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First off, this is my blog at TMO, a place where I write about anything I think would be interesting to our readers. What follows is not a review of the Kindle Fire HD. I won't be showing comparison charts. Instead, my observations are based on my technical background and experience with iPads, but naturally…

 Arthur Levinson Art Levinson, chairman and former CEO of Genentech, and long-time board member and current chairman of Apple Inc., spoke on Tuesday about life at Apple in the 16 months since cofounder Steve Jobs died. This marks the first time that Mr. Levinson—who counted Steve Jobs as a friend, as well as a colleague—has…

The Judge overseeing David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital's lawsuit against Apple over a proposal to allow shareholder voting on preferred stock options ruled on Tuesday that bundling together three issues into a single vote may violate U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Judge Richard Sullivan, however, stopped short of saying Apple proposal would cause irreparable…

The sleek, HardCase for LapTops from WaterField provides safe, structured protection for either a 13-inch or 15-inch MacBook Pro and does it with first-class style. WaterField HardCase The flap is smooth leather. The remaining parts of the outside are custom made ballistic nylon, a layer of impact plastic, and a layer of cushioned foam. On the back…

Adobe has acknowledged reports of an active security threat in Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI 11.0.1 and earlier that's being already being exploited by hackers, and plans to release emergency updates some time this week to patch the flaws. The exploit is highly sophisticated on the level of espionage cyber attacks, according to security research…

Microsoft has quietly jacked up the price of Office for Mac 2011 by 17 percent for the Home & Student edition and 10 percent for the Home & Business edition. The move brings pricing for the Mac version in sync with the 2013 Windows version of the productivity suite, which udnerwent its own price increase…

Some SEC documents filed on Thursday suggest that hedge fund selling contributed—perhaps greatly—to the precipitous decline of $AAPL throughout the December quarter, and by extension the early part of 2013. That's not too surprising, but what's more interesting to me is that it's a demonstration of an idea that's been kicking around in my head…

It's been selling cider for 20 years, and Apple Inc. hasn't exerted an iota of pressure, but The Apple Shop in Hoveton England )as noted in the comments below) is changing its name. Why, you ask? Turns out an all-day flood of Apple customers looking for help with their iMacs and their iPads and their…

If you've got kids, giving them your Apple ID password (or your credit card info) so that they can buy music from iTunes is a bit risky. You never know when one of them will go crazy and decide to purchase the entire Grateful Dead back catalog, do you? In any case, if you'd like…

Recently I've had multiple people ask me to describe my home Sonos setup. Today I set about answering that question. However, in writing that post I realized that we had no post here describing exactly what Sonos is, as my only explanations of that have happened audibly on Mac Geek Gab (in episode 350 and unintentionally…

[Update: This article originally focused on Apple's quarterly foot traffic of 120 million people through its retail stores. It has been updated to focus on the 370 million people who visited an Apple Store in 2012. – Bryan] Apple CEO Tim Cook reminded us on Tuesday that 370 million people visited an Apple Store during…

Apple CEO Tim Cook's talk at Goldman Sachs on Tuesday morning didn't help his company's stock, which gave back some recent gains throughout the morning session. Mr. Cook talked about innovation, his company's efforts to return more money to its shareholders, and more, but investors were apparently unimpressed. As of this writing, shares of Apple…

Apple cofounder Steve “The Woz” Wozniak thinks that Apple has allowed itself to fall behind Android in some features. In other areas, Mr. Wozniak said that competitors have caught up to Apple, and he praised Samsung for making great devices. Steve Wozniak Source: Wikimedia Commons The Woz made the comments to Wirtschafts Woche, a German…

Apple announced Wednesday that the company has now sold more than 25 billion songs from the iTunes Store since its inception in 2003. At its current pace, over 15,000 songs are downloaded from the store every minute. Eddy Cue, Apple’s SVP of Internet Software and Services, described the company’s pleasure with reaching the milestone: We…

Longtime Apple fans will want to make sure they’re in Georgia this April for the first ever Southeast Vintage Computer Festival, announced Monday. As part of a larger event covering vintage computers from many different manufacturers, Apple products will receive a dedicated 6,000 square-feet of display space in a special “Apple Pop-Up Museum.” The display…

Image files hidden in the iPad’s iOS 6.1 firmware may add support to the longstanding rumors that Apple will soon launch a Pandora-like “iRadio” service. As discovered by 9to5Mac Monday, several image files tucked into the device’s firmware display a radio tower icon, a plus button, and the word “buy” in the filename. The image…

Apple introduced short links for the App Store last Friday, providing developers with an easy-to-remember short URL for use in advertising. As noted by several sites, the new service made a public debut during last night’s Super Bowl as part of a commercial for the next installment of the J.J. Abrams Star Trek saga. On…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — HP was demonstrating a soon to be released inkjet printer that rivals both other inkjet and color laser printers in terms of speed. We received a demo of the unit from Larry Tracy, Manager, Business InkJet, at the Macworld/iWorld Media Preview Reception. HP Officejet Pro X551 One unique feature of the…

SAN FRANCISCO – Connected Data launched Transporter this week, the company's private data sharing and storage solution. The company first made waves with a Kickstarter effort in late 2012 to beta test Transporter, and the device is now available to the general public. Transporter essentially offers the kind of shared storage that cloud-based services like…

While Apple sold 22.9 million iPads in the Christmas quarter, Microsoft shipped only about 900,000. After returns, the sell-through might have been as little as 680,000 according to NPD and IHS. In contrast, in the first quarter of iPad sales in 2010, deeper in the recession, Apple sold 3.27 million. Recent reports from IHS iSuppli…

The previously mentioned and highly-anticipated iOS 6.1 jailbreak will be released within a week, likely as soon as this Sunday, February 3, according to the jailbreak’s development team. The jailbreak will be called “evasi0n” and evad3rs, the team responsible, has set up a website to inform the public on its progress. All recent Apple devices…

Honda and its Acura luxury line will include support for Siri’s hands-free integration, called “Eyes Free” in some 2013 models, the carmaker announced Wednesday. The 2013 Honda Accord and 2013 Acura RDX and ILX models will offer Eyes Free as a dealer-installed option. Eyes Free was introduced by Apple during the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference.…

iPhone users pay more on average for their monthly wireless data plans than those of any other phone platform, according to new research from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), provided Wednesday by AllThingsD. The iPhone also has the highest retention rate among both smartphones and basic “feature” phones. The survey of U.S. consumers asked respondents…

I am very happy to welcome Smile as this week's sponsor here at TMO. Smile this week will celebrate their 10th year in business, and that is something for which all of us Mac and iOS users can be thankful. PDFPen for iPhone Our focus this week is on PDFPen for iPhone, winner of a recent…