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 to Announce Q4 2010 Financial Results Set on October 18th
Apple today issued a media alert announcing details for next Monday's release of its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and third calendar quarter of 2010. The results will be released after the close of Monday's trading at approximately 4:30 PM Eastern / 1:30 PM Pacific. Apple's conference call discussing the results will follow at 2:00 PM Pacific and will be available via a live...
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Apple Releases Logic Pro and Logic Express 9.1.2
Apple today released a pair of updates for its Logic audio workstation software packages, bringing improved compatibility with Apple's new Mac Pros and several other enhancements. Logic Pro 9.1.2 (193.01 MB) and Logic Express 9.1.2 (139.67 MB) each require Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later. Issues addressed with 9.1.2 include:
- Improved compatibility with 6 and 12-core Mac Pro systems
- Support...
Xcode 4 Developer Preview 4 Seeded to Developers
MacStories reports that Apple has seeded a fourth developer preview version of Xcode 4, the company's development environment for the Mac and iOS platforms, to registered Mac developers. This is a pre-release version of Xcode 4, a major new release of Xcode for both Mac and iOS development. This release requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and includes the iOS SDK 4.1, to develop apps for Mac,...
Former Apple CEO John Sculley Reflects on Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs (left) and John Sculley (right) in 1984
Cult of Mac recently conducted an interview with former Apple CEO John Sculley, who headed up the computer maker from 1983 until 1993 and on whose watch Steve Jobs was ousted from the company he founded. The interview offers an interesting glimpse into Jobs' perspective on Apple and how his principles of aesthetic design, minimalism, and...
New MobileMe Calendar Officially Launched
Apple's revamped MobileMe Calendar web application, which debuted as a beta version in early July, has officially exited the beta stage, with availability now rolling out to all MobileMe customers. The new MobileMe Calendar is now out of beta and available to all members. We'd like to thank everyone who took part in the beta for helping to make this the best MobileMe Calendar yet.
The...
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H555 to Developers
We've received word that Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS X 10.6.5, termed Build 10H555, to at least a portion of its Mac developer community for testing. The new release comes two weeks after Build 10H548 was pushed out for testing.
Apple continues to list no documented known issues with the update, and asks developers to focus their testing on 3D Graphics, Printing, QuickTime, Time...
iPad Headed to AT&T and Verizon Retail Stores on October 28th
In a pair of press releases issued this morning, Apple announced that the iPad will be available at AT&T and Verizon retail stores beginning October 28th.
The AT&T deal will bring the the three iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models to the company's 2,200 retail store locations in the United States, offering yet another distribution channel for Apple's tablet device and providing AT&T with the opportunity...
Apple's Share of Computer Sales Surpasses 10% in U.S. [Updated]
Apple's U.S. Market Share Trend: 1Q06-3Q10 (Gartner)
Research firm Gartner today issued a preliminary report detailing U.S. and worldwide PC shipments for the third quarter of 2010, showing sales growth of Apple's Mac product outpacing that of the industry as a whole and showing Apple surpassing 10% share of the market. Apple had another strong quarter. Increasing traffic to Apple, associated...
Apple Awarded 'Anti-Sexting' Patent
A newly-awarded Apple patent addressing parental controls for text-based communication is receiving a considerable amount of attention from the mainstream press today for its ties to the hot-button issue of "sexting", the sending of sexually-explicit messages that is of growing concern to many parents.
Apple's patent, which was filed in January 2008 and first revealed in July 2009 when the...
Apple to Host 'Back to the Mac' Media Event on October 20th
Engadget reports that Apple has issued invitations for a special media event to be held next Wednesday, October 20th at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. The invitation for the event, which is to be held at the company's campus in Cupertino, California, carries the tagline "Back to the Mac".
The invitation also contains an image of what appears to be a lion peeking out from behind the Apple logo,...
Apple Executive to Face South Korean Parliament Over iPhone Replacement Policies
Bloomberg reports that an Apple executive is set to travel to South Korea next week to testify before members of the country's parliament regarding Apple's policies regarding replacement of defective iPhones. According to the report, the issue stems from Apple's policy of replacing users' faulty iPhones with refurbished units rather than offering new replacements or repairs of customers'...
iPhone and iPad Coming to Sam's Club [Updated]
TheStreet reports that, during Wal-Mart's annual meeting this morning, executives announced that the retailer will begin carrying the iPhone and iPad in its Sam's Club warehouse club chain, marking yet another significant distribution point for Apple's mobile devices. A timeframe was not provided for when the devices would hit the warehouse club. Sam's Club said it is attempting to increase the...
Apple Stock Opens Trading at $300 Per Share
In something of a psychological milestone, Apple's stock opened for trading today at just over $300 per share, having risen 25% since late August and 42% since the beginning of the year.
Apple has passed several stock-related milestones so far this year, including blowing past $200 billion in market capitalization back in March and passing Wal-Mart in market capitalization just a few days...
Microsoft Releases Office 2008 12.2.7 and Office 2004 11.6.1 Updates
Microsoft today released several updates for users of its Office for Mac productivity suite, bringing security and stability improvements to Office 2008 and 2004, as well as a pair of ancillary updates.
- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.7 Update (332.8 MB) This update improves stability. In addition, it includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of...
Zune Software Coming to Mac to Support Windows Phone 7? [Updated]
Neowin.net reports that Oded Ran, a Microsoft executive in charge of Windows Phone marketing in the UK, today posted a tweet suggesting that the company's Zune software will be making its way to the Mac OS X platform in support of syncing for handsets using Windows Phone 7. The tweet, which has been deleted, promised that more details would be coming soon.
Microsoft's Zune software has not...
Foxconn Raising Prices on Apple?
Reuters briefly reports on a note from Citibank analyst Chang Kaiwei claiming that Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn and its parent company Hon Hai are preparing to raise the prices they charge to their customers for manufacturing devices such as the iPhone. Hon Hai, the world's largest electronic parts maker, will raise prices from October for some clients, including Apple, according to a...
Apple Seeds iOS 4.2 Beta 3 and iTunes 10.1 Beta 2 to Developers
We've received word that Apple has released the third beta version of iOS 4.2 and the associated Software Development Kit for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to developers. The release comes two weeks after the release of the second beta version.
There is no word yet on changes included in the new version, but we'll update with any significant revelations.
Update: iTunes 10.1 Beta 2 is...
Vodafone and O2 to Break T-Mobile's iPhone Exclusivity in Germany
Apple's list of major markets with carrier exclusivity for the iPhone continues to dwindle with today's announcements by Vodafone and O2 that they will soon begin offering the iPhone 4 in Germany, breaking T-Mobile's longstanding exclusivity for Apple's handsets in that country. For the time being, the two new carriers are only offering information pages to allow users to register their...
iPhone 4 More Prone to Accidental Damage Than 3GS
Consumer electronics warranty firm SquareTrade today released the results of a study it has performed comparing accident rates for the iPhone 4 with those of the iPhone 3GS in the early months of ownership. According to the study, which is based on SquareTrade's extensive customer base, the iPhone 4 is generating an accident rate 68% higher than that of its predecessor. Our data shows that...
'Bloomberg Game Changers' to Feature Steve Jobs
Bloomberg Game Changers, a new documentary series from Bloomberg Television that debuted last week with an episode on Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, will this week turn its attention to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Airing this Thursday, October 14th at 9:00 PM Eastern Time, the documentary will offer an overview of his career and feature clips from interviews with a number of Jobs' associates over the...
