http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/16/notebook.market.strong/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/minibooksml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DisplaySearch, a marketing forecast company, anticipates the notebook PC market to remain strong for the remainder of 2008 and into 2009, while other industries will struggle through the economic slump. Many customers have been replacing their desktop systems with notebooks, creating a trend that the analysis expects to continue. Another primary factor, the popularity of mini-notebooks, has been f... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/16/notebook.market.strong/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/15/apple.suggested.for.dow/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/applelogo-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A decade ago, Apple was the subject of deathwatches and buyout rumors. Now, a CNN Money editor at large is suggesting that Apple could replace AIG in the Dow Jones industrial average. The New York Times is reporting that AIG (American International Group), a large insurance company, is seeking a $40 billion bridge loan from the Federal Reserve, in the face of a potential downgrade from credit rati... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/15/apple.suggested.for.dow/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/06/us.sees.most.iphones/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/iphone3g-review.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The first million iPhones to be sold have seen the most distribution in the United States, capturing over 600,000 units sold, with Japan, Germany, and France following closely behind, making up for 81-percent of the million. Medialets reveals that, while the device saw excellent market penetration in all markets (between 0.33-percent and 0.45-percent, with the US at 1.07-percent), Canadian wireles... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/06/us.sees.most.iphones/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/21/apples.best.edu.quarter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/backtoschool2008.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />After posting its best July quarter, showing success in retail, international markets, and overall revenue, Apple said it had an excellent quarter with education as well, seeing 25-percent growth overall. The growth led Apple to call it its best ever, and noted that both Kindergarten to Grade 12 and Higher Education markets saw unprecedented increases, bringing them to all time highs. The increas... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/21/apples.best.edu.quarter/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/21/apple.earnings/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/macbookair.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has put forth a set of expectations for Apple's Q3 earnings, due today after the US markets close. Munster believes that upside to Mac and iPod units may drive upside to the June quarter and is reiterating his Buy rating. While the street is expecting Apple to have shipped 2.2 million Macs in the quarter, Munster cites a buyside bias of 2.35 million units. He is ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/21/apple.earnings/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/apple.edges.acer.for.no.3/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/asuseeepc901-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Research firm IDC reports that worldwide PC shipments grew at 15 percent in the second quarter of 2008. The quarter also saw Apple roughly tie Acer in the US market, assuming fourth place and missing third place by only a few thousand units. Demand in the United States suffered from the ongoing economic pressure, with rowth in the low single-digits. Dell continued its recovery with another quarter... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/apple.edges.acer.for.no.3/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/09/tell.us.your.bento.story/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: Milliamp offers iPhone 3G battery replacement, FileMaker launches "Tell Us Your Bento Story" sweepstakes, New Aperture 2, Mac OS Security Tutorials, and Freeway 5.1.3 adds Simplified Chinese localization ... Milliamp has announced a battery replacement service for the new iPhone 3G. "Although the new iPhone won't hit the U.S. market until later this week, we wanted the world to know that... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/09/tell.us.your.bento.story/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/autodesk.acquires.gbs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/sketchbookpro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Autodesk has acquired the assets of Green Building Studio (GBS), further consolidating the market for Mac-based architecture software. GBS' web service will soon join the Autodesk product family, while the GBS team will continue selling, training, and supporting architects as they use the GBS web service to design carbon neutral buildings today and in the future. Autodesk also plans to continue su... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/autodesk.acquires.gbs/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/apple.notebook.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/macbook-unbox.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DisplaySearch has published its latest quarterly Notebook PC Shipment and Forecast Report, which shows that the notebook PC market grew 35% year over year in the first quarter of 2008 to 31 million units. Apple, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo all significantly outpaced the year over market growth, with Apple posting 61 percent unit growth from 891,000 units to 1.43 million units. That growth gave Apple... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/apple.notebook.sales/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/29/iphone.a.search.engine.hit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/comscore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Helped by the hype of iPhone 2.0 platform and a buzz over the pending iPhone 3G announcement, the iPhone generated huge traffic for internet search engines in April. ComScore, which provides market research for advertisers, says 1.3 million Americans conducted 6.9 million iPhone-related searches in April. The word ìiPhoneî was the most popular term, with nearly 1.5 million searches, followed by ì... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/29/iphone.a.search.engine.hit/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:00:00 GMT