Macgasm

Apple’s former CEO, Steve Jobs, was known for his creativity but also for his secrecy. In fact, this became a common theme with the company as a whole. Followers would wait a whole year in anticipation for the next iteration of Macs and iOS devices while Apple wouldn’t even hint at what they were working on; however, in his biography that was released today, Steve might have finally left us with some clues.

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Siri is hitting news once again; however, this time the personal assistant is showing her face on the iPad 1st-generation. One thing’s for sure — this iPad is jailbroken. (more…)

It’s no secret that we love never-ending flier Jetpack Joyride, and it seems we’re not alone. Thankfully this level of popularity means developers continue to support their games long after release. Halfbrick is no stranger to prolonged generosity and has rewarded its loyal fans with another free update chock-full of content.

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Apple has poached Scott Noteboom from Yahoo. According to Noteboom’s LinkedIn page, the once Senior VP of Data Centre Engineering and Operations at Yahoo is now a “distinguished gentleman” at Apple. Giga Om reporter Stacy Higginbotham has reported that the move was an attempt to reaffirm “Apple’s commitment to the cloud and getting to webscale.”

Back in November, Olivier Sanche, Apple’s Global Data Center Director, died of a heart attack at the age of 41. There has been no public announcement of a replacement from Apple. Since then Apple has hired two prominent data centre experts. First it was Kevin Timmons, who has recently left for CyrusOne, and now it’s Scott Noteboom.

With Siri and other Apple web services, like iCloud, getting pounded lately it’s not surprising that the company is looking to find someone capable of scaling their operations in the short term. Scott Noteboom has certainly been there before, previously working on Yahoo’s chicken coop data centres, and other projects at Yahoo.

Apple likes to play to my ADD sometimes, and wave shiny new color items around to distract me from silent changes. Along with the new specs rolled out this morning for the line of MacBook Pros, Apple also updated the iPad 2 Smart Cover. One of the most shocking changes is the matching interiors.

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Apple tends to not make a big deal out of spec changes, and today is no different. The entire catalog of MacBook Pros saw performance boosting spec changes rolled out this morning and no press release has been spotted.

9to5Mac reported last week that the price points will remain the same, and the rumor has come true with the release this morning of the updated specs.

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The co-founder and CEO of Siri has left Apple according to All Things D. It’s being reported that Dag Kittlaus’s exit was planned for a while, and that amongst the reasons, Kittlaus was looking forward to returning to his family back in Chicago:

The report has also indicated that key members from the Siri team still remain at Apple and are assisting the company with the new Siri integration in the iPhone 4S.

It appears that Apple is prepping a new program that will allow customers ordering online to pick up their order at local Apple Retail Stores. Nicknamed “Sherwood”, the program will include every product that is sold online, including third party accessories and engraved products.

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