Tag: apple
Figuring Apple’s App Store gross profit
Apple’s iTunes App Store may be the biggest mobile application around, but it’s not much of a revenue generator for the company. The company claims it runs the App Store at ‘a bit over break-even’ and, according to an analysis by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, that is indeed the case. Extrapolating from metrics provided […]
A closer look shows Apple’s A4 is “tailored,” not “bespoke”
Analysis of Apples A4 didnt stop in the month after the iPads launch—a number of groups have continued to poke, prod, and photograph Apples chip, looking for insight into a question that will be familiar to longtime Apple watchers who remember the 68K and PowerPC eras. That question is this: what, exactly, is Apples processor […]
Valve says Apple, NVIDIA and ATI are working to improve Mac gaming performance
We’ve already seen some evidence that Macs running Steam are generally more powerful than PCs running Steam, and it looks like Apple is busily working to make sure that all potential performance is put to good use. As Valve’s Rob Barris has confirmed on the company’s forums, Apple, ATI and NVIDIA are all ‘involved’ in […]
Apple Seeds Build 10F569 of 10.6.4
World of Apple, noted that today Apple gave a select number of developers access to the eighth build of Mac OS X 10.6.4. 10F569 includes the same seed notes as the last couple of builds and continues to contain no known issues. Mac OS X 10.6.4 build 10F569 weighs in at 613.8MB in its delta […]
About the non-standard indeterminate wait cursor in Photoshop CS5
What’s wrong about inventing your own cursors? Â Or about using non-standard animations? Â Pierre Iggot (Betalogue) expands on his previous discussion on where Adobe has gotten it wrong, when giving “wait” feedback to the user. In short, Adobe uses a custom “waiting” cursor animation when doing certain actions (eg. Loading a large file). Â Pierre discusses the […]
Apple Seeds Build 10F58 of Mac OS X 10.6.4
World of Apple Reports: Apple today gave a select number of developers access to the fifth build of Mac OS X 10.6.4. Build 10F58 includes a multitude of fixes and like the previous build of Mac OS X 10.6.4 contains no known issues. Mac OS X 10.6.4 build 10F58 weighs in at 593.2MB in its […]
Apple Seeds Fourth Build of Mac OS X 10.6.4
World of Apple indicates that Apple today gave a select number of developers access to the fourth build of Mac OS X 10.6.4. Build 10F54 includes a multitude of fixes and for the first time in the testing cycle of Mac OS X 10.6.4 contains no known issues. Mac OS X 10.6.4 build 10F54 weighs in […]