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
Apple Confirms One Million Apple TVs Sold
According to All Things Digital, Apple has confirmed that it has surpassed sales of one million units for the new Apple TV, which debuted in late September. The company had put out a press release last week stating that it expected to reach the milestone later that week. Last Tuesday Apple said it expected sales of its next generation Apple TV to top one million units before Christmas. Today...
Read Full Article • 81 comments
Apple's First Quarter Earnings Release Set for January 18th
As noted by setteB.IT, Apple has updated its investor relations page to announce that it will publish its earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2011 (fourth calendar quarter of 2010) and host a conference call regarding the release on Tuesday, January 18th. Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its first fiscal quarter on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. ...
Softbank to Release NFC Mobile Payments Stickers for iPhone 4
While Apple has expressed interest in near field communications (NFC), the short-range wireless technology used for such applications as "tap and go" credit and debit card payments and public transportation fare payments, the company has obviously yet to deploy the technology in its iPhone line.
But as picked up by Engadget, Japanese carrier Softbank is taking steps to bring limited NFC...
Refurbished MacBook Airs Hit Apple's Online Store
As noted by MacNN, Apple has added the revamped MacBook Air to the section of its online store devoted to refurbished products, offering significant savings for those willing to go the slightly-used-but-thoroughly-tested route.
Prices start at $849 for the entry-level 11.6-inch model, a savings of $150 off of the price of a brand-new machine. Bumping up from 64 GB of storage to 128 GB...
Skype Video Calling Coming to iPhone?
Popular VoIP service Skype has had an iPhone application since early 2009, but the company has yet to roll out video calling for the iPhone or other mobile platforms.
But as noted by Engadget, a number of clues are lining up to suggest that the company will announce video calling support for the iPhone and iPod touch at CES 2011 early next month. Skype has been telling everyone that it'll be...
Mac App Store to Offer Searches for Unknown File Types, Parental Controls
9 to 5 Mac offers a few screenshots from Apple's forthcoming Mac App Store and the related Mac OS X 10.6.6 update, revealing a few tidbits of information about how the store will function.
First, users will be able to sign into the Mac App Store using their existing AppleIDs, such as those created from the iTunes Store or MobileMe, operating in much the same way as the existing iOS App...
MobileMe Web Calendar Adds Alerts
Apple yesterday announced that it has upgraded its MobileMe Calendar web application to support alerts reminding users of upcoming events. The new MobileMe Calendar web application now includes the ability to set and edit alerts to remind you of upcoming events. Like the calendar alerts you can already set on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC (with Outlook), they will be displayed on...
Steve Jobs Named 'Financial Times' Person of the Year
Prominent British international business newspaper Financial Times today announced that it has selected Apple CEO Steve Jobs as its "Person of the Year" for 2010, marking yet another accolade for the company and its leader that have seen remarkable success over the last decade. A rebuttal of F. Scott Fitzgerald's much-quoted aphorism that there are no second acts in American life does not come...
New Next-Generation iPad Case Offers Further Hints of Larger Speaker
Earlier today, a rumor surfaced from a Japanese blog claiming that the next-generation iPad will include a larger speaker grille extending around to the rear of the device. The physical feature has been the subject of considerable speculation since a number of cases purportedly designed for the device contain much larger hole in that location than would be required for the existing speaker...
AirPlay Hacking: Streaming to Linux and Windows, DVD Streaming, and More
Over the past couple of weeks, we've covered Erica Sadun's efforts at extending AirPlay video streaming functionality with AirPlayer, which allows users to stream content from iOS devices to Macs, and AirFlick, which offers the ability to stream video from Macs to the new Apple TV. While the tools are only very alpha versions, they demonstrate how Apple and third-parties could extend AirPlay...
Kinect-Like Gesture System for iPad to Be Demoed at CES
Mobile Magazine reports that Norwegian company Elliptic Labs is set to offer demonstrations of its new "touchless gesture" user interface for the iPad at CES 2011 early next month. The interface, which utilizes ultrasound to generate a field approximately one foot in front of and either side of a docked iPad, would allow users to control their iPads by simply waving their hands in front of the ...
Apple Updates 'Remote' iOS App to Support AirPlay, Internet Radio Control
Apple today released an update to its universal Remote application for iOS devices, bringing support for several new features including controlling AirPlay content pushed from iTunes on a user's computer to an Apple TV, as well as controlling Internet radio in iTunes. What's New in Version 2.1
- AirPlay video support to control iTunes on your computer to stream videos to an Apple TV
-...
'Skyfire for iPad' Coming Soon With Social Network Integration [Now Available]
One of the more high-profile App Store releases over the last several months has been Skyfire Web Browser, an alternative web browser that allows users to view Flash video on the iPhone by converting content to HTML5 on the company's own servers and sending it back to the user's device. Despite some mixed reviews regarding app performance, Skyfire Web Browser raked in nearly $1 million in its...
Ford to Offer In-Vehicle Voice Control of Select iPhone Apps
Ford today announced that early next year it will debut its SYNC AppLink voice control integration for select iPhone applications, allowing users to easily control their devices without needing to take their hands off the wheel or eyes off the road. Launching today for 2011 Ford Fiesta owners using BlackBerry and Android devices, iPhone compatibility is set for an early 2011 launch....
iPad WiFi + 3G Now Available Through AT&T Online Store
While AT&T began offering all three iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models for sale in late October, availability was initially limited to the company's retail store locations. As noted by 9 to 5 Mac, however, AT&T has now expanded iPad availability to its online store, offering free shipping at the same prices charged by Apple for the 3G-capable models.
The three 3G-capable models are priced at $629 (16...
Developers Harness New Accelerometer and Gyroscope Support in Mobile Safari
Soon after the launch of iOS 4.2 late last month, it was discovered by mobile programmer Maximiliano Firtman that Apple had updated the iOS version of Safari to support a number of new HTML5 and W3C standards, one of the most interesting of which was support for using devices' accelerometer and gyroscope features right in the browser. As you may know, all iOS devices have accelerometer sensors...
Apple Releases iPhone Configuration Utility 3.2
Apple today released iPhone Configuration Utility 3.2 for Mac and Windows, an update to the company's software to allow system administrators to deploy iOS devices in enterprise settings. iPhone Configuration Utility lets you easily create, maintain, encrypt, and install configuration profiles, track and install provisioning profiles and authorized applications, and capture device information...
Apple Releases iPhoto 9.1.1 With New Email Options
Apple today released iPhoto 9.1.1, bringing a number of minor new features and fixes to the company's consumer-grade photo editing and management application included in iLife '11. Among the most prominent features included in the update are new email options for using third-party email programs, new themes for photo emails, and the ability to easily resize photos when attaching them to emails. ...
HP Preps 'PalmPad' for CES 2011 Debut
Last week, we noted that Microsoft is preparing to relaunch its vision of tablets at January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 in Las Vegas. Despite a tablet-focused keynote by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at CES 2010, Apple's iPad has stolen the show and dominated the tablet market this year as competitors have stumbled trying to bring their products to market.
One of the prototype...
Verizon Launches FiOS App for iPad, No Live TV Streaming
Earlier this year, we reported on Verizon's plans to launch an App Store application that would allow customers of the company's FiOS television subscription service to view live TV on the iPad. While the feature would at least initially be limited to streaming over the customer's own home Wi-Fi network, it marked an interesting method of deploying portable television capabilities around the...
