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Friday, December 31, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Status Updates" @ 10:00 PM

I wanted to wish everyone across the Thoughts Media Network a happy new year - may 2011 be filled with prosperity, love, joy, and happiness for you and your loved ones. Be safe tonight!


What The Geeky Got for Gifts

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home News" @ 05:30 PM

http://mashable.com/2010/12/31/ipad...-mashable-poll/

"If you got an iPad as a gift during the holidays, you certainly weren't alone. In a recent poll of holiday gift recipients, iPads accounted for a full 22.7% of all gadget or hardware gifts, making iPads the single largest category in our gift poll, outstripping the nearest runner-up by nearly 14% of votes. That runner-up was Amazon's Kindle - not surprising considering that the Kindle is the best-selling product in Amazon's history."

It's a relatively small sampling size - less than 2400 votes, and only from people who read Mashable - but among the geek-set, there are a couple of stand-out points: the iPad was the #1 gift, more people got Macs (60%) than Windows machines (40%), Android phones let the way in the smartphone category with a hefty 50.3% figure (iPhones were 30%), but Windows Phone 7 devices at 10.3% just eeked out Blackberry devices (9.4%). Not bad for a brand new platform that most people still haven't heard about! Lastly, the Xbox/Kinect one-two punch clobbered the PS3 with a 54.3% figure versus only 11.9% for the PS3. The Kinect really is driving the Xbox 360 to new heights of popularity!


Sunday, December 26, 2010

So How Was Everyone's Christmas?

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Status Updates" @ 10:00 AM

...and we're back! It's a tradition here at Thoughts Media that we kick off the post-Christmas break by asking our community what they got for Christmas - specifically, any gizmos or gadgets. Or did you gift a loved one with some new piece of technology? Got any great tech support stories to share? I don't know about you, but whenever I'm over at a family member's house for Christmas, I inevitably end up sitting in front of their computer fixing/tweaking something. I don't mind though - I find it fun, and I like to help.

Speaking for myself, my tech stuff was pretty light this holiday - as it is every year - because if there's something tech that I need, I tend to buy it for myself when I need it, not when a holiday/birthday rolls around. I got a Kindle this Christmas from my wife, but, you guessed it, I bought it (with the help of a friend in the US) and gave it to her to give to me. Such is the life of a professional geek! ;-)

What about you? What did you do over Christmas, and did it involve technology in some way?


Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas to All Thoughts Media Readers!

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Status Updates" @ 05:00 PM

If you celebrate Christmas, I want to wish you a very merry Christmas on behalf of all the staff here at Thoughts Media. If you celebrate Hanukka, Kwanzaa, or any other special event related to this time of year, may it be a special time for you and your family. I wish you all a time of peace and happiness over the next couple of days (and beyond that too of course!). We won't be posting news on the 25th, but will resume things on the 26th. Merry Christmas everyone, and thank you for your support in 2010.


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Apple Offering Limited Number of Kids Workshops

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Events" @ 02:00 AM

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/15/appl...-select-stores/

"Apple will host holiday-themed workshops for kids ages six to 13-years-old this month. Topics will include photos, videos and presentations. That sounds just swell, but the bad news is that the workshops will take place at a very limited number of Apple Stores."

Unfortunately, they have just 12 stores that will be participating in these workshops. The list of these stores is located here, and the number of workshops for each store also varies.


Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving From Apple Thoughts

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Thoughts Site Updates" @ 07:00 AM

It is Thanksgiving here in the States, so there won't be any news postings today. Enjoy the day if you celebrate Thanksgiving, and if you don't, I hope you still enjoy the day and come back tomorrow when the postings resume.


Monday, November 9, 2009

Reserve and Pick Up at the Apple Store

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 10:00 AM

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/11/06...holiday-season/

"Apple has rolled out a new Reserve and Pick Up purchasing program for its retail stores, allowing customers to select and reserve products for later in-store purchase and pick up ahead of the holidays."

This is featured on the retail store sites in the US, UK, Australia and Canada, one more option for you holiday shoppers that may not have enough saved up to buy now. You can go to the Apple site and set aside an iPod or Mac, and pick it up between December 15th and 24th at your favorite Apple store. Kind of like lay away I suppose, except it is up to you to save the money and bring it all in when you pick up the item. An added convenience is having them wrap it for you for $5.00 USD extra.


Monday, September 7, 2009

Happy Labor Day!

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Thoughts Site Updates" @ 09:00 AM

Photo Credit: Today in History, Library of Congress

I would imagine a majority of our readers in the US have today off in honor of Labor Day, so to you I say enjoy your day off and come back tomorrow for a full day of news and information.


Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas to All Thoughts Media Readers

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Status Updates" @ 06:00 PM

If you celebrate Christmas, I want to wish you a very merry Christmas on behalf of all the staff here at Thoughts Media. If you celebrate Hanukka, Kwanzaa, or any other special event related to this time of year, may it be a special time for you and your family. I wish you all a time of peace and happiness over the next couple of days (and beyond that too of course!). We won't be posting news on the 25th, but will resume things on the 26th. Merry Christmas!


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Apple: "Our Holiday Line-up is Set"

Posted by Vincent Ferrari in "Apple Talk" @ 01:00 PM

http://www.macworld.com/article/136...l?lsrc=rss_main

"Despite Internet rumors of forthcoming product releases, an Apple representative confirmed that the company has no plans to release any new products before the holidays. “Our holiday line-up is set,” Apple spokesman Bill Evans told Macworld."


Sad Christmas Tree (Of course it's sad; there were no new Apple products under it!) photo via Hajime7 on Flickr.

Well, thus ends that batch of rumors. Turns out Apple won't be releasing any new iMacs, Mac Minis, or Mac Pros before the holiday season. There's still a persistent rumor that the 17" MacBook Pro will be getting an update a-la the 15" models soon, but I think this pretty much puts the kibosh on the whole thing. It has been a busy year, nonetheless, for Apple. They've updated the MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, spec bumped the iMac, spec bumped the Mac Pro, updated the iPhone, the iPod Classic, the Touch, and the Nano, and released a new firmware version for the AppleTV, so it's not like Apple was asleep at the switch this year. What do you think? Are you happy with the holiday line up, or did Apple miss a chance to make further inroads with customers?


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