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Spotted in China: OSX Sea Lion

It started as a joke. Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, long pressed as to what Apple would name its operating system when it ran out of cats (i.e Lion, Leopard), joked at a 2013 keynote that Apple’s latest Mac operating system would be named Sea Lion. In reality, the new operating system is called Mavericks (after the famous California surf spot). The joke was lost...

See inside Beijing’s Giant Apple Store(Photos)

A decade ago, Apple’s brand was limited mostly to the USA, with some limited penetration in Europe and Asia. Now, only a short time later, they’ve built an incredible worldwide empire of stores, one of which I visited today. The Beijing Apple Store is massive, with a multistory glass storefront right in the heart of Beijing’s more upscale commercial district. Just down the street,...

7 Funniest iOS 7 Jokes

I for one am happy to see the refreshing iOS 7 (although some of the icons remind me of my short-lived fingerpainting career, and the colors look like something you’d see at toys R’ Us), but plenty of Fandroids had snide comments to make about Apple’s latest releases: Enjoy 7 of the best jokes about iOS 7 (including one mac joke). iOS 7 looks...

Apple Takes Aim: Makes Several Competitve Moves With New Products

Apple (AAPL) hasn’t had as much to prove as they do now in over a decade. Competitors perceived Apple’s dominance in innovation to be fading, and they’ve been taking frequent shots, like recent ad campaigns by Amazon, lamenting about the iPad’s price tag vs their Kindle Fire tablet. Apple took aim at several of its competitors at their Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), releasing several...

Apple Releases iTunes Radio – Pandora Killer

Apple is gunning for the music market again, and with Itunes Radio, a free streaming music app, they’re liable to kill the fledgling pandora, which is already struggling to make money. Itunes radio allows for stations by artist, topic, etc. You can build your own stations, and stations seem to have more of a focus than those of Pandora. For example, one demonstrated station...