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
First-Day Mac App Store Sales Results: 'Chopper 2' Grosses Nearly $30,000
Beyond Apple's announcement this morning revealing total downloads of over one million on the Mac App Store's first day of business, we've been curious about the performance of individual applications debuting with the store's launch and have followed up with a couple of developers to get a sense of how things are going.
At the high end of the scale, we spoke with David Frampton of Majic...
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Verizon iPhone to Launch February 3rd?
Boy Genius Report claims to have heard that the vacation blackout being imposed on Apple's retail store employees has been narrowed down to February 3rd-6th in several regions of the United Sates, suggesting that a major launch is scheduled for that weekend. BGR has confirmed with a source close to Apple that the company has blacked out employee vacation requests between February 3rd and...
First-Day Mac App Store Downloads Top 1 Million
Apple today announced that the Mac App Store saw over one million downloads in its first day of business yesterday, marking a successful debut for the marketplace that currently offers over 1,000 free and paid applications for Mac OS X Snow Leopard users. Apple today announced that over one million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in the first day. With more than 1,000 free and...
Apple May Or May Not Be Searching For a New CFO
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer (left) and Blackstone CFO Laurence Tosi (right)
Bloomberg reports that it has learned from three separate sources that Apple has approached Laurence Tosi of investment firm Blackstone Group about taking on the role of Apple's Chief Financial Officer. Tosi would replace Peter Oppenheimer, who has served as Apple's CFO since 2004.
Tosi has reportedly indicated to...
First Wave of Mac App Store Apps Features Broad Range of Prices
One of the major questions with the Mac App Store has been whether the same "race to the bottom" effect on pricing seen in the iOS App Store will carry over into the new Mac App Store. The pricing dynamic is even more interesting for the Mac App Store because it reflects a new distribution method for many long-standing Mac developers while also inviting over many developers who have experienced...
CES 2011: Verizon Makes No Mention of iPhone, iPad Competitors Take Shape
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg on-stage at CES 2011 (Source: Engadget)
In what should not be regarded as a surprise, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg and other presenters during his keynote address at CES 2011 this morning made no mention of the possibility of the iPhone coming to Verizon. Seidenberg's role as the primary keynote speaker for the event had sparked speculation that the forum could be...
Mac App Store Notes: Recognizing Previously-Installed Apps, Pricing Discounts
With the Mac App Store having gone live earlier today, users have now had a chance to play around with the store's features and offerings. And while the Mac App Store is fairly straightforward and very reminiscent of the iOS App Store, there are a few items of note that are worth mentioning.
Gizmodo offers a brief walkthrough of the Mac App Store purchasing process and some of the...
AT&T Lowers iPhone 3GS Price to $49
AT&T today announced that, effective tomorrow, it will lower the price of the 8 GB iPhone 3GS to $49 from the current $99 price point. The press release suggests that the pricing could also be available through Apple sales channels, although a footnote states that pricing is determined by Apple. AT&T today announced a new price for the popular iPhone 3GS - $49.00 - available beginning tomorrow, ...
Apple Limiting Retail Store Staff Vacations Ahead of Verizon iPhone Launch?
CNET yesterday reported that it has received information from a source claiming that Apple has limited vacation time for its retail store employees over the next two months, ostensibly in order to handle crowds from a new product presumed to be the CDMA iPhone widely expected to come to Verizon. The source also indicates that Apple appears to be planning a media event for next Tuesday, January ...
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.6 and Launches Mac App Store
Apple today announced that the Mac App Store has opened for business with over 1,000 apps available at launch. The Mac App Store requires Mac OS X 10.6.6, which is now available for download via Software Update. Apple today announced that the Mac App Store is now open for business with more than 1,000 free and paid apps. The Mac App Store brings the revolutionary App Store experience to the...
Apple Releases iWork 9.0.5 With iWork.com Improvements
Apple today released iWork 9.0.5, a maintenance update for the current edition of the company's productivity suite. In particular, the update expands support for iWork.com, which has remained in public beta for nearly two years now. This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
- Adds support for playback of Keynote presentations on iWork.com public beta, with...
Next-Generation iPhone Parts Caught on Video?
Boy Genius Report points to a YouTube video from smartphone parts firm Global Direct Parts claiming to show a comparison between parts from the iPhone 4 and an unreleased iPhone model that the company suggests may either be the CDMA iPhone 4 rumored for release in the near future or a fifth-generation iPhone. Due to the presence of a SIM-card slot, which is not required for CDMA phones, it...
Mac App Store Reportedly Set to Launch at Noon Eastern Time Tomorrow
According to The Loop, Apple is apparently planning to open the Mac App Store at noon Eastern Time tomorrow, bringing a variation of the company's integrated application purchasing system for iOS to the Mac OS X platform. The Mac App Store will officially launch on January 6, but nobody has been able to nail down a time when the service will be publicly available.
According to my sources, the ...
AT&T 4G LTE iPhone Planned for 2012 Launch? [Updated]
One of the major questions about future iPhones has been at what point Apple will choose to offer "4G" LTE compatibility. With Verizon only just beginning to roll out its own 4G network, rumors have indicated that the CDMA-based iPhone 4 widely rumored for a launch early this year will not support 4G. The bigger question has been whether Apple will support 4G in the fifth-generation iPhone...
Mac OS X Hacked Onto Intel's Sandy Bridge Platform
Earlier this week, Intel officially unveiled its next-generation "Sandy Bridge" processor architecture, marking a significant performance improvement, especially for notebook computers. Apple is expected to utilize Sandy Bridge in upcoming revisions of a number of its Mac computers.
Unwilling to wait for Apple to make the move to Sandy Bridge, Hackintosh fans have already managed to successf...
Physical Mockup of Next-Generation iPad Appears at CES
With cases claimed to be for the next-generation iPad appearing over the past few weeks, observers have been examining the cases in detail in their attempts to get an idea of how the second generation of Apple's tablet will differ from the original version. Based on those cases, it has been noted that the next-generation iPad appears to be slightly thinner than the current model and carries...
Apple Releases iMovie 9.0.1 and GarageBand 6.0.1
Apple today released a pair of updates for its iLife '11 suite, addressing issues with the iMovie and GarageBand components of the popular software.
iMovie 9.0.1 weighs in at 27.52 MB and improves overall stability and addresses several other issues. This update improves stability and fixes other minor issues, including:
- Fixes an issue where stabilization would not be applied correctly to...
Developers Setting Expectations Ahead of Mac App Store Launch
With Apple's Mac App Store set to debut in just two days, developers are beginning to set expectations for their applications, particularly in comparison to their other applications already available through the iOS App Store. On his blog The Pocket Cyclone, developer Markus Nigrin shares the results of a discussion he recently held with several other prominent iOS App Store developers moving...
iPhone Continues to Hold Off Android in U.S. Smartphone Market Share
Last month, we pointed to research from media firm Nielsen indicating that Apple's iPhone had finally surpassed Research in Motion's BlackBerry operating system in smartphone market share in the United States in October. In a follow-up post yesterday, Nielsen released numbers for November indicating that Apple has widened its lead over Research in Motion, which is now in danger of falling...
'Garmin StreetPilot' Debuts in App Store
Several months ago, we noted that major GPS company Garmin was considering developing iOS applications after abandoning its partnership with ASUS to produce Garmin-branded phones, and it now appears that Garmin has followed through on those plans.
Garmin today announced a number of new standalone GPS products and iOS and Android applications, with the most prominent of those applications...
