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Imagining Life Without Apple

As a right-brain person, I can hardly imagine what my life or the world would be like if images and ideas hadn't had Apple to power our storytelling nature.READ»

If Steve Jobs Had Applied His Talents To Energy And Climate Change

Steve Jobs created innovative products that change the world of technology. Imagine the other industries he could have disrupted.READ»

State Department Is Trying To Make A Thousand Ushahidis Bloom

Inspired by the rapid-fire response of the tech world to the earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. government is planning to jump-start a venture-capital approach to the field of humanitarian tech.READ»

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Apple Teases OS X Lion in "Back to the Mac" Event, But What'll It Be Like?

Hiding in the logo for Apple's new press invite to an October 20th "Back to the Mac" event is a picture of a lion. Woah! That's one enormous hint it's all about the next-gen OS X. What'll it be like?READ»

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It's Official: Apple Has Become the Man

When the subject of cool, innovative brands comes up, it's a dead cert Apple gets a mention in the first five minutes. It's iconic, makes beautiful products, and has a wow factor that most tech companies would give their eye teeth ...READ»

Smart Design's iPad ... Circa 1989

As we wait to get our hands on the iPad, Tom Dair remembers the challenges of designing an Apple tablet--20 years ago.READ»

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How to Hackintosh, or Not to Hackintosh

Theoretically, Apple's Mac OS X can be installed on nearly any machine running an Intel processor, and even AMD-based machines--including netbooks, laptops and desktops. But the process of installing OS X on these devices gets ...READ»

Hartmut Esslinger's Amazing Apple Mac Prototypes

Rare images of Apple Macintosh prototypes found in frog design founder Hartmut Esslinger's new book offer a glimpse of Apple's alternate history.READ»

Macs Versus PCs Becomes iPhone Versus Pre

This is the story of two phones. The first is the most remarkable phone ever to come from the great Palm factories. The second's the astonishing brainchild of Apple's laboratories. The two devices are in pitched battle, supported by ...READ»

Achilles Heel of Apple iPhone 3.0: Background Application Support

Today, Apple had the opportunity to double-lap the Google Android and BlackBerry platforms. They failed. The iPhone maker has raised the bar for its competitors, to be sure, showing off a host of smart innovations to their ...READ»

Apple Adds a New Cat to the Pack

If you weren’t listening closely to the first couple of minutes during Steve Jobs’ keynote speech yesterday, you might have missed another significant product announcement: Snow Leopard OS X. Details were sparse from the Silicon ...READ»

Watch Apple WWDC Live

It’s all things Apple-related time again. The Worldwide Developers Conference commences today at 10 a.m. PST in San Francisco, and many tech industry insiders (and Mac fanatics around the globe) are eagerly awaiting the potential ...READ»