Byte of the Appletag:www.businessweek.com,2010-03-09:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//132010-09-08T13:16:52ZRead updated Apple blogs. Learn about the latest Apple iphone news, Mac computer updates, and check out Apple competitors.Movable Type 4.37Apple's New Video Strategy Coming Into Focustag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.294902010-08-25T01:10:20Z2010-09-08T13:16:52ZThe blogosphere has been buzzing with talk of a radically updated version of the Apple TV set-top box. It turns out Apple plans to unveil the $99 device at an event on Sept. 7, my Bloomberg colleagues and I reported...Peter BurrowsPatent Filings Show Touch Screens Coming To The Mac: Told Ya!tag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.294852010-08-23T20:38:20Z2010-09-08T13:24:52Z A little less than two years ago I took a great deal of heat from a pack of readers who were irate, nay, irrationally incensed, about a column I wrote. My sin? Arguing that Apple, the company that made...Arik HesseldahlFour New Patents For Skyhooktag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.294362010-08-03T18:47:56Z2010-09-08T13:28:23ZSkyhook Wireless, which makes location-tracking software used in smart phones and other mobile devices, announced today that it has been granted four new patents to go along with the eleven it already has. The announcement comes days Apple Inc. revealed...Peter BurrowsApple: White iPhone 4 Delayed Again; Case Program Startstag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.294142010-07-23T13:56:17Z2010-07-28T16:23:26ZWhy is it so hard to build a white iPhone 4? Today Apple announced its second delay of the white unit. Its statement in full: "White models of Apple's new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture...Arik HesseldahlA Few More Details On Apple's MacPaint Donationtag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.294092010-07-21T15:24:52Z2010-09-08T14:04:51ZI just got an email from Andy Hertzfeld, the member of the original Mac development team who was instrumental in engineering Apple's donation of the MacPaint source code to the Computer History Museum. Several people wrote in comments wondering about...Arik HesseldahlApple Donates MacPaint Source Code To Computer History Museumtag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.293992010-07-20T04:00:01Z2010-09-08T13:15:13ZOne of the earliest bits of software that made the original Macintosh computer so interesting to use and unusual for its time was a drawing program called MacPaint. Released in 1984 with the Mac, it is fondly remembered not only...Arik HesseldahlWhat Apple Must Say And Do About The iPhone 4tag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.293952010-07-15T17:06:34Z2010-09-08T13:15:36ZYou know you've got a problem when your product is ridiculed in David Letterman's Top Ten List. The CBS late-night funnyman on July 14 set up his "Top Ten Signs You've Purchased a Bad iPhone 4" by telling his viewers...Arik HesseldahlApple: iPhone 4 Just Looks Like It's Losing Signal tag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.293642010-07-02T13:40:32Z2010-07-22T12:54:50ZApple this morning sent out a letter to iPhone users concerning the troubles that some iPhone 4 users have been concerning apparent signal disruptions, when the phone is held a a certain way. It insists that customers are generally reporting...Arik HesseldahlVerizon To Get iPhone In January 2011tag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.293522010-06-29T19:10:34Z2010-07-28T16:21:22ZMy colleagues at Bloomberg News are reporting that Verizon Wireless will start selling Apple's iPhone this January, citing two sources familiar with the matter. This is big news for many players in the wireless business. As I type shares in...Arik HesseldahlMotorola's Sanjay Jha Shares His Own Thoughts On Flash tag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.293222010-06-23T21:01:14Z2010-06-28T18:24:22ZMotorola's co-CEO stopped by our offices for an interview today on the occasion of the launch of the Droid X handset that runs Google's Android operating system. It didn't take long for the discussion to turn to things related to...Arik HesseldahlOn Apple's "Secret" Snow Leopard Security Fix tag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.293072010-06-21T18:05:06Z2010-09-08T13:14:36ZLast week Apple issued the latest update to its OS X Snow Leopard operating system for Macs. Among the many things fixed were problems with VPN connections, DVD player software. The update also contained Apple's latest Web browser, Safari 5.0....Arik HesseldahlForrester: Tablets Will Outsell Netbooks By 2012tag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.292982010-06-17T13:32:26Z2010-07-21T13:28:27ZRemember a few years ago how Netbooks were set to become the next big thing in personal computing? You can forget about that, says Forrester Research. In a new report out today Forrester says that tablets -- including Apple's iPad...Arik HesseldahlApple Updates Mac Minitag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.292882010-06-15T12:53:48Z2010-07-23T13:29:16ZApple announced a new version of the Mac Mini today, bringing its design more in line with its siblings, the iMac and the MacBook Pro. It's nice to see Apple remaining committed to the Mac Mini. The line has been...Arik HesseldahlHow The iPad Data Breach Might Yet Get Worsetag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.292862010-06-14T16:57:41Z2010-07-28T18:13:49ZHow bad was the AT&T data breach on Apple's iPad? According to AT&T, and the information about affected subscribers was limited to their email address, and a serial number known as an ICCID. AT&T sent an email apologizing to affected...Arik HesseldahlApple: We've Sold A Million iPadstag:www.businessweek.com,2010:/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog//13.291832010-05-03T12:38:47Z2010-05-07T15:41:23ZApple announced this morning that it has sold 1 million iPads after 28 days on the market. The news comes only two days after it released the 3G version of the device. "One million iPads in 28 days--that's less than...Arik Hesseldahl