2012 is thought to be the year of the Ultrabook, but though these slim machines may prove successful they can't disguise one odd fact: The laptop is a dead design. When will it actually pass away and leave room for a future device?READ»
As 2011 winds to a close and 2012 begins, we do a little bit of Fast Company drumbeating. We predict a lot of stuff around here. Sometimes we're wrong some. But we also nailed a few things this year. Take the death of the spinning computer disk...READ»
The idea that Apple products are just for creative types is shifting, and the company appears to be gearing up for a fresh assault on a market it's never done hugely well in: Enterprise. Here's how it's staking its claim. READ»
Apple's new MacBook Airs and Mac Mini desktop machines have one less hole than they used to: A CD-DVD slot. Apple thinks the spinning optical drive is done. And soon the rest of the computing world will follow.READ»
Apple fanatics are timing the arrival of the new MacBook Airs, mulling the meaning of the new browser-only boot, and pondering the future prospects of MobileMe and iWeb in the iCloud era. Plus more on new iPhone cameras and this year's somewhat disappointing Back To School promo. READ»
There are whispers from a pretty reliable source that the House of Jobs is testing a MacBook computer powered by one of its own ARM A5 chips, straight from an iPad. It may be the Mac of the future. Should Intel worry?READ»
The iPad is now having a measurable effect on the PC sales industry, according to Deutsche Bank analysts, who increased their price target on Apple's stock and cut price targets for stocks of PC competitors. READ»
You may be surprised to find that in the PC market, Apple isn't even in the top 4 in the US, nor top 5 worlwide. How come it can't catch up to HP and Dell--not to mention Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba?READ»
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Every so often I have the weird feeling that even design insiders don’t really know what industrial designers do. I’m not surprised that the public thinks of us as stylists, ...READ»
The iPad, augmented by the best external iPad keyboard I've seen, the $70 Toccata keyboard case from an Australian company called PADACS, is a less expensive, just as useful alternative to Apple's new shiny thing.READ»
When Apple's executives took the stage in Cupertino yesterday, they weren’t just listing off the new features and products. They were giving a master class in how to design and market world-class products. Here are a few of the lessons we took home.READ»
Apple introduced the latest version of the MacBook Air today, and it's a feat of miniaturization. Steve Jobs described it as "what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up." Perhaps most intriguingly, the new MacBook Air ...READ»
Yesterday was all about Apple, as the Cupertino launched hardware and software to an adoring world. And you all know what comes next: the unboxing and the hands-on. Here's Engadget's Josh Topolsky on the 13-inch MacBook Air. Does it ...READ»
