date; it's October 26th, which is just about a month away. The suite will be the first Mac OS X version that offers Outlook rather than Entourage, and it will come in a few different flavors. Home and Student 2011 will be available for US$119 ...

Overall Mac sales up 21%, desktops up 74% year over year

by Mike Schramm (Dec 15th, 2009)

There's probably a number of reasons why this might have happened (and we're sure you can come up with more than we can), but nevertheless, here you go: overall Mac sales are up by 21 percent in October and November since last year at the same time, according to Gene Munster (not pictured), analyst ...

New iMac, Mac mini, MacBook ads spotted

by Joachim Bean (Oct 5th, 2009)

As we and others have posted over the past few days, there is a rumor that a new or redesigned iMac, Mac mini and MacBook models are coming very soon. Now, this week brings reports of Google ads supposedly touting the rumored Mac mini, iMac and MacBook models. These ads have been spotted in several ...

Throwboy releases Halloween Finder pillows

by Mike Schramm (Oct 1st, 2009)

We've mentioned Throwboy here on the site before -- they make handmade pillows, usually in the shape of Mac-related icons. And they just recently sent word about a brand new line of pillows: just in time for Halloween, they've branded the Finder and related icons with a little October 31st flavor. ...

New MacBooks add metal cases, power to burn but no FireWire

by Michael Rose (Oct 14th, 2008)

You heard the rumors, now get the details. Apple has just released a major update to the MacBook line, leaving the original white plastic model in the mix but lowering the price to $999; the two new models are priced at $1299 and $1599. You can see a video overview of the new beasties at Apple's ...

What is The Brick?

by Robert Palmer (Sep 22nd, 2008)

The friendly folks over at Macenstein have a theory about The Brick -- a widely-rumored Apple product that may be debuting mid-October. So far, all we really know is the code name: "The Brick" (originally suggested by 9-to-5 Mac). Many speculate that it refers to the form factor of the product -- ...

System Preference changes, new Preview toolbar in latest Leopard build

by Mike Schramm (Aug 27th, 2007)

The latest Leopard build has dropped, and screenshots, legal or otherwise, are making their way out into the world. Over the weekend, we posted what looks like the opening movie, and here's a shot of Leopard's System Preferences screen. There are a few changes in there-- the Dashboard and ...