Apple picker Kodak's patent fight, a mysterious new feature in the iOS 6 beta, new and old Apple ads or a hint of a 13″ MacBook Pro with retina display, all these are the topics of Apple Week for the 31st week.
Apple reportedly wants to acquire The Fancy service (5/8)
Apple is said to be considering buying the social network The Fancy, which is described by some as a competitor to the better-known Pinterest, although it is significantly smaller. Apple may be keen to tap into the ever-expanding e-commerce market, and The Fancy should be the entry point for it. Apple can offer over 400 million users with active credit cards, which could mean significant growth for The Fancy.
The Fancy is a store, blog and magazine at the same time, where you can mark your dream products and then buy them directly on the website. This is exactly The Fancy's advantage over the competition - you can shop directly on its website.
Source: MacRumors.com
Google and Apple are fighting over the patents of the bankrupt Kodak (August 7)
Although Kodak doesn't have much time left before it goes bankrupt, it is still trying to get some more money from its patent portfolio. The well-known photography company believes it could get as much as $2,6 billion for its patents, with Apple and Google likely fighting over them. However, neither side has yet come close to meeting Kodak's demands.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple offered $150 million, with Google offering just $100 million more. In addition, Kodak's complete patent portfolio might not be so large in the end, because Kodak and Apple are currently in court where ten patents are being decided, and if the judge awards them to Apple, then Kodak will certainly not be able to claim such a high amount.
Source: CultOfMac.com
In iOS 6 beta 4, a new Bluetooth Sharing feature has been added (7/8)
Except for an unexpected revelation the absence of the YouTube application in the upcoming version of the OS, the fourth beta brought a new interesting feature. It is called Sharing via Bluetooth (Bluetooth Sharing) and its purpose is not yet known. The feature is found in the Privacy settings and the menu contains a list of apps that require data sharing via Bluetooth. This may be to simplify the transfer of data between third-party applications, but there are also rumors that this function could allow the transfer of data from the iPhone to a possible iWatch. These should very much support the current generation of iPod nano and would display, for example, incoming messages, weather or GPS location. If Apple were to come up with such an iPod or an iWatch when introducing a new iPhone, the manufacturer Pebble watch would have very strong competition.
Source: JailbreakLegend.com
Apple released a new commercial for the iPad (August 7)
In the sequence, Apple released the third advertisement for the third-generation iPad. The spot called "All on iPad" is created in the same style as the previous one, "Do It All". It focuses on the Retina display and also shows several different apps.
Read this. Tweet it.
Be surprised. Be productive.
Shop. Cook lunch.
Have a movie night.
Play the game. Or play your favorite music.
Make everything more beautiful with the Retina display on iPad.
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Source: MacRumors.com
Connan O'Brien's Parody of the Apple-Samsung Dispute (8/8)
American comedian Connan O'Brien started his talk show with a short video allegedly released by Samsung to prove how original the company really is. In a short skit, you will see a comparison of far-from-similar phones and tablets, an original microwave oven, a Mac Pro-style Vac Pro vacuum cleaner, or an iPod-controlled iWasher. Next, Samsung will guide you to its store, where the Samsung Smart Guy will help you with your problems and will not forget to mention the founder of Samsung, Stefan Jobes.
Source: AppleInsider.com
Time editor interviews Ken Segall, former Apple ad creator (8/8)
Time magazine editor Harry McCracken interviewed Apple marketing executive Ken Seggal at a special presentation at the Historic Computer Museum in California. He is responsible, for example, for the advertising campaign for the iMac or the well-known iPod ads with dancing silhouettes, and is also the author of the book Insanely Simple. In the interview, Segall mainly recalled Steve Jobs, he also mentioned the controversial advertising campaign on the occasion of the Olympic Games. You can see the whole interview in the video below, the part about the new ads starts after about the first hour.
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Source: MacRumors.com
Unknown 1983 Macintosh Ad Appears (10/8)
Andy Hertzfeld has posted a video on Google+ that features the original Macintosh, which has never aired on TV. The minute-long clip was created in 1983 and features members of the Macintosh team at the time - alongside Hertzfeld, Bill Atkinson, Burrell Smith and Mike Murray. Everyone praises the new computer for its availability or reliability. According to Hertzfeld, this ad was never aired because Cupertino thought it was too much of a commercial for the Macintosh.
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Source: CultOfMac.com
A MacBook Pro 13” benchmark with retina display appeared on Geekbench (August 10)
We could also see benchmark tests of yet-to-be-released Mac models recently, before the introduction of the new line of MacBooks, which we could see for the first time at WWDC 2012. Now on the pages Geekbench.com discovered another test of a yet-to-be-released device – a 10,2-inch MacBook Pro with retina display. The unknown laptop is identified as a MacBookPro15 (the 10,1” retina MacBook Pro is “MacBookPro13” and the current 9” MacBook Pro is “MacBookProXNUMX.x”).
According to the data, the 13" retina MacBook Pro should be equipped similarly to the current top thirteen-inch laptop model, i.e. a dual-core Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3520M processor at a frequency of 2,9 GHz and 8 GB of DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM. Like the 15” version, it will likely include a GeForce GT 650M graphics card with the Kepler architecture. The test device also ran OS X 10.8.1, which was released to developers only this Saturday.
Source: MacRumors.com
Apple released OS X 10.8.1 (11/8) update to developers
Developers got their hands on an update to the latest version of the OS X 10.8 operating system, which was released to users at the end of last month. The delta update is 38,5 MB and fixes bugs related to:
- USB
- PAC Proxy in Safari
- Active disk directories
- Wi-Fi and audio when connecting a Thunderbolt display
- Supports Microsoft Exchange in Mail.app
Source: TUAW.com
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These should be very compatible with the current generation iPod touch... I think the author meant iPod nano :)