Blog

The founder of the Apple Company, now-deceased Steve Jobs took the second place of honor in the world’s greatest inventor top list.

According to the results of the head count where 1000 USA citizens aged 16-25 took part, the founder of the Apple is only less popular than Thomas Edison, the bulb inventor. Thomas has almost twice as many votes as Jobs – 52 per cent.

No doubt, Apple’s most serious technological competitor is Samsung with their Galaxy Tab. We are not taking into account such developers like Fujitsu, who are working with their national market only. Samsung, the Korean electronic giant, has powerful manufacturing and technical capabilities, and just like its first competitor, Samsung is not afraid to experiment and spends great sums for specialists and researches. Well, Samsung is not afraid to borrow, too, but this is quite a different story.

We all are looking forward Apple’s future experiment to make iPad’s screen of an extra-high resolution. The same surprise Samsung is going to give us, too. It is entirely possible the Apple’s triumph won’t be so bright thanks to Samsung this time. They are not only going to improve the display’s resolution, but to make it bigger in size. 10 inch are not enough for you anymore? Keep reading then.

This is the second most awaited book after the bio of Steve Jobs. Adam Lashinsky had finished his 240-page book named “Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired and Secretive Company Really Works.” The book tells about the American biggest company’s inside life.

A couple of days ago Apple presented its latest, and, to tell the truth, quite inconspicuous version of Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3. The official release is round the corner, but it is quite a task to find something interesting in the new version Apple seeded its accredited developers with.

Microphone is one of the most important parts for a modern iOS device, especially when it goes about an iPhone 4S. This takes Apple to the first place. In 2011 Apple purchased 348.8 millions micro electro mechanical system microphones for their iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. This is 173% more than in 2010. Apple now has 27% on the world’s market while Samsung is left behind with only 20%.

Singapore will sell new iPhone 4S without cameras. The reason for such modification is that there are lots of people working in the military industry, where cameras are completely prohibited, and Indonesian mobile operators don’t like the idea of losing customers.

LAS VEGAS, CES 2012 – New ways of using the iPad can sometimes surprise you a lot. Just look at this fantastic Can-Am Spyder modified closer to a Bat-mobile. It was represented at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, and the main schtick was the iPad 2 connected to all the speakers and two LCD side-mirror screens. One can use the iPad for watching video on all three screens or for navigation.

Annual Best Global Brands Report is made based on five criteria, and today we have the results of the year 2011. It is not a surprise at all that Apple is inside the top ten world’s brands! Unlike all other companies in this list, Apple got so high for the first time, making 9 points up. Neighbors like Coca-Cola, IBM, Microsoft, Google etc. have been holding their positions in the list firm for many years.

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim game became a stunning success all over the world. And there are already rumors about the sixths part of legendary game circulating across the Web. They say it is already under construction and the gameplay will take part in a desert with sands and aguadas, referring to the Arabian countries and their culture. The world will be mainly inhabited by Khajiit race. The game’s story tells about the ancient dagger you can travel through time with being stolen.

Following a new popular “green” mainstream, today many electronics manufacturers try to make their products environmentally cleaner. Apple’s position on the market requires certain actions, too, moreover if it won’t result in additional expenses. For example, the USB cables we all got used to will become a bit safer for the outside world. 

2012 Consumer Electronics show (CES 2012) became a very pleasant surprise for Apple products admirers. Cool game pads by ION, scanner for iPhone Pics2Go, the second version of the famous Parrot AR. Drone and tons of other interesting devices worth a separate discussion. And what’s more do you think we saw there? iPad 3, of course!  

This long-awaited device looks pretty much like the previous iPad 2. You can only notice several slight differences if you look at both tablets closely and at the same time. Not a surprise: iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are like two peas in a pod, too.

Touch-screen smartphones made our lives a lot easier. Many tasks can now be resolved faster, and the popularity of various social networks and microblogs increased dramatically. We constantly use our smartphones, at any moment and any weather. It often happens that you need to accept a call or send sms or e-mail while the rain is pouring down. And, to tell the truth, it often seems a bad idea, because you are afraid to soak your device with water. And it is well-known that such things do not end in anything good.

But rain is definitely not the worst thing. Lots of us have faced this crappy situation when iPhone falls into… you know… a toilet bowl!

The conference took place in late October in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is traditionally dedicated to casual, mobile and social games development issues.

Finnish company Rovio, a producer of one of the most popular video games in the world, has announced the new downloads record.

Since the first game was launched two years ago, its three versions – Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Seasons – were downloaded 500 million times. This event made Angry Birds a best-seller among the world’s videogames and the most popular game of all times.

According to Taiwan magazine Digitimes, the new generation iPad mass production will start on March, 2012. This information comes from a person familiar with the matter, working in the top-management of the company providing accessories for Apple devices.