Several websites reported yesterday that Apple has discontinued its TV show rental program. The service launched last Fall and just never really garnered support from the major networks. They felt that the $0.99 price point was too low.
TV Show rentals were available through both the iTunes Store and Apple TV, but that is no longer the case. And Apple's website has even been updated to remove mention of the rental option. So, what happened?
It's been a big week in Apple news. We've had a resignation, a new CEO, and plenty of other tidbits to come out of Cupertino. Now we have another patent application to add to the proceedings.
The patent in question relates to a possible method of “Obfuscating the Display of Information and Removing the Obfuscation Using a Filter. That's a mouthful by anyone's standards...
You don't have to be jailbroken very long before you hear about Activator. The popular tweak allows you to initiate frequent tasks with button taps or on-screen gestures.
What's cool about Activator is that it's compatible with hundreds of other Cydia packages, including the one we're going to be discussing here — RapidContact. The tweak allows users to quickly call or text a favorite contact...
A new report from the New York Post claims that Apple is about to gain a new competitor in the tablet market, with online book store and music giant Amazon set to enter the fray with its own set of tablet devices.
Powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, Amazon's tablets are believed to be set to cost 'hundreds less' than the iPad's base $499 price tag. That pretty much confirms a $299 Amazon tablet...
We always assumed the top dogs at Apple received a decent wage, but MacRumors has dug up some information on just what kind of bonus new CEO Tim Cook will receive.
In an 8-K form filed with the SEC, Apple has outlined a share deal that will make your eyes water. Cook will receive 1,000,000 shares which, when vested, would net the new CEO around $380,000,000 if they were cashed in today. Part of the deal is that he can't cash his investments for another ten years...
In a recent article about Tim Cook, The Wall Street Journal dropped an interesting tidbit about Apple's future plans to invade our living rooms. The article questioned if Cook was aggressive enough to muscle Apple into the TV industry.
As most of you know, Apple is rumored to be working on a television set. And there has also been ongoing speculation that it is thinking of launching its own subscription-based content service, worthy of competing against NetFlix or cable.
The Journal's article lends some more credibility to the latter theory by confirming Apple's interest in a "subscription TV service..."
AirPlay has traveled a rocky road over the last year or so. It just doesn't seem to be garnering much support from third party developers (hardware and software). But that may all change with iOS 5's new Mirroring feature.
We told you about the iPad 2's mirroring capability back in June, but the feature seems to have greatly matured since then. Apple'n'Apps posted another video showing off the new iOS 5 option, and trust me, it looks awesome...
RIM is set to finally put the finishing touches to its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet – four months after they released it.
Launched as a not-quite-iPad competitor, the PlayBook is a 7" tablet running the Canadian firm's new QNX operating system. QNX is, in fact, so new that it didn't have an email client at launch. Or RIM's unique selling point, BBM. That could all be about to change, as RIM begins to finally fix some, if not all, of the PlayBook's issues...
Earlier today, we saw photos of components that may or may not pertain to one of Apple's upcoming smartphones. The frame resembled that of an iPhone 4, but with a modified antenna.
Now another purported next-gen iPhone part has surfaced — the backplate. And like the aforementioned frame, it looks extremely similar to its predecessor. So how do we know it's a next-generation component? Because it says so...
iPads find their way into all kinds of places, and they're going to be an integral part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' kit when the season begins. The team and its staff got sick of carrying around the old fashioned Yellow Pages-like playbooks of yesteryear. What could they replace them with? Well, iPad 2s of course!
Now, the 90-strong team will each receive an iPad 2 for referencing plays and NFL video archives...
Google is ending Slide, the company behind the new social photography app called Photovine, according to reports.
The search giant intends to pull the rug from under all Slide applications, both Android and iOS, with Photovine being the most prominent on the App Store.
Google picked up Slide just over a year ago for $200 million, and its leader Max Levchin will leave the company as part of the move...
Folks, we're back with Episode 04 of Ask Jeff. I wanted to thank everyone for all of the great questions; we had over 200 combined questions for Episode 03.
Unfortunately, that means that I didn't get to answer everyone's question, but I still managed to cover quite a few interesting inquiries this go 'round.
Inside, you'll find out how much money I've spent on Cydia tweaks over the years, whether I'd consider switching to Verizon, and what my first Apple product was.
In other words, tune in and prepare your questions; you won't want to miss this...