Goodbye Steve, We will miss you.

Yes, the news is true. Yesterday, October the 5th, 2011, the world lost one of it's most innovative members. Steve Jobs has passed away after a 9 year battle with cancer. He is said to have passed peacefully at his home on Wednesday. Steve was one of the greatest minds of our time. He was a great leader and an innovator of unmatched degree. As the driving force behind Apple, he set out to change the world. And that is exactly what he did.

Apple will continue on without him, but I expect that world changing force will be gone forever. That was Steve Jobs. His attention never wavering, he molded Apple and the world into his vision. His innovations pushed the Technological world and forged new technologies, not just for Apple, but in his competitors as well. I can only hope that without him, Apple will continue the path he set them upon.

Goodbye Steve, We will miss you.

Apple to release iPhone 4S in September.. NOT iPhone 5!

Forbes is reporting that Apple will NOT be releasing an iPhone 5 in September. Instead, it will be the iPhone 4S. And with it's roll out, Sprint, T-Mobile and China Mobile will likely be getting the iPhone 4S.

Tic Tac BLAM!! Explosive Take on an Old Classic!

Not too long ago, an acquaintance of mine mentioned that he had just released his first iPhone app. So obviously I just HAD to check it out! And for $.99 I can certainly say I got my monies worth! When I got to the app store and realized it was a Tic Tac Toe clone, I will admit, I was a little less than enthused. However, once I downloaded it, all of that changed!

Apple and How They Helped Locally in the Earthquake

This most recent series of disasters in Japan has all of us reeling, wondering what will happen next. First the country of Japan is rocked by a Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake. The Earthquake was so massive that it literally moved the coastline of Japan some 8 feet! Some of the out laying islands have been moved as much as 60 feet! All of this resulted in the Earth tilting 4 more inches on her axis. As if the Earthquake was not enough, a tsunami nearly 30 feet tall, washed over several coastal towns of Japan, utterly devastating them.

Georgia to Consider iPads in lieu of Text Books

Yesterday, Tommie Williams, The Senate President pro tem announced that State Educators and legislators are considering an offer made to them by Apple last week, that would put iPads in the classrooms of middle schools thru out Georgia instead of books.

Mr Williams is quoted as saying,

“Last week we met with Apple Computers, and they have a really promising program where they come in and their recommending to middle schools – for $500 per child per year, they will furnish every child with an iPad, wi-fi the system, provide all the books on the system, all the upgrades, all the teacher training – and the results they’re getting from these kids is phenomenal.”

iPad Magazine, The Daily to Launch Feb 2nd..???

Will February the 2nd really be the day? We will just have to wait and see. Rupert Murdoch's newest venture in News is his newspaper slated and targets at tablet computers is supposed to launch on Groundhog's day. The Daily was announced in Late November, as a newspaper specifically designed for the iPad. Several times recently a release date has been announced, only to later be put on hold again. The supposed reason for the delays have been Apple's subscription model that they are adding into iTunes. 

Will this magazine be worth all of the hype it has been receiving? I highly doubt it. But hopefully it will usher in a new era of Digital Media for the iPad.


Source cnet

Meet Apple's New Global Head of Security

Meet the new head of Apple's Global Security... David Rice. Mr Rice will be responsible for getting the iPhones and iPads up to snuff in Security. Apple is pushing them hard at Corporations and Government. However, they have expressed concerns over the devices security. Namely the lack of encryption and lack of options as to how to deal with a lost or stolen unit. These are problems that have kept the iPhone from seeing a large scale roll out across many large corporations. Many of my own clients have balked at using them for the very same reasons.  This is one area where the Blackberry is still king. But not for long.....

Steve Jobs to Take Medical Leave

Apple sent an email to all of their employees on Monday, in which Steve Jobs is quoted as saying the following..

Team,
At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all of Apple’s day to day operations. I have great confidence that Tim and the rest of the executive management team will do a terrific job executing the exciting plans we have in place for 2011.

I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy.
Steve

Tim Cook held the reigns of the Company in 2009 during Steve's last Medical Leave and will do so again. Steve Jobs was out in 2009 for a Liver Transplant and the out in 2004 with Pancreatic Cancer. We wish Steve all the best and hope he has a speedy recovery!

iOS 4.3 Beta reveals a glimpse of the Future for iDevices

We have a big update for all of you today! Some exciting stuff is coming down the lines!

On January the 12th of 2011, iOS 4.3 Beta was pushed out to developers. As usual, the developers wasted no time dissecting  the beta to find all the new hidden features that it had to share.  In a matter of hours, the developer community had found several new and interesting features in the newest iOS beta to be released. The newest beta also holds clues as to possible future hardware feature, a new MobileMe feature and shows evidence of future hardware revisions for both the iPhone and the iPad.

So what are all these new features? Find out after the jump!

CDMA iPad to follow the Verizon iPhone

Hot on the heels of Verizon's announcement about the iPhone is even more Apple and Verizon goodness. Lost in the sea of comments and news about the Verizon iPhone, was this little bit of information. It is the natural next step that most of us in the industry expected to see. What else would you expect from a relationship with Verizon and Apple?

That's right! A CDMA iPad! In an interview yesterday in New York, Verizon Communications, Inc. CFO Franicis Shammo said that the company has plans to sell a version of the iPad that can connect directly to their wireless network. It is expected that the release of the iPad2 will come in three flavors. A WiFi only model, a GSM model and a CDMA model.