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 »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 »Today TMO readers are questioning some of the iPhone sales projections for the quarter and wondering if analysts are underestimating Apple‚Äôs 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.
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 »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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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 »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 »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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The finding by the U.S. Patent Office is only preliminary, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls it “an important first step in busting a patent that stifles innovation and the use of VoIP as a free speech tool.”
| 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).
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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 »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:
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- 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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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 »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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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—they 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.
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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 »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 »Apple on Wednesday released an update for iWork for iPad ‚Äì its suite of productivity software comprising spreadsheet, presentation and word processing/page layout apps. Each of the apps ‚Äì Pages, Numbers and Keynote ‚Äì 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 »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‚Äôs iDisk and WebDAV servers, along with support for exporting Keynote and Numbers files to Microsoft Office-compatible formats.
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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.
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‚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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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 »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.
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…
| Read more »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 »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....
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
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