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Trademark filing points to MacBook OLED panel being named the “Magic Toolbar”

Sometimes it’s the patent filings that inform you about the next cool thing around the corner. With just a week before Apple’s October 27th media event, a newly discovered trademark filing has been unearthed online, suggesting a potential name for the OLED panel on the new MacBook Pro. According to information rounded up, a trademark […]

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Apple grants press access to processor development plants

For all its secrecy, Apple can’t help showing off a little bit. This was seen recently when Bloomberg Businessweek got rare access inside the undisclosed locations where Apple develops its processor chips. Brad Stone, Adam Satariano and Gwen Ackerman interviewed Johny Srouji, Appleā€™s senior vice president for hardware technologies, over three days, and got guided […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite update

‘Tis a day for updates. Per 9to5Mac, Apple has released OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 with bug fixes and performance improvements for Macs running the latest version of the desktop operating system. The update offers the following fixes and changes: – Improves Wi-Fi reliability. – Improves reliability when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server. – Resolves […]

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Hardware Mac mini News

iFixit tears down late-2014 Mac mini, offers positive and negative findings

The grand masters of the hardware teardown have cracked open Apple’s new Mac mini and found both positive negative things about it. Per 9to5Mac, the mighty iFixit has completed a teardown of the new Mac mini and confirmed something that’s been a point of contention: the RAM is soldered into the logic board and can’t […]

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Apple announces fourth-gen Mac mini, drops price to $499

The Mac mini just got a hefty update and a nice price cut. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s desktop received an update and accompanying price reduction on Thursday, featuring 4th-generation Intel Core processors and 802.11ac Wi-Fi, starting at US$499. The new Mac mini lineup features integrated Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000. It also has PCIe-based flash […]