Written by Benny Ling | 31 May 2012
Posted in Apple

Tim Cook took the stage at AllThingsDigital's D10 conference just yesterday, and in his interview with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg he had quite a few interesting things to say. For example, he mentioned that Apple would be doubling down of product secrecy, while declining to mention what the company would be announcing at this year's WWDC. He also noted that the Apple TV is a very successful unit, with 2.7 million sales this year.

Boy Genius have an exclusive on the new TV OS from Apple, reportedly set to debut next week at WWDC. They say the new Apple TV OS will be much more feature-complete than the current one that runs on Apple TVs today, and will also be the OS running on the oft-rumoured Apple television. It's rumoured that the new Apple TV OS will feature a ambitious "control out" API, allowing users to control any peripherals connected to the Apple TV.

Written by Benny Ling | 30 May 2012
Posted in Apple

Apple has confirmed all sorts of things to do with WWDC: they've confirmed that there will be a keynote, released the WWDC app for iOS devices, and have posted the talk schedule for attendees. There's not much else that can be said at this point, because until that keynote starts, we won't really know much about what new products or new software Apple will announce, although it's pretty likely that we'll see a Mountain Lion of some kind.

RBC capital markets expects there to be new models of MacBook sometime later in Q2 2012, which would pave the way for a new iPhone later this year in either September or October. We've been waiting on Ivy Bridge-equipped machines for a little while now, so it's very likely that a MacBook update could happen sooner, rather than later.

Written by Benny Ling | 29 May 2012
Posted in Apple

If you had any doubt about Apple producing their own line of telvisions, rumour has it that Apple are now manufacturing the first test batch of these "smart TVs". One of Foxconn's smaller plants in Shenzhen is producing the smart TVs in a trial run, which means low numbers for design test verification stages at Apple. Provided the test TVs pass Apple's verifications, we could see an announcement in the near future.

Anandtech has published a review of the LaCie 2big NAS. The 2big NAS is an updated version of their previous product, the 2big Network. It features two drive bays for expandability, and comes in either diskless or 6TB versions at US $300 and $649, respectively.

Written by Benny Ling | 28 May 2012
Posted in Apple

Patently Apple has quite an in-depth read on what a 3D-enabled Safari might look like, and how it might work. As it turns out, Apple has been filing patents on something called "Safari 3D" for a while now, and they all point to some kind of Safari implementation where users can stack bookmarks, emails, documents, and other apps in a 3D representation. A 3D GUI means a new method of interaction, and Apple has seemingly patented all the right concepts: rotating UIs, presenting and browsing items in a 3D space, and so on.

Cobook has been branded the intelligent address book app for the Mac, and you'll be very pleased to know it has finally been made available. It makes managing your address book incredibly easy and fast, and it is exactly to Address Book  what Fantastical is to iCal. It's currently free in the Mac App Store.