Western Digital has announced a new external Thunderbolt drive that might just be the perfect accompaniment for your Mac. The My Book Thunderbolt Duo offers external storage of up to 6TB, with data transfer speeds up to 2Gbps.
While Apple’s first quarter financial call may not have included any new product announcements, it was far from boring. The Cupertino company announced record-breaking results from the first financial quarter of 2012, with $46.33 billion in revenue and a net profit of $13.06 billion.
In a tribute to Steve Jobs, this Virgin America Airbus A320 features the words “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” on its side. The quote was famously used by the Apple co-founder in a commencement address he delivered to graduating students of Standford University, back in 2005.
Following the launch of iBooks 2 yesterday and the new software’s support for digital textbooks, Apple added a textbook section to its iBookstore which will be the home of all those magnificent interactive books it showed off at the event. But those who began downloading titles as soon as they went live discovered something: textbooks files are huge!
Apple’s final announcement at today’s education-focused media event saw senior vice president of Internet Software and Services – Eddy Cue, take to the stage to unveil an iTunes U app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The app builds on the existing iTunes U content available via the iTunes Store, which Cue revealed has had over 700 million downloads to date.
Following the unveiling of iBooks 2 at today’s education-themed media event in New York, Apple announced iBooks Author – a free authoring tool that allows anybody with a Mac to create interactive textbooks which can be shared with iPad owners, or submitted to the iBookstore.
At today’s much anticipated ‘education announcement’ in New York City, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing – Phil Schiller, took to the stage to unveil iBooks 2 – an updated version of the company’s eBook application, which introduces new interactive textbooks.
Apple have expanded their Reuse and Recycling Programme to allow residents of the UK, France, and Germany to receive money for their old iPhones, iPads, Macs and PCs. However, anyone looking for the best return on their on their old technology may be disappointed with the valuations offered by the service, which is operated by Dataserv GmbH.
Apple’s new iPhone 4S was set for a launch in China today, and just as expected, hundreds of fans turned out to get their hands on the latest device. Queues were already lengthy around 12 hours before its debut at five Apple retail stores in China, but at the Cupertino company’s Beijing store, the launch had to be postponed.