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by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Digicasts
The key draw to the iPhone was to have the internet wherever you are.
by Uninteresting :: Nerd
I used it on the toilet today... that should give an impression of how portable it is.
by Monkeynuts - Gadgets, Gaming And Life
The Apple store is like a breath of fresh air.
by Rachel Sanderson, Reuters
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
It's interesting to see that some of the iPhone's greatest strengths pave the way for its greatest weaknesses.
by ScienceDaily
by James Daley, The Independent
Apple's products are very cool — and if customers get two years' good service out of them, that's probably just enough to keep them hooked.
by John Naughton, The Guardian
How did a computer company break into a business it knew nothing about (high street retailing), and instantly join the Premiership?
by Leigh McMullen, Cult Of Mac
by Nathan Eror
Yes, the iPhone is a gorgeous piece of hardware, but, like every other Apple computer, the true power lies in the softare.
by Mark Evans
It's hard to believe the iPhone has been out there for nearly a year... and there are absolutely, positively no signs that it's coming to Canada.
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
Apple is very much in the driver's seat as it enters the next decade. Sure, quite a few things can happen between then and now, but Apple's position in the market is second to none.
by Phil Carson, RCR Wireless News
The pursuit of mindshare and market share — buzz and bigness, if you like — poses an intriguing dichotomy. The two concepts are linked, though not necessarily by causality. Mindshare may lead to market share, a move now underway at Apple with the iPhone. Market share delivers an audience, but capturing mindshare isn't guaranteed — arguably, a perennial challenge for Nokia, which has run away with the global handset market over the past several years. Arguably, to thrive, you need to attain a measure of both objectives.
by Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun
Mac-heads who have been anxiously watching the Apple-emblazoned construction hoarding in Pacific Centre Mall still have a bit of a wait before they can get a technology fix at a flagship Apple Inc. store.
by Michael Parsons, The Times
After finally getting my hands on an iPhone, the cruel genius of what Apple has done to the mobile market becomes clear. Welcome to the Trojan iBrain!
by Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Puzzle Quest is a unique melange of RPG and match-three puzzle games that offer enduring and challenging gameplay. It's just a shame that a demo isn't available and that PowerPC Macs can't run the game.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Rich Mogull, TidBITS
With Leopard, all the hooks are there for a very secure operating system. We just need to continue to pressure Apple to finish implementation and make it far more diffcult for our platform of choice to lose next year's contest.
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld
Please, Apple, don't forget the desktop.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
For those who have been developing iPhone software via the unauthorized process called jailbreaking, the announcement raises questions about whether the thriving underground iPhone development market will continue or whither away into a small collection of carrier-unlocking hacks.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
The security researcher who walked away with $10,000 yesterday by hacking a MacBook Air in less than two minutes said he chose to attack Apple Inc..'s operating system for one simple reason.
"It was the easiest one of the three," said Charlie Miller, ananalyst at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE). "We wanted to spend as little time as possible coming up with an exploit, so we picked Mac OS X."
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The new version includes an open plug-in architecture that will allow photographers to use third-party imaging software in Aperture.
by MacNN
by MacNN
by Yukiko Kanoh, Nikkei Electronics
by Alvinology
Kudos to this bunch of civil servants!
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
"Final Cut Pro was a godsend."
by Jim Dalrymple and Dan Moren, Macworld
by Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
What researchers found is that, contrary to popular belief that Apple makes more secure products, Apple lags behind in patching.
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Charlie Miller, best known as one of the researchers who first hacked Apple's iPhone last year, didn't take much time. Within 2 minutes, he directed the contest's organizers to visit a web site that contained his exploit code, which then allowed him to seize control of the MacBook Air.
by Daniel Jalkut, Red Sweater Blog
by Marius Masalar, MacApper
THink helps us rediscover the long lost art of focusing by tring to keep the myriad distractions on your screen from actually interrupting your concentration.
by Eric Lai, Computerworld
According to online complaints, a number of Microsoft websites don't load at all under Safari 3.1 on Windows.
Other users say claim Safari itself isn't working properly on Windows. Some say Safari has a memory leak problem. Others say Safari does not render pages as well as claimed.
by Etan Horowitz, Orlando Sentinel
Josh wanted to see if his USB cell phone modem would fit in the USB port of the MacBook Air, so he rbought it with him on a trip to the Apple Store. Employees wouldn't let him try to plug it into the display model, and he told them they lost a sale because of that.
by MacNN
by Jackie Dove, Macworld
Adobe Photoshop Express, a new web service launched Thursday, gives consumers a web-based platform they can use to upload, edit, store, and share their photos.
See Also:
Review: Adobe Photoshop Express, by Lori Grunin, Webware.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Corporate users of Apple's Leopard operating system are more than five times more likely to say that they are "very satisfied" with the SO than business users of Microsoft's Windows Vista, a research firm said Wednesday.
"Apple continues to sehe standard for corporate customer satisfaction," said Paul Carton, director of research at ChangeWave Research. That, and the fact that corporate buying plans for Macs remain at historically high levels, indicate that users like what Apple's doing, continued Carton.
by Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald
For those of us who use them, Macs are very much our friends; entertaining us, working for us and leading us into the future with companion devices such as iPods, Airport wireless base stations, Apple TVs and Time Capsules.
by Tim Bray, ongoing
I massively reorganized my feed-reading setup, and it's helped.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
Mail.appetizer is very customizable, allowing you to specify exactly which mailboxes, folders, or even sub-folders to watch, as well as th style and behavior of the notification.
by AppleInsider
A recent higher-education survey cited by analyst Katy Huberty reveals that roughly 40 percent of college students say their next computer purchase will be a Mac, well ahead of Apple's current 15 percent market share n the demographic.
See Also:
Mac Sales Rising In A Falling Market, by Charles Jade, Ars Technica.
by Lesa Snider King, Macworld
If you'd like to learn image editing and start creating fun projects with your photos, yo're going to enjoy Elements 6; it was designed for nonprofessionals, and it shows.
by Joe Kissell, Macworld
As web designers begin to add support for new elements, Safari will become progressively more useful and functional for typical users.
by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider
An analyst for market research firm Gartner said Tuesday he believes Apple to have placed orders for 10 million 3G iPhones which would employ a more odern form of display screen that could pave the way for a slimmer handset with improved battery life.
I wonder where's the Apple's filing with FCC which, Steve Jobs predicted, will surely be leaked to the media?
by Jefferson Graham, USA Today
The music industry is fianlly comfortable selling digital music without copy protection, but the huge shift hasn't resulted in dramatically higher sales.
Instead, it produced something that major music labels have long sought: a strong No. 2 competitor to Apple.
by MacNN
by Lore Sjoberg, Wired
I want useful playlists. I want "Tori Amos songs that make a damn lick of sense."
by Michael Hall, Instant Messaging Planet.com
by George Koroneos, PharmExec
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
It seems that what Microsoft customers really want is for Vista to be more like Leopard.
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
I have to say that the new Apple TV has more than lived up to my early expectations and truly blew away my previous experiences.
by Kevin Tofel, jkOnTheRun
I think the browser was just the beginning and Apple is poised to leverage "switcher" households and homes that have both PCs and Macs playing nicely. I realize how much .Mac integrates into the OS, but I think there's a case to be made here. Especially when .Mac earns Apple $99 a year in revenue per user.
by Adrian Bridgwater, ZDNet.co.uk
Criticised heavily in recent times for selling what some believe to be an overpriced and outdated product with a lack of customer support, Quark is at pains to affirm that it has finally got its house in order.
by Kevin Dangoor, SitePen Blog
Considering that the iPhone is much, much slower than the computers that Apple sells, squeezing more performance out of the browser will have a far greater visible impact on an iPhone than it would on a Mac.
The probably unanswered question is why Safari on Windows. Hopefully, we'll get a totally wide and great idea on one of these Tuesdays.
by John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine
I'm not denying that the trend in computing is moving away from the desktop machine. I'm just saying that this is not a train I'm ready to ride.
by Lance Ulanoff, PC Magazine
The vast majority of consumers and businesspeople simply need their PCs to handle e-mails, web browsing, instant messaging, phone calls, word processing, videos, and photos. If they can get all of this from something that fits in their pocket and is ready to do their bidding anytime and anywhere, then why have a PC at all?
by Darren Gladstone, PC World
The air is a victory of industrial design and single-minded purpose. It has decent performance for an ultraportable, but few standout features to speak of beyond the superficial. And yet, I still can't help wanting to stop and touch it.
Few standout feature when compared with other ultraportable? How about Mac OS X, which no other ultraportable has?
by Jon Fortt, Fortune
Don't think for a minute that Microsoft is ignoring the iPhone. In fact, the software giant is probing the gadget for profit opportunities.
by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld
While many users may not find Mail's new features useful, some will welcome the ability to organize other types of information in a program they have open all day long.
by Buttons Of Judgement
It's like the uncanny GUI valley: the closwer Firefox gets to emulating a real application, the more alarm bells start ringing when something's just a bit off.
I haven't seen a cross-platform toolkit that can do UI look-and-feel right.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
For people who value light weight, and are willing to give up other features to get it, the MacBook Air is a compelling machine. What's more, I think I underestimated the appeal fo the Air as a primary computer.
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
It's just not possible to lavish enough praise on Adobe for getting Photoshop Elements 6 running on Intel, even if took nearly three years.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Danny Shea, Huffington Post
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
I'm happy to report that Time Capsule has done its thing every hour without fail, and has never given me trouble.
by Ken Fisher, Ars Technica
All of the anti-aliased text on Windows is rendered using Cleartype. When your app uses a different scheme, it looks broken because it looks different.
I am a heavy Windows user — at work. I am not bothered by Safari's font rendering. Of course, your mileage will differ.
by Mark Wagner, Educational Technology And Life
When do you think 6 week old Clark will be ready to do his first Google search with my iPhone? ;)
by MetaCatholic
by Steven Burke, ChannelWeb
Apple's decision to offer its own Safari web browser as a software update for its popular iTunes music service and QuickTime video software could hit rival Mozilla's Firefox browser hard. That's the word from solution providers reacting to Apple's controversial decision to tightly tie its music and video software for the first time with its Safari web browser.
by Connie Guglielmo, Bloomberg
Apple Inc. board member Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president, got an option to buy 10,000 shares of the computer maker's stock.
by CE Skidmore, The Post-Star
History repeats, yet again. Thousands of years later and mankind is still getting shafted by an apple.
by Liane Cassavoy, PC World
The iPod Touch is beautifully designed and incredibly fun to use. It still suffers from some performance hiccups, but I'd gladly recommend it to anyone looking for a mobile video player, a portable web browser, or a high-class way to cart around the highlights from your music library.
by Ed Bott, ZDNet.com
Apple offers an opt-out system, offers no disclosure, and mixes potentially unwanted software with its security patch updates. By contrast, Microsoft has a scrupulously maintained opt-in system, with full disclosure every step of the way.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Dan Moren, Macworld
While Apple has a lot of targets to hit by the end of 2008 in order to keep its promises, the company seems to be on the way to doing so though.
Great news indeed.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
Happy birthday, OS X. You've changed a lot in seven years—you've got youself some flashy new interface changes, automated backup capability, and heck, even DVD-playing and CD-burning. Now it's time to ditch the bowl cut and get ready for the next seven years.
by Chris Bowler, The Weekly Review
Ever since upgrading to Leopard, I've found myself sticking with Safari.
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
The iPhone is designed too well to be anything less than inevitable.
by Andrew T. Laurence, Macworld
More power in compact package.
by MacNN
by Jens Alfke, Thought Palace
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Updates to currently-installed software are an entirely different thing than offers to install new software.
by PC Pro
The MacBook's intoxicating blend of design, portability and power is still fantastically alluring.
by Michelle Quinn, Los Angeles Times
The device makes it easy to search for data on the run. That can quickly turn a casual conversation into the Pursuit of Truth.
by Richard Hoffman, InformationWeek
We've tested the Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, the iMac, the Mac Mini, and the XServe. There's not a bad Apple among the bunch, and some are truly superb. We'll help you choose one that's right for you.
by Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine
The browser boasts some industry-leading speed and standards support, and has a few clever browsing tricks up its sleeve as well. For most everyday browsing, Safari will get the job done elegantly and swiftly.
by Cara Branigan, eSchool News
Responding to the iPhone's popularity among students, many universities now are rolling out initiatives that aim to take advantage of its potential as a converged, mobile learning device.
by Lost Valley
by Eric Gwinn, Chicago Tribune
Apple has settled out of court a 10-month-old lawsuit over its displays. Two California professional photographers filed a class-action suit last May, saying they were duped into buying MacBook Pro notebooks by Apple's claim that the MacBook and MacBook Pro could display millions of colors.
by Goobimama's Soggy Blog
The browser is stable, super fast, extremely standards compliant, and I can finally say, you gotta switch to Safari.
by Elise Malmberg, Apple
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
by The Angry Drunk
Software UPdate allows one to skip updates. And the argument that "anyone who just selects the defaults will be "forced" into installing Safari merely reinforces the time honored perception that Windows users are, in fact, mouth breathing morons.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Apple updated its Safari web browser for Mac and Windows on Tuesday and offered the new version for download from its web site. The company also began pushing the browser to Windows users — whether it was previously installed or not — via the Apple Software Update, a practice Mozilla CEO John Lilly said is just "wrong."
"It undermines the trust relationship great companies have with their customers, and that's bad — not just for Apple, but for the security of the whole Web," said Lilly in a post on his blog.
by Matt Haughey, A Whole Lotta Nothing
by Glenn Fleishman, Macworld
by Dave Millard, The Hoos-Foos Muse
I'm very happy with the Mac. This is the first computer that I've actually got excited about. It's fun to learn to use it - it rewards you at every turn.
by Bryan Gardiner, Wired
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
There's no shame in taking baby steps while building a business from scratch, but you've got to take the training wheels off at some point.
I don't see Apple as taking baby steps at all. All these limitations in SDK and business model are evidence that Apple does know how to build a smart phone.
by Ken Mingis, Computerworld
With its latest revision to the MacBook Pro line, Apple has taken what was already a solid laptop and added a few new tricks that should keep buyers coming back for more.
by Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com
The plan now is to "partner instead of just being a vendor," a source close to the label told News.com.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Sharpcast on Thursday introduced SugarSync, a new syncing technology that helps Macs, PCs and mobile devices share digital media. It's available on a subscription basis with a sliding fee depending on how much storage you need.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
Sure, Apple has sold four billion tracks on iTunes—an amazing achievement by any measure. But it hasn't really changed the way the world buy music.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
KlausnerTechnologies has sued Apple and AT&T Mobility for infinging on a patent outlining Visual VOicemail. The patent describes a "Telephone Answering Device Linking Displayed Data with Recorded Audio Message."
by Thomson Financial
"The news, if true, is positive for SingTel. Given iPhone's (appeal to consumers), we believe iPhone would lead to higher market share for SingTel. However, the impact on SingTel's bottom line should not be very significant given Apple's hard bargaining tendency and tough competition from StarHub," said DBS Vickers in a note to clients.
The money is not in Singapore. For SingTel to get into bed with Apple, the money is Australia, where SingTel has a wholly-owned subsidiary doing mobile phone services.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple's plan to tie music sales to iPods may attract ire from anti-trust authorities, warned the head of competing music service, eMusic, last night. CEO David Pakman said: "[This is] classic Sherman Antirust Act behaviour. It's called tying, and it's where a company with a monopoly position in one market uses that monopoly position unfairly to compete in another."
If Apple is in a monopoly position, I think eMusic does have a point. The key is whether Apple does have a monopoly position. Nevertheless, indie musicians should be concerned about Apple's possible venture.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Kahney's point seems to be that it's somehow surprising that Apple has succeeded despite being different than Google, and but also that Google is somehow representative of a typical Silicon Valley company. It is not. Google and Apple are both unusual companies — and in many ways, particularly the speicfic ways Kahney claims they're so very different, they're actually alike.
by Eric Lai, Computerworld
Adobe's plan to develop Flash release for mobile device sets up possible rapprochement.
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
by Erica Sadun, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Five iPhone limit.
And there's your practical limitation on the number of beta testers.
by John C. Welch, Computerworld
Save mail data smartly and integrate with Time Machine.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The majority of the issues fixed in Safari 3.1 involved issues that could leave a user visiting a maliciously crafted web site vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Time Machine and AirPort Updates 1.0 includes compatibility improvements for using Time Machine with Time Capsule, as well as AirPort driver fixes, according to notes provided with the update.
by Joe Wilcox, Microsoft Watch
The Apple updater offered installation of new software, not something that had been there before. Whoa.
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
"To bring the full capabilities of Flash to the iPhone web-browsing experience we do need to work with Apple beyond and above what is available through the SDK and the current license around it."
by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet.com
The bottom line here is that iPod sales are starting to stagnate and Apple needs a deal to stimulate future interest.
I disagree. The iPod may be stagnate — we shall see this coming Christmas season — but the touch platform is just starting up. Apple can benefit from such a deal if the price is right, but Apple does not need this deal. Steve Jobs can walk away.
by PhysOrg
Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Maybe Steve Jobs was right when, initially, he wanted to place the Apple logo right there in the top-centre of our OS X desktop so that we can all be innovative and creative.
by Isfym.com
by Steve Toyama, Consumer Electronics Net
by Lisa Hoover, CIO.com
BlackBerrys and iPhones are vying for the top spot of business-class users. The competition is a lot fiercer than it may appear, even in enterprises that already support Macs.
by Leander Kahney, Wired
While Apple's tactics may seem like Industrial Revolution relics, they've helped the company position itself ahead of its competitors and at the forefront of the tech industry.
by Leander Kahney, Wired
Tip 101: "Don't worry. You'll survive. It's Netscape we should really worry abot."
by Eric March, Touch Podium
Apple is playing the helicopter parent to what it perceives to be a bunch if potentially unruly and incautious children who need to be strictly ruled in order to prevent them from getting into any trouble — or getting anyone else into trouble. The degree to which Apple places the restirctiions, going as far as to force certain design choices on developers, and by extension their users, is taking things too far.
by Alan Jones, We're Surrounded By Idiots
Limiting iPhone developers to US residents is seriously nuts, since almost without exception, the best mobile developers, designers, usability and product management people are outside the US.
by AppleInsider
Adobe has started develoment of a Flash player suitable for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhone, company chief executive Shantanu Narayen said Tuesday.
Several unanswered questions remain, such as how the Flash player would function within websites given Apple's current iPhone developer guidelines which seem to require that all third-party software be released as a standalone applications rather than as plug-ins.
by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
The lawsuit claims that Apple's computers, iPods, iPhones, and Mac OS X operating system infringe on Mirror Worlds' alternative to the desktop metaphor: organizing files in a time-based stack or stream.
by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Financial Times
Apple is in discussions with the big music companies abot a radical new business model that would give customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and iPhone devices.
Apple would not comment on the plan, but executives familiar with the negotiations said they hinged on a dispute over the price the coputer maker would be willing to pay for access to the labels' libraries.
See Also:
iTunes Unlimited: Does Apple Really Want To Mess With A Good Thing?, by MG Siegler, Industry Standard.
All You Can Eat iTunes? We Wish!, by Peter Kafka, Silicon Alley Insider. If the story is accurate, we love it.
by Brent Smmons, Inessential.com
Stand-alone apps on your iPhone are almost useless. You want things to sync.
by Jon Chase, Popular Science
A run-in with Apple's movie rental service leaves The Grouse longing for cable.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Undertanding the intended use of the computer will go a long way to how much you will ultimately enjoy it.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The update contains over 40 fixes for various components of the operating system.
by Rich Mogull, TidBITS
I don't recommend desktop antivirus for the average Mac user. You only need to deploy it if you engage in risky behavior, need to protect friends on Windwos, or comply with corporate policies. It's quite probable this will change in time, so it makes sense to take some reasonable precautions today and stay aware of the world around you.
And don't be smug about it. :-)
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
This is the headline Apple will probably want to see this time next year: iPhone crushes competition in smartphone and tablet PC usage.
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
Apple today sent out a mass e-mail with helpful development links and a more detailed message regarding their status.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
iTunes users who saw subscriptions to their favorite TV shows cut short because of the three-month-long writers strike will get some compensation from Apple in the form of free episodes and store credit.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Apple on Tuesday released a new version of its Safari web browser for Mac and Windows operating systems.
Safari for Windows is finally out of beta. Now, can Apple finally tell us why it decided to port Safari onto Windows? And will we get an easy way — preferably one that doesn't require .Mac — to sync up the bookmarks and such?
by Farhad Manjoo, Salon
On hot-button issues — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the Mac-PC divide — we're quick to see bias in even the most objective news.
by C. G. Lynch, CIO
by Christopher Dawson, ZDNet.com
Because the interface was so straight-forward, the actual editing process became far less important than the creative process of stringing the scenes together in a cohesive production.
by Gizmodo
Wired's April cover has Apple on it, and longtime readers and Macheads will notice the similarities between this and the June 1997 issue's art.
I'm just wondering maybe I should go out and buy a copy of Wired — something that I haven't done for a long time — so as to complement my June 97 copy of Wired sitting on my book shelf.
by Jeff Carlson, Macworld
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
Apple is no stranger to proprietary platforms. It just prefers them to be its own.
by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider
"Macbook Air sales appear to be additive to total sales, rather than replacing Macbook Pro sales," Pacific Crest Securities anallyst Andy Hargreaves said.
by Randy Salas, Star Tribune
Wireless technology and other innovatios allow home music fans to have audio that meets their modern needs.
by Dan Formmer, Silicon Alley Insider
by Charles Moore, Low End Mac
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Christopher Breen and Dan Frakes, Macworld
Other than the existence of the faster 802.11n networking and thetrickling down of a few minor features from the latest AirPort Extreme Base Station, there's not a lot to see here. Regardless, the AirPort Express wasa good bet to begin with and adding greater range and speed hardly diminishes its advantages.
by Sven-S. Prost, Quarter Life Crisis
I look at backups in general, a number of details of how Time Machine works and their ramifications as I can make them out today, after a few months of usage.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Although many users want Flash support, analysts don't see the missing feature as harmin Apple's position.
The question is: what are porn web sites using? Isn't the technologies they are using a good indication on what technologies is going to win — and, as such, a good indication what a mass-market platform should include?
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
It is likely that I would not be able to use some open-source software with the SDK due to its licensing restrictions. It is impossible that I would be able to forcefeed Apple's SDK with conflicting open-source licensing terms and thereby "infect" Apple's code.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Apple on Monday introduced a faster version of its AirPort Exress wireless base station. Now equipped with the 802.11n specification, Apple says the AirPort Express can deliver five times the performance and twice the range of the previous model.
by Katherine Leonard, Great Falls Tribune
Art has a whole new meaning with Corel Painter X. Corel is a program designed for people who are interested in digitally created art or graphic art.
by Jonny Goes To England
Spaces pretty much defies my logic of how multiple workspaces should work.
by Jasarien.com
by Geekpreneur
Spend a little time experimenting with apps and you'll soon find that behind the iPod's slender build is a pretty useful hand-held computer that can have a serious impact on both your productivity and your way of working.
by Louis Gray
With web access and TV or film, the need to play music is fading.
Just to chime in, I don't have music on my iPod nano either. It's all podcasts. :-)
by Matt Neuburg, TidBITS
Mac OS X has been around for 7 years now, and yet we're still living in this world of secret files that do secret things, with no user interface and no documentation.
by Jacob Schulman, MacApper
by Aidian Malley, AppleInsider
Apple Switzerland has inadvertently revealed an upgrade to the company's travel route that takes advantage of the latest Wi-Fi standard.
by Matt Hamblen, Computerworld
There are lingering doubts about security and Apple's readiness to deal with large corporations.
by Michael DeAgonia, Computerworld
The mac Pro is aimed first and foremost at professionals — although well-off speed demons will want it, too — and Apple's latest revision to the lineup is more than worth the price of admission.
by Charles Cooper, CNET News.com
Apple may yet screw this up but there's powerful momentum behind the device.
by Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
BIAS is now shipping Peak Pro 6, a major new release of its pro audio editing, processing, mastering and delivery software.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
by Hank Williams, Why Does Everything Suck?
The issue of background processing is the issue for a mobile device because it is key to two things: telling the world about your stats in some ongoing way; reciving notification of important events. These two things are the key to most new real innovations in the mobile space.
See Also:
The Flip Side Of The Multitasking Argument, by John Gruber, Daring Fireball.
It will not solve all problems, but wouldn't a proper notification API system solve some of the problems regarding the no-background-app rule?
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Knapsack includes tools to help you plan, organize and catalog your travel experience.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Command & Conquer 3 is an awesome addition to EA's franchise and a solid Mac offering. It's just a shame that PowerPC-based Mac users can't play it too.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Your iPhone will not be doing much while it's in your pocket. The iPhone is driven by your actions, and, by design, for the purposes of resource conservation, does very little in the background, period.
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News
by Matt Hamblen and Eric Lai, Computerworld
IBM spokesman Mike Azzi, in a phone interview yesterday, said IBM Lotus Notes developers will be working on a Notes e-mail application for iPhone 2.0, but he did not elaborate and could not be reached for further comment.
by Dow Jones
The iPhone Dev Team, a group of independent software developers, say they are close to unleashing a new product that undoes the tight control Apple Inc. plans to have over the flow of the software to its iPhone. Pwnage lets iPhones download and run other software programs that haven't gone through any official, Apple-controlled software distribution channels.
by Electronista
Apple may be aiming to eventually transform the Apple TV set-top into a full DVR, new filings with the US Patent and Trademark Office suggest.
Would Apple be striking deals with cable companies too?
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
by Rob Giffiths, Macworld
by Angus Wong, TidBITS
The MacBook Air is a bit like a finely tailored suit - elegant, perfectly form-fitting, and even exotic, but by no means a cost-effective way to dress for all seasons or all eventualities.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
"Cute—tiny Hawaiian beach chair."
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Apple will discuss the recently released iPhone software development kit (SDK) in great detail. WWDC will mark the first time Apple will meet with the developers since the SDK announcement.
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
It's not the first time the thinness of Apple's products has wreaked havoc in my household.
by Jo-Ann Boepple, Edwardsburg Argus
When I told him I really liked the looks of the new computer, he told me that what I had was enough computer for me. Now I know that! But to have a young "genius" tell me so was very humbling.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
The new flagship of the iPod line could be the harbinger of new products that blur the line between computers and consumer electronics.
by Steve Rosebush
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
ZapMedia on Wednesday sued Apple alleging the company's iTunes Store is using patented technologies for distributing digital media over the internet.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Macworld
Here are a few of the tricks and tips we've learned for using Spaces—along with Expose and Dashboard—as efficiently as possible.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
When running, this nifty utility automatically pauses iTunes whenever your headphones are unplugged from your laptop's headphone jack—on purpose or accidentally.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Whatever the reason, it's vital that Apple consider allowing developers to take advantage of this feature, at least on a case-by-case basis.
by Aaysush Arya, MacUser
by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider
There's some more anecdotal evidence this week to suggest that Apple Inc.'s iPhone will eventually abandon its Samsung-based roots and make the jump to Intel's freshly-coined Atom architecture.
by MacNN
by Ed Christman, Billboard.biz
by Peter Kafka, Silicon Alley Insider
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Russ Juskalian, Macworld
Aperture 2.0.1 delivers o the promise that Apple set out on when Aperture was first released in 2005. It's easy and fun to use, an din incredibly powerful tool for the professional or serious amateur photographer.
by Tom Yager, InfoWorld
Apple's software development kit for iPhone and iPod Touch sets the bar high for Nokia, Microsoft, Adobe.
by Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek
Many developers are hard at work building tools for Apple's popular phone, despite what some consider limits on their ability to collaborate.
by Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet.com
by Jean-Louis Gassee, CNET News.com
Steve might look like he's running a business but he is, in fact, a creator, an artist, not a buisness manager — notwithstanding the terrific numbers.
by Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald
The stores, part of a an aggressive international expansion by Apple, will become part of the company's lucrative network of about 200 retail outlets worldwide.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Why must the iPod nano remind me how many times I've been goofing off... er.... enjoying a nice break with its built-in games?
by Amit Patel, Amit's Thoughts
Portability is nice. Really nice. Really, really nice.
by Trendwatch Daily
by David Risley, PCMech
The offering is actually rather weak when put up against the competition which is easily available online through other companies.
by Tech Through The Eyes Of A 13 Year Old
The idea here is that after taking a few simple steps, you can enable most of the best features of Back to My Mac.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
Since Windows is one of the most popular virtualized OSes on Apple's computers, security giant Norton felt it was time to try a new two-punch strategy on the Mac security market with Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection.
by KimchyBlog
Oh my god! Apple, I am humbled by your radical and amazing approach to IDEs.
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
It is the most seamless, easy to use backup system I've ever seen. The only complaint I have is that setup was surprisingly cumbersome.
by Jennifer Lawinski, ChannelWeb
Apple's latest round of iPhone enhancements are not just one small step for Apple, say VARs, they're potentially a tipping point that will enable partners to sell more Macs to businesses.
Now please let them sell the darned things.
by AFP
An iPod nano in Japan overheated and discharged sparks, the Japanese industry ministry said Tuesday in a list of recent serious incidents involving consumer products.
by MacNN
by Craig Hockenberry, Furbo.org
You'll make up that 30% without even trying.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
by Rogue Amoeba
We want to make the iPhone platform as robust and powerful as possible.
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
Conditions set out in Apple's iPhone SDK are dampening hopes of porting some highly valued applications to the handheld device — including interpreted code, programs within programs, and background applications.
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
by Jochen Wolters, O'Reilly Digital Media Blog
by iPodNN
by Tom Ferguson, Billboard
Apple Inc has dismissed claims in the U.K. press that the Beatles catalog is about to make available online through the computer giant's iTunes Music Store as "unsubstantiated speculation."
by Electronista
by David Alison, DigitalAppleJuice.com
OS X is a really slick operating system. There are little features that make it a pleasure to work on - you can just tell that a significant amount of human factors work went into the system.
by Michael Mistretta
Apple has done it again. They released an under-featured, 1.0 product into an over-saturated market, and managed to dominate the competition.
by BabyGotMac
by Lead Critic
by Chris Bowler, The Weekly Review
iTunes - it's probably my favorite piece of software. It's definitely the best application I have installed on my Windows machine. And I could probably say the same on my Mac.
Part of it is probably the tight integration between iTunes and iPod which nobody else can probably do, but I don't think I can handle my daily podcast listening experience without iTunes and its smart playlist feature.
by Rich Mogull, TidBITS
As a user and reviewer of software it's rare to find an application that focuses entirely on performing a single task, and performing it well. Airfoil is a near-perfect application that's razor sharp in its focus, and Zen-like in its simplicity.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
There's a long row to hoe between now and then, but it doesn't mean that developers aren't asking good questions—questions that Apple will need to answer in order for some iPhone projects to see the light of day.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
by Don Tennant, Computerworld
The only surefire way for Apple to be a viable alternative to Microsoft in the enterprise is for it to be acquired by an IT powerhouse with a dominant enterprise presence.
Well, even if this is true, there are two assumptions that may not be true: one, that Apple wants to be in enterprises, and two, that Apple wants to be an alternative to Microsoft. I doubt if either of these two assumptions are true.
by Dave Girard, Ars Technica
Aperture 2 isn't doing anything groundbreaking over the previous version, but the better overall speed and Quick Preview combined with background processing alone will be worth the cost of the upgrade for many users.
by Alex Iskold, ReadWriteWeb
Now, a handheld device has lept forward, years ahead of what is available inside any modern browser. The sheer power of Apple's graphics, motion and sound APIs just opened the door for things that have not been possible before on the web.
by UPI
British singer Paul McCartney has reached a $400 million agreement with iTunes for the distribution of the Beatles' back catalog.
The yellow iPod is near!
by Matthew Miller, ZDNet.com
I think there will still be some great applications that won't be directly affected by lack of multi-tasking, but there will also be quite a few that may never be developed because of this limitation.
by John C. Welch, InformationWeek
by John Mahoney, Popular Science
These objects are to be salivated over. And when the day finally comes to make one your own? THat's a moment to be shared.
by Steven Levy, Newsweek
There will be a lot of desperate searches for lost MacBook Airs. And can you really blame a guy for losing something called Air?
Share the pain of losing something so beautiful — and thin.
by MacNN
by Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times
Apple's improvements to Apple TV are welcome, and the device is as stylish and functional as one hopes from the company, but it hasn't yet found its real purpose in a digital life.
by Victor Godlinez, Dallas Morning News
Is Apple finally getting serious about games? Could be.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
Ellen Hancock in the fall of 96 was steered over to NeXT and the rest is history.
by Paul Krill, InfoWorld
Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device.
Will Apple allow this? After all, a JVM on the iPhone may mean that developers need not go through Apple to distribute iPhone applications, reducing Apple's role in the ecosystem.
by Jens Alfke, Thought Palace
by Wide Awake Developers
"There's no drive. And no ports on the back. It has a couple of lines where the drive should be."
by John Siracusa, Ars Technica
In the end, it's a question that the iPhone development community will have to answer for itself.
by Jackie Dove, Macworld
Penryn processor delivers fleet performance.
by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
The bottom line is - any application that wants to periodically interact with the web to do stuff, won't be able to on a continual basis.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
At $99, it's not inexpensive, but if you do a lot with screen captures, it's well worth the investment.
by Dustin Driver, Apple
"When it comes to writing and recording tracks, GarageBand is the easiest thing you could possibly use."
by Rogue Amoeba
It could very well be a wonderful environment for the average Joe whose every need is met by Cupertino-approved wares, but it's certainly not the kind of environment I want on my desktop.
by Rafe Colburn, rc3.org
I think it's a mistake to assume that the business model for iPhone developers will be the same two years from now as it will be in June when iPhone 2.0 launches, and I think it's a mistake to assume that the API restrictions imposed on developers then will be the same as they are now, as well.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Alfred Siew, Straits Times
The first copycats of Apple's handheld gizmo, the iPhone, have hit the shelves here, sporting many of the key features found on the much-yped Apple original - but at a fraction of the cost.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple's iPhone attracts interest from games developers.
See Also:
EA Confirms Spore, Other Games For iPhone, by Peter Cohen, Macworld.
by Stephen H. Wildstrom, BusinessWeek
You can download content more easily—-but there still is far too little of it.
by Om Malik, GigaOM
by Chaerine Mclean and Grant Robertson, Globe And Mail
A cross-continent war of words erupted yesterday between the makers of the popular BlackBerry and the hip iPhone, fuelling an increasingly bitter battle between Research In Motion Ltd. and Apple Inc. for control of the smart phone market.
See Also:
Apple iPhone Targets RIM With Corporate E-mail, by Scott Hillis, Reuters.
by Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica
At the risk of sounding like a cop-out, it depends upon your needs.
by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine
Were there really any doubts that the iPhone was not going to be a mobile computer?
by Nilay Patel, Engadget
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
Think of Apple as the Singapore of the technologyw orld. It is impeccably clean, very functional, supportive of capitalism — and ruthless with miscreants.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
Details of the software plan—and the big smiles on Apple executives' faces as they presented them—suggest that Apple is indeed aiming high with the iPhone.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
While Apple appears to have largely satisfied developers in terms of the SDK's technical aspects, many still had questions about Apple's role in distribution.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
According to Jobs, those pesky studios and their rights agreements are once again the problem.
by John C. Welch, Macworld
Apple answered pretty much every question that IT had, and in the way we wanted it answered.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Apple said Thursday that it will control the sale and distribution of all iPhone software created by independent developers. The software will be distributed via a new program on the iPhone called App Store, as well as on Macs and PCs via a new section of the iTunes Store.
Hopefully, the AppStore is also available to non-iTunes Store countries, so that customers there can also update their iPod Touch.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Apple is working on "a version of" the AppStore that will allow enterprise customers to distribute apps to send-users securely.
by Glenn Fleishman and Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
The iPhone 2.0 software development kit (SDK) is out, but the iPhone 2.0 software won't appear until June 2008. The SDK allows use of the cellular and Wi-Fi connection, can sniff location, and offers direct access to gestures, touches, and motion, tying into the iPhone's touchscreen and accelerometer.
Included in the June release will be a host of corporate networking features designed to enhance security, support large-firm infrastructure, and, most remarkably, interact directly with Exchange servers through a license Apple obtained from Microsoft.
Again, Apple's product is now in a special relationship with Microsoft. Just like the iPod/iTunes system, the iPhone is now both a significant third-party application developer (which Microsoft should treasure) as well as a significant competitor (which Microsoft should fear).
by Grace Aquino, Bloomberg
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld
Minor update brings performance boost, larger hard drives, and more RAM.
by Audra Taylor, Washington Times
In the world of constant connectivity of today's youths, technologies such as the Apple iPod and iPhone, paired with the vast media capabilities of iTunes, present a constant and powerful influence.
by Dan Moren, MacUser
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
by Dan Miller, Macworld
Leap is a great introduction to the world of tag-centric file management.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
For the second time in as many weeks, a senior Apple executive has suggested that the company's current pattern of exclusive iPhones deals with cell phone carriers may not be only way to go.
by Charles Cooper, CNET News.com
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
With shared down 35%, Jobs & Co. have a union between the consumer-friendly iPhone and Corporate America in mind.
by Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch
by Peter Elkind, Fortune
Jobs likes to make his own rules, whether the topic is computers, stock options, or even pancreatic cancer. The same traits that make him a great CEO drive him to put his company, and his investors, at risk.
by Rex Crum and Dan Gallagher, MarketWatch
Apple Inc. stuck to its goal of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of the year, despite a growing belief by analysts that this will be a stretch in a slowing economy.
by Ryan Stewart, ZDNet.com
I'd even go as far as to say that the web experience isn't complete on the iPhone until some kind of Flash support is added.
Unfortunately for Adobe, Apple has proved that iPhone's web capabilities is winning the market even without support for Flash.
See Also:
Steve Jobs Says Flash Not Good Enough For iPhone, by RedEye.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
If the CEO is sick, do the shareholders have a right to know?
That's the question raised, but not exactly answered, by a Fortune profile of Apple CEO Steve Jobs released Tuesday, the day of Apple's annual shareholder meeting.
by Associated Press
Could the temptation for stealing iPods be so strong that they're behind an increase in the crime rate? Researchers at a public policy institute say yes.
by Sarah Skidmore, BusinessWeek
Nike and Apple are making the iPod compatible with gym equipment.
The companies said Tuesday that they are working with several gym equipment manufacturers and the health clubs 24-Hour Fitness and Virgin Athletic Health Clubs to allow members to plug their iPod Nanos into cardio equipment. They can then track workouts, set goals and upload the information to a Nike web site.
by Ellen Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
Apple shareholders approved a proposal Tuesday giving them the opportunity to tell the company what they think about how much its executives, including CEO Steve Jobs, are being paid.
Shareholders, however, did not approve a shareholder proposal pushing to create a board committee for sustainability and force he company to make the environment more of a priority.
by Jason Cranford Teague, Macworld
Brower builds on Safari's technology, but is undone by bugs.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
The iPhone will launch in China Asia this year. (We knew that. When? And in what countries?!?)
See Also:
China Mobile, Apple Not (Yet) Reopening iPhone Talks, by Electronic Engineering Times.
Apple Plans No Dividend Or Buyback, by Scott Hillis, Reuters.
by John O'Brien, The Courier-Mail
Bento is a cohesive, powerful tool for keeping personal information at your fingertips.
by John Rizzo, Macworld
Both programs give solid advice, but TurboTax offers users an easier experience.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Good capacity for the price, continued cute-as-a-button-ness, and decent sound mean this iPod remains a perfect companion for workouts and for those who enjoy shuffling their music.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
by Eric A. Taub, New York Times
"To use the iPhone as a music instrument isn't about getting a technically perfect song together... It has very innovative input methods, but we could also use any sort of synthesizer and full band equipment; with today's technology there are no limitations. But we think that exactly the limitation is what creates a spirit. Of all possilbe things you can do with a mobile phone, what could be more meaningful than to create music?"
by Julia King, Computerworld
Auto Warehousing Co.'s switch from PCs to Macs is proving more painful than expected.
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
OmniFocus is the best tool I've found for task management.
by Mark Pilgrim, Dive Into Mark
One of these things is not like the others.
by Sam Varghese, iTWire
Does the fact that Apple has a well-developed operating system based on UNIX rile some people who claimt o be FOSS boosters? I'd like to think it doesn't but last week I noticed something on the American technology news accumulator site Slashdot that really made me wonder.
by Associated Press
Shares of Apple Inc. dropped Monday after a pair of analysts reduced their share price targets for the iPod and computer maker, with one citing cuts in iPod production.
by Betsy Morris, Fortune
The creator of the iPod and iPhone sets a dazzling new standard for innovation and mass appeal, driven by an obsessive CEO who wants his products to be practically perfect in every way.
by Cedric Bosch and Ilene Hoffman, MacNN
by John Markoff, New York Times
Certainly stranger things have happened. Wouldn't it be ironic if Mr. Jobs could ultimately claim to have saved reading books in the digital age?
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by James Galbraith, Macworld
New generation of Core 2 Duo chips bolsters performance in Apple's latest laptops.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Apple issued two software updates this afternoon — one for GarageBand, and the other for the recently-updated Aperture.
by Macworld
With Apple to reveal iPhone software details, here's our wish-list for developers.
by Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica
The Apple TV is a bit too restrictive in what you can and can't do with it.
by Ken Fisher, Ars Technica
It might not be the iPhone, but the MacBook Air is selling much stronger than many of us wold have guessed. After a full month of being on the market, the MacBook Air is still a difficult commodity to obtain in some markets (not all), and Apple is still quoting a 5-7 business day minimum shipping time even for the most standard models ordered from its web site.
by Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak heaped less than lavish praise on the company's iPhone, MacBook Air and Apple TV products when visiting Sydney this morning.
by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen, MacUser
by Ryan Paul, Ars Technica
Although undocumented APIs are understandably a source of frustration for third-party developers, there is no justification for claims that this was done to intentionally disadvantage Apple competitors.
by Glenn Fleishman, Macworld
On first glance, storage largely lives up to the promise of simple backups.
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
Our sources confirm that Apple will act as a gatekeeper for applications, deciding which are and are not worthy of release, and publishing only approved applications to the iTunes Store.
Is this what we end up with? An perpetual cat-and-mouse game between Apple and the jail-breakers? What's wrong with you, Apple?
(Will customers without an iTunes store in their country able to buy new applications for their iPod touch?)
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