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NASA and Apple Engineers Develop $11,111 Coffee Maker

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:15:54 +0000

What happens when rocket scientists take on the coffee machine? The answer is a $11,111 coffee maker which brews java at the “perfect” temperature. The Blossom One Limited is the brainchild of Jeremy Kuempel. His development team for the device included engineers who’ve worked at NASA, Apple and the electronic car company Tesla. The very expensive piece [...]

Americans Have Spent a Ridiculous $5.9 Billion Fixing Their iPhones

Mike Adams — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:33:05 +0000

People sure do love their iPhones, but they also can't seem to stop dropping them—good news for the booming iPhone-repair business. In fact, a recent accident survey by SquareTrade found that the American population has spent nearly $5.9 billion fixing their damaged phones since the first device hit the market in 2007.

Good News — Your iPhone 5 Won't Fit Any Old Apple Devices!

Buffalo Staff — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:30:09 +0000

Here goes the start to another season of iPhone chaos. The iPhone 5 will begin shipping next Friday, September 21, and with it will be millions of people crazy about the new device.The iPhone 5 has many new features that will be sure to please users, including: A 4-inch display (the iPhone 4 had a [...]

The Bills Lease, the iPhone 5 & KISS — This Week in Not Quite History…Yet [VIDEO]

Joe Russo — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:27:26 +0000

Apple can sell anything just by putting an "I" in front of it, and KISS can indoctrinate children into their Army with free tickets. Also, just to remind you, the Bills choked in New York, but we have at least another year of watching quality football, which is a good thing since there probably won't be any hockey. Here's another editon of "This Week in Not Quite History...Yet"

Foo Fighters Rock iPhone 5 Launch Event

Joe Robinson — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:17:31 +0000

An unplugged version of the Foo Fighters hit the stage of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts yesterday afternoon (Sept. 12) to close out Apple’s iPhone 5 launch event, during which the computer company unveiled the latest version of its popular smartphone. The press conference, which also featured announcements about new “ultra-thin” iPod [...]

Apple Thinks Size Does Matters

Phil Villarreal — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:00:48 +0000

“It’s a good size, really,” iPhone owners have told Apple. “It’s OK that it’s small. It’s more about how you use it,” they added reassuringly. But the insecure company isn’t having any of it. It’s paying attention to those screen enhancement spam emails and listening to those late-night “marital aid” radio commercials. And it’s obsessed with getting bigger.

Apple Unveils the New iPad — What Will It Do?

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:00:59 +0000

While the roll-out of the new generation of Apple’s iPad didn’t have quite the fanfare of prior events helmed by the company’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, that doesn’t mean people weren’t paying attention. Here’s a quick rundown of the announcement. The device, simply called “the new iPad,” will be released March 16 (pre-orders are going [...]

Can the Steve Jobs Action Figure Solve Your Mac Troubles? [PHOTOS]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:00:43 +0000

Since the death of Steve Jobs, we’ve all been looking for the perfect way to commemorate the Apple co-founder, and now we finally have the answer: Steve Jobs, the action figure. Seriously, if Nicki Minaj can get the Barbie doll treatment, why shouldn’t Jobs? The 12-inch doll from In Icons will arrive wearing round glasses, [...]

iPod Turns 10 — Happy Birthday to the Greatest Invention of All Time

Dylan Schenker — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:00:51 +0000

The iPod, Apple’s MP3 player that revolutionized the way we listen to music, recently celebrated its tenth birthday. How do ya like them apples, Microsoft Zune! Can anyone remember MP3 players before the iPod? They were dinky and only held, at most, a handful of songs. The iPod forever changed how we listen to music by [...]

Apple Computer Founder Steve Jobs Has Died

Jack FM Staff — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:25:30 +0000

Apple’s co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, who’s been battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer for years and had a liver transplant in 2009, has passed away at the age of 56. Jobs, the visionary behind the iPhone, the iPod and the iMac, co-founded Apple Computer along with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Together they [...]

Apple Loses Another iPhone Prototype in a Bar

Shauna Wright — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:00:46 +0000

In a replay from an incident last year, another Apple employee lost another iPhone prototype in yet another Bay Area bar. If this keeps up, they’re going to start surgically implanting new phones into developers’ arms.

Steve Jobs Stepping Down as Apple CEO

Stephanie Berning — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:52:22 +0000

Steve Jobs is stepping down as chief executive at Apple, the company said on Wednesday. Jobs will remain at the company as chairman, but he and his iconic black turtleneck will be replaced by former Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. Jobs sent Apple a letter of resignation, which he later made public, on Wednesday. In [...]

Apple's Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave… Again

Greg Karcher — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:18:30 +0000

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is taking off on a medical leave of absence for the second time in two years. Jobs took a 6-month medical leave for a liver transplant back in 2009. He is also a pancreatic cancer survivor. There is no confirmed information on the reason why he is taking this medical leave. [...]

The iPhone Is Coming! The iPhone Is Coming!

Joe DiNardo — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:40:32 +0000

In what will probably go down in history as the worst kept Apple secret ever, word has leaked out that TOMORROW January 11th, Verizon Wireless will be holding a press event to announce that after 4 long years of waiting, customers on the Nation's largest wireless network will at long last be able to purchase an APPLE iPHONE! Here's a rundown of what you should know about the pending release: