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Brett Terpstra, TUAW Tweet
MacRumors
Transfer of ownership may not mean Apple has plans on using the term. Apple may have simply contested the trademark due to the potential for confusion between "TabletMac" and their own trademarks. But now Apple could potentially release a product called the TabletMac, and given the overwhelming number of reports of an Apple-branded tablet device, it certainly raises that question. Tweet
MacNN
Apple was accused on late Sunday by anonymous industry sources of 'bullying' NAND flash memory suppliers through its purchasing tactics. Tweet
Michael Agger, Slate Magazine
The iPhone is the ultimate kid-pacification device. Tweet
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Apple last week asked a Florida federal judge to kill a lawsuit filed in August by Psystar, saying that the case is a retread of the one in California that has the Mac clone maker on the ropes. Tweet
Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch
Here’s a tip for all you iPhone app developers out there. If you want to make sure your app doesn’t join the long list of rejected iPhone apps out there, make sure it doesn’t advertise a competing product, especially if that product runs the Android operating system. Tweet
Doug McLean, TidBITS
Apple has released an update to its Server Admin Tools package that enables users to manage Mac OS X Server 10.6.2. Tweet
MacRumors
MacRumors has found a new Apple job listing seeking an iPhone Software Engineer to join the iPhone and iPod Touch Maps team with the goal of taking the iPhone's built-in Maps App to "the next level". Tweet
Don Reisinger, eWeek
There are many things that Apple could do to improve the quality of the applications sold as well as the quality of the service it provides to users and the support it gives to the developer community. Tweet
Sheryl Garratt, The Guardian
Ive has a talent for imagining beautiful things that work with minimal hassle. He changed home computers in 1998 with his translucent iMacs, and has continued to shape the way we work and play, most recently with the iPhone. Tweet
Dave Greenbaum, TheAppleBlog
Recently, two clients came in, one right after another, and it really illustrated the differences between Apple and everyone else when it comes to hardware support. Tweet
Chris Jacob, Gizmodo
Psystar's recent legal woes keep proving the company's insanity. New documents show that these guys planned to sell at least 1.45 million Mac clones by 2011. How many did they actually sell in the past year? 768. Tweet
Korea Herald
KT Corp., which will begin offering Apple Inc.'s iPhones in Korea today, said advance orders for the handsets exceeded 50,000 as of Thursday. Tweet
Alexander Vaughn, App Advice
Microsoft demonstrated the first developer beta of Silverlight 4 at the Professional Developer’s Conference this week, nothing very exciting if it’s not that they actually demoed it running on an iPhone. Tweet
David Morgenstern, ZDNet
Analysts hail Apple as the “new” Nordstrom. However, unlike the almost mythic quality of the department store, at Apple’s retail stores, you will need a receipt, hardcopy or email, to exchange a problem disc. Tweet
Joachim Bean, TUAW Tweet
Evan Ramstad, Wall Street Journal
Apple Inc.'s iPhone on Saturday will finally go on sale in South Korea, a country that prides itself on creating and consuming cutting-edge technology but where the government raised trade barriers on smart phones to protect domestic manufacturers and carriers for several years. Tweet
Erica Sadun, TUAW Tweet
MacRumors
Apple has launched its "Black Friday" one-day sales in Australia and New Zealand, with other countries set to follow at the appropriate times. As expected, Apple is offering only modest discounts compared to the deals offered by many other retailers for the traditional kickoff of the holiday shopping season. Tweet
Joachim Bean, TUAW
If you're an iTunes contributor and you're looking forward to developing an iTunes LP of your own, Apple has posted several resources for Extras & LP, including a best practices guide, a development guide, asset delivery tips and a testing guide Tweet
Aayush Arya, Macworld
At Apple’s unveiling of the iPhone 3GS in June 2009, Apple’s senior VP of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller, stated in no uncertain terms that the faster iPhone would be rolled out through the rest of the world by August. The month came and went—heck, we’re nearing the end of November—and the iPhone 3GS () is still nowhere to be seen in countries such as Ecuador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Venezuela. Tweet
Dan Knight, Low End Mac
Like everything, Macs do wear out, although they tend to do so more slowly than PCs and remain useful a lot longer. We love the value of Macs, old and new, and we hope we're not just preaching to the choir when we say that older Macs are worth it. We hope new Mac users will hear the good news as well - every Mac has a whole lot of life in it, so use what you have for as long as it makes sense. Tweet
Alexander Vaughn, App Advice Tweet
JR Raphael, PC World
Enter AppRejections.com, a new Web site designed to track and catalog all the "unusual" and "unfair" rejections from Apple's App Store. Tweet
Joe Kissell, Macworld
Here are a few situations when it’s worth it to split up your hard disk. Tweet
Aayush Arya, Macworld Tweet
MacNN
Dare to be Creative has released the first version of Parachute, a new backup utility. Users can schedule multiple backup tasks, automated to run in hourly, daily, weekly or monthly cycles. As with most such apps, backups can be saved to network volumes and external hard disks. Content can also be copied to USB flash drives, and various online destinations. Tweet
Mark Sigal, O'Reilly Media
A cursory glance at the significant milestones in the careers of Disney and Jobs suggests an otherworldly ability to invent, re-invent and extend 'unfair advantages' across seemingly orthogonal domains. Tweet
AppleInsider
Apple has sued a third-party MacBook power adapter manufacturer and alleged it has violated patented designs, and also, in a separate trial, appealed to move its ongoing defense against clone iPod maker Luxpro to a California court. Tweet
Franklin Pride, Inside Mac Games
Adventure games of this quality don't come along very often, and, aside from the monotonous movement, it's well worth the price. It's a little short, but you'll enjoy yourself the entire time. Tweet
Brian Chen, Wired
In an age where a heavy amount of everyday computing can be done in a web browser, the Magic Mouse couldn't be more than welcome. Tweet
Jackie Dove, Macworld
Version 1.5.1, a revision to Final Cut Server 1.5, addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues. Tweet
Eric Zeman, InformationWeek Tweet
Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet
1Password just got revved to version 3 and it's one my few must-have Mac OS X apps. It stores all of your online logins, registration information and credit card information for easy access with a click in your browser's menu bar. Tweet
Jonathan Seff, Macworld
The iPhoto 8.1.1. update deals with face-recognition performance and accuracy (to fix a problem introduced with the 8.1 update), book ordering, and iPod touch support. Tweet
MacNN
Following a recent legal victory, Apple is now calling for a permanent injunction against Psystar's operations. If granted the injunction would prevent Psystar from doing anything which might violate Apple copyrights, including bypassing controls in Mac OS X which prevent it from being freely installed on any Intel system. The company would similarly be banned from sharing the necessary decryption technology with others. Tweet
AppleInsider
Apple has teamed up with concert promoter Live Nation to launch a new live music program that offers exclusive recorded and filmed concerts, both companies announced Tuesday. Tweet
Michael DeAgonia, Computerworld
If you're looking for a desktop machine that's reliable, fast, energy-efficient, stylish and featuring best-of-class bundled software, this iMac should be at the top of your list. Tweet
David Worthington, Technologizer
More transparency and partnership would go a long way. It is a huge disincentive to invest in the development of an app only to see it be rejected. Apple can be a better partner, and still protect the sanctity of its “shelves.” Tweet
AppleInsider
Apple's new top-of-the-line 27-inch iMac with an Intel Core i7 processor has shown up dead on arrival or with a cracked screen for some who have purchased. Tweet
Ryan Faas, Computerworld
We dig in to explain the new networking, performance and collaboration improvements. Tweet
Jacqueline Emigh, PC World
As other mobile phone environments begin to catch up to the iPhone, will Apple still be able to maintain a "walled garden" for mobile phone users, reminiscent of AOL's approach to the Internet in years gone by? That scenario is looking increasingly unlikely. Tweet
Jackson West, NBC Bay Area Tweet
Mark Wilson, Gizmodo
The Mac Pro was once the only viable option for a OS X lover in need of serious horsepower for tasks like editing media. Now, with the new iMac? I think it's straight up stupid to buy a Mac Pro. Tweet
Angus Kidman, APC
Employees might like iPhones, but Gartner says Apple doesn't have a clue how to do computers for business at anything like a reasonable price. Tweet
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
Apple SVP Phil Schiller is back in the press attempting to defend Apple's need to act as gatekeeper for the iPhone App Store. However, his comments seem more like spin and less like actual improvement. Tweet
John Gruber, Daring Fireball
The argument that you can make iPhone web apps that are “good enough” misses the entire point of iPhone apps — the entire point of the iPhone itself, even — all of the things that drive Twitter users to pay $3, $4, or $5 for apps that do the same things that can be done for free by loading Twitter’s web site in MobileSafari. “Good enough” is not good enough on the iPhone. Tweet
Apple
Using a Mac Pro as the keystone of his rural radiology practice in Bemidji, Minnesota, Dr. Hilton Bakker is able not only to reduce the costs of his own practice but those of the hospitals who use his services. Says Bakker: “If hospitals can use Mac technology to do radiology cheaper, that’s my goal. Health care costs too much. If I can do my little bit to make it cheaper, that’s cool.” Tweet
Joe Cellini, Apple
A custom coffee table book by co-author and publisher Rick Smolan takes you back to — and into — the story of Obama’s rise to the presidency. Says co-author and publisher Rick Smolan: “Every component of this project, from photo editing to design to video, was created entirely on a Mac.” Tweet
Charles Moore, Low End Mac Tweet
Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
The ads can’t help but be viewed against the backdrop of the fight between Verizon Wireless and Apple’s partner AT&T, the one that’s spawned a lawsuit for Verizon’s “There’s A Map For That” TV spots. Here we see Apple doing its part as both a good AT&T partner, and touting a great feature of the iPhone all at once. Tweet
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Users who have jailbroken their iPhones just can't catch a break—another malicious worm is making its way around the Internet and tries to steal bank passwords for users in the Netherlands, Portugal, Hungary, and Australia. Users with locked-down iPhones are still safe. Tweet
Tony Bradley, PC World
There have been some questionable approvals and shady rejections, but overall Apple is doing something right because every other mobile operating system platform wishes they had an app for that and wants to be the Apple App Store when they grow up. Tweet
Erik Sherman, BNET
Are there problems with Apple being too controlling? Yes. Is it a problem when one company can become the gatekeeper and bottleneck preventing independent businesses from reaching potential customers? Yes. However, that’s not driving iPhone developers away. Nor is a single anecdote that itself isn’t a good fit for the thesis proof of a trend that “a growing number” of registered iPhone developers are “branching out to build apps for Android and other operating systems.” Tweet
Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer
Apple is set to files its brief on Monday detailing the damages and injunction details it wants to see imposed on Psystar for building and selling unauthorized Mac clones. Tweet
Doug McLean, TidBITS Tweet
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet Tweet
Paul Kafasis, Rogue Amoeba
Judging by Phil Schiller’s comments to Business Week, Apple had overly-strict internal policies on appropriate use of Apple trademarks. These policies failed to account for many entirely reasonable uses of trademarks, and have now been relaxed. Tweet
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld
Can't find a hotspot? Don't worry: There are other ways to get online when you're on the road. Tweet
John Brandon, Macworld
Four apps that help you customize your iPhone's sound. Tweet
MacRumors Tweet
Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek
Software programmers are designing apps for the Google-backed Android operating system, fired by frustration with Apple's rejections and delays. Tweet
Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
In his first extensive interview on the subject, Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice-president for worldwide product marketing, outlines the many reasons Apple keeps close tabs on which applications can be downloaded onto the iPhone and iPod Touch. He also outlined ways the company is trying to become more flexible in its approval process. Tweet
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS
Although this merely confirms what was already known by experience and experimentation, and although it has no bearing whatever on the question of the advisability of this change, it's nice to see Apple come clean at last and state the facts plainly, albeit more than two months after Snow Leopard's release. Tweet
Josh Carr, TUAW Tweet
Erica Sadun, TUAW
Software. It doesn't matter if it's for a Mac or for an iPhone. There are certain qualities we just love, that make an app really stand out to us. Tweet
Rhee So-eui, Reuters
Apple's iPhone will go on sale in South Korea this week, offered by the country's No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp (030200.KS), KT said on Sunday. Tweet
Rob Griffiths, Macworld
The new Core i7 iMac is a potent machine -- so potent, in fact, that it outpaces a couple of Mac Pro models in benchmarks. It's also an incredible bargain, offering tremendous power given its price. Tweet
Chris Jacob, Gizmodo Tweet
Jake's Rolex Watch Blog Tweet
Mike Elgan, Computerworld
Apple actions seem inexplicable -- unless you understand how the company views the world. Tweet
Don Clark, Wall Street Journal
While death and taxes are notable certainties, there’s another in the wireless world: make a 3G cellphone and you pay patent royalties to Qualcomm. But Apple may be evading some of the consequences. Tweet
Chris Matyszczyk, CNET News
According to a report, AppleCare warranties can be voided if Apple deems the damage was caused by secondhand smoke. Appeals to Steve Jobs have, apparently, not succeeded. Tweet
MacNN
A new automatic screening technique Apple is using for the App Store appears to be backfiring, claims developer Rogue Sheep. Tweet
Ted Landau, Macworld
After a little wait, many third-party screensavers are now compatible with Snow Leopard. But there are glitches. Ted Landau has details. Tweet
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show. Tweet
AppleInsider
Apple has added a new automated layer to its approval process for App Store software, but according to one developer, it's not perfect. Tweet
Rik Myslewski, Macworld
We’re in the Golden Age of Rodents. It’s time to look at the mice you’re missing. However, the wealth of choices can be daunting. We have a few tips to help you. Tweet
Dan Frakes, Macworld
The keyboard you choose is based on a personal decision, but there are some features and terms you should understand so you make the proper buying decision. And that’s what this guide is here to do. Here are our tips to buying a new keyboard. Tweet
Stuart Gripman, Macworld
Curio is an ambitious product with much to offer. For users who do moderate amounts of drawing, outlining, mind mapping, note taking, project management, or presenting, Curio can be an excellent value. Students in particular will find it appealing. Those with professional grade requirements will still have to shell out for dedicated applications. Tweet
Lance Knobel, Reuters
What Apple has done so successfully is build a thriving ecosystem around its product. Tweet
Katherine Murray, Macworld
If you plan to put any real energy into your scrapbooking projects, I recommend iScrapbook 2.1.2 for its ease of use, flexible but powerful toolset, easy-to-customize templates, and add-on iScrapKits that let you expand your creative efforts at your own pace. Tweet
MacNN
Big Fish Games has released Drawn: The Painted Tower, a new puzzle-adventure game for the Mac. Tweet
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS
By comparing two very similar applications, one of which is troublesome and the other not, even though they have almost identical internal structures, I have discovered that the answer involves Unix permissions on symlinks inside the bundle. Tweet
Andrew Nusca, ZDNet
MAYA Design’s Mickey McManus says products should be so intuitive that a customer feels silly explaining to another how it works. And by silly, I mean smug — as in, “Isn’t it obvious?” Tweet
Dan Frommer, The Business Insider Tweet
Jeff Porten, Macworld
Netbook hackers take note: this is not a point-and-click operation; you'll need to roll up your Terminal sleeves for a few simple steps here. And, of course, replace the kernel of your operating system—the fundamental code that underlies everything else in Mac OS X—with a file you've downloaded from the Internet. Tweet
Chris Rawson, TUAW
Thanks to the apps that come pre-packaged with the iPhone and the more than 100,000 third-party offerings now available in the iTunes Store, the iPhone has gained functionality that might have seemed hard to fathom under three years ago when Steve Jobs first announced the device. Tweet
Andrew Bednarz, The Apple Blog Tweet
Dave Rosenberg, CNET News
I received a note from Andy Gilbertson, one of the developers behind Parallel Kingdom, a location-based mobile massively multiplayer (or MMO) game that uses your GPS location to place you in a virtual world atop the real world. The game seems like an obvious winner for the iPhone, but the team has been struggling to get it past Apple's app review policies. Tweet
Matt Asay, CNET News
"Enterprise" is defined by the company you keep. Tweet
Dave Caolo, TUAW Tweet
Paul Graham
I don't think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken. Or rather, I don't think they realize how much it matters that it's broken. Tweet
Ramu Nagappan, Macworld
SubRosaSoft has released FileSalvage 7, an update to its data recovery software. The latest release offers Snow Leopard support and enables better recovery for flash-memory cards and Windows drives. Tweet
MacNN
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has chastised a Mac developer in response to a letter regarding a name change, reports say. Tweet
Jeff Carlson, TidBITS Tweet
Joachim Bean, TUAW Tweet
TJ Luoma, TUAW
1Password 3.0 is available today for Leopard and Snow Leopard users, with a bunch of new features, including 1PasswordAnywhere which allows you to view 1Password data from any other computer-Windows, Mac, Linux, whatever-with a modern browser like Safari or Firefox. Tweet
Sharon Zardetto, Macworld
Use these commands in the Finder to manipulate more than just graphics and text. Tweet
Jason Snell, Macworld
If you want to run a Mac OS X-based server and take advantage of Snow Leopard Server’s impressive skills as a file, Web, backup, and workgroup server, you’ll find no better value than the Mac mini server. It’s appropriate for small businesses, small workgroups in larger enterprises, and educational environments. Isn’t it nice that Apple has finally realized that it had a great server under its nose this whole time? Tweet
Ian Paul, PC World
Apple tablet rumors started verging into the ridiculous Thursday morning with reports that Apple has pushed back the project's launch date yet again. Those same sources are saying Apple is developing a high-end tablet that could retail for as much as $2000, according to Digitimes. Tweet
John Gruber, Daring Fireball Tweet
Simon Mackie, Salon
WorkSnug is a neat augmented reality iPhone app that enables you to find great places to work nearby, from cafes to coworking spaces, complete with reviews. Tweet
John Cox, Macworld UK
A new report from a mobile security vendor details how the most popular smartphones, including the iPhone, are very vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, carried out via public Wi-Fi connections. Tweet
Jonathan Seff, Macworld
On Wednesday, Apple released LED Cinema Display iSight Firmware Update 1.0, a fix for an issue with the built-in iSight camera on the LED Cinema Display not being recognized by some applications. Tweet
Karelia Software
One great way to get some exposure to your application is to get it in front of as many Apple employees as you can. Ideally, give your program away! Tweet
Edible Apple
With the average joe more tech conscious and savvy these days, the demands for modern technology in the workplace is growing louder, and thankfully, corporations are starting to listen. Tweet
Tom Kaneshige, CIO
For some retailers, an iPhone app makes perfect sense. Others, not so much. Tweet
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Popcorn is Roxio’s conversion and burning tool for multimedia content. Among other talents it lets you easily convert Flash video clips into a format suitable for your Apple TV or iPhone, but that’s not all. Tweet
Dave Girard, Ars Technica
VMware Fusion has always had a stable, fast foundation, and version 3 continues to impress by pulling off a seemingly flawless 64-bit transition. Tweet
Katia Dunn, NPR News
There are several Apple-devoted sites. Some of them employ whole teams of people who spend their days reporting on the company. And, when I say reporting, I mean impressive investigative journalism. Tweet
Philip DiStefano, Tiger Weekly
Right now, other smartphone platforms such as Google's Android are using their openness as a selling point, but what will happen when more and more closed platforms start succeeding? Tweet
Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer
The Camino Project released Camino 2.0 on Wednesday afternoon with improved security features, enhanced tabbed browsing, and more. Tweet
John Rizzo, Macworld
Sync your Mac to multiple devices, including Windows Mobile. Tweet
Owen Fletcher, Macworld UK
South Korean regulators gave Apple a business license on Wednesday that would allow it to launch the iPhone in the country at any time. Tweet
John Brownlee, Geek.com Tweet
Leo Lewis, The Times
Singapore’s newspaper stories about dogs must have puzzled world leaders. Tweet
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld
There's nothing worse than losing your iTunes library to a hard drive crash. If you have music on your iPod, you can at least get it back with the right tools. Tweet
Wall Street Journal Tweet
Brad Stone, New York Times
The music, videos and mobile applications available through Apple’s iTunes Store get all the attention, but it might be time to acknowledge the increasingly varied and popular offerings of iTunes U, Apple’s catalog of lectures from colleges and universities around the world. Tweet
Susie Ochs, Mac Life
Zuma's Revenge is crammed with content, even without a multiplayer mode or a way to make your own levels. And it's got the "just one more level!" addictiveness that you'd expect from a PopCap game. Tweet
Aron Trimble, TUAW
The results may not surprise you; for instance, netbooks fail 40% more often than premium laptops and Apple's MacBook line has above-average reliability. Tweet
Brent Simmons, Inessential
The idea behind the lecture was to talk about what makes a great Mac app. I took that as an excuse to talk about everything from work habits to UI to marketing. Tweet
AppleInsider
Despite a slow start in official handset sales, the iPhone has found success in China with customers flocking to the App Store, even with the device's lack of Wi-Fi. Tweet
John Paczkowski, Wall Street Journal Tweet
Milind Alvares, Smoking Apples Tweet
Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac Tweet
Sam Diaz, ZDNet Blogs
As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Apple products. But, by the time Apple unleashes the iPhone from AT&T and gets its act together over the app approval process, I may be so happy with Android - and its apps - that I won’t be willing to trade it in for an iPhone. Tweet
Guy R. Briggs, FOXNews Tweet
Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb
Three iPhone application developers are cited in an online petition which asks Apple to approve their apps, all of which have been sitting in limbo for months on end. Tweet
Sharon Chan, Seattle Times
The Apple store shut its doors for a remodeling in The Shops at Mission Viejo, just as Microsoft announced plans to open a store in the same mall in Orange County, Calif. Tweet
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
But Apple's MacBook line beats the corporate laptop standards of Dell, Lenovo, and HP. Tweet
Brian Heater, PC Magazine
Developers can protest all they want, but Apple is likely to maintain its tight control over the App Store for as long as it can. Tweet
Will Kelly, Salon Tweet
Wei Du and Mark Lee, Bloomberg
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. Chairman Chang Xiaobing said he expects Apple Inc.’s iPhone to become China’s best-selling smart phone, countering skepticism by analysts who say the handset is too expensive. Tweet
Tony Craine, Macworld
Runtime Revolution has released version 4.0 of its self-titled application-authoring software. New in this release is the ability to deploy applications directly to the Web in any of the major browsers running in Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. Tweet
Jared Newman, Technologizer
Apple’s cooking up something related to video games, and needs a jack of all trades game designer to get the job done. Tweet
Tim Leberecht, CNET News
Secrecy, compliance, top-down hierarchies, rigid communication policies, and walled gardens are characteristics that may be somewhat outdated in this era, and yet they seem to be the very cornerstones of Apple’s and Bloomberg’s success as the two firms thrive as the surprise champions of their respective categories. Tweet
Seth Weintraub, Computerworld
Here's what's left to be decided at trial: Apple's allegations of breach of contract; induced breach of contract, trademark infringement; trademark dilution; trade dress infringement; and state unfair competition under California Business and Professions Code § 17200; and common law unfair competition. See anything on that list that will be helpful to Psystar? Tweet
Jim Edwards, BNET
It suggests that Apple is interested in distributing its devices and software free to anyone willing to make a tradeoff by sitting through some ads. This is a time-honored business strategy that has previously been fantastically successful.
I see this more of a preemptive measure to prevent others from undercutting the Mac and iPhone markets. Tweet
Don Reisinger, eWeek
Change is constant in the computer industry and even Apple can't say it will never change its mind about retaining exclusive control of the Mac OS platform. Tweet
Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo
he fact, however, is that nobody have a single clue about what Apple's real numbers are Tweet
John Martellaro, The Mac Observer Tweet
David Morgenstern, ZDNet
Sessions at this month's iPhone Tech Talk in Seattle revealed differences in usage by age groups, according to a developer report from the conference. Tweet
Ian Paul, PC World
Personally, I’m happy with my Mac computer and although I’ve had a few minor problems, I can’t really say I’m unhappy with Apple’s significant control over my computing experience. But then again, isn’t there something instinctively wrong about accepting a system or product, regardless of its quality, that reduces consumer choice? Especially when it comes to a device that is so integral to our daily lives? Tweet
Dan Moren, Macworld
Competing smartphones can tell us a lot about the iPhone’s future direction. Tweet
Paul Venezia, InfoWorld
Many iPhone developers are worked up over Apple's application review process. It's not perfect, but it's there for a reason. Tweet
Matt Marrone, New York Daily News Tweet
Leow Si Wan, Straits Times
Helping the two patients - who are at the heart of a drug blunder at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) - to recover is the 'top priority' now, said health minister Khaw Boon Wan on Monday. Tweet
PixoBebo
Strategic Analytics report was based on an analysis of Apple’s financial numbers, which include the ever misunderstood subscription accounting, which is mostly iPhone revenue, or, as Apple reported, it would be about $2.85 billion in Adjusted Net Income (which includes iPhone’s subscription accounting).
Face it, Joe. Man up. You got it wrong and you’re afraid to admit it. Only Apple really knows how much profit the iPhone brought in last quarter, but all accounts except yours put Apple’s iPhone profits above Nokia’s cell phone profits. Tweet
Jim Harmening, Southtown Star Tweet
Harry McCracken, Technologizer
Apple, in other words, usually manages to do the right thing–it’s just that it sometimes does it after doing the wrong thing and getting slapped around in the blogosphere. Wouldn’t it be more efficient for everyone concerned–and less embarrassing for Apple and the iPhone platform–if it figured out it should really approve these apps before rejecting them and sending so many people into a tizzy? Tweet
Mclendon, New York Daily News
New York's already got three Apple stores, but hundreds of Mac fans patiently waited in the drizzle Saturday for a look at the fourth. Tweet
Charles Arthur, The Guardian
Psystar, the little company in Florida that seemed for a while to be based in the back of a truck while it made Apple clones based on PC hardware, has lost all its claims against Apple in a legal victory that is an important ruling against would-be clone makers. Tweet
Randall Stross, New York Times
Everything about this technology seems so antithetical to the guiding principles of Apple that one would naturally wonder whether Steven P. Jobs even knows whether his company filed a patent application for such a thing. Tweet
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
An iPhone app illustrated with caricatures of the 111th Congress finally gets the green light. Tweet
AppleInsider
Judge William Alsup ruled this week in a summary judgment that Psystar infringed on copyrights owned by Apple in order to place Mac OS X on unauthorized computers built and sold by the Florida corporation. In addition, Psystar was found to be in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by circumventing Apple's protection barrier that prevents installation of its operating system on third-party hardware. Tweet
Mike Schramm, TUAW
The problem appears to be a number of API calls in the engine (though not specifically the game themselves, as I understand it) that allow the games to access the iPhone's number and send it back to the developer's servers. Tweet
Rafe Colburn, rc3.org
The current system isn’t going to work for a whole lot longer. Tweet
Joe Wilcox, BetaNews
As for Apple's overall phone profits being higher than Nokia's, don't believe it. Just because dozens of Websites report something as true doesn't make it so. Because of the extent of misreporting, I can't say where the fault lies. Tweet
John Biggs, CrunchGear Tweet
Mike Ash, Rogue Amoeba
Ultimately, this is not a trademark issue, but simply a matter of Apple enforcing arbitrary and inconsistent requirements for iPhone applications. There’s no legal requirement for them to forbid use of their icons, and no benefit to them in doing so. Tweet
Brian X. Chen, Wired News
Hot-selling mobile apps have earned some independent programmers hundreds of thousands of dollars. But one of the greatest risks of developing apps for a platform controlled by a large corporation, such as Google or Apple, is that you can easily get crushed. Tweet
Elizabeth Howell, The Globe And Mail
I can't go a considerable distance without playing music – so trying out the FM transmitters that connect an iPod or iPhone to your car stereo without wiring sounds like a convenient and excellent solution. Here's a test drive of three of the popular models. Tweet
Joachim Bean, TUAW Tweet
Manton Reece
I want my software to fail because it sucks, or is buggy, or doesn't have the right features, not because Apple can shut me down over a minor difference of opinion. Tweet
John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Is Apple within their rights to reject this app for this reason? Sure. The bottom line is that they can reject apps for whatever reasons they want — that’s the rule that matters here. But was Rogue Amoeba foolish for designing their application this way? No. There’s nothing in the SDK agreement that they’ve violated. Tweet
Apple Insider
Apple has updated links generated via iTunes to direct to a Web site called iTunes Preview, which gives customers the option to view content without launching the application. Tweet
Derrick Story, Macworld
By storing files outside of iPhoto’s database, you can stay in control and share with other programs. Tweet
Alaska Miller, The Business Insider Tweet
Paul Bonanos, GigaOM
When it comes to selling a song online, 30 cents means a lot. Sales of hit songs in Apple’s iTunes store have dipped 6 percent since April, in part due to a new variable song pricing structure that has driven up the price of most hits to $1.29, data from a new study by Billboard’s Glenn Peoples shows. But popular tracks by Lady GaGa, Miley Cyrus and their ilk are keeping their market share in comparison with the remainder of the music market, and Apple’s revenue from sales of the more expensive hit songs appears to be rising faster than consumers are turning away. Tweet
Paul Kafasis, Rogue Amoeba
Today, over three and a half months after we initially submitted our bug fix update for review, it’s finally available. So what happened? Tweet
Jim Goldman, CNBC
Apple now says it will open 40 to 50 new Apple stores this year, compared to earlier estimates of 25 to 50; over half the openings will be international, including locations in the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, China, and Australia. In fact, Apple will be opening its second stores in London, Paris and Shanghai. Tweet
Dan Frommer, The Business Insider
At a press event today, Apple said that 10,000 people submitted applications to work at the new store on Manhattan's Upper West Side, according to Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan. Of those, just over 200 got jobs, for a 2% acceptance rate. Tweet
Dan Frommer, The Business Insider
It's hard to get excited about most new stores, but this one -- from the outside, at least -- looks gorgeous. Tweet
Matt Buchanan, Gizmodo
While every Apple Store is in some sense a place of reverence, the new Upper West Side store unabashedly evokes that feeling: The top floor's a vast open space, enclosed by spartan stone walls which support a massive glass ceiling. Tweet
Nicholas Bonsack, Macworld
Orbicule's Undercover 1.5 for iPhone introduces clever push notifications to the iPhone tracking app, specifically made to fool a thief into exposing his whereabouts. Tweet
Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Learn about some key changes to the Unix 'top' command in Snow Leopard. Tweet
Ed Sutherland, Cult of Mac
Apple’s iPhone now accounts for 17 percent of global smartphone sales, propelled by a nearly 50 percent growth rate for the third quarter, new research released Thursday indicates. Cupertino’s rising star in worldwide smartphone demand is expected to only increase as the iPhone becomes available in China and more carriers begin offering the popular cell phone. Tweet
Apple
iPhone is helping these engineers deploy submarines and subsea rovers all over the world — without breaking the bank. Tweet
Andrew LaVallee, Wall Street Journal
Apple said Thursday that it expects to open 40 to 50 new retail locations next year and that it will focus on bigger flagship stores in major cities. Tweet
Saul Hansell, New York Times
A glass and marble palace on New York's Upper West Side is the latest in Apple's retail chain that makes nearly as much per store as Macy's does from locations 30 times larger. Tweet
Stephen Williams, New York Times
The on-again, off-again Commodore 64 app for Apple is on again in the iTunes app store, now improved over the original version that appeared—but only briefly—in September. Tweet
Marguerite Reardon, CNET News
Apple's latest store in Manhattan is part of a bigger plan to win new customers through its retail strategy. Tweet
Lisa Scherzer, Smart Money Tweet
Ben Grubb, SC Magazine
Ashley Towns said he had received non-stop phone calls, death threats and posting of his personal details online. Tweet
Mark Webster, New Zealand Herald
All in all, it has been a fantastic year for Apple against all expectations. Tweet
Yukari Iwatani Kane and Ryan Knutson, Wall Street Journal
There is a hint of that old boomtown feeling again in the Bay Area -- this time in living rooms and garages and cubicles where a cottage industry is unfolding around the iPhone app. Tweet
Gizmodo
Apple brought Steve Jobs back to the company in December 1996. Since then, he's been building a massive pile of cash, rolling out new product after new product. Tweet
Garry Barker, The Age
Apple's latest line-up has a gift for integration. Tweet
MacNN Tweet
Michael Rose, TUAW Tweet
Juliet Ye, Wall Street Journal Tweet
Brian X. Chen, Wired
Taking a small step toward openness, Apple rolls out a brand new way for iPhone developers to track the status of apps they’ve submitted to the App Store. Tweet
Christopher Breen, Macworld
Why does iPhoto report a library of 7GB when the Finder says 21GB? There's more to the iPhoto Library package than meets the eye. Tweet
AppleInsider
Apple Wednesday afternoon released an update to its Safari Web browser, addressing a vulnerability that could allow an image file to exploit Macs with older software. Tweet
Jeff Porten, Macworld
The latest version of MiniMail adds a small message notification view to Mail, multiple viewers, and Snow Leopard compatibility. Tweet
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld
If you work in lots of locations, you may find yourself wishing you could access your files from everywhere. Here are four ways to do just that. Tweet
Stephen Williams, New York Times
Sirius XM Radio, always on the lookout for ways to attract fee-paying younger subscribers, is now after the Apple crowd. After its introduction several months ago, the XM SkyDock, an iPod/iPhone accessory, is finally on the market, at a price of $120; even Apple stores are expected to carry it. Tweet
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Tweet
AppleInsider
PC sales in the U.K. and Western Europe diminished over the past year while Apple's market share has grown, as higher-priced Macs have found success in the midst of down economy. Tweet
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Another piece of dangerous code that attacks iPhones has been found, although it puts at risk only a very small subset of the smartphone's users. Tweet
Jason Snell, Macworld
In all the speculation that abounds on the Web about the possibilities of an Apple-designed tablet device that would compete with e-readers from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the like, I haven’t seen a whole lot of discussion about one of the great mysteries of the idea: who would sell the content for such a device?
There are two likely answers to that question. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Let’s take them in turn. Tweet
Thomas Fitzgerald
It’s funny how Apple is one of the few (if not only) very successful businesses that pundits continue to argue that the companies business model is entirely wrong and that it should be doing things completely differently. Tweet
The iPhone Blog
Sure, that means there’s a lower barrier of entry to creating poor iPhone apps, but it also means great developers aren’t wasting their time re-inventing UI wheels, or fighting the OS to do right by their apps. They investing that time in making great apps. Tweet
All Things Digital Tweet
MG Siegler, TechCrunch
While the press and rivals obsess over market share, Apple quietly comes in and makes an insane amount of money. It’s the same in the computer industry. Small market share, huge amount of money. The most important thing for all of these are companies is the bottom line. Apple wins that battle. Tweet
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
The 12.3.3 update contains a critical security fix, as well as significant improvements in stability, according to the release notes. Tweet
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS Tweet
Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch Tweet
Jason Mick, DailyTech
Apple's decision to opt for NVIDIA is certainly being rewarded with loads of love from the graphics giant. Tweet
Macworld UK
Apple's Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard update released on Monday, has fixed several issues associated with running Adobe Photoshop on a Mac. Tweet
Dan Frakes, Macworld
FolderGlance modifies the Finder's contextual menus, allowing you to view the contents of folders and files, and perform actions on those items, with a simple right-click. Tweet
MacNN Tweet
Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Learn how to set the quality level of a remote Mac's screen in the Screen Sharing application in 10.5 and 10.6. Tweet
Ted Landau, Macworld
The Mac OS X 10.6.2 update fixes several bugs that Ted Landau looked at in previous columns. Here's a rundown of what the updated OS addresses. Tweet
MacNN
The VESA group today officially released Mini DisplayPort as a finalized standard. Known for short as mDP, the Apple-developed connector can now be used by other companies to attach displays with the expectation that they will meet all the DisplayPort 1.1a specs. Tweet
Peter Cohen, The Loop
In the end, I’m really pleased with the MacBook as a replacement for my 17-inch MacBook Pro. Obviously, three years is a long time in the evolution of computer systems, especially for Apple. When I acquired my previous laptop, Apple was only a year into the Intel transition, having announced its plan in 2005 and executing in 2006. But going from one end of the Apple’s laptop spectrum to the other hasn’t been a sacrifice. In fact, it’s been great. Tweet
Nick Spence, Macworld UK
Apple’s original UK iPhone partner O2 will start to unlock customers’ phones. Rival provider Orange started selling the iPhone Tuesday, while Vodafone is expected to offer the iPhone from the second week in January next year. Tweet
TJ Luoma, TUAW
Is this Apple clamping down on "hackintosh" computers, or just continuing to prune code that it doesn't need? The answer you prefer likely depends on your previous view of Apple. Tweet
MG Siegler, TechCrunch
The Magic Mouse has no problem following up four points of contact relatively easily. It works for five too, but at that point, the surface area on the top of the mouse becomes the issue. Tweet
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld
AT&T today reiterated its plans to offer tethering on the iPhone, but again gave no date when that might happen -- more than a year after the carrier first said tethering would be coming "soon." Tweet
Ramu Nagappan, Macworld Tweet
AppleInsider
Apple's second update for Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.2, was officially released Monday afternoon, fixing a number of issues including a guest account bug that could potentially delete a user's account data. Tweet
Mel Martin, TUAW
If you are a sometime PC user you probably know about Orb, a multimedia sharing tool that allows you to access your media from anywhere you have an internet connection and a browser. Now, Orb has come to the Mac and it's got great possibilities -- but it's a mixed bag in terms of reliability. Tweet
Lex Friedman, Macworld Tweet
Scott Bradner, Networld World
Apple's take-it-like-we-serve-it attitude has recently struck close to home for me and it is frustrating. Tweet
Tom Richmond, Tom's MAD Blog
Wow. I’ve had rejections in theme parks before but never because my drawings were considered “obscene, pornographic, or defamatory”. Tweet
Beth Anoid, Huffington Post Tweet
VoIP Watch Tweet
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Pwn2own winner Charlie Miller says modified iPhones lack security defenses and are therefore easier to hijack Tweet
MG Siegler, TechCrunch
The short answer is yes. This is hands-down the best mouse Apple has ever made. It’s not even close. That said, it could be even better, and hopefully down the road, with a software update, it will be. Tweet
Scott McNulty, Macworld Tweet
Dan Moren, Macworld
The iPhone’s shutter control doesn’t trigger when you press the camera button, it triggers when you release it. So the simple trick for taking better iPhone self-portraits is to press and hold the camera button, then turn the phone around and snap the picture by releasing your finger. Tweet
MacNN Tweet
AppleInsider
The iPhone's first worm -- a playful, wallpaper-changing prank that only affects jailbroken phones -- could be a sign of more dangerous things to come. Tweet
MacNN
Apple this morning began sending notices that it has started shipping at least Core i5-equipped versions of the 27-inch iMac. Tweet
Lauren Goode, Wall Street Journal
The HD Radio app for the iPhone, while technically free, isn’t cheap. It requires a Gigaware HD Radio receiver accessory, which costs $80 and is only available at Radio Shack. Headphones are also required, not just for listening purposes, but also to act as antennae for the receiver. Tweet
Om Malik, GigaOM
A month has passed since the decision was announced, and there is still no support for VoIP over 3G. Tweet
Michelle McGee, Savannah Morning News
If you are an iPhoner, though, you understand because you know that the iPhone is more than just a phone. In fact, it's a world of entertainment at your fingertips, no matter how small they may be. Tweet
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
Despite a hasty fix to repair the last update, reports of problems continue to pour in. Tweet
OS News Tweet
Ted Murphy Tweet
Craig Crossman, McClatchy News Service
Typically, simplicity comes with less functionality. But Apple seems to keep breaking that rule and the Magic Mouse is definitely another rule-breaker. If your Mac meets the minimum requirements, you’re going to want this mouse. Tweet
AFP
The official launch of Apple's iPhone in China has been disappointing at best for mobile operator China Unicom, with the grey market still booming and competitors offering worthy alternatives, experts say. Tweet
Michael Rose, TUAW
Apple has shipped 3.0.1, which is supposed to fix problems where 3.0 units would unexpectedly dump all their loaded content. Tweet
MacNN
Anticipated drag and swipe functions are sometimes said to be failing, leaving only regular click commands available. When the special wireless mouse software is applied, a Mac may still fail to detect a Magic Mouse. Tweet
Neven Mrgan
They’re all ugly. Tweet
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. Tweet
MacNN
Drag and drop to organize your digital tidbits in a logical way and find them again easily. Yojimbo 2 makes this possible in simple, but powerful program. Tweet
Mike Schramm, TUAW
The name is a little unwieldy, but it gets the point across. You go onto the Apple web site to find what you want, click to reserve the product at a nearby Apple Store, and then go to the store and pick up the goods while you're doing your holiday shopping between December 15 to 24. Tweet
Markus Goebel, Seeking Alpha
So much for the coming mobile nirvana of free mobile content – at least for iPhone users in Germany. Today Europe’s biggest newspaper, BILD-Zeitung, intends to use, in effect, brute force to compel users buy its new iPhone app. The paper tabloid is to block anyone using an iPhone browser from accessing its website. Tweet
Yoni Heisler, Network World
The iPhone may soon be getting stiffer competition from upcoming products like the Motorola Droid, but one area where Apple's commanding lead seems untouchable is its mobile app store. Tweet
App Advice Tweet
Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times
Apple has finally assembled a set of features for its hosted MobileMe service that makes it worth its subscription fee for the right user. As a critic of the service in the past, I find myself with naught but praise these days. Tweet
Mark Tennent, ATPM Tweet
Jason Snell, Macworld
Now, as some of you may have read elsewhere, getting this app up on the App Store was not as easy as you might think it would be. Tweet
Noreen O'Leary, Brandweek Magazine
Apple, once untouchable in terms of marketing, has gotten a little roughed up lately. Tweet
Brian Garner, AppleInsider
John Carmack, creator of the classic PC game Doom, described working with Apple as a "rollercoaster ride," and suggested that company executives are not happy about the popularity of gaming on the iPhone and iPod touch. Tweet
Ted Landau, Macworld
The mouse will occasionally drop its connection altogether. When this happens, a “Connection Lost” message briefly pops up on the display. This can occur even while the mouse is sitting idle. Typically, the mouse re-establishes a connection on its own, but there is no telling how long this will take. Tweet
Rob Griffiths, Macworld
As you know, Photo Booth includes a collection of image-altering effects you can use to distort your photos; just click the Effects button to see the collection of 24 effects, and to apply them to your photos. A subset of these effects (16 in all) are available in iChat, too, for use in creating some truly strange looking iChat image icons. But in case that’s not enough effects for you, here’s a way to add over 20 additional effects to both iChat and Photo Booth. Tweet
AppleInsider
Apple has officially announced that its forthcoming flagship store on Broadway in New York City will have its grand opening on Nov. 14, in time for the holiday shopping season. Tweet
Sharon Zardetto, Macworld
If you’re like me, you’ve nearly worn out your Mac’s Control key (often labeled CTRL), using it to open contextual menus. It’s true that Control-clicking on anything from a Finder icon to a window’s title is an amazingly handy way to access a pop-up menu of targeted options. But you can also add Control to common key combinations for variations on the original functions. Tweet
Dave Caolo, TUAW Tweet
Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
Viewfinder offers a convenient way to search, obtain, and attribute photos from the popular Flickr photo-sharing site. If you use a lot of images in your day-to-day life, you will want to take a closer look. Tweet
Apple
For Legend, cinching that connection on the current tour involves working his songs on every level to meet and exceed the high bar set by the massively popular recordings. Tweet
Adam Lashinsky, Fortune
How Apple's imperious, brilliant CEO transformed American business. Tweet
Fortune
From the brightly colored iMac to the ultra-sleek MacBook Pro, Steve Jobs turned geeky PCs into lusted-after objects. Tweet
Fortune
Harvard professor Nancy F. Koehn shows us how Steve Jobs stacks up with other great entrepreneurs in history. Tweet
Ed Sutherland, Cult of Mac
Apple today opened the first of a series of stores planned for Paris. The first, located near the famous Louvre art museum, coincided with the release of the Musee du Louvre iPhone app showcasing among other exhibits, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Tweet
TJ Luoma, TUAW
QuickTime was one of the few apps which changed significantly in Snow Leopard. We've heard from some readers who missed the initial reports about it, so we're repeating it here, with some additional QuickTime information. Tweet
Fortune
Eight people who rarely speak publicly about Jobs explain what makes him one of the best business minds of our time. Tweet
John Brandon, Macworld
For those who never buy a 1.0 product, just on principle, now might be the time to break the rule. Studio One Pro 1.0.1 has an arguably more appealing interface than Logic Studio, the one-screen approach is easy to use, yet really powerful, and the app is a solid and stable performer. Plus, the musical results are impressive. I own Logic Studio, but I plan to record more songs with Studio One. Tweet
Macworld UK
MacSpeech 1.5.6 adds a new dictation preferences pane that allows the Auto Cache Document feature to be enabled or disabled for TextEdit and Microsoft Word. The update also adds "exclusive support" for the Plantronics Calisto Bluetooth Headset. which allows freedom of movement during dictation. Tweet
InfoWorld
People can't get enough of Apple's aura of cool. But a bit more humility would make the company easier to live with. Tweet
Tech Night Owl
Apple’s logic is that they aren’t going to build a product unless they can sell enough copies to make it profitable. That means that you won’t get a non-glossy iMac unless demand is extremely high. There will probably never be a mid-priced expandable desktop without an integrated display simply because the market is moving towards notebooks. Tweet
Dan Tynan, PC World
The bottom line: Apple makes great products, but its marketing practices limit your choices and cost you more money. Tweet
MG Siegler, TechCrunch
I really don’t understand Apple’s thinking with these remotes. It would seem that they’re clearly inching towards products with less buttons and more touch elements, but this new remote is the opposite of that. Tweet
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
The advice - from Anonymous - is to change the Screen Sharing program's mode setting to 32 bits. Tweet
Elinor Mills, CNET News
As part of his Master of Fine Arts thesis project, Zach Gage wrote a game to run on Macintosh computers that resembles Space Invaders but with a digital roulette twist--for every alien space ship the player destroys a random file on the computer is deleted. Tweet
MacNN
The software enables users to track all citations and references within essays or books, while creating a reference list that can be accessed whenever necessary. The latest version features improved accuracy for the formatted reference list importer. Tweet
MCT News Service
Typically, simplicity comes with less functionality. But Apple seems to keep breaking that rule and the Magic Mouse is definitely another rule-breaker. If your Mac meets the minimum requirements, you're going to want this mouse. Tweet
John Biggs, CrunchGear
Apple’s refusal to expand its product line has finally paid off. By creating a regimented army of drone devices to run its marketplace they’ve ensured absolute compatibility at the cost of, potentially, consumer choice. Tweet
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
I don't see Apple letting the App Store collapse under its own weight, but with all these other app stores coming online and gaining momentum, Apple needs to solve these problems sooner rather than later. Tweet
James Galbraith, Macworld Tweet
David Morgenstern, ZDNet
BBEdit, Bare Bones Software’s leading HTML code and text editor was updated to Version 9.3 on Tuesday with new features and interface tweaks. Tweet
Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer
Apple added a new section to its iTunes Store on Wednesday geared at highlighting movies with a musical theme. The section includes musicals, music-focused movies, concert movies and documentaries. Tweet
Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
In the high-stakes game of iPhone application development, your portfolio can mean the difference between landing a client or being overlooked. What happens when your peers decide they need to steal from your app portfolio in order to get ahead? Tweet
Dan Moren, Macworld
We’ve known it was coming for a while now, but the milestone has finally been passed: Apple announced on Wednesday that the App Store now boasts more than 100,000 applications available for download. And download the people have, more than two billion times in 77 countries. Tweet
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld Tweet
Minyanville.com
In Apple’s eyes, the iPhone may have debuted last week. In reality, iPhones have been available to the Chinese, albeit illegally, for quite some time. Tweet
Steven Millward, CNET Asia
Apple's App Store is the official source of third-party apps on China Unicom's iPhone. But China Unicom's online App Store, dubbed the China Unicom "Wo" portal, accessed in the Safari Web browser (at iphone.wo.com.cn), has positioned itself as the de facto source of apps for Chinese consumers. Tweet
Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer
The new version of the OS virtualization application offers up to a three times performance improvement, and video performance that's up to seven times better compared to previous versions of the application. Tweet
Joachim Bean, TUAW
Overall, if you've used a Mighty Mouse, you'll need little time to adjust. It feels mostly the same, and I was surprised in how easy it was to get used to. Tweet
Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac
The danger appears related to Safari’s failure to close connections with web servers that run Motion JPEG to stream video over the Internet. Tweet
Josh Carr, TUAW
The suggestion at this point: cycle your wireless connection. Tweet
Dan Frakes, Macworld
According to Apple, the mini line was designed to be the most affordable way to get a computer with Mac OS X and iLife. While that may be true, the early-2009 Mac minis were the first that actually let you take full advantage of that software. The latest models improve modestly on their predecessors with faster processors, more RAM, and—on the lower-end model—more hard-drive space at the same $599 and $799 prices. The results are Mac minis that address a few of my biggest criticisms of the early-2009 models. (Sadly, slow hard drives remain.) Tweet
Rob Griffiths, Macworld Tweet
MacNN
Apple leads in brick-and-mortar retail stores but is no match for more universally oriented stores online, Consumer Reports says in its December issue. Tweet
MacNN
Avanquest Software’s Nova Development unit in collaboration with Nickelodeon has launched three new children’s software titles for the Mac, consisting of Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego Go! characters. Tweet
David Morgenstern, ZDNet
As users migrate to Snow Leopard they will find that AppleScript is less forgiving about date and time formatting. Formerly reliable scripts, years old, may fail. Tweet
Mark Lee, Bloomberg
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the country’s second-biggest mobile-phone company, said it has 5,000 users for Apple Inc.’s iPhone, after the carrier introduced the handset in the world’s biggest phone market last week. Tweet
MacNN
The software behaves like an old-style tape recorder, with the ability to export to WAV, AIFF and MP3 formats. Tweet
Doug McLean, TidBITS
A handful of recent threads on Apple's Support Discussion forums - backed up by our own testing - indicate that Snow Leopard suffers from a bug that prevents users from opening multiple recently downloaded files simultaneously. Tweet
Karl Hodge, Macworld UK
Get things done with OmniFocus: not so much a list maker as a life manager. Tweet
Jared Newman, PC World Tweet
Charles Arthur, Guardian
Tales from the Twilight Zone of the iPhone App Store, pt 946: Apple has rejected an ebook submitted by Macworld because it contains the word "iPhone". Tweet
Dow Jones Tweet
Kris Fong, Macworld
If you use an older version of iPhoto but want the newer features, switching to Picasa is a no-brainer. If you use Photoshop or another image editor, Picasa makes a great photo-management companion. It’s free, so why not give it a go? Tweet
Pierre Igot, Betalogue
With such inconsistencies, it is pretty much impossible for the user to develop instinctive habits in his or her interactions with the Finder, and he or she ends up constantly having to correct the inappropriate/unexpected behaviour triggered by his or her mouse clicks. Tweet
Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica
Apple attempts to reinvent the mouse with its new Magic Mouse. It offers multitouch gestures and brings a new dimension to scrolling, while dropping some useful features from its predecessor. Tweet
Carl Franzen, The Atlantic
A few tech writers are congratulating themselves for predicting the disappointing debut of the iPhone in China on Friday. Many have linked to the various reports from The Wall Street Journal's Loretta Chao, who closely followed the run-up and launch of the product, which she says netted a "lukewarm" reception. What accounts for Apple's hard luck? Bloggers offer several theories. Tweet
Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
It seems Apple is rethinking its TV strategy, in a way that might—if the company can pull it off—give consumers the option to pay Apple less than half as much as they currently pay their cable or satellite provider for a monthy TV subscription. Tweet
Harry McCracken, Technologizer
Is any of this too much to ask for? I’d cheerfully pay a lot more than $30 a month to the first company who offers it. Tweet
MacNN Tweet
Jonathan Hoenig, Smart Money
I am not a tech geek or company evangelist, but the fact that the iPhone is, quite simply, a miracle of human achievement. It’s a phone, a map, a camera, an encyclopedia, and stereo, among a thousand other uses, all for a few hundred dollars upfront and a reasonable monthly fee. Consider that my family’s old Apple II cost more than $1,200 back in the late 1970s, a hefty price for a machine that didn’t do much beyond a rudimentary version of Lemonade Stand. The iPhone demonstrates wealth creation incarnate. Tweet
Karl Hodge, Macworld UK
It lacks a full word processor’s more advanced features, but Bean handles all the same files as TextEdit in an interface that’s easy to understand and looks great. Tweet
Erik Vlietinck, IT Enquirer
Mac OS X users have several screen-casting applications to choose from, but the best one by a margin remains ScreenFlow. With the release of version 2 Telestream has upped the bar for other screen-cast software developers. Tweet
Brooke Crothers, CNET News.com
Intel on Monday said it is investigating a glitch that prevents an Apple iPhone from synching with certain PCs that use a new Intel chipset. Tweet
Christopher Breen, Macworld
Macs and their power adapters are—and have been for as long as I can remember—built to support 110 – 240 Volts. So, out of the box, you can jack your Mac mini or MacBook into just about any outlet you come across without fear of melting the thing. Where the country-of-purchase makes a difference is in the kind of plug that appears at the end of that power adapter. And that’s what you need to change. Tweet
Peter Kafka, All Things Digital
Would you pay $30 a month to watch TV via iTunes? That’s the pitch Apple has been making to TV networks in recent weeks. The company is trying to round up support for a monthly subscription service that would deliver TV programs via its multimedia software, multiple sources tell me. Tweet
Dan Moren, Macworld Tweet
Consumerist.com
"Seeing that you have been a loyal customer since September, 2004, the iTunes Store would like to give you the opportunity to redownload (at no charge) all the titles you purchased on this account that are still available... Please note that you may download your purchases only once, so this is an exception. Also note that Apple does not offer protection for the loss of data from your hard disk, so I recommend that you back up your iTunes library as soon as possible and thereafter on a regular basis." Tweet
AppleInsider
Apple has forecast a 70 percent increase in capital expenditures for the 2010 fiscal year, which one analyst has said could be a sign the Mac maker is investing in "strategic new infrastructure." Tweet
James Dempsey, Macworld
Acorn 2.1 is a great app for digital photography hobbyists, bloggers, or anyone who needs a decent amount of flexibility in editing images but doesn't require the power of a full image editor. Tweet
Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek
Services that do the coding for you make it easy for nontechies to create iPhone apps. Applications to the Apple App Store are exploding. Tweet
Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen, NetworkWorld
On the surface, Apple's Snow Leopard Server feels like a $499 maintenance release, but underneath, there's much more – improved performance, more polish and new apps focused on collaboration and content sharing. Tweet
Seth Weintraub, Computerworld
Apple might already have finally met its match in when it comes to Chinese competition...from other iPhones. Tweet
Loretta Chao, Wall Street Journal
Apple Inc.'s iPhone got a lukewarm welcome in its official Chinese debut, with a boisterous crowd turning out for a launch party in the capital but no sign of the sort of sellout reception that greeted the smart phone at its introduction in other countries. Tweet
Josh Carr, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The iPhone that you just received looks new on the outside because it has new glass, a new case, new battery... but the rest of the device is fair game for refurbished parts. Tweet
Michael Rose, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The Apple support boards are hopping with reports of 100% CPU spikes coinciding with the switchover from DST between 1 am and 2 am, mostly associated with having the menu bar clock enabled and/or having the clock automatic set feature turned on. Tweet
Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac Tweet
Jon Fingas, MacNN Tweet
AppleInsider Tweet
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