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The Apple Family Tree [Infographic] Mashable has put together a wonderful infographic, called “The Apple Tree.” What would Apple products look like if they were placed into a family tree?

The Apple Family Tree [Infographic]
Mashable has put together a wonderful infographic, called “The Apple Tree.” What would Apple products look like if they were placed into a family tree?

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Small, Beautiful and Profitable Audi, BMW and Mercedes, each has a small percentage of overall automobile market share respectively while all being top three heavy hitters in the premium market. BMW remains #1 among the three in terms of worldwide numbers while Audi is reeling in real fast right behind Mercedes as the fastest growing brand. They have been innovating and inspiring us for years now, with sexy design, innovative space-frame, effective efficiency, possible alternative-powered options, exciting concepts, and there is no sign of stopping. And that’s a good thing. So, does the growth of BMW means the death of Mercedes? Does the acceptance of Audi into the top three premium hotspots means the demise of Lexus? Does the bigger number of sales from Toyota means Mercedes is dying? That would be absurd to assume such a notion if we were to be objective and factual of how dynamic market forces functions in the real world. Side-stepping that a little further, how about the fact that BMW didn’t invent the seat-belt means that it’s an awful company? How about the fact that Audi reinvented the all-wheel drive with its Quattro means Porsche will die because it doesn’t have Quattro? Apple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’s or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being BMW or Mercedes? Small and beautifully profitable while making a ding in the universe. It’s a wonderful position to be in.

Small, Beautiful and Profitable

Audi, BMW and Mercedes, each has a small percentage of overall automobile market share respectively while all being top three heavy hitters in the premium market. BMW remains #1 among the three in terms of worldwide numbers while Audi is reeling in real fast right behind Mercedes as the fastest growing brand.

They have been innovating and inspiring us for years now, with sexy design, innovative space-frame, effective efficiency, possible alternative-powered options, exciting concepts, and there is no sign of stopping. And that’s a good thing.

So, does the growth of BMW means the death of Mercedes? Does the acceptance of Audi into the top three premium hotspots means the demise of Lexus? Does the bigger number of sales from Toyota means Mercedes is dying? That would be absurd to assume such a notion if we were to be objective and factual of how dynamic market forces functions in the real world.

Side-stepping that a little further, how about the fact that BMW didn’t invent the seat-belt means that it’s an awful company? How about the fact that Audi reinvented the all-wheel drive with its Quattro means Porsche will die because it doesn’t have Quattro?

Apple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’s or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being BMW or Mercedes? Small and beautifully profitable while making a ding in the universe.

It’s a wonderful position to be in.

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Change and The Willingness to Embrace it.

Maturing of the Tablet Computing on the Desktop

How Will Apple Bring iOS to the Desktop?

Many users don’t know they want something new and different. When confronted with the idea, many claim to oppose it. People oppose change, and radical change is always rejected at first.

We are living in exciting times as the future is revealing itself. We can expect Google’s next-generation systems hitting by the end of the year, and Microsoft’s next year.

Regardless of what Apple does or does not announce on Mon’s WWDC, 2012 is shaping up to be the Year of the Desktop Tablet… Given Apple’s lead in the development of all elements of MPG computing — gestures, interfaces, hardware design, app functionality and others — Apple is so close to the future of computing, you can almost touch it.

The question is, are you ready for the future and you still stuck in the past?

ARead the full article by Mike Elgan on Cult of Mac.
Image courtesy of Michael Powers.

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Photos from WWDC 2011 + iCloud Icon in Full Resolution One of the new service, which will be unveiled at Monday’s WWDC conference will be called iCloud and will serve as a substitute for current MobileMe. The service will be used to stream music to PCs running OS X and possibly to the iPhone with the new operating system, iOS 5. The icon of this new service, however, has leaked already, so you can see it in advance.

Photos from WWDC 2011 + iCloud Icon in Full Resolution

One of the new service, which will be unveiled at Monday’s WWDC conference will be called iCloud and will serve as a substitute for current MobileMe. The service will be used to stream music to PCs running OS X and possibly to the iPhone with the new operating system, iOS 5. The icon of this new service, however, has leaked already, so you can see it in advance.

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Official: iOS 5, OS X Lion, and iCloud To Be Announced Next Week At WWDC There goes all the fun rumors and wild speculation. Apple just released a press release detailing what’s coming next week at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. I’ll let that sink in for a moment. Apple pre-announced something — iOS 5 and OS X Lion to be exact. Oh, and something called iCloud, too.

Official: iOS 5, OS X Lion, and iCloud To Be Announced Next Week At WWDC There goes all the fun rumors and wild speculation. Apple just released a press release detailing what’s coming next week at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. I’ll let that sink in for a moment. Apple pre-announced something — iOS 5 and OS X Lion to be exact. Oh, and something called iCloud, too.

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MobileMe subscription about to expire? Don’t renew it just yet!

MobileMe

If you’ve already paid the US$99 for Apple’sMobileMe service, but your account is due for renewal within the next ten days or so, it might be a good idea to hold off on renewing it for now. Apple’s rumored to be heavily revamping its MobileMe service this year, and we expect to hear announcements about the service upgrades at WWDC on June 6. Some rumors even suggest that parts of MobileMe may be available at no charge after the update.

It’s been a perennial rumor that Apple will stop charging $99/year for much of its MobileMe service. The rumors have always suggested Apple will offer basic services (like email and over-the-air device syncing) for free, while paying subscribers will have access to things like website hosting, online photo galleries, storage options through iDisk, and now potentially wireless streaming of music via the rumored iCloud service. Year after year this rumor has failed to come to fruition, but many are hoping this is the year Apple will finally split MobileMe into two services: free/basic and subscription/full access. There’s already precedent for making certain parts of MobileMe free. Find My iPhone/iPad used to be a service for MobileMe subscribers only, but last November Apple made it free to anyone with an iPad, iPhone 4 or current-gen iPod touch.

Read the full article by Chris Rawson @TUAW

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To honor the occasion, three companies specializing in iOS apps – game-maker Chillingo, app search engine Chomp and app blog 148apps – have created an infographic highlighting some of the most interesting figures related to the vast ecosystem of iOS apps. According to their data, there are 85,569 unique app developers; the most popular iOS app is Angry Birds, and 37% of iOS apps are free, while another 29% of all apps cost only $0.99. The numbers are impressive, considering the App Store launched less than three years ago, in July 2008, with a meager 500 apps.