by Caleb Hicks on December 26, 2011 in Gadgets, New Technology, Rumors
It looks like 2012 could be the biggest year in history for Apple’s product design team. Nearly every major product is due for a complete design overhaul moving forward. We’ll take a look at each product in Apple’s lineup and make our predictions. iPad Last design update: Spring 2011 The iPad was blessed with some [...]
by Joshua H. on December 19, 2011 in Gadgets, New Technology
The Article Earlier last week Forbes had a great article on Amazon written by Venkatesh Rao. I can’t stop thinking about it. The basis of the article is this: Amazon didn’t rise to power by starting something new, they did it by systematically taking down an entire existing industry. Rao believes they’re going to do [...]
by Joshua H. on December 13, 2011 in Rumors, Wishful Thinking
The rumor mill is humming along with the idea that Apple will someday soon sell a full size television set. I believe the rumor is based on four historical truths. Television is the most expensive product in your living room. Apple likes to sell high priced products with high margin. Television is a terrible mess, [...]
by Joshua H. on December 13, 2011 in Gadgets, New Technology, Wishful Thinking
The most painful iPad 3 rumor: it’s going to be thicker. Apple’s iPad 3 is rumored to be slightly thicker than the iPad 2, but will have the same 9.7-inch screen size, and will continue to support the magnetic Smart Cover, according to a new rumors. Apparently, an Asian supplier is offering the rumor up [...]
by Joshua H. on December 7, 2011 in Gadgets, Rumors, Wishful Thinking
A great question was posed by ReadWriteWeb: Does the Apple Rumor Mill Help or Hurt? The definition of ‘hurt’ is important here. You can look at it a few ways: does it hurt the publics view of the final released product? Does it hurt sales? Do normal people think the same way as tech bloggers? [...]
by Morgan Williams on November 30, 2011 in Rumors
by Morgan Williams on October 15, 2011 in Gadgets, News
When the iPhone 4S was announced, a lot of us wondered if the 4S was really the best Apple could do. Our hearts dropped a little, and so did Apple stock. But somehow, the iPhone 4S landed 1 million pre-orders in its first 24 hours, and some estimates say that 4 million more will be sold [...]
by Joshua H. on October 12, 2011 in Rumors
I have an axe to grind. Stupid Apple Rumors looked at the statistical accuracy of Apple rumor sites. 2 of 9 accurate In third place, Appleinsider with 46 stories reported on, nine of them original to the site. Out of those nine, two were accurate. That’s a success rate of only 22% of their *own* rumors [...]
by Joshua H. on October 3, 2011 in Gadgets, New Technology, Rumors, Wishful Thinking
Alright. The time is almost here. Tomorrow morning we will see the new iPhone in all it’s hyped up glory. As with all Apple products its development is a closely guarded secret and its very existence is often denied by Apple until the day Tim Cook decides he’s ready to tell you about it. We [...]
by Josh A. on October 2, 2011 in News, Rumors
By now you’ve likely heard the rumor that Facebook was going to start charging its users fees. And, if you’re like me, you lol’d. I had a couple friends who posted the mass message that read something like this: “IT IS OFFICIAL. IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE [...]