Review: 27-inch iMac with 5K Retina Display

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Using the 5K iMac spoils you. Your eyes are simply treated to so much added information and depth, that going back to anything non Retina feels like you suddenly need reading glasses. It isn’t a good feeling. 

It’s really quite a shame that Apple no longer partakes of the International Consumer Electronics show  (CES) because the newest 5K Retina iMac would have undoubtedly taken the Best of Show awards.

That’s quite remarkable for a product that’s been in the market for over three months and which really stands alone in the entire industry as an all-in-one computer that also features a 27-inch Retina Display with a 5K (5120 x 2880 pixel resolution).

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The Apple Beat: Apple surges behind iPhone 6 sales, what's next?

Apple CEO Tim Cook may not be a master showman on stage, but he's masterfully engineered Apple's most profitable quarter in history By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Any doubt or cynicism on CEO Tim Cook’s leadership in the post-Steve Jobs era evaporated after the news of Apple’s US $18 billion profit, the most profit ever reported by a publicly-traded company.

Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple once more managed to shatter earnings expectations and post record highs in revenues and profits behind the surging popularity and sales of the iPhone 6 line which is now the company’s biggest earning product and which secures its place in the mobile industry in the markets where it is sold.

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OS X Yosemite 10.2.2 now available, fixes WiFi connectivity issues

Apple has updated OS X Yosemite to version 10.2.2 which is available through Software Update. The update brings a variety of fixes, most notably issues with WiFi connectivity, slow performance in loading webpages, and a security issue with loading remote Mail in Spotlight. iCloud Drive content can now be browsed in Time Machine, the company's local backup solution for OS X. On my MacBook Pro with Retina Display, the update was a sizeable 554 MB download.

Apple breaks record with 74.5 million iPhones sold in previous quarter, revenue of $74.6 billion

Apple's iPhone models have broken sales record for the company with 74.5 million units sold in the previous quarter. Apple's financial results for its fiscal 2015 first quarter ended December 27, 2014. Apple posted a record quarterly revenue of $74.6 billion and record quarterly net profit of $18 billion, or $3.06 per diluted share which is the largest in its history.

Apple shattered expectations from analysts and Wall Street who were 'only' expecting sales of 65 million units sold for the iPhone.

Aside from strong iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales, Mac sales have also surged for Apple. “We’d like to thank our customers for an incredible quarter, which saw demand for Apple products soar to an all-time high,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Our revenue grew 30 percent over last year to $74.6 billion, and the execution by our teams to achieve these results was simply phenomenal.” 

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