Eric Slivka
Eric is the Editor-in-Chief of MacRumors and has been writing for the site since 2008.
An avid swimmer and former biophysicist, Eric has been using Apple products for over 35 years and has been interviewed for pieces by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, BBC, CNBC, and other publications.
Eric's current primary role involves day-to-day oversight of the editorial operations at MacRumors, but he also contributes occasional news and review articles while handling various other duties related to the site's operation.
An avid swimmer and former biophysicist, Eric has been using Apple products for over 35 years and has been interviewed for pieces by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, BBC, CNBC, and other publications.
Eric's current primary role involves day-to-day oversight of the editorial operations at MacRumors, but he also contributes occasional news and review articles while handling various other duties related to the site's operation.
Eric Slivka's Articles
ATI Radeon HD 4870 Coming Soon For Older Mac Pros, Requires Unreleased OS X 10.5.7 [Updated]
In place of the standard NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics card used on the new Mac Pro released this morning, Apple is offering a $200 option to upgrade to the ATI Radeon HD 4870. In addition, Apple is apparently planning to make the ATI card available as a standalone product compatible with both the new Mac Pro and the previous generation of Mac Pro released in January 2008. The standalone...
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AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule Update Details: Dual-Band, Guest Networks, Remote File Access
As we noted earlier today, Apple has updated their AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule offerings. A few of the new features are worth highlighting:
Simultaneous dual-band support - Operates simultaneously on both 5 GHz (802.11n) and 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g) frequencies to allow all wireless products to connect on the best available band. On previous models, users wishing to permit...
Apple Releases Digital Camera RAW and MacBook Battery Updates
Apple yesterday released a pair of updates, currently available through the Apple Downloads page:
Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.5 This update extends RAW file compatibility for Aperture 2, iPhoto '08, and iPhoto '09 for the following cameras:
Nikon D3X
Epson R-D1x
It also addresses issues related to specific cameras and overall stability.The update requires OS X 10.4.11 or...
Evangelion Anime Applications Begin Appearing in App Store
Several weeks ago, we reported on forthcoming applications from Appliya based on the Evangelion anime franchise, and within the past few days the first three applications in the series have been released in the App Store. As we previously noted, these apps have basic functionalities that draw upon the styling of Evangelion.
- Evangelion vol.1 Cut Out [App Store, $1.99] provides "cut out"...
AirPhones Allows iPhone to Serve as Wireless Headphones
Wired reports on AirPhones [App Store], a new utility that allows the iPhone/iPod touch to serve as wireless headphones, accepting streaming audio content from a computer on the same local Wi-Fi network. The utility requires that a free partner server application, currently available only for Intel Macs but coming soon for PPC Macs and Windows, be installed on the computer broadcasting the audio. ...
CBS Brings TV.com Content to iPhone
CBS has released TV.com [App Store], a new free iPhone application providing access to streaming content from the CBS family of networks.
While full episode content is currently limited to older series such as "Beverly Hills 90210", "MacGuyver", and "Star Trek: The Original Series", more limited clips are available from a variety of CBS-owned 'channels', including CBS Entertainment, The CW,...
AIM for iPhone Updated, Moves to Ad-Supported and Paid Versions
AOL's AIM [App Store] has been updated to version 2.0.1, bringing several new features, as well as a change to an ad-supported model for the free edition. AOL also promises that an ad-free paid version is currently working its way through Apple's approval process and should be available soon.
Among the new features available in AIM are tools to access contacts directly from within the...
iPhone UK Sales Reach 1 Million Mark
As part of an earnings release covering the fourth quarter of 2008, Telefnica Europe announced that their O2 subsidiary in the UK has now sold over one million iPhones since the launch of the original iPhone in November 2007.
O2 pointed to the iPhone as one of the key components driving its performance, which was significantly better than the overall UK wireless market in all main financial...
Apple Prepping OS X 10.5.7 Update
Apple yesterday seeded Mac OS X 10.5.7, the next maintenance release for Leopard, to developers. Apple is requesting that developers focus their testing on over twenty areas of the new seed, which is termed Build 9J22.
Developers familiar with the new build report that Apple has made nearly 70 changes in the update, with many of them focused on syncing and networking improvements. A number...
Apple Shareholder Meeting Notes: Directors Reelected, No Change in Jobs' Plans
Dow Jones Newswires (via CNN Money) provides a recap of Apple's annual shareholder meeting held today on the company's campus in Cupertino, the first such meeting without Steve Jobs present since his return to the company in 1997. At the meeting, shareholders voted to reelect the entire Board of Directors and voted down four proposals made by shareholders but opposed by the Board of Directors. Sha...
Apple Details Recent Enhancements to MobileMe
Apple today posted a MobileMe news article referring to a new new support document detailing recent enhancements to MobileMe. Mail
- Compose window address selector shows all email addresses for contacts, not just home and work addresses.
- Newly added email addresses to Contacts appear in the compose window selector without having to logout and login.
- Improved printing of HTML formatted...
Apple TV 2.3.1 Update Released
Apple last night pushed a minor update for the Apple TV, bringing the system to version 2.3.1. Apple has not yet updated their support page listing changes for each update, although they may only do so for major releases, as the page does not contain an entry for the minor Apple TV 2.0.1 update from last March.
User reports have not noted any obvious major changes to the software, although...
Apple and China Unicom Bringing iPhone to China in May 2009?
ChinaTechNews.com reports that Apple and China Unicom have reportedly struck a deal to bring the iPhone to China. According to their sources, the iPhone will make its appearance in May of this year at the earliest. Foreign media are quoting representatives from Ovum, a British consultancy, as saying that China Unicom and Apple will achieve cooperation soon and if everything goes smoothly, the 3G...
Apple and EMI Music Launch 'iTunes Pass' Short-Term Subscriptions
EMI Music announced today that they have launched the first 'iTunes Pass', providing automatic downloads of all releases from a given artist within a specific time period. The first artist available under this program is Depeche Mode, with the current iTunes Pass [iTunes] available at a cost of $18.99 and good through June 16th, 2009. The first iTunes Pass debuts today in conjunction with Depeche ...
Cha-Ching Coming Soon to iPhone
TUAW provides a sneak peak at Cha-Ching, an upcoming iPhone version of the popular money management software for Mac. Just like the Mac version, Cha-Ching mobile allows you to create multiple account and manage your budget, schedule payments, and add payees. Probably the most amazing feature is the ability to sync all of the data from the Mac version of Cha-Ching wirelessly to your iPhone/iPod...
iPhone on Verizon Rumor Revived
ITExaminer.com revives rumors that an announcement regarding the iPhone coming to Verizon Wireless will be made in the near future. While the deal is so secret that Apple will not even hint that it is happening, the outfit had been trying to find EVDO and CDMA Engineers for months in their online Iphone job postings. While EVDO could cover a wide range of 3G skills, it is more likely that Apple...
Best Buy Offering iPhone Discounts of as Much as $100 to 'Reward Zone' Members
Best Buy this week is offering significant discounts on the iPhone to current members of its Reward Zone loyalty points program. Regular Reward Zone members can save $50, bringing the price to $149 for the 8 GB model or $249 for the 16 GB models. Premier Silver members can save $100, bringing the price down to $99/$199. The offers are good on new iPhones, not refurbished ones as currently...
'AppStore Secrets' : Price Drops, Usage and Ad-Supported Models
Greg Yardley, co-founder and CEO of mobile analytics firm Pinch Media, recently gave a presentation at the New York iPhone Developers Meetup highlighting data gathered from over 30 million App Store downloads of applications utilizing Pinch Media's analytics libraries. The presentation, entitled 'AppStore Secrets', reveals a number of interesting of statistics and conclusions.
Notably, Pinch...
AT&T Again Selling $99 Refurbished iPhone 3G
AT&T is again offering refurbished iPhone 3Gs at $99 for the 8 GB model and $199 for the 16 GB models, a $100 discount from the non-refurbished price and a $50 discount from their standard refurbished price. All sales require a two-year contract.
According to AT&T's site, refurbished iPhones may come with minor cosmetic issues. Refurbished phones are previously owned devices that have been...
New iPod Touch Ad: 'More Fun'
Apple has begun airing a new iPod touch television commercial, entitled More Fun. The ad, which features the iPod touch as a gaming device, features brief clips of over a dozen games available in the App Store, with Franz Ferdinand's No You Girls [iTunes Store] serving as music accompaniment.
The new commercial, which is also available on Apple's iPod touch ad gallery, continues Apple's...
