We previously wrote about Apple entering Grand Central about six months ago.

• Apple Grand Central Store Looks Like it is Going to Happen – May 24, 2011
• Apple Talks for Grand Central Retail Store Falls Through – March 22, 2011
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Ive embedded the 60 minutes interview with Walter Isaacson, the authorized biographer of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs.

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CNET UK Presents: History of the iPhone, dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs from Drew Stearne on Vimeo.

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• Apple iPhone 4S Launch In 90 Seconds – October 5, 2011
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• Vodafone Germany List iPhone 4S on Their Website with Pricing – October 3, 2011
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• Official Steve Jobs Biography is Out – October 24, 2011
• Steve Jobs at His Best – October 6, 2011
• Steve Jobs has Passed Away – October 6, 2011
• Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple: Worlds Largest Public Company – August 25, 2011
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• Official Steve Jobs Biography is Out – October 24, 2011
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• Steve Jobs has Passed Away – October 6, 2011
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Steve Jobs has passed away.

Apple has also put up the following website in memory. They’re asking for “thoughts, memories, and condolences” to be shared by way of this email address: rememberingsteve@apple.com

Steve Jobs was 56 years old. Rest in peace, Steve.

The release from Apple:

Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors

CUPERTINO, Calif. — We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

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.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

The statement from Jobs’ family:

Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family.

In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve’s illness; a website will be provided for those who wish to offer tributes and memories.

We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief.

Tim Cook’s email to Apple employees:

Team,

I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing
human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

We are planning a celebration of Steve’s extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email rememberingsteve@apple.com.

No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.

Tim

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• iPhone 4S Released Not the iPhone 5 – October 4, 2011
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• Vodafone Germany List iPhone 4S on Their Website with Pricing – October 3, 2011
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You will be able to pre-order from October 7th and then available to buy October 14th.

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Apple is getting set to release their iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 products, but it seems Vodafone Germany has accidently released major details.

The new iPhones listed by Vodafone.de include:

• iPhone 4 Black (8GB)
• iPhone 4 White (8GB)
• iPhone 4S Black (16GB, 32GB, 64GB)
• iPhone 4S White (16GB, 32GB, 64GB)

As for that all-new iPhone 5, no reference to this device can be found anywhere on Vodafone’s website.

Vodafone is an Apple partner in a number of territories, and could have listed accurate information on its website prematurely. I guess we’ll all find out for certain tomorrow morning.

• iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Already Over 1 Million – October 10, 2011
• Apple iPhone 4S Launch In 90 Seconds – October 5, 2011
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This is how good Apple really are at marketing! The iPad features are simply terrible when compared to the old HP TC 1100.

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It has been rumoured that Apple and other manufacturers will be soon introducing new products with curved touchscreen displays. Apple has reportedly contacted its iPad and iPhone glass suppliers, Lens Technology, G-Tech and Fuji Crystal, and will supply them with equipment for polishing glass.

Does this mean we can expect the iPhone 6 to have a curved glass screen.

via – BGR

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via – Shuttur

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• Apple Opens Up iAd Gallery App to Showcase Their iAds – April 6, 2011
• Apple Dropping Its Entry Price for their iAds Advertising Program – February 23, 2011
• Video: Worlds Largest Apple Store in Grand Central Station New York – November 21, 2011
• Official Steve Jobs Biography is Out – October 24, 2011
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With Kazaa you can use your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to listen to unlimited, on-demand music everywhere. Play any of our millions of songs as much as you like, make your own playlists, listen to artist stations and discover new music that you love. Sync songs, albums and playlists to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch and listen even when you’re offline. Search and find any song, album or artist, and start listening immediately.

• Access millions and millions of songs
• All the music you love – and new music to be discovered – at your fingertips
• Sync and play music even when you are offline
• Build and save playlists
• New music added every week

The app is US only at the moment and free to download. You will need to pay a subscription charge of  $9.99 a month.

[App Store link]

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This image of the new iPhone 5 inside has been leaked to the world. As you can see from the image the iPhone 5 will have an A5 processor and with a bigger display and bigger battery (which hopefully means more battery life).

via – Techcrunch

• Expected that the iPhone 5 Will Have a Dual Core Processor – January 31, 2011
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In discussions with a small group of French reports, Stéphane mentioned:

“If we believe what we have been told, the iPhone 5 will be released on 15 October”

Im sure that the iPhone 5 will have a different launch date in different regions, so dont rely on this. However, it seems like there are a lot of rumours now about the same date, October 15th.

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There have been a lot of rumours around the iPhone 5, but this seems to be pretty solid!

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Dropbox is a web based file hosting service which keeps all of the files in perfect sync across numerous operating systems and devices. Dropbox has already received around $7.2 million in funding and is expected to have $100 million in revenues in 2011.

It seems a shock that Dropbox investors didnt jump at that price, but Im guessing they are holding out for over a billion dollar valuation.

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• Steve Jobs has Passed Away – October 6, 2011
• iPhone 4S Released Not the iPhone 5 – October 4, 2011
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Foxconn seem to be pumping out iPhone 5 handsets. Foxconn will be shipping over 30 million iPhone 5 handsets in 2011, thats over 150,000 units per day.

Under terms of Apple’s deal with Foxconn the company will ship 5 million to 6 million iPhone 5 handsets in September, while fourth-quarter shipments will surpass 22 million handsets.

• iPhone 4S Released Not the iPhone 5 – October 4, 2011
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Apple is great for users because the products sync up nicely and offer an easy-to-use interface. While this is great for those of us who aren’t incredibly tech savvy, it does leave much to be desired by those who want greater control over the devices that they often rely upon to get them through basic day-to-day tasks.

Cloud Computing Services have recently been brought into the forefront by Apple’s release of the iCloud in June. While the iCloud is a great service for those who are looking for a place to store all of their information, many are forgetting that they already use cloud services on a regular basis.

Email, GoogleDocs, and other programs such as Flickr are all based in cloud computing. The only difference between these programs and the iCloud is that the iCloud provides one central location for all of these programs to meet. With the iCloud you can store music, photos, and documents all in one convenient location and then access these files from anywhere.

While the iCloud sounds great, it does come with a monthly price which can be quite a deterrent – especially when there are other free or more inexpensive programs available. Google and Amazon will both offer similar products for significantly cheaper prices, but the programs to look for are those that offer open source software.

Both Rackspace and OpenStack offer cloud computing services for free, and they provide some of the great features associated with other clouds that cost upwards of $25 a month. By remaining open source, these types of programs also allow for quicker updates and the streamlining of problem solving should any issues arise. The users who use these programs actually care about them and want to make sure that they offer the best service available.

While Apple and Amazon may offer a great product, you can bet that these companies are more concerned with the profit rather than the product.

So before you haul off and buy a subscription to a cloud, consider what you are actually going to be using it for. If you own an iPod and a MacBook and want a place to store all your iTunes, then paying for a piece of the iCloud may be worth the expense. But if you simply want a place to store all your files so that you can access them from anywhere, consider some of the free and equally functioning and secure cloud services provided by other companies.

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This is the big news day of the year. Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. Apple is the world largest public company. Steve has handed over the chief executive job to Apple COO Tim Cook.

This news has been coming for a while, as Steve Jobs has been struggling a lot over the last few years with his declining health. Now he has made the very tough decision to step aside and let someone take over the huge responsibility that is the CEO of Apple.

On his resign, Steve Jobs sent the following letter to the Apple Board of Directors.

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

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Disk Space

Checking your disk space is the first thing you should do. Every model comes with a different hard drive size. You can go online and look up your model and see how big your hard drive is. You can check this simply by double clicking on your HD icon on your desktop. In the bottom bar of the window that pops up, you’ll be able to see how much is left. If you have less than half of your space left, then you should probably start cleaning up your hard drive. Go through all of your files and applications and see what you don’t use or programs that you just don’t need anymore. Rarely does anyone do this and all that extra junk is cluttering up your computer and making it run slower. You should be doing this on a regular basis.

Programs

If you’re noticing slow performance, look at how many programs you run at any one time. Some people set their computer to automatically start programs when the computer is turning on. Though this feature is handy for those who need specific programs all the time, the majority of users simply have too many programs running at once. If you only open up the programs that you need at the time, then you’ll see a noticeable difference in the way your computer runs.

Widgets

Widgets are the little icons that rest below the screen. They’re quick links to the applications and the sit in your dock. If you’ve ever seen someone with practically every application on their computer just resting in their doc, then you should realize that these widgets consume critical power from the processor and memory. You might have thought that it’s harmless to keep all of those applications resting in your dock, but in actuality, it’s taking up a lot of your computer’s resources, even when they’re not active.

Disk Utility

This is another way to speed up your Mac’s performance. You can go to the disk utility and select your computer’s internal hard drive and then click Repair Permission. This will take some time, but the results will be substantial. Doing this every month will check and fix your Mac’s internal hard disk space and do wonders for its operations optimization.

All of these steps are good to do regularly in order to keep things running smoothly. If you ever have an issue with performing any of these tasks, then you can go online for some Technical Support. Not everyone is computer savvy and there’s nothing wrong with that. You could also look online for other ways that you can optimize your computer’s performance.

• Mac OS X Lion Gets Big Update for Developers: Download Now – March 31, 2011
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