Regarding an Apple TV App Store

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 a 11:15 pm

You'll hear a lot more discussion of this at the tail end of tonights iPhone & iPad Live podcast with Seth Clifford of Nickelfish and David Barnard of App Cubby, but as rumors are spreading that WWDC 2012 might bring with it an "App Store" for Apple TV, I wanted to get something up on the site about it as well.

Apple rumored to show off iTV operating system at WWDC

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 a 11:32 am

We've been hearing an awful lot about Apple making their own TV set lately, and we may get a glance at the operating system that will be powering it next week at the Worldwide Developer Conference. Details are scarce, but apparently the iTV OS will include a control out API for accessory manufacturers and other third parties, which could quickly turn an Apple-made television into the connected hub for your home.

Apple sold nearly 3 million Apple TVs in 2011, already sold nearly 3 million Apple TVs in first half of 2012, won't comment on Apple television

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 a 10:22 pm

As part of his talk at the D10 Conference today, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that while they'd sold nearly 3 million Apple TVs in 2011, they'd already sold 3 million in the first half of 2012 alone. That's double the rate of sales for last year so far, and we're not even in the traditionally strongest holiday quarter yet.

iPhone & iPad Live 295: iPhone 5 rumor round table

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 24, 2012 a 6:35 pm

Georgia and Rene are joined by Marc Edwards of Bjango and Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac to discuss the idea of a 16:9 aspect ratio iPhone 5. Would Apple do it? How could Apple do it? And what's next for Apple after the iPad? This is iPhone and iPad Live!

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Foxconn supposedly preparing to manufacture Apple television set [Updated]

By Simon Sage, Friday, May 11, 2012 a 2:33 pm

Foxconn chiarman Terry Gou was recently quoted as saying that the manufacturing giant is making preparations for an Apple TV set, which included buying a significant stake in Sharp for access to LCD displays.

Steve Jobs didn't think TVs and computers were going to merge

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012 a 11:03 am

Brent Schlender, a veteran journalist that has been covering Apple for the last 25 yeras, has recently published new snippets of interviews with Steve Jobs. One quote in particular from 1998 sharply counterpoints recent rumours of a full-blown Apple TV set.

Steve Jobs and the relentless drive to cut away what's not absolutely necessary and simplify what is

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012 a 12:27 pm

Steve Jobs had Apple halt iPhone production to make the display more prominent, halted iPad production to make the edges more scoop-able, and continuously, relentlessly, stopped Apple in mid-stride to cut what wasn't necessary and simplify what absolutely was. This singular insight is brought into sharp focus once again by biographer Walter Isaacson, writing for the Harvard Business Review on the subject of Steve Job's leadership.

What new devices will Apple announce tomorrow?

By Georgia, Tuesday, Mar 6, 2012 a 9:02 am

Apple will almost certainly announce their next generation tablet tomorrow, the iPad 3 (now rumored to perhaps be called the iPad HD, but what other devices will Apple announce?

Apple Television (iTV)

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Rogers, BCE reportedly in talks with Apple Inc. to become Canadian launch partners for Apple iTV

By Chris Parsons, Monday, Feb 6, 2012 a 11:52 pm

The rumors surrounding an Apple's iTV television don't seem to be slowing down, and now a report has come out suggesting that two of Canada's top telecommunications companies, Rogers and Bell, are in talks to provide content for the still-unannounced, unreleased device.