Writing for the Boston Globe, John P. Mello reports that the market for iPod accessories is now worth US$300 million per year. He cited Gavin Downey, Belkin Corp.’s director of product management, as the source for that figure — Mr. Downey added that the “attach rate” for accessories was originally one for every 15 to…
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TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #29: Podcasting/Recording Answers and More!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For December 12th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version and the AAC Enhanced Version courtesy of Michael, also known as ComputerNap!. John and Dave spend time going through listener feedback, with a bit of a focus on podcasting and audio recording-related questions. Additional notes include additional backup…
iPod Dominates Holiday Buying
Apple’s iPod product line is taking the holiday buying season by storm, out-pacing sales of other electronic items. Holiday shoppers are also becoming more tech-savvy, looking online for the best deals on their electronic gadget purchases. As of Monday morning, Amazon listed the 30GB white video capable iPod as one of its top selling items.…
TMO To Go Podcast - Weekly Roundup: Dec. 9th, 2005
Direct Links: MP3 Version TMO to Go presents the Weekly Roundup Podcast, your source for the top headlines in Mac and iPod news. Each week The Mac Observer’s Ricky Spero covers the territory, paints the picture, and fills in the gaps. It’s like stealing notes after you missed the meeting. Or maybe five meetings. Consecutively.…
iPod Drives Global Chip Sales Up
Gartner Research predicts computer chip sales will surpass their dot-com high, thanks to high demand for iPods and other portable electronic devices, according to The Mercury News. Flash memory chips, like the ones used in the iPod shuffle and nano, now make up a substantial part of the computer chip market. Andrew Norwood, Gartner’s research…
Wozniak: Software Lost Its Human Focus
Mr. Wozniak commented “I would try to take us back to the early Macintosh, the failed Lisa-type thinking of philosophies that the human is the center of the world and the computer gets designed around that person.” He feels that even Apple has lost its focus, noting that the original core group of Mac developers…
Freescale Discusses Apple's Intel Switch
Mr. Mayer commented “Iive seen both sides of the Apple story, because I sold the G5 to Steve (Jobs) the first time he wanted to move to Intel.” Later, IBM decided not to pursue a laptop version of the G5, instead focusing on chips for game consoles like Microsoftis new Xbox 360. IBMis move most…
Macworld Expo To Highlight Music and Audio
The podcasting stage will be in the Exhibit Hall, and attendees will be able to watch some of the industryis leading podcasters at work conducting interviews on the Expo floor. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit mobile state-of-the-art recording studio. It travels around the country exposing students to music and recording technologies,…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #28: Mailbag Fun! Backup strategies, Skype and more.
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For December 5th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version and the AAC Enhanced Version courtesy of Michael, also known as ComputerNap!. John and Dave spend the entire show answering YOUR questions, including their favorite backup strategies, setting the Windows workgroup name, and some iTunes tips, including one…
Adobe/Macromedia Acquisition to Close Dec 3
Adobe and Macromedia expect to have all of the regulatory clearances necessary to complete Adobe’s purchase of Macromedia by December 3, 2006. The acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe began last spring, and will transfer Macromedia’s product line to Adobe. The transaction will be all stock, and Macromedia share holders will receive 1.38 shares of Adobe…
BackBeat Media Launches Podcast Network
BackBeat Media announced Wednesday the launch of the BackBeat Media Podcast Network, a network of three tech, music, and whatnot podcasts. The three podcasts include Coverville, The Evil Genius Chronicles, and The Mac Observer’s own Mac Geek Gab. The network will be providing advertising, infrastructure, and business support, similar to the kind of support BackBeat…
Apple SEC Filing Reveals Growth Plans, Legal Actions
Planned Spending Apple projects that is will spend roughly US$390 million for capital expenditures in fiscal 2006, compared to $260 million in fiscal 2005. $210 million of that will be used for further expansion of its retail segment, with the remainder to support normal replacement of existing capital assets, along with enhancements to the companyis…
Intel/TiVo Deal Precursor to Mac DVR?
Viiv (rhymes with “five”) is Intelis new chip set for home digital entertainment systems and supports both 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound speaker systems. It is designed to be easy to use with a remote control, and manages movies, photos, and games. It also is designed to communicate with other electronic devices, online services, and…
AmTech Research Sees Strong 2GB nano, shuffle, Aperture Sales; Raises Estimates
American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu on Tuesday issued a new research report that covered the results of his recent checks with industry and channel sources, which showed “a better-than-expected pick-up in sales of 2GB iPod nanos, iPod shuffles and [Apple’s] new $499 Aperture professional photography software,” he wrote. As a result, he increased his…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #27: Holiday Wish List
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For November 28th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version and an AAC Enhanced version courtesy of one of our fantabulous listeners, Michael, also known as ComputerNap! John and Dave talk through their wishlists for the holidays… things they wish they had, things they wish existed, and more!…
The Slacker's Guide - Improving on a Classic: Forgotten Hope
Say what you will about the mod community, especially given that their work goes largely unnoticed on an individual level. True, the project might be something they’ll be able to put on their resumes, but there’s hardly any fame, fortune or attractive members of the opposite sex at the end of the tunnel. Still, they…
iPods Will Be in Short Supply This Holiday Season
Every holiday season there are a few must-have gifts that leave shoppers desperately scouring stores to find them. That was true of the iPod last year, and it will be true of the popular MP3 player again this year, according to BusinessWeek’s Peter Burrows, who contacted several retailers and found that some of them are…
Intel Adds Internal Apple Group
Little else is known about the group, since both Intel and Apple are keeping quiet about the details. Most likely, Intelis group will work in concert with Apple to develop chips and other technologies that will benefit both companies.
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #26: Getting Geeky With Photos
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For November 21st, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. Dave and John talk through their favorite ways to take, manage, view, and edit photos. Listen for details on things like easy photo editing, uploading to Flickr, discussion of other photo tricks and more! Show Sponsor: GoDaddy.com -…
Steve Jobs Makes Time's Person of the Year List
Steve Jobs was nominated because of the innovative changes he has made to the entertainment industry through the iPod and the iTunes Music Store (iTMS). This year saw explosive growth in podcasting, the introduction of video downloads at the iTMS, the iPod nano, video capable iPods, and the G5 iMac with Front Row. Each technology…
IT Columnist: 'Without Groupware, Apple Loses Credibility'
John Welch, writing for the Jupiter Research Web site IT Management, used his Friday column to lament the lack of mature groupware servers that run on Mac OS X. He notes that the solutions in use in his office work well with Microsoft Exchange, while there are only “some products [for Mac OS X] that…
EMI Claims New iPod Copy Protection On the Way
Music distributer EMI stated that Apple is adding compatibility for its copy protected CDs to the iPod, a claim that Apple flatly denies, according to TMC. EMI will be releasing albums in the upcoming months that use digital rights management (DRM) software from Macrovision. EMI stated “Apple is nearly finished with the technical work necessary…