Affinity Designer for Mac wins WWDC 2015 Apple Design Award

Affinity Designer Apple Design Award

Every year during WWDC Apple announces its Design Award winners to honour “outstanding design and innovation”. This year one of the apps that won the prestigious Apple Design Award was “Affinity Designer” for Mac. Touch Reviews recently published an in-depth review of Affinity Designer for Mac and we just fell in love with its design and simplicity. In our review we … Read More

15-inch Retina MacBook Pro Mid-2014 Review

Retina MacBook Pro

Apple recently refreshed the Retina MacBook Pro lineup with modest enhancements. The latest high-resolution MacBook Pro’s include Intel’s latest processors, boosting the CPU speed by a mere 0.2 GHz and 15 inch model with 256GB SSD now comes with standard 16GB RAM. I bought the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro with 512GB SSD, 2.5GHz i7 quad-core processor and 16GB RAM on August 15th, … Read More

The Story Behind Switching from iMac to Retina MacBook Pro

Retina MacBook Pro mid 2014

Almost 1400 days ago (3 years 10 months) I bought my first Mac, a 27-inch iMac. At the time of heading to the local retail store to pick up the Mid 2010 model I had second thoughts, why not buy a MacBook Pro instead, I thought. However, it turned out that I bought the new iMac. At that point in time … Read More

WWDC 2013 iOS 7 Live Keynote Event Video Stream Available

WWDC iOS 7 Live Keynote Event Video Stream

Apple’s WWDC 2013 keynote event will go live today at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, will kick off the event with a keynote presentation at 10 AM Pacific Time. At this years Worldwide Developers Conference Apple will unveil iOS 7 and the next major release for OS X. A live video stream of the … Read More

WWDC 2013 Keynote To Feature Launch of Next Gen MacBook Pro Models?

new 13 inch MacBook Pro Retina Display

Apple’s WWDC 2013 keynote event will kick off on June 10 where the company is expected to preview OS X 10.9, iOS 7 and now according to a new report we may also see next gen MacBook Pro models. The company in the recent years has used WWDC as a platform to showcase the latest advancements in its software and … Read More

Apple App Store App Updated to Utilize Siri As Well As Gift Card Passbook Support

Apple App Store app iOS 6

Earlier this week, reports suggested that Apple updated Siri in iOS 6.1 to add movie ticket purchases. This would allow users to voice navigate movie theatres, times, prices and ultimately purchase the tickets. Now Apple is working backwards and connecting Siri to its already existing applications. Apple has released an update to the Apple Store app, adding support for Siri … Read More

Apple Posts “Colors” TV Ad for 13 inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display

13 inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display

During Apple’s media event in San Jose this past Tuesday, the company announced a new 13 inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. Alongside the arrival of the Retina Display, Apple has also eliminated the optical drive and slimmed down the device, also including flash storage instead of a traditional hard drive. On Wednesday, Apple posted the first television ad for … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Introduces New 13 inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display

new 13 inch MacBook Pro Retina Display

On Tuesday, alongside the announcement of the new iPad mini and the 4th generation iPad, Apple Inc. (AAPL) also went ahead to introduce a thinner, lighter 13 inch MacBook Pro with a Retina Display. The new MacBook Pro is only 0.75 inches and 3.57 pounds in weight, making nearly 20% thinner than its predecessor and about a pound lighter and … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Price iPad Mini at $329 for Entry Level Model?

iPad mini price

With Apple Inc. (AAPL) “iPad Mini” media event scheduled for October 23rd, reports about pricing for the new device are beginning to appear online. Over the weekend, 9to5Mac reported that the iPad Mini would be priced at around $329 for an entry level WiFi only model. That is a $170 difference from the full sized WiFi only model. According to … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Retina MacBook Pro Shipment Time Improves to Less Than a Week

Retina MacBook Pro AAPL

Early last week, Apple Inc. (AAPL) shipment estimate for the Retina MacBook Pro improved to 1-2 weeks. On Thursday, the estimate continued to show improvement, moving up to less than a week, with AAPL’s online store estimating that the 2.3 Ghz and 2.6 Ghz configurations of Retina MacBook Pro will be shipping within 5-7 days. As noted by AppleInsider, alongside the … Read More

OS X Mountain Lion Accounts for 3% of Total Mac Traffic

OS X Mountain Lion Share

On Friday, AllThingsD reported on new statistics about the widespread use of Apple’s newest OS X update, Mountain Lion. The report mentioned that roughly 48 hours after the public release of OS X Mountain Lion, about 3% of total web traffic is coming from the latest Mac software. Analytics firm Chitika conducted the research to come to this conclusion, estimating … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Admits Removing EPEAT Certification “was a mistake”

Apple EPEAT

Earlier this month, Apple Inc. (AAPL) withdrew its products from being certified by the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), which certifies over 95% of electronics in the U.S by a requirement by the government. AAPL’s 39 products under EPEAT’s were pulled without question, however, the company has now taken steps to address the media and the public on the parameters … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) to announce Q3 FY12 Earnings on July 24

Apple Q3 FY12 Earnings

Apple Inc. (AAPL) recently updated its ‘investor relations’ webpage to announce that the company will conduct a conference to discuss  Q3 FY12 Earnings on July 24. The live conference call will be held at 2 PM Pacific / 5 PM Eastern time. The call will later be available for streaming via QuickTime through Apple’s website. AAPL has been reporting record … Read More

Apple Releases ‘Every Dimension’ TV Ad for Retina MacBook Pro

macbookpro_hero

During Apple’s annual WWDC2012 conference, the company introduced the next generation of MacBook Pro. The new MacBook Pro features a retina display, the same type of screen currently found in the iPhone and the new iPad 3 as well as a new thinner design, faster processors and more hard drive space. Apple recently released a television commercial called “Every Dimension” … Read More

Live Coverage : WWDC 2012 Keynote Event – iOS 6, New MacBook and more

WWDC2012 Live Keynote Event

Apple’s annual WWDC keynote event will kick off today at 10:00AM as Tim Cook takes the stage to announce the company’s latest products and updates. During this years live keynote event Apple is widely expected to unveil iOS 6, new MacBook Pro models and provide an update on OS X Mountain Lion. Touch Reviews will be bringing you the All-in-One … Read More