http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/ Read updated Apple blogs. Learn about the latest Apple iphone news, Mac computer updates, and check out Apple competitors. en-us Copyright 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:15:47 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss bwwebmaster@businessweek.com 10 Apple, and current and former execs are the subject of another lawsuit revolving around the old kerfuffle around the stock options backdating mess that ensnared the company a year or two ago. The latest suit appears to be a second... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/07/apple_jobs_othe.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/07/apple_jobs_othe.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Lawsuits and Legal Stuff Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:15:47 -0500 So Apple called today, a little annoyed with my portrayal yesterday of AT&T's iPhone pricing. The main difference on plans for the new iPhone versus the old are simple: The data plan is $10 more a month, mainly because the... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/07/apple_on_iphone.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/07/apple_on_iphone.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple iPhone Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:25:27 -0500 AT&T finally got around to disclosing all the pricing details around the iPhone 3G today, and while Apple is widely praised for its “simplicity” in all things about the device, there’s not a lot that’s simple about AT&T’s plans. First... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/07/att_iphone_pric.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/07/att_iphone_pric.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple iPhone Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:19:53 -0500 Engadget has an interesting screen shot purporting to show a new feature in Safari on Snow Leopard, the next version of OS X due next year. The feature is labeled "Save as a Web Application" and turns sites into mini-applications... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/screen_shots_of.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/screen_shots_of.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Snow Leopard Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:19:54 -0500 Softbank Mobile said this morning that it will release the iPhone 3G in Japan on July 11. Published reports say the phone will cost about 23,000 Yen, and will pay 5,985 Yen for data on top of a 980 yen... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/softbank_mobile.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/softbank_mobile.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple iPhone Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:51:03 -0500 Peter Kafka over at Silicon Alley Insider got a nice tip that Apple has leased two floors in this still-under-construction building in Midtown Manhattan. The building is 510 Madison, and is located at the corner of 53rd St. and Madison... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/apples_new_digs.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/apples_new_digs.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Miscellaneous Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:16:18 -0500 IPhone Madness is the lead topic on this week's Digital Dish. And we also talk about the collapse of talks between Microsoft and Yahoo from yesterday. Then I declare that the days of the Twitter Quitters are upon us.... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/digital_dish_fo_1.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/digital_dish_fo_1.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Miscellaneous Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:49:05 -0500 The buzz around new iPhone apps -- and the companies behind them -- is about to start moving fast and furious. I don't have many details yet but I've just heard that Qik is coming to the iPhone, and will... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/qik_is_coming_t.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/qik_is_coming_t.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple iPhone Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:50:28 -0500 Rob Hof of Tech Beat is at the WWDC handling our liveblogging duties for today. Here's the link.... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/tech_beat_liveb.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/tech_beat_liveb.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Apple News Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:33:20 -0500 Here's some news that should cheer the owners of jailbroken iPhones: There's a new bit of Voice Over IP software available. The company offering it is San Francisco-based sipgate, and its Web site is already live should be going live... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/a_new_voip_appl.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/06/a_new_voip_appl.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple iPhone Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0500 MacRumors, citing a report on Blogging Robots that are are signs within iCal, included with the latest update of Leopard that Apple's .Mac (pronounced dotMac) is about to be renamed and probably revamped substantially. One rumor that's been making the... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/mac_to_be_revis.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/mac_to_be_revis.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Rumors, Rumors, Rumors Fri, 30 May 2008 10:50:23 -0500 Dan Frommer at Silicon Alley Insider scored a few blurry shots taken with his Treo (a Treo Dan?) of the scene at what was apparently the filming of a TV commercial for the new iPhone. There apparently wasn't much to... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/apple_store_fif.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/apple_store_fif.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Apple advertising Fri, 30 May 2008 10:45:20 -0500 Via Endgadet. A working Mac with its components entirely mounted on a corkboard hanging on a wall. More here, including a close-up of the set-up. It looks like a disassembled PowerBook. And apparently, it works.... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/now_thats_a_thi.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/now_thats_a_thi.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Miscellaneous Thu, 29 May 2008 09:41:32 -0500 Further to yesterday's big judgment against Dell by a New York judge, the New York Attorney General's office is urging people who think they've been victims of what its calling that company's "deceptive and negligent business practices" to seek restitution.... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/new_york_ag_cuo.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/new_york_ag_cuo.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Miscellaneous Wed, 28 May 2008 17:29:19 -0500 ... It's touching my computer screen. Worse than that? Someone else touching my computer screen. Microsoft has been touting Windows 7 at the AllThingsD conference. Steve Wildstrom was there. The main feature? A multi-touch interface, similar to that of the... http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/if_theres_one_t.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/05/if_theres_one_t.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Apple and Microsoft Wed, 28 May 2008 12:07:57 -0500