Report: Apple to unveil next iPad in March

(USA TODAY) Apple is planning an event in March where it will introduce the third-generation iPad, reports All Things D. According to the report, which simply cites “sources,” the iPad 3 will look very similar to its predecessor, but will operate faster, feature improved graphics processing and a retina display. The event will reportedly take place in San Francisco during the first week in March. No confirmed details were given on when Apple would start selling the iPad 3. The report follows a string of rumors connected to Apple red-hot tablet computer that suggest the next iPad will also sport a bigger battery. Meanwhile, sales of the iPad continue to surge. Last month, Apple reported selling more than…

Why You Need To Get iOS 5 ASAP

(HuffPost) iOS 5, the new operating system for your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, has been released by Apple, and it’s a big one, folks. If you own a newer-generation Apple device, especially an iPhone, you need to download iOS 5 as soon as you possibly can. Do not delay. Run, don’t walk. Get it. Apple says that iOS 5 comes with over 200 new features; we’ve outlined the most important oneshere. But most important of all, with a cherry on top, is iMessage. Included within the familiar green “Messages” app of iOS 5, iMessage is identical in purpose and function to BlackBerry’s popular BBM service: It is like a live chat room between you and your iDevice-owning friend, during which you…

How Steve Jobs Helped Empower Black America

(theGrio) “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” By the time I went to work in Silicon Valley over a decade ago, before a single iPod had been made, his name was legend. I was young, just 31, and a vice president of technology at a global marketing agency. Jobs had only just returned to Apple. The move sparked a resurrection. In a few short years, he took the fledgling hardware maker he’d founded and transformed it into a company whose influence would touch and change…

Steve Jobs Has Died Says Apple

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) – Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” the company said in a brief statement. “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve” Jobs had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems….

Apple Unveils iPhone 4S

(WSJ) Apple Inc. unveiled Tuesday a new iPhone 4S smartphone, which includes new camera and processor but otherwise closely resembles the model the company has been selling for more than a year. The new phone, shown by Apple executives at an invitation-only event at the company’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, was greeted with tepid applause from an audience expecting an iPhone 5. The iPhone 4S will feature Apple’s A5 chip, which is used in the iPad 2, and an 8-megapixel camera. Those hardware improvements put it on par with some high-end Android-based smartphones that have challenged Apple. The iPhone 4 came in two flavors—GSM and CDMA—depending on the carrier. But the iPhone 4S is a world phone, and…

iPhone 5: What to Expect

Editor’s note: This is part of “Our Mobile Society,” CNN’s weeklong series examining how cell phones and other electronic devices have revolutionized the ways we work, play and communicate. (CNN) – It’s the worst-kept secret since Adam Lambert’s sexuality: Apple is expected to unveil a new iPhone on Tuesday. There are a bunch of reasons you already knew this. For one, every tech journalist on earth has been writing about the new-now-next-generation iPhone since the company’s last “Jesus phone” — the iPhone 4 — graced us with its presence in June 2010. You’ve seen the gossip here, and on countless Apple-focused blogs with apt and obvious names like MacRumors and TheAppleBlog. The rumor mill, you’ll likely recall, revved…

APPLE’S IPAD 2 EVENT: What Should You Expect?

(ABC) Calling all Apple fans — your newest object of obsession is about to arrive. The company is hosting a media event today in San Francisco and, though officials are characteristically mum, industry watchers widely believe thatApple plans to take the wraps off of its much-anticipated iPad 2. The unveiling of Apple’s second-generation tablet computer will likely not be as dramatic as the debut of its first iPad last year. But Silicon Valley’s rumor mill has still been buzzing about the device — and the CEO behind it — for months. As chatter about the latest iPad has grown louder, so has speculation about the health of Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, who has been out of the public eye…

Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro

(ABC) Apple Inc. on Thursday unveiled its new MacBook with “next-generation processors and graphics, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime HD camera.” Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) said the device — which features dual-core and quad-core processors from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) — is up to twice as fast as the previous generation. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said Thunderbolt “is a revolutionary new I/O technology that delivers an amazing 10 gigabits per second and can support every important I/O standard which is ideal for the new MacBook Pro.” The 13-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,199. Apple has four stores in metro Atlanta. Click here to read Apple’s full release.

Want Verizon’s iPhone? Tips for Cutting the Termination Fee

(ABC) The Verizon iPhone is due in stores soon, but AT&T customers aching to switch face one nasty hurdle: the early-termination fee. Many AT&T customers who bought an iPhone are still stuck in two-year contracts, and they’d have to pay a hefty price to get out. AT&T increased the early-termination fee last June from $175 to $325. (The ETF is reduced by $10 for each month you’re on contract. WATCH: So that means switching to a Verizon iPhone would require buying a new phone and paying the termination fee, which would set you back at least $500. Yeowch. Pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone 4 begin Feb. 3, and if you just can’t stand the thought…

APPLE’S NO. 2: Who Is Tim Cook?

(ABC) Filling in for larger-than-life Apple CEO Steve Jobs is no easy task, but COO Tim Cook must be doing something right. For the second time in two years, Jobs is handing over the reins to his multi-billion dollar tech company to Cook, his second in command. In announcing his medical leave of absence via a company-wide e-mail on Monday, Jobs wrote, “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.” So who is the man who will be Apple’s leader for…