Bryan Chaffin

Foxconn does manufacturing for many, many companies, including iPhones, iPods, iPads, and the Mac mini for Apple (from the most recent information – Apple does not specifically disclose outsourcing information). The firm also makes Kindles for Amazon, PCs for HP, mobile phones for Motorola, devices for Cisco, Xbox 360s for Microsoft, PCs for Dell, and…

The exchange took place Friday night and early Saturday morning, with all of Mr. Jobs’s replies coming after midnight. It began with Mr. Tate firing off a note asking Mr. Jobs, “If [Bob] Dylan was 20 today, how would he feel about your company? Would he think the iPad had the faintest thing to do…

In particular, Mr. Rentzsch took issue to Section 3.3.1 of Apple’s iPhone OS developer agreement, which limit developers to using developer tools that meet strict requirements set by Apple. In an open letter posted to his site, Mr. Rentzsch said that he was drawn to developing for the Mac, and by extension, in part because…

Mr. Jobs’s health has been the subject of much observation, commentary, speculation, and concern, especially following a six month medical leave-of-absence he had to take one year ago, and during which he had liver replacement surgery. “While he remains thin and talks with acquaintances about his struggle to put on weight,” the magazine reported, “[Mr.]…

The Chronicle’s points out that its numbers are rough and contain a lot of assumptions, but the base assumption based on numbers from other developers is that Apple is selling roughly 7,500 copies of each app on both weekend days, and 2,500 copies of each app per weekday. At $10 per app – an amount…

Apple has been holding meetings with advertisers to push the iAd network, which was unveiled at the company’s iPhone OS 4 media event, and is expected to launch as early as June. According to The Journal, ad execs have been crowding those meetings to learn more about Apple’s offering. Despite the seemingly high price tag,…

I have been a little dismayed at this former and troubled by the latter. For one thing, as long-time TMO curmudgeon Bosco (A.K.A Brad Hutchings) pointed out, what Gizmodo and the prototype’s finder are guilty of most in the eyes of those seemingly most hungry for blood is spilling Apple’s secrets (and in this case…

Steve Wildstrom did the homework that the rest of us should have done, however, and actually dug into the issue. According to his research, which TMO has verified, the iPad is allowed at all three schools, but is facing some technical hurdles getting onto their networks. George Washington University: The school’s iPad and Network Connectivity…

“There’s a rumor saying there will be a Mac App Store and no software without authorization from Apple will run on Mac OS X,” Mr. Valente asked, according to a copy of the e-mail published by MacStories. “Is that true?” Steve Jobs’s one word answer? “Nope.” The question may be one of logistics, even for…

According to CNET, The Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team of Santa Clara County, also known as REACT, is looking into the incident, which unfolded earlier in April. The site reported that it is not yet known if the probe is aimed at Gizmodo, its parent company Gawker, or the person who found the phone and…

James told Mr. Jobs that he had lost his girlfriend in April of 2008 to melanoma, a cancer that “spread rapidly to her liver.” She died two days after this was discovered, making organ donations something important to the young man. James and his girlfriend both being from Cupertino, he called Mr. Jobs a “home…

That represents a record-high for the stock, though after-hours trading isn’t usually included when looking at record prices for stocks. The stock had closed slightly lower in regular trading, but jumped after Apple released its earnings report. *In the interest of full disclosure, the author holds a small share in AAPL stock that was not…

The speech made news in March after it was given, but the transcript of the event offers a little more insight on Mr. Jobs’s promotion of the proposed California law, and his own efforts to secure a liver transplant. “Last year I received a liver transplant. I was very fortunate, because many others died waiting…

Melodyne is software used to change and correct the pitch of notes in a track. The three versions replace the former Melodyne plugin, but is still intended to be used in conjunction with recording software like Pro Tools and Apple’s Logic. The updates are all free to registered users of version 1.x. Release notes for…