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<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208420"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Ever since the <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/FaceTime/">FaceTime</a> announcement as an 'open platform,' the question's been hanging over us: when do we expect desktop support for the new videoconferencing approach? "Soon," is what French website <a href="http://www.mac4ever.com/news/57279/rumeurs_du_vendredi_ilife_et_facetime/">Mac4ever</a> is reporting today. They have a pretty good track record, so the prediction is worth noting.</p>
<p>The article says Apple will soon release a version of iChat that will allow Apple desktop and laptop owners to video chat to iOS devices with FaceTime. Further, the speculation is that Apple will do the same thing for Windows users wanting to talk to FaceTime users either on Macs or iPhones.</p>
<p>Apple has stated that it expects to see FaceTime protocols widely used. If the rumor is correct, that goal should be well on the way to being fulfilled. I can't wait.</p>
<p>[via...</p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/facetime-may-be-on-the-way-for-ichat-and-windows/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208468"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple said it would end the iPhone 4 bumper case program on September 30th as the problem was smaller than expected</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/DVLLGVFgE6o/apple_to_end_iphone_4_bumper_case_program" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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<span class="field-content">Photos of a young Steve Jobs | Edible Apple</span>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208503"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Pictured below is a young Steve Jobs at age 14, standing front row and center.¬† The photo was taken in 1969 and is of the Electronics Club at Homestead High</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/83Fi3P2YMsQ/photos_of_a_young_steve_jobs_edible_apple" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208440"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>A new version of Nook for Android has been released in the Android Market, adding additional options for customizing the reading interface. In version 2.2, several options have been added to improve the overall experience, including additional line spacing options, the ability to turn text justification on and off, and an improved settings screen. An option for hiding the status bar while reading has also been added. Additionally, the update incorporates QuickActions, which makes use of pop-up menus to provide access to commonly used options, such as Details, LendMe,...<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208441"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>An image of an upcoming Pentax K-5 digital SLR camera has been leaked courtesy of LensTip. At the same time, alleged specs of the camera have been revealed over on PentaxForums. The key rumored specs include a 16.2-megapixel Sony Exmor CMOS sensor, weather-sealed magnesium body and the abiltity to shoot 1080p HD video at 25p or 30p....<br clear="both" /><br />
<p>There are certainly advantages to having your morning newspaper in <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/iPad/">iPad</a> format: dynamic media, rapid updating, search and more... but not every aspect of the new digital age is an improvement over the old ink-on-dead-trees approach to the news.</p>
<p>We wouldn't want to spoil the fun of <a href="http://www.nynewsday.com">Newsday's</a> ad for its new iPad app, so we'll simply give you the video with <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/NoComment/">No Comment</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW</a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/no-comment-newsdays-ipad-tv-ad-is-awfully-buggy/">No Comment: Newsday's iPad TV ad is awfully buggy</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">The...</a></p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/no-comment-newsdays-ipad-tv-ad-is-awfully-buggy/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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<span class="field-content">Enter the RF3 Envi Earphone Giveaway today</span>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208444"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Don‚Äôt forget to get your entry in for our <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/rf3-envi-earphone-giveaway/">RF3 Envi Earphone Giveaway</a>. In our Giveaway of the Month for September, iLounge and Mobile Line Communications are giving away fifty RF3 ENVi 3.5mm Natural Wood Stereo Earhook Headsets. To enter, simply fill out and submit the form on the‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/enter-the-rf3-envi-earphone-giveaway-today/20623" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208403"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>eldavojohn writes "Bloomberg Businessweek has an article of interest resulting from a three-hour interview with Foxconn founder Terry Gou (single page), whose company manufactures 137,000 iPhones a day. The article profiles Gou's rise to Foxconn but also offers some interesting tidbits you might not know. On why he is not opening factories in the United States, Gou frankly states, 'If I can automate in the US and ship to China, cost-wise it can still be competitive. But I worry America has too many lawyers. I don't want to spend time having people sue me every day.' If you're interested in how a modern day Henry Ford thinks, you can read the rest about the man steering the ship of the world's largest producer of electronics components and China's largest exporter. This unprecedented transparency was part of an agreement Gou made with his customers during his delayed response to an increasing number of Foxconn suicides."
</p><p>...</p> | <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~3/1TwRgkLNra0/Foxconns-Founder-Opens-Up-About-Making-iPhones" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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<span class="field-content">Addictive arcade puzzle game Shibuya released for iOS</span>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208408"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Reminder: Apple's free iPhone 4 case program ends on September 30. The company says customers who experience antenna issues after that should contact AppleCare.</p>
<p><strong>Read More:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/case-program/">Apple case program</a>, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/07/steve-jobs-free-iphone-4-bumpers-for-one-and-all.ars">Ars coverage</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/09/reminder-apples-free-iphone-4.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&comments=1#comments-bar">Read the comments on this post</a></p>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208535"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Long Island'¬Ä¬ôs Newsday has a spiffy new iPad app, but ... (30-second video)</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/b1IQu-VTJKU/newspaper_demonstrates_limitation_of_ipad" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208398"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>On Thursday, famed game developer Sega unveiled its plans for the rest of 2010, including the return of a certain speedy blue hedgehog and the company’s plans for Apple’s iOS Game Center service.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208399"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>DataViz, recently purchased by BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, has released Documents To Go Premium 4.0, a major update to its suite of mobile apps for viewing and editing Microsoft Office documents.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208406"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>iPhone owners tend to have the most apps installed in terms of the smartphone market, says Nielsen. The research group recently surveyed about 4,000 people, and found that iPhone users have an average of 40 apps installed. The number compares against 25 for Android users, and just 14 for BlackBerry owners. All of the figures are up since December however, indicating a growing general interest in apps....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208449"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>In this week’s collection of technical news debris, John looks at insights about and comparisons to the Apple TV, sizing up the iPad after five months, Google and Microsoft what ifs, a Dell Streak fiasco and a great roundup of iPad clocks.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208416"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple's iPad is unlikely to endure the company's traditional 12-month product cycle for iOS device refreshes before seeing its first major enhancements, AppleInsider has been told.<br clear="both" /><br />
A clone of the <a href="http://www.blueorangegames.com/awards.php">award-winning</a> game <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2266/gobblet">Gobblet</a> (which was given the Neighbourhood Toy Stores of Canada Gold Star Award --don't tell me you haven't heard of that prize), Shawn Grimes' StackEm is a colorful, simple twist on <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2719/connect-four">Connect Four</a> that is well worth looking into as a two-person endeavor on your iDevice. The app as it is today (version 1.8) doesn't offer much to the single player -- the AI makes ridiculously stupid plays -- but for just <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stackem/id378320080?mt=8">$0.99 on the App Store</a>, you can get a very good abstract strategy game for two that you can play in just a few minutes anywhere on your iPad or iPhone. </p>
<p>Read on to see if StackEm might be something...</p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/app-review-abstract-strategy-game-stackem-plunks-down-some-fun/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208453"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple has released several new printer drivers for Mac OS X.</p> | <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20016123-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208400"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple updated the page on its iPhone 4 Case Program to say that the free case offer will only extend through the end of the month.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208450"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>There are some e-magazines that are worth you time and cost you nothing, and this installment of Free on iTunes, Vern Seward points you to three: National Geographic, NASA, and the newly upgraded Discover.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208407"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>QNAP Systems has refreshed its business-grade NAS servers with the new two-bay TS-259 Pro+, four-bay TS-459 Pro+, five-bay TS-559 Pro+, and six-bay TS-659 Pro+. All use Intel's 1.8GHz Atom D525 processors paired with 1GB of RAM. Each is also VMware- and Citrix-ready, along with being compliant with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V clusters and most common operating systems....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208536"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>If you're looking for the latest version of Android, these top smartphones deliver.</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/t6d2qagzdn0/android_froyo_smartphones" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208423"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>For the iPhone 3G, the biggest new feature for many users under iOS 4.1 is the <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/05/ios-4-1-release-may-finally-resolve-your-iphone-3g-woes/">phone now actually </a><em><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/05/ios-4-1-release-may-finally-resolve-your-iphone-3g-woes/">works</a></em>. Making the iPhone 3G usable under iOS 4 came with some trade-offs before the new OS was even released -- app multitasking and wallpapers didn't make the cut on the older iPhone -- but it looks like a couple more features have been pruned from the iPhone 3G after iOS 4.1.</p>
<p>One missing feature we noticed right away: Spotlight no longer searches through MMS messages on the iPhone 3G after the iOS 4.1 update. Given that disabling Spotlight searching was the most common suggested remedy for poor iPhone 3G performance on earlier builds of iOS 4, this omission is somewhat understandable.</p>
<p>More puzzling, however, is another omission the folks at geek.com noticed:...</p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/over-the-air-notes-syncing-option-disappears-from-iphone-3g-in-i/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208383"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Claiming that iPhone 4 antenna problems are proving "even smaller than we originally thought," Apple says it is officially discontinuing the free case program as introduced in July. "A small percentage of iPhone 4 users need a case, and we want to continue providing them a Bumper case for free," the company writes. "For everyone else, we are discontinuing the free case program on all iPhone 4s sold after September 30, 2010."...<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208409"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Following Apple's announcement that it's letting up on its iOS developer restrictions, Adobe is resuming work on its own tool to create iOS apps. </p>
<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/09/following-apples-announcement-that-its.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&comments=1#comments-bar">Read the comments on this post</a></p>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208361"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Rockstar Games announced on its Website that a native OS X release of the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy, which includes Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, will likely be released later this year.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208384"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>MacConnection.com currently has the current-generation, 13.3-inch white unibody MacBook on sale for $954.99, a mail-in rebate offer for $105 drops the price down to only $849.99, which is about $100 less than the lowest price offered on this MacBook anywhere else. FREE shipping is included. This MacBook features a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card, multi-touch glass trackpad, Bluetooth and more....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208385"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Today Apple's online store has a variety of refurbished iMac models at reduced prices. The refurb. 27-inch iMac with a 2.66Ghz Quad-Core intel Core i5 processor, has seen a 23% price break, dropping the cost by $470 from $1999 to $1529. This iMac also has 4GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive, ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card, built-in iSight camera, SD card slot, AirPort Extreme WiFi, Bluetooth, buitl-in stereo speakers, and it includes an Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208386"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>One Dedicated MacNNer, Googer-Giger, is researching Mac Pros and wants some advice on dual video card performance, add your opinion here. A fresh debate about filing down the "sharp" edges of a MacBook Pro can be found in the thread titled "Filing a MBP, thoughts?"...<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208387"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Talk of Apple snapping up Qualcomm chipsets for future iPhones gained momentum on Friday with a claim in Taiwan's Commercial Times that Apple has ordered large amounts of Qualcomm chips. Besides accommodating a CDMA iPhone many expect would ship early next year, the order might also be used for the next-generation model. Apple is already believed to have started work on the next-generation model and should still use Foxconn (Hon Hai) as the manufacturer....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208424"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9184638/Amazon_leaks_Oct._26_launch_of_Mac_Office_2011">Computerworld points to an October 26 ship date for Microsoft Office 2011</a>, based on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office-2011-Home-Student/dp/B003WSNPNQ">Amazon's page</a> updates indicating the 10/26 availability -- the products have since been switched back to "sign up to be notified" pre-release mode.</p>
<p>Gregg Keizler's piece also reiterates the discount options for buying Office 2008 and saving on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/Office2011/">Office 2011</a>; by purchasing the 2008 versions now, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/Office2008/office-2011-upgrade.mspx#eligibility">buyers can get $25 or $50 off</a> versus the purchase price of the next version.</p>
<p>We expect to hear more about Office 2011 features and fancy bits over the next few weeks.</p>
<p>[9to5mac rang us up to say they actually...</p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/in-brief-amazon-tips-hand-on-microsoft-office-release-date/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208446"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple has posted a notice on its <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/case-program/">iPhone 4 Case Program page</a> confirming that the program will end on September 30, while leaving the door open for free Bumper giveaways to customers most affected/upset by their iPhone 4‚Äôs antenna problems. ‚ÄúWe now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-confirms-sept.-30-end-for-iphone-4-case-program/20617" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208390"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>As expected, Apple has reevaluated their <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5594596/apple-iphone-4-case-program-starts-right-now">iPhone case initiative</a>: "We are discontinuing the free case program on all iPhone 4s sold after September 30, 2010." But they'll still give you one if you complain.</p>
<p>The text on the <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/case-program/">iPhone 4 Case Program</a> page reads:</p>
<p>We now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than we originally thought. A small percentage of iPhone 4 users need a case, and we want to continue providing them a Bumper case for free. For everyone else, we are discontinuing the free case program on all iPhone 4s sold after September 30, 2010. We are also returning to our normal returns policy for all iPhone 4s sold after September 30. Users experiencing antenna issues should call AppleCare to request a free Bumper case.</p>
<p>Of course, if they thought...</p> | <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5635077/apples-ending-the-free-iphone-4-case-program-september-30" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208401"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Market research firm Gartner says Android will edge out Research In Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's iOS for all of 2010 to become the second best-selling mobile operating system globally behind Nokia's Symbian.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208471"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Wondering what to download for your smartphone? Trying to find high-quality apps among the many thousands available can be a challenge, no matter what phone you own. Start with this collection of the best productivity tools, utilities, reference apps, media helpers, timesavers, and games.</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/3OJ-GZwVwr4/the_101_best_mobile_apps" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208371"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>iAnnotate from Aji, LLC is an iPad app that downloads, reads and annotates PDF files. It works well as a PDF reader and storage app, but its strength is the ability to mark up a page with a colored pen, yellow highlighter, underlines and text notes.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208447"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>In its effort to improve the performance iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod touch‚Äîthe oldest and not coincidentally slowest devices supported by the new OS‚ÄîApple has removed the ability to sync Notes over-the-air for those devices in iOS 4.1. Geek.com <a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/has-ios-4-1-deleted-the-notes-on-your-iphone-heres-how-to-save-them-2010098/">points</a> to an <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4191" />Apple Support‚Ķ</a></p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ota-notes-sync-missing-on-iphone-3g-ipod-touch-2g-under-ios-4.1/20616" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208372"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>The Deal Brothers found a two-in-one LED lamp and fan you can plug into your USB port for $7.66. <br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208368"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Customers who buy an iPhone 4 after Sept. 30 will not be able to request a free case through Apple's "Case Program," but they will be able to contact AppleCare to request a free Bumper.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208405"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>When Steve Jobs announced during a press conference in July that all iPhone 4 users would receive a free case, he set a deadline of September 30 to reevaluate the program. Apple has, and they will discontinue it. ‚ÄúWe now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than we originally thought,‚Äù [...]</p> | <a href="http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/09/10/apple-to-discontinue-free-iphone-bumper-case-program-on-sept-30/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208413"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>It's the year 1936. The first freely programmable computer ‚Äî the Z1 ‚Äî is being produced. With the ability to run programs from punched tape, the idea of</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/PioqzUgeE1U/desktop_applications_are_on_life_support" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208467"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Foxconn's production rate is one of many revelations in a new profile of its chairman...</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/WZA25yeNh6A/this_man_makes_137_000_iphones_a_day" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<p>(Editor's note: Long-time readers know we sometimes publish posts aimed at programmers, and this is one of those. If you're not a software developer, don't worry. Our usual non-technical stuff will return.)</p>
<p>It’s rare today for any software to live in isolation. And often, applications want to connect to data in your Google Account. Social networks seek access to your Gmail contacts, finance programs try to sync with your Google Finance portfolio, and photo editing software would like to add eyeglasses and mustaches to the photos in your Picasa Web Albums account. But you probably don’t want your photo editing program to be able to download your financial portfolio, spend money with your Google Checkout account, or have access to any of your other personal data.</p>
<p>The fundamental problem is that giving your username and password to a program hands it access to all of your data. Recently, Internet software developers have...</p> | <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleMacBlog/~3/GrCLT92UiNs/oauth-sign-in-controllers-for-ios-and.html" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208469"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Checking in, location reporting, geo-status updating - call it what you like, but sharing your location with the world has become one of the most popular movements to hit social networking in recent times. Facebook is the latest application to join the party, allowing users to include their location with their status updates. "Places," as it is called, is nothing new (services like Foursquare have been allowing users to advertise where they are for quite some time now), but it does raise some interesting privacy concerns. Since users share everything about their identity and personal lives with Facebook, just how far could Places plunge us into an Orwellian dystopia where "Big Mark is always watching?"</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/6DvzhpfkIVQ/why_facebook_geo_targetting_could_mean_the_end_of_the_world" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208388"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>LaCie has taken the wraps from its new line of small form factor USB 3.0 hard drive, which it claims are the worldís smallest ever. The portable Rikiki and desktop-sized Minimus drives deliver a theoretical high-speed 5Gbs/s perfomance over USB 3.0, in a brushed aluminum casing that takes up less space. Both also have 10GB of online storage space through Wuala....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208425"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>After a saga that's lasted <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/27/gv-mobile-and-voice-central-pulled-from-app-store/">more than a year</a>, it looks like Google Voice-enabled app <a href="http://twitter.com/seankovacs/status/24053531222">GV Mobile may finally be approved for the App Store</a>. Following recent announcements that gave developers far more transparency into the actual <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/09/apples-app-store-review-guidelines-some-juicy-bits/">rules of Apple's App Store approval process</a>, Google Voice developer Sean Kovacs mused on Twitter, "Since GV Mobile complies with all 110+ guidelines newly posted by Apple, it should get approved."</p>
<p>Kovacs tweeted a followup soon afterward: "Good news: I did get confirmation back from Apple that it will most likely get back in once I resubmit."</p>
<p>Following GV Mobile's rejection from the App Store, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/25/is-google-voice-available-for-the-iphone/">Kovacs posted the...</a></p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/google-voice-may-finally-be-approved-for-the-app-store/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208347"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>According to reports in an <a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12243522">Apple Discussions thread</a> and in a <a href="http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii-2010-prius-audio-electronics/84468-ios-4-1-sound-quality-issue-using-usb-adapter.html">separate but similar thread</a> on the PriusChat forums, a number of iPhone and iPod touch users are suffering from in-car USB audio playback issues after the installation of iOS 4.1. Affected users report hearing ‚Äúscratching‚Äù or ‚Äúcrackling‚Äù‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ios-4.1-causing-in-car-usb-playback-problems/20615" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208402"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Both MacUpdate and Bundleecious are offering bundles of Mac software, with steep discounts.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208348"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Readdle has released an update to ReaddleDocs, its PDF viewer and file manager for the iPad. ReaddleDocs 1.6 adds a number of new features and improvements including a completely rewritten PDF reader with smooth horizontal scrolling, iPad VGA adapter support for displaying documents on external monitors and FTP/SFTP file transfer‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/readdledocs-for-ipad-adds-pdf-file-transfer-enhancements/20614" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208336"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>The BlackBerry may be handed one of its more significant losses as insiders said today that JPMorgan and UBS are working to allow Android and iPhone hardware for their workers. JPMorgan is purportedly testing "a few hundred" devices of both varieties to make sure they work well with its Exchange system, Bloomberg said. Under the proposed final plan, staff would have to pay for the phones themselves, unlike the BlackBerry, but could use it for both personal and company work....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208349"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>DataViz has released a new update to its Documents To Go Premium Office Suite for iOS devices. Documents to Go is a universal app that allows iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files on their devices. iPad and iOS 4 users‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/documents-to-go-4.0-adds-new-ui-full-keyboard-support/20613" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208507"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>It seems more than a little odd to us that Apple hasn't bothered to make FaceTime compatible with its own longstanding desktop video chat service, iChat, but we've at least supposed that it's an inevitability with whatever upcoming Mac OS X update or software bundle that Apple deems appropriate. Now Mac4Ever, who was spot on with a pile of rumors last year, but hasn't succeeded with its recent prediction of an iLife '11 launch in August, is saying that Apple is prepping FaceTime both for Mac and PC. We don't know if that means building a whole copy of iChat for Windows, or just making FaceTime compatible with some existing PC video chat service, but it would certainly improve the odds of us ever finding a legitimate use for FaceTime.FaceTime headed for Mac OS X and Windows next? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.PermalinkMac Rumors | Mac4Ever |Email this|Comments</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/l4IzOkRciOI/facetime_headed_for_mac_os_x_and_windows_next_3" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208337"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple's policy reversal on third-party development tools for iOS may yet draw close checks from the Federal Trade Commission, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The FTC has until now been investigating whether or not an earlier decision -- to block third-party tools -- was unfair, particularly against Adobe and developers cross-compiling from Flash. The technology makes it easier to deploy apps for multiple platforms at the same time, including chief iOS rival Android....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208369"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>An official with new Canadian wireless carrier Videotron claimed this week that Apple will manufacture an iPhone capable of 3G speeds on his company's network, as well as T-Mobile in the U.S.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208352"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Having trouble reading Web pages? Nancy Gravley shows you how to make Safari help out your eyes. She also has some tips on how to deal with Mac and application crashes, along with a reminder why DigitalColor Meter is a handy app to keep around.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208426"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>It's not rare for Apple fanboys and girls to have more than one Apple device. Since the <a href="http://tuaw.com/tag/ipad">iPad</a> appeared on the scene in April, there's good chance that you'll find an iPad and either an <a href="http://tuaw.com/tag/iphone">iPhone</a> or an <a href="http://tuaw.com/tag/ipod">iPod</a> in the well-equipped Apple home. So how do you keep all of those devices charged without turning your counter space into a nest of cabling?</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.xtrememac.com/en/">XtremeMac</a> has come to the rescue with the new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.xtrememac.com/Products/InCharge-Series-for-iPad/InCharge-Duo-for-iPad/">InCharge Duo for iPad</a> (US$59.99), a dual dock that not only provides the necessary 2.1 amps to charge the iPad, but can charge an iPhone or iPod with Dock Connector at the same time. Since your iPad has such good battery life, you can also use the InCharge Duo to charge up any combination of other iDevices...</p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/tuaw-review-and-giveaway-xtrememac-incharge-duo-for-ipad/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<p>Android is on its way to taking the silver medal in mobile market share worldwide, and gold in North America—as long as the platform maintains its currently strong growth numbers. According to market research firm Gartner, the mobile world will be dominated by Symbian and Android devices by 2014, with RIM's BlackBerry and Apple's iOS projected to come in third and fourth place, respectively. </p>
<p>Symbian will maintain its market dominance thanks to Nokia's sheer sales volume, while Android will outpace the rest of the competition because of the impending launch of "many new budget Android devices" by the end of 2010 that will help the OS get into the mass market. "Other players, such as Sony Ericsson, LG and Motorola, will follow a similar strategy. This trend should help Android become...</p> | <a href="http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/5MA_uaDrVJ0/android-to-challenge-symbian-for-1-market-share-spot-by-2014.ars" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208364"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>We had heard in mobile app research a forecast that there would be 25 billion downloads by 2015, and along the same vein, Nielsen has released the results of a survey of some 4,000 mobile users about their application downloading habits.</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/ldrDqMgUebs/iphone_users_download_average_of_40_apps_android_25_blackberry_14" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208320"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>A company that offers insurance for the iPhone (and other consumer electronics) shares some of the strangest damage claims filed for Apple's smartphone.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208338"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>LG has debuted four new LED backlit IPS-based desktop monitors. The IPS206T, IPS226V and the IPS236V are aimed home audiences, while the the IPS2321P is for the pro market. All of them promise color accuracy even as they get thinner: the use of the more efficient lighting has simultaneously reduced the depth to just 0.76 inches while lower power consumption by 27 percent....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208350"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>The latest edition of iLounge Weekly, our weekly newsletter covering all things iLounge, is coming later today. iLounge Weekly is a summary of the week‚Äôs best news, reviews, and feature articles we‚Äôve published, and it also features giveaways and iPod accessory discount offers from various companies. There‚Äôs still plenty of‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/latest-ilounge-weekly-coming-later-today1/20612" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208339"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Intel's Developer Forum should be the first chance at seeing working examples of both Intel- and AMD-made processors with fully built-in graphics. The host of the event is expected to show Sandy Bridge just ahead of its ship date. While it still has yet to confirm most of the details, the desktop chips will range between 2.5GHz dual and 3.4GHz quad models with graphics fast enough to beat entry dedicated video for the first time in an Intel chip....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208315"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>It should have been there when it was first introduced: FaceTime videoconferencing between iPhone/iPod touch and desktop computers. The latest rumor is that it is coming. For Macs, Apple could incorporate FaceTime support in iChat. The article doesn't mention how they are planning to do it on Windows.</p>
<p>This rumor, however, comes from the French site that <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5596596/whats-ilife11-mysterious-new-application">claimed iLife'11 was coming on August 7</a>, with a new mystery application. Neither the mystery application nor the iLife'11 suite materialized at that date.</p>
<p>However, FaceTime on desktop and laptop computers is only logical. It will happen for sure. The real question of when. That's what we want to know.</p> | <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5634931/when-is-apple-adding-facetime-support-to-computers" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208404"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>cgriffin21 writes "Apple is being praised for loosening of some of the restrictions in its Application Developer Program license agreement that open the door for app developers to work in Flash for the Apple iPhone, iPad and other devices. And no one is happier about the change than Flash-maker Adobe itself. They wrote, 'This is great news for developers and we're hearing from our developer community that Packager apps are already being approved for the App Store. We do want to point out that Apple's restriction on Flash content running in the browser on iOS devices remains in place.'"<br />
Apple also received praise from Google over their reversal, which may have been prompted by an FTC probe. Reader Stoubalou adds that Apple shed more light on the app review process by publishing a list of guidelines (PDF) the violation of which may get an app rejected from the App Store.
</p><p>...</p> | <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~3/Uw4Lw7g9VdE/Apples-Developer-Tools-Turnaround-Great-News-For-Adobe" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<p>The sixth-generation iPod nano's design marks the largest divergence from the nano line since the device was introduced in 2005. The new device is also the first iPod nano to have a touchscreen interface, and the last iPod with a screen to <em>get</em> a touchscreen interface (not counting the languishing iPod classic, as that would just turn it into an iPod touch). As of now, the nano no longer has the telltale circular click wheel that helped to make the iPod so iconic. </p>
<p>However, the new iPod nano differs from its touchscreen iDevice brethren in that it doesn't run iOS, or at least not a version of iOS that any of us are familiar with so far. In reality, the sixth-generation nano is kind of a mutant‚Äîa cross between the old iPod and the new, where you can move things around with your finger but can still only play...</p> | <a href="http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/hgRBCSzawbk/6th-generation-ipod-nano.ars" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208427"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>With the news that <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/09/apple-loosens-reigns-allows-3rd-party-ios-dev-tools-with-caveat/">Apple has eased restrictions on third-party development tools</a>, a very excited-sounding <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2010/09/great-news-for-developers.html">Adobe has announced it will resume working on its Flash-to-iPhone compiler</a>, Packager for iPhone.</p>
<p>Soon after the news leaked in April that <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/08/iphone-os-4-0-dev-agreement-blocks-using-flash-or-unity-as-ides/">Apple was restricting third-party tools</a>, a <a href="http://blog.theflashblog.com/?p=1888">very publicly angry Adobe</a> announced that its fledgling Packager app, part of Flash Professional CS5, wouldn't be receiving future support after Apple's restrictions effectively rendered the program useless.</p>
<p>Times have certainly changed now. "We're hearing from our developer community that Packager apps are already being approved for...</p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/adobe-resumes-efforts-on-packager-for-iphone/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208351"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Gumdrop Cases has unveiled its new <a href="http://www.gumdropcases.com/motoskin-rubber-ipod-touch-4g-case.html">Moto Rubber</a> and <a href="http://www.gumdropcases.com/skaternation-plastic-ipod-touch-4g-case.html">Skater Nation Plastic</a> cases for the fourth-generation iPod touch. The Moto Rubber is a form-fitting TPU case featuring a motocross tread design and open access to all ports, controls, and cameras. It is available for pre-order in three colors‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/gumdrop-unveils-moto-skater-cases-for-ipod-touch-4g/20611" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208306"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple has issued seven printer and scanner driver updates for brands that cater mostly to business and the enterprise.<br clear="both" /><br />
<p>We know that the iPad is (mostly) great for video playback, as long as you can be bothered to convert it to the right format or buy your movies and TV shows from Apple. But what if there were a way to play not just H.264 MP4 files with AAC audio (yes, the Apple spec is pretty specific), but to play any file? Thanks to VLC for the iPad, there is.</p>
<p>VLC is a port of the popular and excellent desktop application. The open-source project is famous for playing video files that will kill lesser applications, and it is set to make its iPad debut early next week. Romain Goyet, the CTO of the developer behind the app—<a href="http://applidium.com/applications/vlc">Applidium</a>—was kind enough to send the final version to me for testing.</p>
<p>...</p> | <a href="http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/T77JSHwDMyw/hands-on-with-vlc-movie-player-for-ipad.ars" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208340"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Several of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto games are making their way to new Apple platforms. Just out is the iPad version of Chinatown Wars, which was previously limited to the iPhone, iPod touch and Nintendo DS. On the iPad the game is still $10, but with sharper resolution, more detailed 3D and new visual effects. The Mac should meanwhile be getting three older GTA games later this year; these include GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208341"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>In spite of attempts to use it, Android 2.2 isn't a good fit for tablets, Google said late Thursday. Samsung's Galaxy Tab may use the current OS, but it's "not optimised for use on tablets," mobile product director Hugo Barra told TechRadar. It wasn't designed for the larger screen size, and many apps in the Android Market may break without knowing how to cope with the extra size, the manager said....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208353"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple may be planning on turning to Qualcomm for the next generation iPhone’s baseband chips instead continuing to rely on Infineon. This rumor comes courtesy of China Times, and if true, could be an indicator that Apple really is working on building a CDMA-compatible iPhone model.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208301"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Rockstar Games announced late Thursday plans to produce its ‚ÄúGrand Theft Trilogy‚Äù for the Mac. Details are sketchy, though they indicated the games would be released ‚Äúmost likely later this year.‚Äù The trilogy will include three controversial Mature-rated games that have never been released for the Mac before ‚Äì Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft [...]</p> | <a href="http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/09/10/grand-theft-auto-trilogy-is-mac-bound/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208307"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>TomTom is offering a free adapter for its Car Kit, to accommodate users who have updated to the latest Apple iPhone 4.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208332"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple is projected to sell 130 million iOS-based mobile devices per year by 2014, but both Google Android and Nokia Symbian are expected to each double that amount, according to Gartner.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208312"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Without much fanfare, Apple this week updated its iPhone Configuration Utility when it released iOS 4.1.</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/WEZmMDLmcww/a_look_at_apple_s_updated_iphone_configuration_utility" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208430"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Sure, it's easy to view EPUB-formatted ebooks in iBooks on an iOS device, but what if you want to look at one quickly on your Mac? iTunes won't help, and Adam's new favorite tool for this is a Firefox add-on called EPUBReader.
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<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208428"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>One of the more surprising app omissions from the <a href="http://tuaw.com/tag/ipad">iPad</a> was the iPhone's Clock app. It's an extremely useful iPhone app, featuring a world clock, alarm, timer, and stopwatch. Why Apple didn't choose to add this app to the iPad is a mystery for the ages, but at least it's opened up the market for some incredible clock apps for the platform. Let's take a look at some of the better clock apps on the App Store:</p>
<p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/night-stand-hd-lite-the-best/id387703285?mt=8" target="_blank">Night Stand HD</a> (US$4.99, also available in free Lite version) -- This good looking universal app not only gives you a choice of clocks, but you also have a world clock, multiple alarms, and a stopwatch. You can also see limited weather information right on the clock face. Unfortunately, the current lack of background capabilities on the iPad means you'll have to keep this app running in order for those alarms to ring on time, but...</p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/a-roundup-of-clock-apps-for-the-ipad/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208394"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>In the wake of Apple's decision to relax restrictions on the tools its developers can use, Adobe announced Friday that it would resume development on Flash for the iPhone.</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/GdHxevWQ4I8/adobe_resumes_work_on_iphone_flash_tool_after_apple_reversal" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208292"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple’s FaceTime video chat feature is available on the iPhone 4 and fourth generation iPod touch, and the rumor mill claims it’s coming soon to Mac OS X and Windows, too.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208308"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>The changes and clarifications Apple made to its App Store policies this week have elicited mostly positive reactions. Adobe and Google, both affected by restrictions Apple put in place earlier this year, have voiced enthusiasm on their respective blogs.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208288"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple's primary manufacturing partner, Foxconn, is now churning out a tremendous number of iPhone 4s per day, according to the latter company's chairman. Terry Gou notes that the company is producing about 137,000 iPhone 4s per day at its Longhua campus plant in Shenzhen, China. The rate translates into 1.5 per second, 90 a minute and over 50 million a year....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208293"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple relaxed its restrictions on what tools developers can use to code iOS apps this week, and today TMO readers are discussing what they think the reasoning behind the changes might be.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208285"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/09/screen_shot_2010-09-10_at_9.50.31_am.png"></a>Apparently Apple is just one hypno-machine away from total world domination. At least, that's my first impression of their patented <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged #itunesspiral" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/itunesspiral/">iTunes Spiral</a> makeover. It is, as they say, trippy.</p>
<p>I'll say this for the iTunes Spiral; it could save some time. Right now your choices for viewing your library are scads of text or Cover Flow. Both perfectly functional, neither particularly exciting. What Spiral would do is break your music down into three levels of granularity. So if you're looking down a Genre vortex, you could navigate deeper into the Album abyss.<br /><br />
According to...</p> | <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5634816/apples-itunes-spiral-interface-would-put-your-music-in-hypnovision" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208291"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Griffin Technology has teamed with ScrollMotion, makers of the Iceberg Reader, to develop the <a href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/coop/iceberg_kids">Woogie for iPhone and iPod touch</a>. The Woogie is a six-limbed plush toy with an integrated case for the iPhone or iPod touch and two built-in speakers powered by AAA batteries that connect via the‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/griffin-scrollmotion-team-on-woogie-for-iphone-ipod-touch/20609" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208289"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Both Android and iOS will have overtaken the BlackBerry for market share within the next year, Gartner predicted on Friday. It saw Google overtaking RIM's BlackBerry this year for the second-place spot, but by 2011 expected both Android and the iPhone to have outrun the BlackBerry in 2011. Android will have extended its lead over iOS by shipping almost 92 million phones next year, or 22.2 percent share, where Apple will have moved under 71 million (17.1 percent); RIM would ship just 62 million (down to 15 percent)....<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208290"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Google Voice developer Sean Kovacs tweeted saying that Apple told him his app might finally get into the App Store once he re-submits. </p>
<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/09/google-voice-developer-sean-kovacs.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&comments=1#comments-bar">Read the comments on this post</a></p>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208309"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Iambic has released Agendus for iPad, which provides the same calendaring and time management functionality as the Agendus iPhone app, but with new views and layouts tailored specifically for the iPad's larger display.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208491"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>We already know that Facebook is the webs biggest time sink. If you look at the average amount of time (according to Nielsen) users spend on the social network, Facebook is a clear winner over sites such as Google or Yahoo.Now, according to comScore, Facebook is also first when it comes to the total amount of time users are spending on the site. In August, U.S. web users spent 41.1 million minutes on Facebook, which was about 9.9% of their entire web-surfing time in that month. In this same period, people spent 39.8 million minutes on all of Googles sites, and those include another huge online timesink YouTube.comScore puts Yahoo in third place, with U.S. web users spending 37.7 million minutes on its sites, which was about 9.1% of their web surfing time in August.The numbers are even more impressive when you consider that Facebook had just overtaken Yahoo in July, and in August last year U.S. web surfers had spent less than 5% of their online time on the social networking service...</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/oEnTPFW3Pvk/web_users_now_spend_more_time_on_facebook_than_google" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208273"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>While we all know the story of <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/psystar/">Psystar</a>, the company that crashed and burned by loudly selling non-Apple Macintosh computers with OS X installed, a much quieter and more polite company named <a href="http://quocomputer.com/">Quo Computer</a> seems to be doing just fine. Their mission is to get computers that can run the Macintosh OS into as many hands as possible, and they go about it in a much more reasonable way. </p>
<p>Although their PR waxes eloquently about the virtues of using a Mac, Quo creates computers that can run any operating system, be it Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, or any combination of the three. In June of last year, they opened up a store located at 2401 West Main Street, Alhambra, California as a small mom and pop operation in a section of town that is going through revitalization. At the store, they offer classes including one on how to switch from a PC to a Mac. Their site speaks of getting free computers to low-...</p> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/10/psystar-is-dead-long-live-quo-computer/" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208281"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>KainosAgora has released an update to TweetAgora, its advanced filtering app designed to provide users with more valuable content from their Twitter feeds. TweetAgora 2.0 introduces integration with <a href="http://thecadmus.com/">Cadmus</a>, a real-time service that analyses and prioritizes content in users‚Äô Twitter streams. The Cadmus integration in TweetAgora allows users to‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/tweetagora-2.0-update-brings-cadmus-integration/20608" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208294"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>KT launched the iPhone 4 in South Korea on Friday with over 300,000 pre-orders, but only 10,000 units available. Customers waited in long lines in the rain hoping to be among the first in the country to get their hands on Apple’s latest combination iPod and smartphone, according to the Korea Times.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208365"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Is this the world's ultimate gaming PC? You could probably argue either way, but we're pretty sure it's the world's ultimate entertainment machine. Pound for pound, you'll be hard pressed to find a desktop tower with more fun-per-square-inch than on Origin PC's new</p> | <a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/topic/apple/popular/~3/1mqLbgdm_Hs/origin_pc_introduces_big_o_gaming_rig_with_water_cooled_pc_and_water_cooled_xbox_360_inside" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208278"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>The first big update to this free, magazine-style Wikipedia browser brings offline reading, more font options, and the removal of an iOS gesture that seemed to be unpopular among iPad owners.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208333"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Nokia announced Friday that its chief executive will step down and will be replaced by a veteran from Microsoft, as the Finnish handset maker continues to look to create a smartphone that can compete with Apple's iPhone.<br clear="both" /><br />
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208282"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Following <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-posts-statement-on-app-store-review-guidelines/">yesterday‚Äôs statement</a> by Apple that it was ‚Äúrelaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code,‚Äù Adobe has <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2010/09/great-news-for-developers.html">announced</a> that it has resumed development of its Packager feature for Flash, which allows developers‚Ķ</p> | <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/adobe-resumes-development-of-packager-for-flash/20607" target="_blank">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208276"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>FaceTime video call support may soon be coming to platforms outside iOS, rumors cited by a French website suggest. The technology is currently available on the iPhone 4 and the fourth-generation iPod touch. Should claims be accurate, FaceTime could soon be available on Macs through iChat, and on Windows systems by way of an unmentioned app or apps....<br clear="both" /><br />
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