iPad Sales to Dominate Notebook Market

With the iPad being one of the only viable tablets currently on the market for consumers, it’s no wonder that Apple will dominate 93% of the the tablet space by the end of this year. 9 to 5 Mac reports,

The Chinese-language Commercial Times tells us global shipments of tablet PCs in 2010 and 2011 are predicted to come in at 16.4 and 35 million units. That’s nice, but even better (for Apple) 93% and 75% of these tablet PC shipments will be accounted for by iPads. In fact, the iPad is going to grab 40 percent of global demand for notebooks.

Which is bad news for Microsoft and related companies such as Hewlett Packard, whose shipments fell 9 percent while Lenovo and Apple have seen increases in demand.

[via 9 to 5 Mac]

Apple Not Paying Foxconn Employees Additional Extension as Rumored

Apple news seems to come in waves. Before we had all the negative iPhone 4 press, there was a period of time when Foxconn was constantly making headlines among Apple sources, and near the end of the bad press, there was a rumor that Apple would be paying Foxconn an additional 2% so that employees could receive wage increases. This never happened.

Foxconn officially denies any involvement with Apple concerning the wages of their employees, stating that they never received any subsidies from Apple. “This isn’t true.” 9 to 5 Mac reports,

The intention of these payments was to end a wave of suicides among Foxconn workers, reportedly unhappy at long hours, long wages, anti-social working conditions and authoritarian management practises.

Foxconn has moved to offer workers large pay hikes, while breaking some of its production units into plants it owns elsewhere in China.

[via AppleInsider and 9 to 5 Mac]

Firefox Home Approved, Mozilla Fans Rejoice

Looking to access your Firefox profile in the cloud? Firefox Home, approved by Apple yesterday, can now be found on the App Store. While I don’t touch Firefox too often, I still appreciate some of its features and am looking forward to the latest update. For those still using the mighty fox, Firefox Home for the iPhone can collect your open tabs, bookmarks, and other related data so that you have a portable carry-on for that workflow.

You can download Firefox Home at this link.

[via TechCrunch and CNET]

Flickr App Updated with Multitasking Support - Still No Retina Graphics

The official Flickr iPhone application was updated last night to include support for iOS 4 multitasking (fast app switching) and uploads in the background. It’s available for free here.

The 1.2 update also includes support for HD video uploads, Twitter integration with flic.kr short URLs and better full-screen browsing features. Sadly, there’s still no support for Retina Display.

What are you waiting for, Flickr?

Next Mac Pros and iMacs to Feature USB 3.0, Faster FireWire?

Here’s the daily rumor series: today we’re talking about Mac Pros and iMac, folks. And it’s a pretty good rumor, if you ask me.

HardMac is reporting that the future Mac Pros and iMacs will feature new technologies such as USB 3.0 and faster FireWire, 1600 or 3200. As for release date:

“One of our better sources have indicated that the renewal of the much awaited Mac Pro range is planned for the end of the summer, thus for the ‘back-to-school’ period. For the iMacs they will be a few weeks or a month later at the beginning of autumn.”

If this will turn out to be true, sign me up for that new iMac. Faster FireWire? Please.

iPhone 4 To Be Released in 18 More Countries on July 30? Telenor Denmark Confirms

Here’s an interesting story: when Apple officially announced the iPhone 4, they said they would release it in 8 countries first. Then, starting from July, it would be available in 18 more countries. These countries are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

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