An Apple patent for an audio jack with pogo pins for conductive contacts has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office showing that Apple plans to build even smaller headphone jacks in upcoming iPhones and iPods.
| Read more »TidBITS and Take Control Books announced the immediate availability of Take Control of PDFpen 5 on Thursday. The ebook by Michael E Cohen explains how to get the most out of Smile Software‚Äôs PDF editing application for Mac OS X.
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He said nothing about an iPhone for the company's current network, but said he hopes Apple will come around and allow Verizon to sell the phone for a new network it is building, reports the "Associated Press" (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_verizon_iphone?). The "4G" network hasn't yet opened for service and won't be complete next year.
| Read more »Etisalat, the leading telecom service provider in the UAE [(United Arab Emigrates-, has announced the price packages for the iPhone 4.
According to "Trade Arabia" (http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=IT&artid=186234), Eisalat’s 3G mobile broadband network covers 99% of UAE’s populated area and provides customers with speeds of up to 21 Mbps. Customers can subscribe to the iPhone 4 with several voice and data plan options on a one-year contractual basis.
| Read more »We've received a number of tips this morning from readers who say that their credit cards are being charged for pre-ordered Apple TVs. That generally means that they're about to ship. Customers tell us that the charges began to show up overnight and into this morning.
The online Apple Store still lists the shipping time as 2-3 weeks. I haven't ordered one myself, but the Netflix feature alone makes it very tempting. Start looking for yours soon.
In the meantime, consider grabbing a package tracking app and follow your new toy's journey.
TUAWApple TV pre-orders ready to ship originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our...
| Read more »ThinkGeek has launched a product page for its upcoming TK-421 iPhone Case with Flip-Out Keyboard. Available in separate versions for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, the TK-421 boasts a flip-out physical Bluetooth keyboard with a magnetic clasp that keeps it in position whether opened or closed and a‚Ķ
| Read more »HP's long-delayed Slate 500 has surfaced in an unofficial video (below) with unique details of how it works. The 8.9-inch Windows 7 tablet has its own dedicated controls to make up for the lack of a true tablet interface in Microsoft's OS. It includes both a button to bring up an on-screen keyboard at any time as well as a reported "Ctrl-Alt-Del" button to load Task Manager or reboot the Slate after a crash....
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| Read more »Apple has released v1.2 updates for the trio of iWork apps available for the iPad. Critically, Numbers documents can now be exported as Excel files, while Keynote presentations can be exported in PowerPoint format. All three apps -- including Pages -- have been updated with the ability to group and ungroup objects, as well as upload to a MobileMe iDisk or miscellaneous WebDAV services....
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| Read more »According to the annual list of the 400 richest Americans, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is 42nd on the list with a net worth of US$6.1 billion. Last year he had a net worth of $5.1 billion.

The CEO only draws one buck a year in salary, but makes a bundle of cash from Apple stock options. Globally, Jobs ranks 136 on the list of billionaires, according to "Forbes."
| Read more »In a note today to clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster raised his iPad sales estimates for 2011 from 14.5 million to 21 million units. Among other things, he thinks that Apple will begin selling the tablet device in Target stores, along with over 1,000 Best Busy, in time for the holiday season.
Jaffray also thinks the international roll-out of the iPad will pump up sales. The tablet is now offered in more than 20 countries. Finally, the analyst thinks iPad sales will be helped by Apple's increasing presence in the enterprise market.
| Read more »Sonos has unveiled its new Wireless Dock for the iPod and iPhone. Designed for integration into a Multi-Room Music System, the Wireless Dock allows users to access music stored or playing on an attached iPhone or iPod and send it wirelessly to Sonos ZonePlayers on the same network. Notably,‚Ķ
| Read more »The VipRiser has the same basic functionality as the CUPS-PDF (described in this earlier hint) printing package has, but it is more user friendly and easier to install. You can download the installer here.
Once installed, there's both an application (named VipRiser) and a print driver. You need to create the virtual printer in System Preferences » Print & Fax before using it the first time. Just hit the plus sign and add it. The installer walks you through this. The new printer is named 'Print to VipRiser' and once installed, you just select it like any other printer. The VipRiser application has to be running or the virtual printer will be paused, so you may want to put the application in your Login items.
The VipRiser has some...
Facebook Services (beta) is a collection of Automator Services that allow your Mac to interact with your Facebook account. The suite's Installer package can be downloaded from here. You'll see when you run them they make use of the usual Facebook API calls to do their work.
The following functions are provided:
Today TMO readers are questioning some of the iPhone sales projections for the quarter and wondering if analysts are underestimating Apple’s growth potential.
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Verizon's chief executive said this week he hopes Apple will build an iPhone compatible with his company's forthcoming 4G LTE network, downplaying rumors of an iPhone launch on his company's existing CDMA network in early 2011.
Vemedio has updated Snowtape (http://www.snowtape.com) for Mac OS X -- which enables users to listen and record live Internet radio with the touch of one button -- to version 2.0. You can now record from multiple radio stations in the background at once.
Snowtape 2 also introduces Recording Schedules. You can program the new recording engine to record at a certain time in the future or to record a favorite weekly show. Snowtape even wakes up the Mac, starts itself and records the show. After it has finished the Mac goes to sleep again.
| Read more »Fans and owners of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 have some gloomy news to wake up to this morning: the Android 2.1, or Eclair, update has been delayed. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is being upgraded to Android 2.2.
| Read more »HueSplash, by Emir F Samsuddin, is an iOS app that lets you change the hue of individual colors in a photo, allowing you to creatively alter the colors of certain items in photo without altering the entire image.
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New evidence of apps support on the second-generation Apple TV has surfaced online. Mac Rumors points to a LinkedIn profile of an Apple intern, who describes him/herself as an “AppleTV Apps Engineer.” Last week, it was revealed that the second-generation Apple TV, despite using a user interface…
| Read more »Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg broke from conventional TV provider thinking today by telling those at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference that he expected the Internet to kill cable bundles. He expected that bundles would still have "some life left" but that many younger buyers were simply dropping traditional TV entirely in favor of Internet access. He likened it to wired phone service, which might not be dead but is in the minority and has been largely replaced with cellphones....
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| Read more »For those who need to manipulate PDF files, Smile's PDFpen is an elegant and cost-effective alternative to the pricey Adobe Acrobat Pro, and you can now learn about everything that PDFpen can do for you with our new ebook, "Take Control of PDFpen 5."
 
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| Read more »We all know that trying to sync up tasks from your Google account to your iPhone / iPad can be a laborious, if not impossible, task! And if you didn't know that, ... now you do. The only way to access Google tasks is through mobile Safari or another Web browser. Even Google Mobile App will direct you to the Web-based version of Google tasks, via Safari. And, as it stands, there is no way to access Google tasks on the iOS Mail.app either, only notes can be synced through that.
No one's saying the Web-based version of Google tasks is such a bad thing, but if you're desperate to deal with your Google tasks through an app, with that app feel, shine and shimmer, then check out GooTasks.
GooTasks is a straight forward and very simple app. It allows you to manage, create, edit, and delete Google tasks from...
| Read more »A lot of numbers get tossed around about just how big Apple's App Store is. But what's really interesting is how quickly it's grown‚Äîshown here in all its charted glory. And my goodness, the games.
This infographic from Meet the Boss (click image embiggen) is actually a few different charts in one, each with its own notable nuggets. Quick highlights: games rule, submissions are down, and dollar apps seem to be the sweet spot.
What's interesting isn't so much that these things are true—you probably could have guessed as much—but the degree to...
| Read more »Universal Audio (http://www.uaudio.com/support/uad/downloads/index.html) has released the EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in for the UAD-2. It gives guitar players and mix engineers the tape delay effects of vintage Echoplex units, now on the UAD-2 powered plug-Ins platform for Mac and PC systems.
| Read more »The well known video rental chain Blockbuster announced on Thursday that it has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. The company hopes to use the filing to trim down its ballooning debt as it works to compete with the likes of Netflix, Redbox, Amazon and Apple‚Äôs iTunes Store.
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Akvis has released Akvis Retoucher 4.5 (http://akvis.com/en/retoucher) for Mac OS X and Windows systems, an update of the app for restoring damaged photos by removing dust, scratches, stains, and by reconstructing the missing parts of a photo automatically.
The new version adds a new feature to the Stamp tool. Now it's possible to mirror a clone horizontally and vertically. It can be helpful, for example, when you need to add a mirror of the restored object to water, glass, etc.
| Read more »While claims continue to build regarding a release for a Verizon iPhone early next year, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg is continuing to play things close to the vest by once again refusing to acknowledge th...
| Read more »Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has substantially raised his iPad forecast for 2011, pushing it from 14.5 million to 21 million. Such is the tablet's success that it's in a position to outsell the Mac, the analyst argues. "We believe the iPad represents a meaningful product category for Apple as a secondary computing device for those who already have a primary computer, a primary device for those who could not previously afford a Mac, and the first Apple product that will be a success in the enterprise," he says....
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| Read more »In its continuous pursuit to create smaller, more compact devices, Apple has shown interest in creating headphone jacks for iPods and iPhones that will take up even less space inside a device.
Home automation makes yet another footprint on the iPad with Lutron’s upcoming iPad app, which controls lights, shades, temperature and appliances.
| Read more »"REALbasic Developer Magazine" (http://www.rbdeveloper.com/) is reprinting the last year's issues into a bound book that will be shipping in October. Through Sept. 30 the book may be pre-ordered for $37.50, 25% off the normal price of $49.99.
Current subscribers can save even more with an additional subscriber discount. The 384-page book contains the full contents of year 8 of the magazine (issues 8.1-8.6, Nov. 2009-Oct. 2010), and features a full-color cover, black ink interior, and perfect-binding. Those interested should place orders today on the REALbasic Developer web site.
| Read more »When Apple released iOS 4 for the iPhone, it matured the device into a multi-tasking tool handy for a lot of different applications. While there is a lot to be said for the elegant simplicity of running one app at a time, such an approach is not always the best route in today‚Äôs multifaceted lifestyle. So suddenly I had an iPhone that could do many things at once. And I found myself taking advantage of it.
| Read more »Apple has released updates to its iWork suite of productivity applications for the iPad. Pages, Numbers and Keynote have each been updated to version 1.2 adding several new features and improvements over the previous versions. All three applications can now copy documents to and from MobileMe iDisk or other WebDAV‚Ķ
| Read more »GTA¬†TeleGuam¬†(http://www.gta.net) says it will launch iPhone 4 in¬†Guam¬†on¬†Sept. 24¬†with a range of¬†service¬†plans tailored for iPhone customers. Full pricing will be announced soon.
"Customer response to iPhone in Guam has been overwhelming and we are confident the unique features of iPhone 4 will be received with great excitement by our customers," says Roland Certeza, executive vice president of sales for GTA TeleGuam. "GTA customers will find it easy and affordable to enjoy the great new innovations of iPhone 4 with our range of plans and pricing."
| Read more »Roku (http://www.roku.com), makers of the Roku streaming player, has introduced its new product lineup. With up to 1080p HD streaming support and Instant Replay, the new players are shipping immediately at prices starting from US$59.99.
All models feature high-definition playback as well as support for older, standard definition TVs. There are three new Roku models: the entry-level Roku HD at $59.99; the Roku XD with Wireless-N and 1080p, and the top-of-the-line Roku XDS, which adds dual-band wireless technology and extensive connectivity options for home entertainment systems.
| Read more »The iPad is one of Apple‚Äôs top selling devices and there is no sign of that momentum slowing down anytime soon. One analyst raised sales figures for the iPad and said he expects the device to join the iPod at Target stores. Piper Jaffray Senior Research Analyst Gene Munster raised his iPad sales estimates for [...]
| Read more »TMO columnist Ted Landau joined Chuck Joiner on the MacNotables podcast to talk about the iPhone and iPad apps he relies on every day.
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Last week, we presented our belief that the new iOS-based Apple TV was designed to eventually accept third-party apps from its own App Store. Steve Jobs even suggested that Apple was poised to launch an Apple TV App Store when the time was r...
| Read more »The finding by the U.S. Patent Office is only preliminary, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls it ‚Äúan important first step in busting a patent that stifles innovation and the use of VoIP as a free speech tool.‚Äù
| Read more »Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investor conference, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said his company is unlikely to offer 99-cent TV episode rentals through iTunes. ‚ÄúWe do not think 99 cents is the right price point for our content. ... We thought it would devalue our content,‚Äù Zucker said,‚Ķ
| Read more »Smule has reinvented its official Glee app as Glee Karaoke, specially for the new season of the musical show. Our own Mike Rose enjoyed the first app earlier this year, but this release adds a little competition to the mix -- you can now compete on high score boards for every song, and complete missions in the game to unlock new content and move up the charts. You can also improve your singing by playing with the app -- there's "a touch of pitch correction" in there, and you can get feedback as you sing on just how well you're doing.
The app is cheaper than before, too (just US $0.99 for the original purchase). Songs still have to be purchased separately, but every week, Smule is adding new songs into the mix, so you can keep up with the show during the season.
I have to admit, Smule has...
| Read more »Apple released Magic Trackpad and 27-inch LED Cinema Display Update for Windows late on Wednesday. The updater bundles Windows-compatible drivers for Apple‚Äôs new portable trackpad and soon-to-ship 27-inch display in a single installer.
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Dropbox released Dropbox 1.3 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on Wednesday. The update for the cloud-based file storage and synchronization app added a new App Directory feature that lists other software titles that take advantage of the service, along with improved support for the iPhone 4.
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Blockbuster this morning followed through on expectations and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of its shift into online video. The move gives it an opportunity to reorganize and would exchange the company's 11.75 percent in senior notes for equity stakes. Refinancing, cost cutting and other measures would reduce the movie rental store's debt from $1 billion to $100 million or less....
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| Read more »Last Wednesday, Apple released a new beta version of its iOS 4.2 operating system to developers, bringing with it a new feature known as AirPrint. Per ZDNet, the update brings multitasking to the iPad for the first time. Multitasking allows users to run more than one program at a time. The iPhone and iPod Touch have had some multitasking capabilities since the introduction of iOS 4.0.
The update also features wireless printing software called AirPrint. “AirPrint is Apple’s powerful new printing architecture that matches the simplicity of iOS — no set up, no configuration, no printer drivers and no software to download,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, in a...
| Read more »You know that eccentric uncle, who sits surrounded by leather-bound books in his study, drinking whisky? That's how I imagine these laptop cases smell...only, you know, more IKEA-pine than antique-oak.
Available for 13, 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pros (though you can probably try squeezing any slim laptop in there), they're made to order with leather-lined interiors. The daddy of the pack, the 17-incher, costs $350, but be warned if you're buying from non European countries—shipping is a bomb. [Rainer Spehl via Freshome via...
| Read more »The Dropbox app for iPhone and iPad has been updated recently. There's a UI redesign in there now that takes full advantage of the Retina Display, so your shared files will look better than ever. The iPad version has gained a landscape view, and the app will now finish uploads and downloads in the background. Dropbox also allows file caching now, so once you've viewed a file, you won't have to go back and in and re-download it again. I presume that means only while the app is running -- if you have to actually close the app for any reason, you might have to connect up to see the file again. [Update: No, cached files remain accessible even without network access. -Ed.] But you can find out for yourself because the Dropbox app is free (as long as you sign up for a free account with their excellent service).
The company has also...
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Full disclosure: I know absolutely nothing about "MasterChef" as a TV show. So when I spotted MasterChef Academy in the App Store, I didn't know I was getting into something that might in some way be related to Gordon Ramsay. He may be a great chef, but I really did not want to be screamed at through my iPhone, so I was a bit reluctant to try this app out even after I'd downloaded it. Luckily I was greeted by a much jollier guy who explained what MasterChef Academy is. It goes well beyond being a typical cookbook app. Instead, it's sort of an iPhone-based cooking show.
One prominent Wall Street analyst has increased is forecast for iPad sales in 2011 to 21 million, citing expansion of the device's availability, as well as rapid adoption in the enterprise sector.
It happened before, it can happen again.
Television network NBC Universal is unlikely join a pair of its peers in serving up a la carte TV show rentals to Apple TV users for 99 cents for pop through Apple’s iTunes Store later this year, according to comments from the company’s top executive.
“We do not think 99 cents is the right price point for our content,” NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker said on Wednesday at Goldman Sachs investor conference. “We thought it would devalue our content.”
Per AppleInsider, NBC currently offers iTunes customers the option of purchasing its shows outright forUS $1.99. But like the vast majority of networks that also distribute...
| Read more »Late Wednesday, Apple released a software update that allows the Windows operating systems to use its new Magic Trackpad input device. The update, which is available as a 7 megabyte download for the 32-bit version and a 4 megabyte download for the 64-bit version, adds the driver where needed.
The update requires Windows XP, Vista or 7 to install and run.
If you’ve tried the driver and have any feedback (positive or negative) to offer, please let us know.
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| Read more »Sonos this morning formally rolled out its first hardware to get audio directly from an Apple portable device. The Wireless Dock broadcasts sound to a Sonos system not just from iOS devices like the iPhone and iPod touch but also click wheel iPods. iOS devices can still work as Sonos Controllers with the company's app while docked....
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| Read more »Hours after Forbes reported Zuckerberg overtook Steve Jobs on their Forbes 400 rich list, news escaped that he's donated $100 million to New Jersey's Newark schools. A clever move, considering he made $4.9 billion in the last year alone.
He's now said to be worth $6.9 billion, so that's a healthy increase in his pocket money. Steve Jobs, on the other hand, supposedly has a $6.1 billion net worth, most of which is made from his shares in Disney. Zuckerberg is now sitting happily at number 35 on the...
| Read more »For those who think technology is killing pastimes such as reading, well, think again. In fact, the iPad as an ebook reader could actually be a boon to the book industry.
Currently, just one in 10 Americans (8%) uses an electronic reader device of some kind, according to a new Harris Poll of 2,775 adults surveyed online between Aug. 9 and Aug. 16 by Harris Interactive (http://www.harrisinteractive.com). But that will change -- and perhaps publishers should be glad.
| Read more »Tekserve, New York City's largest independent Apple specialist, will hold a day of workshops supporting retail businesses.
The event will be held on Sept. 30 at Tekserve's Manhattan retail location. It is the latest in their ongoing program, Tekserve Means Business, aimed at small- and medium-sized business and focusing on practical, affordable productivity and security solutions from Tekserve and Apple.
| Read more »Celemony (http://www.celemony.com) has announced 1.2 of its Mac compatible Melodyne editor, Melodyne assistant and Melodyne essential. The update brings full 64-bit compatibility and various optimizations.
 
With version 1.2, the new Melodyne generation joins the currently select ranks of plug-ins capable of running native in modern 64-bit hosts. For users, this means primarily that Melodyne is more robust and runs more smoothly during the editing of more extensive projects, accoring to the folks at Celemony.
Wireless high-definition (HD) video technologies represent the next frontier in consumer electronic (CE) connectivity,replacing the nest of wires in the living room with high-bandwidth wireless technologies capable of transmitting HD video streams, according to a new study by Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com).
| Read more »Included version 1.2 updates for each $10 app: Keynote-to-PowerPoint format export, extra presentation animations and Keynote to MobileMe iDisk support; Numbers spreadsheets convertable to Excel format; and Pages allows for displayed word count and .txt opening support. Plus more!
See the full list of updates here:
Keynote:
- Export presentations to Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT) format.
- Copy presentations between Keynote and your MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV service.
- Support for audio in builds when importing Keynote '09 presentations.
- Ability to group and ungroup objects.
- Add animated builds to grouped objects.
- Lens Flare, Spin and Wipe build animations.
- Revolving Door, Swoosh and Wipe slide transition animations.
- Improved slide size conversion when importing Keynote '09 presentations.
- Import and export Keynote '09 tables with image background fills in...
Noise Industries has announced LensPack, a new collection of five video editing plug-ins developed by SUGARfx. The new tools are designed to extend the visual effects capabilities of powerful photo and video editing programs such as Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Final Cut Express. Features range from a Distorium plug-in that distorts footage for a more 3D effect, to improving and increasing lens distortion when shooting in wide-angle mode via the Optico plug-in....
JNSoftware has launched a new version of its telephone dialing utility, Dialectic 1.7. The program is designed to provide system-wide dialing of phone numbers to various services and devices, including Bluetooth enabled phones. With the 1.7 release comes 64-bit support for Mac OS X 10.6 or higher systems, and improved monitoring of iOS 4.0 devices for incoming calls. The update also provides greater support for dialing magicJack, along with multiple bug fixes and optimizations....
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| Read more »Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, with a net worth $6.1 billion, came in 42nd place on Forbes' annual list of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
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ConSol's Rough Cut Editor 1.3 has been released, together with a complete remake of the connected website.
ConSol* RCE is a web-based rough cut editing solution that interconnects with Apple's Final Cut Server and enables an editor to create a rough cut of a project on a simple system like a laptop or small desktop, running either under Mac OSX or Windows.
You can get more info, watch a short demo or download a limited test version for free from ConSol's website.
| Read more »Occasionally, users may find that after installing the latest version of iTunes on their Mac an error message appears reporting that the copy of iTunes is unusable and must be reinstalled.
| Read more »The updated, renamed version of the app sports a daily leaderboard, to see how your Auto-Tuned crooning stacks up.
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Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3Adobe Flash Player 10 is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application (RIA) runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and pervasive reach. Flash Player 10 introduces new expressive features, visual performance improvements, and extensibility to unleash the creative potential of designers and developers so they can build richer and more immersive web experiences.
WHAT'S NEWVersion 10.1.85.3: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
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Apple has taken an early lead in the race for seamless access to content, but Google and Microsoft remain close contenders, according to a new analysis.
Recently the true destructive potential of a cyber attack became frighteningly clear: whole government, banking and military networks overloaded and shut down, vital data and money stolen, and even physical damage if the right components are targeted. The worst part? We usually only find out after the fact.
| Read more »Forbes has released its annual list of the 400 richest Americans, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs checks in in 42nd place with a net worth of approximately $6.1 billion. Jobs gained $1 billion in net worth over last year's calculations, but moved u...
| Read more »As we noted earlier today, software updates released by Apple today indicated that the release of the company's new 27-inch LED Cinema Display appeared imminent. We can now push things one step further, as customers have begun receiving shipping not...
| Read more »A New York Times report reveals that the Facebook CEO plans to make his first act of public philanthropy a massive donation to a troubled N.J. city's school system. Clever timing: It's slated to be announced the same day that "The Social Network" premieres.
| Read more »"HOLLANDIA LAUNCHES WORLD'S FIRST BED DESIGNED TO WORK WITH IPAD" screams the press release. And much like Kanye's tweets or Mike from the Jersey Shore, I can't quite figure out if I'm laughing at them or with them.
The iCon, the $20,000 iPad dock-bed in question, combines a swanky adjustable mattress from Hollandia and a custom headboard, featuring a built-in iPad dock and a sound system including four speakers and a 250 watt amplifier. So it's definitely a real thing you can buy. But does Hollandia understand just how silly the concept of the "world's first bed designed to work with an iPad" really is? Let's turn to company CEO Avi Barssessat to see what we can glean:
Like the iPad, the iCon Bed is more about a lifestyle choice than it is about a product, and caters to consumers...
| Read more »Apple updated iWork for iPad to version 1.2, with support for file transfer via iDisk as well as better support for Microsoft Office files.
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| Read more »Roku tonight unveiled three new Internet Players as part of its mission to hold off the new Apple TV. The Roku HD is now one of the least expensive networked media hubs yet and costs just $60, or less than two thirds the price of its Apple rival. Video reaches the same 720p, and it supports Amazon VOD, Netflix and MLB.tv for video as well as MP3tunes, MOG, Pandora and RadioTime for audio. Media from Facebook and Flickr also pipes through the device....
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| Read more »Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg has already passed Apple CEO Steve Jobs in net worth, a check of the pair's finances discovered tonight. The social network's leader at 26 has roughly tripled his value in a year's time to $6.9 billion through a private valuation of Facebook at $23 billion, increasing the worth of his personal stake. Jobs, 55, added a relatively modest $1 billion and is worth $6.1 billion, Forbes determined....
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| Read more »Apple has a surprising ally in its campaign of apathy against Sony's Blu-ray disc format. Microsoft, of all companies, has also stepped out with a passive-aggressive stance against the standard, as UK head of Xbox gaming head Steven McGill says that "Blu-ray is going to be passed by as a format." He says that Microsoft was right to stick with the older DVD format for its game consoles, and that with the rise of streaming content and the infrastructure to deliver it, there's no longer a need for a disc-based format.
Apple would probably agree, given the recent introduction of the Apple TV and its streaming content possibilities. Apple and Jobs alike have never been interested in...
| Read more »Firefox has long been the go-to web browser among power users for its impressive feature set, extensibility, and openness. But Google's nimble, light, also extensible and open browser, Chrome, has won over Firefox's core user base. Here's why:
| Read more »What do Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, an accused Apple employee, Mark Zuckerberg, and British Xboxes have in common? Nothing at all, but they were all down in the bottom of Wednesday's remainder bin.
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While taking a look at the Fortune Magazine online tech blog, I saw some comments by Canaccord Genuity about Apple profits in the mobile market. They are a head-turner.
Apple mobile profits are stunning, and they're even better when compared to the rest of the industry. The really interesting item is that Nokia, Samsung, and LG combined sold about 400 million handsets worldwide for the first six months of the year, and those three firms together garnered 32% of the profits in that sector.
Meanwhile, Apple sold 17 million mobile devices over the same period and snagged 39% of industry profits. Wow! Steve and friends must be doing something right. It's especially notable because Apple wasn't even in the cellphone business until 2007. Sure, Android is coming up fast...
| Read more »Shares in Adobe, Inc. dropped like a rock Wednesday following the company‚Äôs earnings report on Tuesday. Adobe turned in record results for its third quarter, which ended September 3rd, but guidance below Wall Street forecasts for the 4th quarter got analysts hot and bothered, leading to today‚Äôs selloff.
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WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is a method that allows you to edit and manage files stored on remote servers. By linking to a WebDAV location from your iWork for iPad app, you can easily copy documents to and from a remote server or web service.
| Read more »I was hoping that putting my iPhone into one of these Super Mario cases would make it magically grow and turn into an iPad, but no such luck. These are just regular iPad cases‚Äîthey just happen to look great.
There are Super Mushroom, 1-up Mushroom and Goomba versions available of the cases and they're $40 each. [Etsy via Technabob via...
| Read more »Pocket God is still rolling along. It was one of the first big original iPhone games out there, and more than any other title on the App Store, Bolt Creative has been able to both keep the app popular with constant updates and content additions, and even license the app elsewhere in the form of comics (and presumably other media, if they can swing it).
Here's another example of that -- Bolt posted this video of Steve Jobs' favorite new singer songwriter Jonathan Mann (he of the extremely awkward iPhone Antenna song played at the Apple event a while back) singing a new tune about the game and its fans' constant...
| Read more »A New Jersey-based company called Multi-Format has filed a patent infringement suit against Apple. The legal battle will focus on several claims of a patent related to multi-format video systems. Apple has been accused of violating the patent claims by offering videos, via iTunes, for a variety of devices such as Apple TV, iPhones and iPods....
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| Read more »JAM Studios has been developing Galaxy Engine for the past year and is now releasing it as Open Source under the new BSD license. Galaxy Engine is a game development package for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It is programmed in Cocoa and uses the OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and OpenAL libraries to give you a powerful [...]
| Read more »Ableton, a German company best known for its Ableton Live music-creation software, and New Zealand-based Serato, makers of Scratch Live, have collaborated on a hybrid product, for DJs and producers alike, called "The Bridge."...
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| Read more »A couple of nice iWork for iPad updates are out on the store today bringing a boatload of new features.
Numbers, now at version 1.2, introduces improved exports, object grouping and ungrouping, and better hyperlinks, among other new features. Pages, also updated to version 1.2, provides WebDAV and MobileMe iDisk support, txt file compatibility, and many performance enhancements. The third member of the iWork family, Keynote, has added new animations, the ability to group and animate objects, and export to PowerPoint.
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote cost $9.99 each on App Store. Updates are free.
Thanks, Ben
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| Read more »Corporations are jumping on the Google smartphone bandwagon, with Android device growth outpacing Apple's iPhone 20-fold in the last three months, ChangeWave Research says.
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I'm not one to give up on hope. I've been trying out various incarnations of branded Jeopardy games since dinosaurs roamed the earth (I believe that T. Rex used an early version of Microsoft Windows before going extinct). The latest version to grace us is a US $1.99 mobile app, now available from App Store for iPhone and other iOS devices.
Duly licensed from Sony, this JEOPARDY! game (with mandatory caps and exclamation point, of course) brings the same branded detail as many of the previous versions while completely missing the point of what makes Jeopardy fun.
It's multiple choice.
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| Read more »Universal Audio released two new audio plug-ins on Wednesday, further adding to its list of classic plug-ins for music enthusiasts and engineers. The EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in takes its cues from the vintage EP-3 and EP-4 Echoplexes, giving users warm delay effects. Want to know how the Echoplex sounds on a guitar? Just listen to [...]
| Read more »When trying to sync iPod, change iPod settings, or restore iPod from within iTunes you may see one of the following error messages:
The iPod "Customer's iPod" cannot be updated. An unknown error occurred (-50).
The disk could not be read from or written to.
The iPod "Customer's iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1418, 1429, 1430, 1436 or 1439).
With the latest Keynote, Pages and Numbers for iPad, you can now transfer your documents directly to and from your MobileMe iDisk so you can work on them anywhere you have an Internet connection. For example, create a new Pages document on your iPad and copy it directly to your iDisk. Then, when you are back at your Mac, open the document from iDisk and continue editing right where you left off.
If you're working from a Windows PC, access your iDisk with a browser at me.com/idisk and upload an existing Microsoft Office document. Copy the document into Keynote, Pages or Numbers on your iPad to view it or make edits. When you've finished working on the document, copy it back to your iDisk as either an iWork, Microsoft...
| Read more »iMac (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2010) computers can be equipped with more than one storage device, such as an SSD drive and a hard drive. Learn how to migrate to your operating system files, applications, and data from one storage device to the other.
| Read more »Apple has released several support updates, including an LED Cinema Display download for Macs. Windows users can download separate updates that combine software for the new display and the Magic Trackpad. The display update, designed for Apple's latest 27-inch IPS panel, adds an option to the System Preferences pane that allows the display to automatically adjust brightness as the ambient light changes. Users can also configure the sound preferences to use the display for the primary audio output....
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| Read more »Learn what you can do if you experience one or more of these issues with the hinges on your MacBook Air.
Unable to close lid completely.
Broken or cracked plastic near one or both of the hinges.
More than one inch (2.54cm) of free play while opening or closing the lid.
Lid falls freely into closed position from a 30-degree open position. (From a closed position, open the lid approximately 30 degrees and let go.)
Apple on Wednesday released an update for iWork for iPad – its suite of productivity software comprising spreadsheet, presentation and word processing/page layout apps. Each of the apps – Pages, Numbers and Keynote – have been updated with new features, and all are now at version 1.2. The updates are available through iTunes, and are [...]
| Read more »If you tuned into TUAW TV Live and you're seeing nothing, don't feel bad -- neither am I. We're having problems with our streaming provider. We will reschedule today's show with Sam Levin for sometime in the near future, and listen to Sam's podcast, AppMInute, to listen to some audio we recorded today.
We thank you for your patience.
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in a talk this evening hoped to address the persistent rumors of a Facebook-branded phone. He expanded on the original denials and stressed that the social network wasn't trying to build hardware or get especially deep integration. Facebook wants to be a platform and not the device itself, Zuckerberg said to TechCrunch....
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| Read more »Avid (http://www.avid.com) has introduced a set of tools -- including the new Pro Tools Mbox family, the M-Audio MobilePre, Pro Tools SE bundles and M-Audio Oxygen 88 keyboard controller -- for a range of musicians who are seeking to create, record and mix music at home or on the road.
 
According to Avid, new features in the third generation of the Pro Tools Mbox family -- Pro Tools Mbox Pro, Pro Tools Mbox and Pro Tools Mbox Mini -- include: re-designed hardware with pro features delivering best-in-class audio and the flexibility to compose using Pro Tools LE or your DAW of choice
Apple rolled out updates for the iPad versions of Keynote, Pages and Numbers late on Wednesday. The updates for the mobile versions of the iWork app suite added support for transferring documents to and from MobileMe’s iDisk and WebDAV servers, along with support for exporting Keynote and Numbers files to Microsoft Office-compatible formats.
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After installing iTunes 10, when you open it a message may appear telling you that this copy of iTunes is unusable and needs to be installed again.
| Read more »With Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector and iTunes 10 installed, you may not be able to sync contacts, calendars, or notes. You may see an alert stating "com.apple.Outlook.client.exe has stopped working and has been closed by Windows," or a similar message.
| Read more »Apple has released version 1.2 updates to its three iWork apps for the iPad: Pages, Numbers and Keynote. They're available at the Apple App Store.
According to Apple, the updates offer improvements to file-format support and file transferring, add the ability to transfer files to and from remote servers and beef up support for exporting files in Microsoft Office-compatible file formats. They also support transferring documents to and from iDisk, a feature of Apple's MobileMe US$99-per-year suite of online services/tools.
| Read more »Apple on Wednesday released a significant update to its iWork suite of productivity applications for the iPad, delivering support for copying files to a Mobile Me iDisk and exporting documents in native Microsoft Office formats.
Note: This document applies only to Microsoft Windows-compatible computers. For documentation on administrative management of iTunes Control Features for Mac OS X, please read article HT2653 and HT3490. For information regarding use of the iTunes Parental controls via iTunes preferences, please read article HT1904.
iTunes offers parental, enterprise, and education controls which give system administrators the ability to set content restrictions. The following information is for customers who want to pre-configure parental and/or other controls in iTunes for Microsoft Windows. This information only applies to iTunes 7.1 or later.
Important: The following steps involve making changes to the Windows registry using the Registry Editor (Regedit). Even if you are very comfortable editing the registry, you should make a backup of the registry prior to editing it. Making mistakes in Regedit can cause strange behaviors and can even prevent Windows from starting. The changes may...
An update to Apple's iWork for iPad apps offer improved file transfer via MobileMe or WebDAV and improved Office import and export features.
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As mentioned earlier today, my guest for today's episode of TUAW TV Live is Sam Levin, the brains and voice behind AppMinute.com and the AppMinute podcast (iTunes link). I always enjoy having guests on the show, and today's show ought to be a lot of fun for viewers as well.
To join in from your Mac or PC, just go to the next page by clicking the read more link at the bottom of this post, and you'll find a livestream viewer and a chat tool. The chat tool allows you to join in on the fun by asking questions or making comments.
If you're driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you're stuck in traffic, please don't -- keep your eyes on the road! However, if someone else is doing the driving, you can watch the show on your iPhone by downloading the free...
| Read more »The Apple Store at Main Place shopping village in Naperville, Illinois (about 18 miles west of downtown Chicago) was burgled early this morning. Thieves broke the glass front of the store in the early hours and made off with approximately $24,000 worth of merchandise, according to police reports....
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| Read more »Apple has posted LED Cinema Display Software Update 1.0 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1107). It provides support for the 27-inch LED Cinema Display.
It's a 75.79MB download and requires Mac OS X 10.6.4 or higher. LED Cinema Display Software Update 1.0 can be obtained with the Software Updates component of Mac OS X's Systems Preferences app.
| Read more »iTunes 10 for Mac may be unable to open or may quit unexpectedly.
| Read more »Before a new iPhone, Pad, or iPod touch can be used, it must be activated by connecting it to a computer that is running iTunes. During that connection, even if no other choices are made, the iTunes account on the computer can be synced over USB¬†along with the information for activation.
| Read more »Apple‚Äôs new 27-inch LED Cinema Display isn‚Äôt on desks yet, but there‚Äôs already a software update available for Mac users that plan to connect one to their computer. The update slipped out late on Wednesday, and according to Apple‚Äôs trim release notes, it ‚Äúprovides support for the 27-inch LED Cinema Display.‚Äù
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NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker says the network isn't likely to follow rivals to make its TV shows available for new US$0.99 rental service unveiled earlier this month in conjunction with the new Apple TV, reports "Reuters" (http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNN2219136720100922).
"We do not think 99 cents is the right price point for our content. ... We thought it would devalue our content," Zucker said at a Goldman Sachs investor conference. And he noted that NBC shows are already available for $1.99 for download at iTunes.
| Read more »Apple released software updates for Mac OS X and Boot Camp users to support its new 27-inch Cinema Display, which went on sale last week. A bundled update for Windows users brings support for the Magic Trackpad along with support for the new display.
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Some restaurants across the world are now using iPads to show their wine lists. Stupid and overkill, you say? Not if you sell a lot more wine because of it.
In just two weeks, Bone's—which is Atlanta's most famed steakhouse and has 1,350 labels in their catalog—sold 11 percent more wine than in the three weeks previous to the iPad introduction. Like Bone's, many restaurants around the world are having the same experience. Everyone using iPad wine lists seem to be having big sales jumps.
It's not the novelty factor, the Bone's owners and clients say. The reason is simple and logical: Reviews.
Most people don't know most vinos in a restaurant wine list. They may know that certain region and certain winery and certain grape and certain year are considered to be good or bad or just nice enough. But with so many references, most mortals don't have a single...
| Read more »Apple released a software update for owners of the new 27-inch LED Cinema Displays. The update includes modifications to two OS X system preference panes, which enable brightness and audio features on the new displays.
| Read more »The MobileMe service has been recently updated with improvements as described below.
| Read more »Sony Ericsson chief Bert Nordberg in an interview (below) hinted that the company has a "big surprise" in store in the next few months. He couldn't say more in talking to GlobalAtlanta but is believed to be alluding to the PlayStation phone, a Gingerbread (Android 3.0) device with a large touchscreen and slide-out PSP-style controls. It may arrive as soon as October....
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| Read more »Apple on Wednesday released a handful of software updates to ensure system compatibility with the new 27-inch LED Cinema Display, set for an imminent release to those who first ordered last week.
Apple has issued version updates to their iPad productivity apps Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. The updates offer a number of bug fixes and improvements but also adds a number of new features. The new features are listed here:
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| Read more »Dropbox has released an update to its cloud file sharing app for iOS devices with a new UI design, Retina Display support and support for background file transfers on multitasking-capable iOS 4 devices. Dropbox 1.3 also adds the ability to view files in a full-screen view while using the app‚Ķ
| Read more »iTunes can sync your contacts and calendars from Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express and contacts from Microsoft Address Book to any iPod with a display screen1 (Note: Outlook 2003 or later is required to sync contacts and calendars from Outlook).
If you are syncing contacts and calendars to an iPod touch, please see this article.
For the Apple fan who has everything, here's a blockhead bust of Steve Jobs. It's been 3D printed by Dutch artist Metin Seven, and if the urge so hits you, you can buy your own online for just under $120. I'm not entirely sure what the bust is made out of, but 3D printing usually requires a mixture of molding powder and resin that hardens into a kind of brittle claylike material, but of course for display this thing looks fine.
It's not too tall, either -- 14x10x6 cm or so. Sounds perfect for displaying on a desk -- you can have your very own "one more thing" anytime you want.
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| Read more »With File Sharing in iTunes 9.1 or later (iTunes 10 or later recommended), you can send files created on your iPad with Keynote, Pages, and Numbers to your computer. You can also do the reverse and send files from your computer to your iPad, to be used with your iWork apps. For example, if you start a Pages document on your iPad, you can easily send it to your Mac and edit it in Pages ‚Äô09, and then send it back to your iPad.
File Sharing requirements for iWork for iPad:
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later, or Windows XP SP3 or later
iTunes 9.1 or later (iTunes 10 or later recommended)
An iPad
Any of the iWork for iPad apps (Keynote, Pages, or Numbers) installed on your iPad
Availability of Apple's new 27" LED Cinema Display appears imminent, as the company has just released several software updates to support the new display. The new display went on sale last Friday with estimated shipping times of 1-2 weeks, a timefra...
| Read more »Last month, we shared the story of one developer who participated in a trial of Apple's iAd for Developers program only to find that the experiment was not cost-effective for his 99-cent application given...
| Read more »Paul Shin Devine, the mid-level manager at Apple charged with selling trade secrets to Asian parts suppliers, managed to convince a Judge on Wednesday to change his bail terms. He isn‚Äôt out on the street yet since his release is on hold until a US$440,00 lien against his mother‚Äôs house is posted with the court.
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New iPad application iSwifter aims to bring to Flash based gaming to Apple's tablet based computer.
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Disney has released an update to TRON for the iPhone and iPod touch adding new video content and trailers. Designed to promote the upcoming TRON movie and video games, the iOS TRON app provides an updated version of the classic Tanks game from Tron Arcade, with both single and multiplayer…
| Read more »Though it's disappointingly out of stock until late November, the ThinkGeek TK-421 iPhone Case with Flip-Out Keyboard certainly looks interesting. While its aesthetics and added thickness aren't impressive, the flip-out keyboard works via Bluetooth with your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 to provide the tactile typing sensation that some recovering BlackBerry addicts crave. The $49.99 case is an original ThinkGeek creation and uses its own built-in, rechargeable battery. Now you can text your reason the next time you're not at your post.
 
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| Read more »Apple introduced TV show rentals as part of its September event, partnering with Fox and ABC in the initial stages of the service. Unfortunately, it appears that NBC will not jump into the fray and offer its shows, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday. NBC‚Äôs CEO doesn‚Äôt think it‚Äôs right for his company. ‚ÄúWe [...]
| Read more »Updated versions introduce support for forthcoming DEVONthink To Go iOS app, and inclue new niceties and improvements.
 
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| Read more »The Dropbox app for iOS has added several useful features for interacting with the company's cloud-hosted storage and sync system. You can upload high-definition video, among other improvements.
 
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| Read more »JetBlue has become the latest airline company to announce it will bring Wi-Fi to its fleet. The company, which flies across the US, will partner with ViaSat to install hardware that will enable broadband Internet and TV service on its 160 aircraft by the end of 2012. Before this happens, however, the FAA needs to test and approve all the gear....
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| Read more »Looks like you won't be able to rent NBC Universal's TV shows for 99¬¢ anytime soon. The company thinks the low price-point will "devalue our content."
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| Read more »NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker doesn‚Äôt seem overly interested in signing up for Apple‚Äôs US$0.99 TV show rentals program any time soon. He sees the sub one dollar price point as too low and thinks it would devalue his network‚Äôs shows, according to Reuters.
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Apple's VP of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller, once came into conflict with Google while visiting the latter's offices several years ago, a source claims. The executive is said to have been at the building for a meeting, and as he entered, he was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement common amongst Silicon Valley businesses. Schiller is then alleged to have made a "big deal" out of refusing, according to Silicon Alley Insider, insisting that he would either attend the meeting or sign the NDA, but not do both....
Apple's VP of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller, once came into conflict with Google while visiting the latter's offices several years ago, a source claims. The executive is said to have been at the building for a meeting, and as he entered, he was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement common amongst Silicon Valley businesses. Schiller is then alleged to have made a "big deal" out of refusing, according to Silicon Alley Insider, insisting that he would either attend the meeting or sign the NDA, but not do both....
This software update provides support for the 27-inch LED Cinema Display.
| Read more »Reuters reports on comments from NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker suggesting that the studio is not interested in joining Apple's new 99-cent TV show rental program, citing concerns over pricing.
Here's a bit of news that you might have already figured out for yourself. Your primary computer doesn't need to feel threatened by your iPad. Sure, your Mac (or PC) probably felt a little uneasy when you brought that slim, trim, shiny, and lets not forget - magical - little number into your home, but it knew, oh yes it did, that you would come crawling back sooner or later. And you did, didn't you? In fact, you came crawling back straight away because you needed your primary computer to get your iPad up and running, didn't you?
As noted by Macsimum News, according to market research firm Technology Business Research (TBR), the iPad will displace many consumers' secondary computers, but not their primary ones, creating a third category for personal computing and connectivity (laptop...
| Read more »NBC Universal is unlikely join a pair of its peers in serving up a la carte TV show rentals to Apple TV users for 99 cents for pop through Apple's iTunes Store later this year, according to comments from the company's top executive.
While Google's Android mobile operating system has seen a fivefold increase in availability in the corporate market over the last nine months, Apple's presence with iOS has held strong and still nearly doubles that of Android.
Apple’s fabled CDMA-based iPhone 4 is set to go into production in December, and will hit store shelves in early 2011, according to Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Jeffry Fidacaro. He also claimed his parts supplier contacts indicate some three million iPhone 4 units will be built before the end of 2010.
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The BBC series Watchdog is now warning parents against giving kids access to apps on iOS devices, even if the apps initially appear harmless. On a recent episode of the investigative show, the BBC noted that many apps marketed at children contain in-app download systems that charge real money, while giving the impression of costing only fake currency. This can potentially deceive children into making purchases that cost their parents hundreds of dollars or pounds....
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| Read more »Powermat has announced that it plans to launch a receiver case for the iPhone 4. The black, snap-together style case will allow the encased iPhone 4 to charge via any of the company‚Äôs charging mats, and offers protection for the iPhone‚Äôs front, sides, and back, open access to the‚Ķ
| Read more »Android's footprint in the workplace has gone up 60 percent in just a few months, ChangeWave found in a study today. Only 10 percent of US companies used Android in May, but the number shot up to 16 percent in August. The iPhone was the only other platform to grow but moved up just slightly to 31 percent....
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| Read more »Veenix has updated its no-frills music player, Quick-Tunes with a 30-minute sleep timer.
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Apple has been sued by a New Jersey-based company over its iTunes video download offerings. The suit, filed by Multi-Format, Inc. in the Northern District of Illinois East District Court, claims that Apple’s products infringe on the company’s 2003 patent entitled “Multi-format audio/video production system.” Patently Apple reports…
| Read more »ChangeWave's (http://www.changewave.com) latest corporate spending survey shows that the big winner in the business smart phone market this quarter is the Google Android Operating System, though Apple's iOS still remains strong.
When the research group asked respondents which mobile operating system their company currently provides, the Android OS (16%) was the clear momentum winner, registering a six point jump in market share since a previous survey in May.
| Read more »nova media unveiled its new iHub Basic application for the Mac on Wednesday. iHub Basic lets users sync calendars and contacts between their Mac and iOS devices including the iPhone and iPad without relying on cloud-based services such as Apple‚Äôs MobileMe.
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If you're a regular reader of the Sports Illustrated (SI) publication for the iPad, you may have noticed something unusual / different in the latest issue. The SI iPad edition is now only viewable in landscape mode, no longer supporting portrait mode as it did in previous issues. If you hold your iPad in landscape mode and then turn it to portrait mode the message, "This page is intended to be viewed in landscape mode. (There's nothing wrong with your iPad -- just turn it horizontally.)" appears.
Guest editor of the SI iPad edition, Josh Quittner (Time Magazine), comments on this change in his personal blog. Quittner says that he believes the optimal viewing experience for photo-driven magazines, like SI, is in landscape mode. He also adds that by not editing in two formats (landscape and portrait) some...
| Read more »This new writing app has some unique features, such as a text focus mode and custom keyboard extensions for navigating text more quickly.
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Adopting Android is like Finnish boys, “who pee in their pants for warmth,” according to Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s outgoing head of its Mobile Solutions unit.  It might make you feel warm for a bit, but you’ll then find yourself in an even worse predicament.
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Burglars stole more than $24,000 in merchandise from an Apple store in Naperville, Ill., on Wednesday, and wireless carrier KT Corp. announced that it has sold more than a million iPhones in South Korea.
Future Media Concepts (http://www.FMCtraining.com), an Apple Gold Level training Center, is expanding its Mac IT Academy offerings with two workshops for creating, publishing and selling iPhone and iPad applications.
 
The workshops are taught in small class size to maximize student/instructor interaction and provide the most conducive learning environment, according to the folks at Future Media Concepts. The teaching methodology consists of a combination of instructor demonstration and hands-on supervised practice sessions. Contact Future Media Concepts for times and pricing.
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says that about a half a million iPad owners use the company's network to connect the Apple tablet computer to the Internet, reports "Reuters" (http://www.reuters.com/article/idCAN2116253420100921). And one analyst says that's a lower number than expected.
AT&T, is the only U.S. operator providing cellular connectivity for iPad. Pacific Crest analyst Steve Clement told "Reuters" that the half a million figure could indicate that many iPad purchasers aren't bothering to connect the device to the Internet using the AT&T network.
| Read more »Developer emirBytes announced Wednesday the release of iHueSplash, an iPhone app that allows users to adjust the hue of selected colors on images. Users can select either a color or an area, and adjust the hue, as seen in the figure below.
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest, baddest, and highest-energy particle accelerator anywhere on the planet. One question that comes to everyone's mind is...what would happen if you stuck your hand in front of the beam?
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When Apple announced Ping, the social network connected to iTunes, CEO Steve Jobs mentioned being able to easily add contacts via Facebook friends. A day after the launch, however, that option quickly disappeared. Turns out Apple may have worked with Facebook for...
| Read more »Microsoft is launching a new program that rewards people for using Bing.
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CNBC reports that iPad is the highest-scoring product the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has ever tracked.
| Read more »The new version Adobe Flash Player addresses recently uncovered critical vulnerability in the software that could result in a crash and allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
| Read more »Dropbox, which provides apps for mobile devices that let users share files and documents, today released its first app for BlackBerry phones as well as Android and iOS updates. The new Dropbox for BlackBerry app can be downloaded today and includes core features such as upload progress, file sync and more. It should cooperate with any other Dropbox-supporting platform and connect over both 3G and Wi-Fi....
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| Read more »The Apple supply manager charged with selling company secrets for more than a million dollars in kickbacks has proposed posting a bond of more than US$600,000 from foreign bank accounts to be released from jail, reports "AppleInsider" (http://www.appleinsider.com).
Paul Devine has offered $612,407 apparently held in foreign bank accounts for bail, the article adds. The Apple global supply manager, has been accused of trading confidential Apple information in return for more than $1 million in payments, bribes and kickbacks.
| Read more »Apple subsidiary Filemaker today announced substantial updates to its Filemaker Go and Filemaker Go for iPad applications in the App Store, adding a number of new features that had been highly requested by users.
Several of the...
| Read more »Celemony announced Wednesday the release of version 1.2 of Melodyne Editor, Melodyne Assistant, and Melodyne Essential, an update that brings full 64-bit compatibility to the pitch correction software. Melodyne is pitch correction software that can be used with Pro Tools, Apple‚Äôs Logic, and other Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) solutions.
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Most apps appear in the App Store with little fanfare. Information Architects' Writer arrived with a manifesto. In it, the group outlines the many decisions they made in their quest to design the perfect writing environment for the iPad.
The key to good writing, they say, is focus, and the guiding principle of Writer was to minimize distractions. That means no autocorrection, no scroll bars, and no cut and paste. Just you and the text. A Focus Mode even blurs out everything but the three lines you're currently working on, keeping your focus locked on the sentence you're writing.
Information Architects also took pains to make sure that the typography was just right. After consulting with various...
| Read more »Today's special guest on TUAW TV Live will be veteran podcaster Sam Levin, host of the AppMinute podcast (click to subscribe). Sam's well-known for short podcasts that are chock-full of plenty of information. When the two of us get together on the air this afternoon at 5 PM EDT, we'll have a lot to talk about.
Some probable topics on the show will be the recent clarification of Apple's app acceptance criteria, some of the apps that have been welcomed to the App Store as a result, and what this all means for developers and app purchasers. We'll also talk a bit about the Android platform and its impact in terms of competition to iOS.
Those topics and more will be discussed when we get together for TUAW TV Live. Be sure to drop by TUAW just before 5 PM EDT (2 PM PDT) to get the...
| Read more »Industry experts from companies such as Google, Cisco, VMware, NetApp and Intel will present on the impact Ethernet networks of the future will have on system and component design at a Technology Exploration Forum hosted by the Ethernet Alliance (http://www.ethernetalliance.com) on Oct. 5 in Santa Clara, California.
| Read more »By Andrew Eisner
Whether you're a Mac or a PC, an iPhone, Android, or a BlackBerry user, the gadgets you use say something about you. Based on Retrevo's 2010 Gadget Census, gadget owners exhibit different behavior and characteristics depending on which gadget camps they belong to. Here's a list of some of the more interesting conclusions we've drawn from looking at the gadgets people use in thousands of households across the country and around the world.
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| Read more »Noise Industries (http://www.noiseindustries.com) has announced that FxFactory development partner SUGARfx has released a new collection of video editing tools and plug-ins in the form of LensPack, "lens effects with a twist."
| Read more »For years, various companies have been trying to lure customers with a more compelling viewer experience than what‚Äôs available with cable and satellite DVRs. Content providers play favorites with Cable and Satellite to fight that and preserve ad revenue. TiVo and Roku are agressive and experienced. Microsoft has turned the Xbox into a living room entertainment center. Now, Google has jumped in with Google TV, and Apple has revamped the Apple TV. ¬†How will Apple fare in this environment?
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Apple supply manager Paul Shin Devine, accused of taking kickbacks from suppliers, has proposed a bond of $612,407 taken from foreign bank accounts in order secure a temporary release from jail. Pledged as collateral is the equity of Devine's home near San Francisco, and the home of his mother, located in Maryland. Defense lawyer Raphael Goldman claims that most conditions for release have been met....
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| Read more »A survey of U.S. iPhone owners found nearly half would be "very interested" in switching to Verizon Wireless from AT&T.
| Read more »Wahoo Fitness has debuted its new Fisica Sensor Key for the iPhone and iPod touch and Fisica Sensor Case for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4. Both sensors are Apple-certified devices that receive and interpret wireless ANT+ protocol data from compatible products including heart rate sensors,‚Ķ
| Read more »Research In Motion (RIM) is almost ready to unveil a new tablet device to compete with Apple‚Äôs iPad, along with a new operating system to drive the device. The Wall Street Journal reported that not only will RIM use an OS developed by QNX Software Systems for the tablet, the company plans on transitioning the entire BlackBerry smartphone to the same OS.
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Sonoma Wire Works is one of those companies that you know is going to release quality, innovative products every single time they put something out. The latest hardware and software releases for the iPhone are no exception. I’ve known the folks at Sonoma for years now and trust their work. I’ve used their RiffWorks Mac [...]
| Read more »Dear Aunt TUAW,
Dunno if you've seen this before! Is it a Verizon iPhone leaked screaanshot?
Hugs,
Francis
Dear Francis,
Auntie isn't sure if this falls under the basic rule of "Don't teach Auntie to suck eggs -- or change carrier names," but given Auntie's general familiarity with the subject matter, she's leaning towards "fake."
What do you other nieces and nephews think? Let Auntie know in the comments.
Love,
Auntie T.
TUAWDear Aunt TUAW: Is this a Verizon iPhone? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our...
| Read more »Dell's namesake chief Michael Dell confirmed [sub. required] the company's 7-inch Looking Glass tablet today at Oracle's conference. He didn't provide more details other than to say it would run Android like the Streak. Dell also didn't mention ship dates and other details....
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| Read more »Music software developer Ableton has released Amp, an effects plug-in designed to deliver realistic guitar amp and cabinet sounds to Ableton Live users.
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Netflix has officially launched its online streaming rental service and application for iOS devices in Canada, providing Canadian users with instant, on-demand access to a variety of movie and TV show content from the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Originally released for the iPad earlier this year, the Netflix…
| Read more »It's rare that we run a post that consists mostly of "hey, watch this video." That said... hey, watch this video:
Infinite
Many people argued that we didn't need a sequel to Bioshock, but Bioshock 2 was enjoyable and very much worth the return trip to Rapture. At the end of the game, however, I did feel strongly that the tale had been told. Having Irrational Games return to the series with a new setting but familiar aesthetics is wonderful, and things already feel fresh and exciting.
It's going to be a long wait until 2012.
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| Read more »Nuance has released Dragon Dictate 2, a major upgrade of the company's voice recognition utility. The app handles both text input and application commands. The core enhancement of Dictate 2 is integration of the Dragon 11 engine, which is said to improve on the accuracy and performance of MacSpeech Dictate 1.5. Nuance bought out MacSpeech earlier this year....
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| Read more »Jeffrey Fidacaro with Susquehanna Financial Group has claimed that Apple is prepared to begin assembling CDMA iPhones in December, and will produce 3 million units for a 2011 launch -- such phones would obviously be intended for a CDMA carrier like Verizon or Sprint.
Furthermore, as AI reports, Fidacaro expects Apple to crank out 11.6 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of FY 2010, which would be a new record for Apple, and a 39% increase from Q3 in FY 2010.
Such a production schedule would produce between 21 million and 22 million GSM and CDMA iPhones for the quarter. That seems like an awfully ambitious number, as manufacturers struggle to fill orders in...
| Read more »Home automation peripherals maker Savant introduced its unique touchscreen remote control this week. Dubbed Savant Touch Remote, it uses the latest iPod touch as the interface. It will use iOS 4.2 with a custom Savant app on top. This lets users control their multi-room A/V systems and still download apps, use FaceTime for calling and perform other typical iPod functions....
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| Read more »iPhone, iPad users and owners of Android-based smartphones can access virtualized Windows desktops using version 3.1 of Kaviza's VDI-in-a-box product.
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The Apple supply manager charged with selling company secrets for more than a million dollars in kickbacks will be able to bond out of prison once a $440,000 lien against his mother's home is posted with the court [updated].
Another day, another lawsuit. A New Jersey-based company named Multi-Format is suing Apple for patent violation. Apparently, the lawsuit concerns the sale and enabling of downloaded video content like movies and HDTV programming on iTunes to all of Apple's hardware including the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, reports "Patently Apple" (http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/09/apple-sued-for-the-s...).
| Read more »Mailplane, the native Mac app for Gmail and Google Apps email, has been updated to version 2.2, adding several new features and improving on others.
Leading the charge is support for the recently-released "Priority Inbox." You can now tell Mailplane to open either your regular inbox, Priority Inbox, or a custom label.
My favorite new feature is the ability to drag a Mailplane URL directly from the title bar. I use this with BusyCal's URL field if I need to connect an email with a meeting. It works for conversations or searches.
TrueNew support has also been added. I hadn't heard of TrueNew before, but it's pretty nifty if you're in the habit of leaving unread messages in your inbox. TrueNew shows you your total unread count plus what is truly new since the last time you took any action on your inbox so that you can see what...
| Read more »A group of individuals has filed a lawsuit against Ringleader Digital, claiming that the company is abusing HTML5's local storage feature, using it to store a tracking "cookie" that can't be deleted when you delete your browser's cookies.
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Roughly nine months after the device’s local release, South Korean iPhone carrier KT has announced that sales of the iPhone have passed the one million unit mark. Yonhap News Agency reports that KT saw activations reach 1.02 million as of Aug. 16, and expects sales to reach 1.2 million…
| Read more »NewBay Media says the Digital Video Expo (http://www.dvexpo.com) is opening its doors next week at the Pasadena Convention Center, where the conference will run from Tuesday, Sept. 28, through Thursday, Sept. 30, with two days of exhibits on Sept. 29 and 30.
According to David Williams, conference chair, Digital Video Expo, and editor, "DV Magazine," highlights of this year’s Digital Video Expo include:
° Apple Certification Training from Weynand Training International;
° Multiple educational tracks focusing on web & mobile video, DSLR filmmaking, 3D production, and editing;
| Read more »Paul Shin Devine, the Apple global supply manager accused of leaking company secrets for bribes, is hoping to convince the court to release him after posting a US$612,407 bond. Mr. Devine has been in jail for several weeks since his arrest, and his attorney claims he has met most of the judge‚Äôs terms for bail.
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Aqua Connect (http://www.aquaconnect.net) has announced support for over 60 features and options in their Mac terminal services solution. The Aqua Connect Terminal Server supports the latest Mac OS X features such as Core Animation and Core Image, along with greater compatibility with Apple’s Workgroup Manager.
| Read more »An upcoming Dropbox update for iPhone and iPad will bring a handful of new features, such as offline caching, HD video uploading, and multitasking under iOS 4. The company's new App Directory catalogs the growing number of apps that use its cloud file storage services.
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Last week we introduced you to the rubber-band machine gun of your slightly disturbed dreams. This week, we've got a 1.25 kilojoule coilgun.
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