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Apple Rolling Out iAd Spots for App Developers

As noted by Ars Technica’s Jacqui Cheng, Apple has updated its iAd developer page to invite app developers to advertise their applications through the company’s new mobile ad platform. iAd…

Tweetie for Mac and iPad Still in the Works

Ars Technica spoke with Tweetie developer Loren Brichter this week at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and received a status update on his plans for Mac and iPad development. Brichter had promised…

Apple Updates MacBook Pro Mini DisplayPort Implementation to Support Both Audio and Video

Ars Technica reports that Apple’s new MacBook Pro models released today now support transmission of both audio and video via a single Mini DisplayPort output. The news comes following speculation that Apple might be preparing to release a Mi…

Apple’s A4 Processor is Based on Cortex A8, Not A9?

Ars Technica reports on Apple’s new A4 chip which was introduced alongside the iPad in January. Apple has released few details about their custom chip design, though many expected it to have adopted the latest Cortex A9 multi-core design.

Audio Processing Causing Heat and Performance Issues for Nehalem Mac Pros

Ars Technica reports on growing complaints from users of Apple’s Nehalem (”Early 2009″) Mac Pro models regarding heat and performance issues when performing audio processing tasks. The problem manifests as what has been described as e…

Detailed Technical Look at Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Ars Technica’s John Siracusa has posted an exhaustive review of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that delves deep into some of the technical changes behind Apple’s latest operating system. The 23 page review covers topics that were previously covered unde…

Apple Resellers Report iPod Stocks Dwindling, All SKUs Being Discontinued

Ars Technica reports that Apple resellers are currently reporting low stocks of most iPod models, and no additional shipments of the existing models are reported to be available. Additionally, resellers report that the stock-keeping units (SKUs) for…

New ‘iProd1,1′ Reference Found in iPhone OS 3.1 Beta Configuration File

Image from Ars Technica Ars Technica reports that the latest version of the iPhone OS 3.1 beta seeded to developers last week contains an updated configuration file that references two mysterious products known as “iProd0,1″ and “iProd…