Turns out not everyone is excited about tablet. ABC reporter David Francois has come up with a list of reasons as to why you shouldn’t rush right out and get one when the time comes. Read more…
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Apple yesterday sent out an invitation to journalists to come and see their “latest creation.” And there’s nary a soul out there who doesn’t think this means the long awaited Apple tablet is even more unofficially official than ever.
In the great wide world of Apple rumors, the Apple tablet currently reigns supreme, and a recent strong second to it was the thought that there would be some kind of big announcement about it on January 27th. I suppose we can probably upgrade that second rumor to fact (or as close as fact as we will ever get from Apple) with this latest declaration. Read more…
This is far from an official confirmation that the Apple Tablet exists, but Apple’s co-founder, Steve Wozniak, has said that he would purchase the Apple Tablet next year, if such a thing existed, of course. It’s nice to see that he’s (obviously) very loyal to Apple products, but we’re fairly sure everybody around him is trying to see if he has any insider information on the upcoming products, be it the Apple Tablet or iPhone 4G.
With the release of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple has introduced a new wake on network activity feature called “Wake on Demand” that uses Bonjour to to alert other machines on a network that their services are being requested. Perhaps most intriguing is the fact that the feature works over wireless networks as long as certain hardware requirements are met.
To use the technology over a wired network, a user must have either a 2007 (or newer) AirPort Extreme Base Station or a 2008 (or newer) Time Capsule with the most recent firmware installed, according to MacUser. If wake on WiFi activity is really what you’re jonesing for, then you’ll probably need a Mac released in 2009.
A new investigation into Chinese labor law disputes reveals that Apple still isn’t immune to associations with manufacturing partners that aren’t in compliance with laws designed to improve labor conditions for Chinese workers. Despite instigating a comprehensive auditing process in the rear of it was revealed that Foxconn—assembler of iPods—had serious problems with worker conditions, Apple’s own investigations publish that over half of the factories it audited last year didn’t pay overtime, and a quarter paid less than mandated minimum allowance. The