Apple : Apple I motherboard sells at auction for almost £250,000

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Apple I motherboard sells at auction for almost £250,000 Posted: A motherboard from the first computer ever made by Apple has sold at auction for an astonishing $374,000 (£238,000), reaching twice its expected sale price. The component from the Apple I computer designed and built in 1976 by Apple co-founder Steve Wosniak was originally sold for $666 (£423). Only 200 of the iconic wooden-boxed machines were ever built, Auctioneers Sotheby's says it is one of six left in the world that still work and one of only 50 that still exist. It was originally expected to fetch $180,000 (£114,000), but a bidding war between two extremely keen enthusiasts drove up the price. From the hand of Steve Additionally, a different buyer paid $27,500 for a four-page memo written by Steve Jobs to his then-employees Atari. The letter was addressed to his boss and focused on how Atari could improve the World Cup Football game. That lot also fetched double the estimated figure. It seems that it's not just Apple's share price that's spiralling out of control.

Apple to launch standalone Podcasts app in iOS 6? Posted: Reports on Friday suggest that Apple may be about to give Podcasts their own application within the forthcoming iOS 6 software. Although there was no mention of this at Monday's preview at WWDC, AllThingsD reckons audio shows will get their own spot on the iOS 6 homescreen. The reason for its initial suspicions? Podcasts are nowhere to be found within the iTunes app developers are now able to access through the iOS 6 Beta, released following the keynote. Further to that, those elusive folks "familiar with Apple's plans" say the autumn launch will indeed see the split. Red-headed stepchild Apparently, if you prefer to access podcasts from within the Windows or Mac OS X versions of iTunes, you'll still be able to do so. The move would perhaps be aimed at bringing more focus to Podcasting, which has almost become like the red-headed stepchild of the ecosystem, thanks to the explosion of bespoke apps from content providers. AllThingsD also points out that this maneuver wouldn't be alien to Apple, having already given Music and Video their own apps within iOS for the last version of its mobile operating system.

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