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
Steve Jobs Confirms Lack of Future Support for Original iPhone
iPhone OS 4 Compatibility
Just in case there was any doubt regarding Apple's plans to not support the original iPhone with iPhone OS 4, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has now weighed in on the matter with one of his typically terse emails. MacStories reports that a Twitter user sent an email to Jobs asking about future support for the original iPhone, to which Jobs responded "Sorry, no."
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Apple's Focus on iPhone OS 4 Diverting Resources From Mac OS X 10.7?
As part of a lengthy post discussing Apple's nearly singular focus on iPhone OS 4 over the past few months, Daring Fireball's John Gruber reports that he is hearing that resources have been diverted from the Mac OS X team to the iPhone OS team. Consequently, Gruber offers an "educated guess" that Mac OS X 10.7 may not be introduced to developers until mid-2011. A few months ago, I heard...
Palm Reportedly Places Company Up for Sale
Bloomberg reports that Palm has placed itself up for sale, working with several partners to find a buyer for the struggling company. The company is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Frank Quattrone's Qatalyst Partners to find a buyer, said the people, who declined to be identified because a sale hasn't been announced. Taiwan's HTC Corp. and China's Lenovo Group Ltd. have looked at the...
Fallout From Apple's Exclusion of Flash-to-iPhone Export Continues
Apple's decision to alter its iPhone developer licensing agreement yesterday to apparently exclude such offerings as Adobe's forthcoming Packager function of Flash Professional CS5 that would allow developers to export Flash content into the native iPhone format has continued to rumble throughout the industry today, with voices weighing in from all over about the impact of the decision and...
Adobe Acknowledges That Apple's Flash Prohibition Could Harm Business
Bloomberg reports that a new quarterly Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Apple's WebKit2 Coming Soon, Will Offer 'Sandboxing' of Processes
Apple engineers Anders Carlsson and Sam Weinig yesterday announced the forthcoming release of a new web framework known as "WebKit2" that will build upon the existing engine that powers the company's Safari browser as well as a number of other browser applications including Google Chrome. Notably, WebKit2 will support running various browser elements in different processes, "sandboxing" them to...
Apple Enhances Email and Enterprise Features in iPhone OS 4
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With today's introduction of iPhone OS 4, Apple revealed several new enhancements to its Mail application, as well as a number of improvements tailored to the enterprise community.
One of the most requested email features for the iPhone OS has been a unified inbox that would allow users to check for new messages across all accounts without requiring navigation to...
iPhone OS 4 to Bring iBooks to iPhone and iPod Touch
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Apple today announced that iBooks, its App Store ebook reader application released for the iPad in the U.S. last week, will be coming to the iPhone and iPod touch as part of iPhone OS 4 later this year. The iPhone version of iBooks will also offer access to the company's iBookstore, a marketplace where users can purchase and download ebook content.
Currently...
Apple Releases iPhone SDK 4 Beta to Developers
Alongside Apple's media event today to introduce some of the features for its upcoming iPhone OS 4, Apple has posted iPhone SDK 4 Beta to its developer site to offer developers the tools necessary to implement the new features. Apple has also posted a number of developer pages highlighting changes in the new version of the operating system.
Apple notes that there are over 1,500 new APIs...
Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 Media Event: 'Sneak Peek Into the Future'
Apple today is holding its iPhone OS 4.0 media preview event where it is expected to show off the next-generation operating system for its multi-touch portable devices and begin offering developers tools to build applications for the new operating system.
The event is scheduled to kick off at Apple's Cupertino headquarters at 10:00 AM Pacific Time / 1:00 PM Eastern Time, or just about one...
Apple's 'Get a Mac' Commercials Discontinued?
In an interview with The A.V. Club (via MacDailyNews), actor Justin Long reveals that Apple may have discontinued its series of "Get a Mac" ads featuring Long and John Hodgman in their respective roles as "Mac" and "PC". AVC: what's the status on those Apple commercials?
JL: You know, I think they might be done. In fact, I heard from John, I think they're going to move on. I can't say...
Apple Reportedly Planning to Launch Smaller iPad in Early 2011
In a brief note, DigiTimes reports that Apple appears to planning to launch a smaller version of the iPad as soon as the first quarter of next year, bringing a sub-$400 price tag to a device carrying a display of 5-7 inches. Apple is reportedly scheduling a smaller 5- to 7-inch version of the iPad that is expected to launch as soon as the first quarter of 2011, according to Digitimes Research...
Apple Faces Another Patent Lawsuit as it Beefs Up Litigation Team
Patent holding company Wi-LAN today announced that it has filed suit against Apple and more than two dozen other companies, claiming infringement of one of its patents related to Bluetooth technology. In its filing, WiLAN claims that these companies have infringed and continue to infringe WiLAN's U.S. Patent No. 5,515,369 by making and/or selling various products enabled with Bluetooth technology...
New MacBook Pros (and Possibly MacBook Airs) Coming on April 13th?
Australian Macworld reports that it has received information claiming that Apple is set to release updated MacBook Pros and possibly MacBook Airs next Tuesday. The unidentified source of the claim is said to be "familiar with Apple product cycles and inventory levels". The source said that an update to every MacBook Pro model was expected on Tuesday, 13 April, but was unsure about the MacBook...
Yet Another New iPhone Ad: 'Shopper'
Apple is continuing its rapid-fire release of new iPhone commercials, this time posting one entitled 'Shopper' to its iPhone ad gallery. The new ad again uses a narrative style to feature iPhone applications, demonstrating how an iPhone user could research espresso machines, ask for opinions from family and friends, and check prices.
The commercial first features Safari, showing the mobile...
iPad Sales Estimated to Have Already Surpassed 500,000
Advertising firm Chitika earlier this week rolled out a running tally calculating the number of iPads accessing the Internet via the device's Safari browser based on unique hits to its network of advertisements. According to current tallies, over 500,000 iPads have now been sold.
In a blog post, Chitika researcher Dan Ruby notes that the company's numbers have been registering significantly ...
Apple's 'AdLib' Framework Brings Native-Like Functionality to iPad Web Pages
Demonstration of iPad User Guide utilizing 'AdLib' framework
Done21 reports on the curious discovery of a new Web-based framework used in the iPad that allows web pages to behave in ways much more akin to native applications than previously observed. The framework, dubbed 'AdLib' by the report's author after the name of the file containing the code, was first noticed in action when navigating ...
Tentative Upcoming WWDC Dates Leaked?
A convention calendar (PDF) hosted on a Japan-focused site for the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau reveals scheduled dates for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) for 2010 through 2015. While the list carries a "last update" stamp of May 2009 and lists incorrect dates for Macworld 2011, listings for many other future conventions do appear to be accurate and thus the...
iSuppli Revises Entry-Level iPad Component Cost Estimate Up to $260
Just two weeks after Apple introduced the iPad at a special media event, research firm iSuppli estimated the component costs for the entry-level 16 GB Wi-Fi iPad at about $219, compared to its retail price of $499. iSuppli's estimates offered some indication of a healthy profit margin for Apple on the device, although numerous other expenses such as research and development, marketing, and...
Apple's 'iAd' Mobile Advertising Platform Set for Introduction Tomorrow as Google Sweats AdMob Purchase Approval?
MediaMemo reports on an interesting confluence of events involving the mobile advertising industry, noting how Apple's media event tomorrow could help Google in its bid to gain regulatory approval for its acquisition of AdMob.
Late last month, a report surfaced claiming that Apple was set to introduce a mobile advertising system dubbed "iAd" on April 7th, which is today. With Monday's...
