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
'Twitter' for iPhone Gains Push Notifications
Twitter yesterday updated its official application for the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad, bringing push notifications to the iPhone version for the first time. The update also delivers several fixes to the iPhone version while offering improvements and fixes for the iPad version. What's new
iPhone:
- Push notifications for @mentions and messages
- Improved display of shortened URLs
-...
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Google Docs Editing Comes to iOS Devices
Back in September, Google announced that it would be bringing the ability to edit Google Docs on the iPad and Android platforms.
Today, the company announced that it has followed through on that promise and even included support for the iPhone and iPod touch, bringing Google Docs editing to iOS devices running iOS 3.0 or later, as well as Android 2.2+ devices. With Google Docs, we're always...
Google and Amazon Bid for The Beatles' Catalog as EMI and Apple Corps Squabbled
A pair of reports issued yesterday and today are shedding some light on the behind-the-scenes negotiations that finally led to The Beatles' catalog finally coming to the iTunes Store yesterday.
Billboard reports that the multi-year holdup in bringing The Beatles to iTunes was in large part a result of squabbling between record label EMI and Beatles holding company Apple Corps, neither of...
Apple Releases New iPhone 4 Ad: 'Longer'
Earlier this week, Apple released a new television commercial for the iPhone 4 entitled "Longer", highlighting the device's battery life. This is the iPhone 4. Its lithium-polymer battery lets you work longer, play longer, laugh longer, listen longer, shoot, edit, share, update, download, read, write, and even FaceTime longer. All on the world's thinnest smartphone - the iPhone 4.The commercial ...
Apple Adds Former Northrop Grumman CEO Ronald Sugar to Board of Directors
Apple today announced that it has added Ronald Sugar, former Chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman, to its Board of Directors, where he will also serve as Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. "Ron is an engineer at heart, who then became a very successful business leader. We are very excited to welcome him to Apples Board," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "In addition to having been the CEO of a ...
NVIDIA Launches Quadro 4000 GPU for Mac Pro
NVIDIA today announced the release of the Quadro 4000 for Mac graphics card, bringing the company's cutting-edge Fermi architecture to Apple's Mac Pro professional workstation hardware. NVIDIA announced today the expansion of its award-winning line of NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics solutions to the Mac platform, bringing the computational and visualization breakthroughs enabled by NVIDIA...
Official Google Voice Application Now Available in App Store
Google today announced that its official Google Voice [App Store] application for the iPhone is now available. With this native app, you'll continue to have access to all the major Google Voice features on your iPhone, like:
- Cheap rates for international calls
- Free text messaging to U.S. numbers
- Voicemail transcription
- Display your Google Voice number as caller ID when making calls
...
Apple Releases Patched Versions of Mac OS X 10.6.5 Server
After last week's release of Mac OS X 10.6.5, a number of users of the Server version of the operating system reported issues with the release, most notably a problem in which certain users were receiving mail intended for other parties. By the weekend, Apple had pulled both the combo and delta versions of Mac OS X 10.6.5 Server.
Yesterday, Apple released revised delta and combo versions of...
Sam's Club Now Carrying iPads at Slight Discounts
As noted by 9 to 5 Mac, warehouse club chain Sam's Club has begun following through on last month's announcement that it would begin carrying the iPhone and iPad, with several models of the iPad beginning to appear on store shelves.
The iPad is being offered at a slight discount, with Wi-Fi models checking in at $12 under Apple's standard pricing and Wi-Fi + 3G models coming in at a $20...
The Beatles Appear in iTunes Store
Ahead of Apple's planned announcement scheduled for about half an hour from now that has been expected to see content from The Beatles finally come to the iTunes Store, that content has already gone live. The offerings are headed by The Beatles Box Set, offering a total of 256 songs and other items, including iTunes LP mini-documentary features and a video of the band's first U.S. concert, all ...
More Speculation for Tomorrow: Beatles on iTunes [Updated]
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The big news of the day has been Apple's iTunes-related announcement scheduled for tomorrow, and one of the rumors that has been gaining traction in the hours since the news broke is that Apple may finally have struck a deal to bring The Beatles to the iTunes Store. For starters, the sources in the past that quashed any rumors of an impending Beatles launch are today...
Hints of 'iTunes Live Stream' Service Found in iTunes 10.1
Speculation and rumors regarding tomorrow's iTunes-related announcement are continuing to come in from all directions, and the latest bit of speculation relies on some bits of information pulled out of the iTunes 10.1 release from last Friday to suggest that Apple might be looking to launch some kind of "iTunes Live Stream" service. Details on what exactly the service might be, however, remain...
Apple Not Likely to Introduce Cloud-Based or Subscription iTunes Tomorrow?
With Apple's teaser posted today regarding an "exciting" iTunes-related announcement scheduled for tomorrow, there has been a considerable amount of speculation about what exactly the company is planning to reveal.
One of the most popular topics of discussion for some time now has been a cloud-based iTunes that would allow users to have their purchased iTunes Store content hosted on Apple's...
Apple Teases 'Exciting' iTunes Announcement Tomorrow
Apple today updated its homepage with an announcement teasing a major iTunes-related announcement to be made tomorrow at 10:00 AM Eastern time. Tomorrow is just another day.
That you'll never forget.
Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes.There have been no specific hints as to what the announcement might entail, but Apple has of course long been rumored to be...
FCC May Require Comcast-NBC Deal to Offer Content to Apple
The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking a close look at the proposed deal between cable giant Comcast and film and television company NBC Universal, reportedly looking to impose restrictions on what would be a Comcast-controlled NBC company that would prevent it from favoring Comcast's online video distribution...
Cisco Hires Former Apple Executive Mark Papermaster
Late Friday, Reuters reported that Cisco has hired Mark Papermaster, former Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering at Apple. Papermaster left Apple in early August after less than a year and half on the job, with sources citing "cultural incompatibility" as the main reason behind his short tenure with the company. Cisco said on Friday Papermaster has joined the networking giant as...
Ping Comes to the iPad's iTunes Application
Over the weekend, Apple turned on access to its Ping social networking service via the iPad, adding a new tab within the iTunes application to allow users to quickly access the same functions available through the desktop and iPhone/iPod touch iTunes application.
Just like the iPhone version of Ping, the new iPad version offers three tabs, an "Activity" tab showing the latest posts from...
New Claim of iOS 4.2 Launch on November 24th as Revised iPad Build Surfaces
Rumored release dates for iOS 4.2 continue to fly fast and furious, with The Telegraph now reporting that the update is set to launch on November 24th, the day before Thanksgiving in the United States. The iOS 4.2 software update had been expected today, but Apple has delayed it release until Nov 24, a reliable source has told the Telegraph.
Apple has refused to comment on the speculation,...
Apple Releases iTunes 10.1 With Support for AirPlay and iOS 4.2
Apple today released iTunes 10.1, bringing compatibility with AirPlay and support for iOS 4.2. What's new in iTunes 10.1
- Use AirPlay to instantly and wirelessly stream videos from iTunes to the all-new Apple TV.
- Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.2.
- Provides a number of important stability and performance improvements.iTunes 10.1 is available for Mac OS X 10.5 and...
Apple's iAd Program Spurs Industry-Wide Growth
The Wall Street Journal reports that many of Apple's competitors in the mobile advertising business, rather than seeing declines since the introduction of the iAd program, are instead seeing surges in their business as Apple's entry into the market has dramatically increased awareness of and interest in mobile advertising on the part of advertisers. Apple has "brought sexiness to mobile ads,"...
