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
iPhone 3G Sales Spur AT&T Wireless Growth in Q4 2008
AT&T today reported financial results from the fourth quarter of 2008 and announced that they had activated 1.9 million new iPhones during the quarter. That number was down from 2.4 million activations in the third quarter, its first full quarter of availability, but was still sufficient to play a significant role in AT&T subscriber growth, which saw an overall net gain of 2.1 million...
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Cooliris 1.3 for iPhone Released
Cooliris has released version 1.3 [App Store] of their free iPhone application for browsing images and video on the Web. Details on the update are available on Cooliris' blog. Version 1.3's biggest new feature is the addition of the "My Photos" tab, where you can search any public account in Flickr and Picasa, add as many accounts as you would like, then view the albums in Cooliris. There are a ...
Yet Another New iPhone Ad: 'Check'
For the third time in three days, Apple has posted a new iPhone commercial to their ad gallery. The new ad again focuses on three iPhone applications, this time related by their ability to "check" up on things by accessing various types of information.
- SnowReports [App Store]: checking up on ski and snowboard conditions at over 2,000 resorts worldwide
- Lose It! [App Store]: checking...
Apple Releases QuickTime Broadcaster 1.5.3
Apple today released QuickTime Broadcaster 1.5.3, an update to Apple's software that allows users to easily produce live video broadcasts. Whats New in this Version
- Improves audio/video synchronization when recording broadcasts to disk.Full details on QuickTime Broadcaster can be found on Apple's site....
Mark Papermaster to Begin Work at Apple on April 24th
Apple has announced that Mark Papermaster will begin work at Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering on April 24th, 2009. Apple today announced that Mark Papermaster will be coming to Apple as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on April 24. Papermaster, who comes to Apple from IBM, will lead Apple's iPod and iPhone...
HD Downloads Starting to Appear in UK iTunes Store
Macworld reports that the first high-definition video downloads have appeared on the UK iTunes Store. The first two episodes of the fifth season of the hit TV show Lost are now available at a cost of 2.49 per episode, with a season pass available for 41.99. Macworld also notes that a free "Lost Starter Kit" is available in high-definition as well.
High-definition TV show downloads were...
iMovie HD 6 No Longer Available For Download
iMovie HD 6, previously available as a free download for iLife '08 users, has been removed from Apple's site.
The application, which had been part of the iLife '06 suite, was made available amidst public outcry after a complete rewrite of the application as iMovie '08 resulted in the loss of a number of features that users had come to rely on. iMovie HD 6 was available through Apple's site to ...
Another New iPhone Ad: 'Fix'
Apple has posted another new iPhone commercial, entitled 'Fix', to their ad gallery. Similar to 'Read', which was released yesterday, 'Fix' highlights three different applications linked by a common theme. As the title suggests, each application featured in 'Fix' aids in solving a problem of some sort.
- Rocket Taxi [App Store]: locating taxi companies in over 10,000 cities using locations ...
Apple Releases iDVD 7.0.3 and iLife Media Browser Update
In addition to today's release of NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009, Apple released two other minor updates:
iDVD 7.0.3, which weighs in at 27.42 MB and requires OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.6 or later, addresses several unnamed minor issues and also improves overall stability.
iLife Media Browser Update, recommended for all users of Aperture, iLife '08, iWork '08 and OS X 10.5.6 or later, similarly...
Wireless Printing Apps for the iPhone
Wireless printing from the iPhone and iPod touch has been a frequent feature request from users, and a few apps intended to meet this need have started appearing in the App Store.
HP iPrint Photo [App Store] supports printing of 4x6-inch photos directly to supported HP inkjet printers. The free application utilizes Bonjour to automatically locate compatible printers on your network.
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New iPhone Ad: 'Read'
Apple has posted a new iPhone ad, 'Read', to their ad gallery. The commercial highlights the diversity of applications available for the iPhone by showing brief snippets of three different apps linked by the common thread of "reading".
- Yelp [App Store]: find restaurants and browse restaurant reviews
- OsiriX [App Store]: physician-oriented application for viewing medical images,...
iLife '09 Now Shipping
Several MacRumors readers are reporting that their orders for iLife '09, which had been announced at MacWorld as scheduled for a late January release, have been shipped.
iLife '09 brings major updates to iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, and also offers iDVD and an updated version of iWeb. It is priced at $79 for a single license or $99 for a family pack that permits installation on up to five...
Epocrates Essentials Now Available for iPhone
Epocrates [App Store] has released version 2.0 of their free clinical reference application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The update brings several enhancements to their free offerings and adds compatibility with Epocrates Essentials, their subscription-based premium content.
Epocrates Rx, the free component to the application, offers a drug and formulary reference that includes...
Apple Releases Server Admin Tools 10.5.6
Apple today released Server Admin Tools 10.5.6, which enables remote administration of Mac OS X 10.5.6 Server. Full details on the package contents can be found on Apple's download page and on their corresponding support page. Server Admin Tools 10.5.6 contain remote administration tools, documentation, and utilities that you can install on a computer other than your server. This version is...
Tim Cook's View of the Apple Philosophy
In the Q&A section of yesterday's earnings conference call, the first question unsurprisingly addressed Steve Jobs' leave of absence and how that would affect the way Apple is being run. Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer noted that Jobs remains CEO and that he will continue to be involved in strategic decisions. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who is overseeing Apple's day-to-day...
iWork '09 Torrent Carrying OS X Trojan [Updated]
A security alert posted this morning by antivirus vendor Intego reveals that the company has discovered a new Trojan horse that is being carried by pirated copies of iWork '09 circulating on a number of torrent sites.
The Trojan, which Intego has classified as a "serious" risk and named OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, allows a malicious user to connect to an infected machine and perform various...
Apple Researching Sound Sensors for Automatically Adjusting Audio Output
A new patent application published today reveals that Apple is researching the use of ambient sound sensors to automatically adjust speaker and mobile phone ringer volume based on the device's environment. For instance, a user who adjusts the volume of a mobile phone ring tone for a loud environment may later move to a quieter environment, where the loud ring will be disruptive. Similarly,...
Tim Cook: Apple Will Aggressively Protect iPhone Intellectual Property
One item of particular interest from Apple's earnings conference call yesterday was Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook's comments regarding Apple's intellectual property related to the iPhone. Cook's forceful comments made clear that Apple will vigorously defend the intellectual property that has enabled the iPhone to revolutionize the smartphone industry. We approach this business as a software...
Apple Reports Record $1.61 Billion Profit for Q1 2009
Apple today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Apple posted record revenue of $10.17 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.78 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $9.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion, or $1.76 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.7 percent, equal to the year-ago quarter, and...
Apple Releases QuickTime 7.6
Apple today released QuickTime 7.6, which includes a number of performance, compatibility, and security updates. According to the support document for the release, the update includes the following changes: Video:
- Improves single-pass H.264 encoding quality
- Increases the playback reliability of Motion JPEG media
Audio:
- Improves AAC encoding fidelity
- Audio tracks from MPEG video...
