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• News: Air Force Might Replace Manuals with 18,000 iPads

  The Mac Observer

  Bryan Chaffin

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:59 pm

  The U.S. Air Mobility Command (AMC) is looking for a few good tablets (with apologies to the Marine Corps) to replace bulky flight manuals and flight charts. The logistics arm of the Air Force announced that it will be purchasing up to 18,000 iPads or other tablets as part of its effort to reduce its reliance on paper manuals.

• Remains of the Day: Apropos of something

  Macworld

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:30 pm

  The first iTunes Match royalties have arrived, and they're music to artists' ears. Elsewhere, one pilot's lawsuit against his airline may not have enough lift for takeoff, and an iOS-based social network apologizes for getting just a bit too social.

• EFI updates extend Lion Internet recovery to more Macs

  MacFixIt

  Topher Kessler

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:44 am

  Apple has released new EFI firmware updates to in part bring the Lion Internet recovery option to more 2010-model Macs.

• Ding dong, the white MacBook is dead—for real this time

  Infinite Loop

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:20 pm

  The white plastic MacBook is officially dead for good after Apple notified resellers that it will no longer be available to educational institutions. The 13" machine was essentially killed off for most of the public last July, but the budget laptop continued to be available to schools for the last six months. Now, however, the machine has officially been EOL'd (End of Lifed), bringing the old iBook legacy to an end once and for all. As noted by MacRumors, Apple informed resellers of the product EOL on Wednesday, saying they had ended the educational distribution channel for the machine. It's…

• Radio: Windows Phone 8, Android

  RoughlyDrafted Magazine

  danieleran

  4 Feb 2012 | 10:46 pm

  Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about Windows Phone 8 and Android. Also on the show are Peter Cohen and Jim Dalrymple of The Loop and Rich Sloan of StartUp Nation You can tune into the live broadcast stream Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00 PM Pacific, 10:00 PM to 1:00 [...]

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  The Mac Observer

• News: Air Force Might Replace Manuals with 18,000 iPads

  Bryan Chaffin

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:59 pm

  The U.S. Air Mobility Command (AMC) is looking for a few good tablets (with apologies to the Marine Corps) to replace bulky flight manuals and flight charts. The logistics arm of the Air Force announced that it will be purchasing up to 18,000 iPads or other tablets as part of its effort to reduce its reliance on paper manuals.

• Product News: Vonage Mobile for iPhone Offers Free Texting, Calls

  Bryan Chaffin

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:30 pm

  Vonage launched a new app for the iPhone called Vonage Mobile that allows users to send free text messages and make free calls to other Vonage Mobile users. The app puts the company in direct competition with Skype and raises the stakes for carriers looking to protect their existing business model.

• News: iPhone App Path Uploads User Contact Lists to Servers [Update]

  Jim Tanous

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:03 pm

  Path, a unique social networking app for iOS and Android that allows users to share many aspects of their daily lives with others, has recently been revealed to be sharing even more: the user’s contacts list with Path’s servers. [Update: The developers of Path have issued an apology, deleted all data collected, and released a new version of its app that asks for permission before accessing your Address Book.]

• Deal Brothers: 13” MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Dual-core Intel i5:  $1,019

  Bryan Chaffin

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:02 pm

  The Deal Brothers found a deal on the refurbished 13” MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Dual-core Intel i5 for $1,019. This system was originally released in October of 2011, and it ships for free.

• Quick Look Review: Akron’s TAB802 Table Mount For iPad Is Sturdy

  Nancy Gravley

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pm

  The TAB802 Table Clamp Mount For iPad is sturdy and rugged and fits a multitude of table sizes. You’ll get your money’s worth. 

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  Macworld

• Remains of the Day: Apropos of something

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:30 pm

  The first iTunes Match royalties have arrived, and they're music to artists' ears. Elsewhere, one pilot's lawsuit against his airline may not have enough lift for takeoff, and an iOS-based social network apologizes for getting just a bit too social.

• Google to pay users to track their movements online

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:45 pm

  Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they reveal their Web activity.

• EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:15 pm

  The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google.

• iPad app review: Tweetbot is essentially the perfect Twitter client

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:31 pm

  Tweetbot was already great on the iPhone. On the iPad, it gets even more room to shine--and shine it does.

• New social site Pinterest attracts enthusiasm, scrutiny

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:39 pm

  Just as it enjoys an initial surge of popularity, a new social networking site called Pinterest is also experiencing its first bout of controversy.

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  MacFixIt

• EFI updates extend Lion Internet recovery to more Macs

  Topher Kessler

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:44 am

  Apple has released new EFI firmware updates to in part bring the Lion Internet recovery option to more 2010-model Macs.

• Apple knowledgebase Web pages not loading in Safari

  Topher Kessler

  7 Feb 2012 | 2:55 pm

  Apple's knowledgebase articles have not been loading properly for some Safari users.

• Boot argument options in OS X

  Topher Kessler

  7 Feb 2012 | 2:14 pm

  The OS X boot arguments are useful for troubleshooting problems with system startup and how the system behaves when running.

• Purge the OS X disk cache to analyze memory usage

  Topher Kessler

  7 Feb 2012 | 11:01 am

  The disk cache in OS X can sometimes use a fair amount of the system's RAM, and clearing it can help you figure out how much RAM your applications and system processes are using.

• Apple fixes Rosetta problems with new security update

  Topher Kessler

  3 Feb 2012 | 6:29 pm

  Apple has released a new version of its Security Update for Snow Leopard, which fixes the Rosetta bugs caused by the first release.

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  Infinite Loop

• Ding dong, the white MacBook is dead—for real this time

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:20 pm

  The white plastic MacBook is officially dead for good after Apple notified resellers that it will no longer be available to educational institutions. The 13" machine was essentially killed off for most of the public last July, but the budget laptop continued to be available to schools for the last six months. Now, however, the machine has officially been EOL'd (End of Lifed), bringing the old iBook legacy to an end once and for all. As noted by MacRumors, Apple informed resellers of the product EOL on Wednesday, saying they had ended the educational distribution channel for the machine. It's…

• Paul McCartney concert stream will test the waters on live Apple TV viewership

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:20 pm

  Apple may indeed be using the Apple TV to test the live broadcasting waters, as evidenced by its recent decision to stream former Beatle Paul McCartney's live performance this Thursday. The company "announced" via a banner on iTunes that the stream would take place at 7pm PST on February 9 both on iTunes (for Mac and PC) as well as the Apple TV—the first livestream of its kind for Apple's set-top box. This isn't the first time Apple has streamed live (usually music-related) content via iTunes, but it will be the highest-profile and the first available to Apple TV users. The company is…

• Apple hoping to secure standardized royalties for 3G wireless patents

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:35 pm

  Apple is attempting to stop the use of "standards essential" patents on 3G technology as legal bludgeons against smartphone competitors. To make its case, the company has gone directly to the standards body behind 3G wireless networking, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). In a letter to ETSI dated last November (but only recently uncovered by the Wall Street Journal) Apple suggested that patents offered as part of wireless networking standards should be governed by standardized royalty rates and barred from being used as the basis for legal injunctions. As…

• TuneCore: first iTunes Match royalties are "magic money" out of "thin air"

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:12 am

  Music distribution service TuneCore has described the royalties from iTunes Match as "magic money that Apple made exist out of thin air for copyright holders," signaling early support of the service from one part of the music industry. TuneCore CEO Jeff Price made the proclamation in a blog post on Tuesday, making the first iTunes Match royalty payments sound like nothing less than a miracle. Without any details on how much individual musicians are taking home, however, it's not clear whether iTunes Match pays better or worse than similar services. TuneCore is a service used by many…

• Etc: Good news 2010 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac owners: you can now use Lion Internet Recovery thanks to a new EFI Firmware update.

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:15 am

  Good news 2010 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac owners: you can now use Lion Internet Recovery thanks to a new EFI Firmware update. Read More: MacStories Read the comments on this post

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  RoughlyDrafted Magazine

• Radio: Windows Phone 8, Android

  danieleran

  4 Feb 2012 | 10:46 pm

  Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about Windows Phone 8 and Android. Also on the show are Peter Cohen and Jim Dalrymple of The Loop and Rich Sloan of StartUp Nation You can tune into the live broadcast stream Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00 PM Pacific, 10:00 PM to 1:00 [...]

• Video: Weekend Tech Review: Macworld Week 4 2012

  danieleran

  29 Jan 2012 | 12:49 am

  Here’s a video recap of the top tech stories involving Apple for the fourth week of 2012, including a look at Apple’s earnings, Macworld, product news, the week’s business stories, and upcoming events. You can also follow us on Twitter: @appleinsider and @DanielEran.

• Video: Weekend Tech Review: iBooks Event Week 3 2012

  danieleran

  22 Jan 2012 | 12:29 pm

  Daniel Eran Dilger Here’s a video recap of the top tech stories involving Apple for the third week of 2012, including a look at Apple’s iBooks Event, product news, the week’s business stories, and upcoming events. You can also follow us on Twitter: @appleinsider and @DanielEran. Weekend Tech Review: iBooks Author Week 3 Jan 2012 – YouTube

• Radio: CES 2012 and the tech industry

  danieleran

  20 Jan 2012 | 3:46 pm

  Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about CES 2012 and efforts by Intel, AMD, ARM, Apple, and Google. Also on the show are Kirk McElhearn of Macworld and Rob Pegoraro of USAToday. You can tune into the live broadcast stream Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00 PM Pacific, 10:00 PM to [...]

• Shit Tech Guys Say

  danieleran

  17 Jan 2012 | 11:38 pm

  Daniel Eran Dilger Shit tech guys say

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  TidBITS: Apple News for the Rest of Us

• Piezo 1.1.2

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:13 pm

  Fixes issue that prevented recording audio from Skype on Mac OS X 10.7.3. ($10 new, free update, 2.8 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

• Firmware Updates for iMac, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:03 pm

  Trio of updates for additional 2010 Macs enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection. (Free, 3 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

• Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.4

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:27 pm

  Long list of new features, bugs, and tweaks highlighted by support for archiving Lion Recovery HD partition and cloning a Lion installation disk image. (Free update, 6.0 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

• ChronoSync 4.3 and ChronoAgent 1.3

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:27 pm

  Refines connections between ChronoSync and ChronoAgent with SSL encryption, plus additional new features. ($40 new for ChronoSync, $10 new for ChronoAgent; free updates; 29 MB, 8.1 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

• Audio Hijack Pro 2.10.1

  6 Feb 2012 | 11:36 am

  Includes latest version of Instant On component for pulling audio from sandboxed application from the Mac App Store. ($32 new, free update, 5.2 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

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  Daring Fireball

• Fountain: Plain-Text Markup Format for Screenwriting

  John Gruber

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:40 pm

  What Markdown is for web content, Fountain is for screenplays. Looks great. See more in the announcements from co-creators Stu Maschwitz and John August. (Writes August, “Good ideas sometimes sit around for a while.” True.)  ★ 

• Tweetbot for iPad

  John Gruber

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:24 pm

  My favorite iPhone Twitter client is now available for the iPad too. I’ve been using for a few weeks and it’s just terrific. I love it.  ★ 

• How iTunes Match Works for Copyright Holders

  John Gruber

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:22 pm

  Jeff Price got his first iTunes Match royalty check, and he’s happy: A person has a song on her computer hard drive. She clicks on the song and plays it. No one is getting paid. The same person pays iTunes $25 for iMatch. She now clicks on the same song and plays it through her iMatch service. Copyright holders get paid. Same action, same song, one makes money for the copyright holder, and one does not. This is found money that the copyright holders would never have gotten otherwise. I wasn’t really sure before how artists would get paid for iTunes Match.  ★ 

• Path Makes Things Right

  John Gruber

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:09 pm

  Dave Morin, CEO of Path: We believe you should have control when it comes to sharing your personal information. We also believe that actions speak louder than words. So, as a clear signal of our commitment to your privacy, we’ve deleted the entire collection of user uploaded contact information from our servers. Your trust matters to us and we want you to feel completely in control of your information on Path. In Path 2.0.6, released to the App Store today, you are prompted to opt in or out of sharing your phone’s contacts with our servers in order to find your friends and family on Path.

• Inside Instagram

  John Gruber

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:16 pm

  Nice profile by Mat Honan: Instagram isn’t just small; it’s tiny. It’s miniscule. It is famously located in Twitter’s old digs in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood. But here’s the thing: Instagram subleases its space from another company. Instagram isn’t in Twitter’s old office, it’s in Twitter’s old conference room. The entire company is nothing more than a collection of desks arranged bullpen-style in a room that is smaller than most two-car garages.  ★ 

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  Cult of Mac

• Vonage Looks To Challenge Skype With New App For Android And iOS

  Cult of Android

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:29 pm

  It’s been quite some time since I heard anyone mention the name Vonage but it appears they are still alive and kicking. They’re looking to steal some of Skype’s mobile business by offering a new VOIP app for both Android and iOS that claims to offer international calling at 30% less the cost of Skype. Of course the biggest draw is the free app-to-app calling and texting as well as free calls to any Vonage number. Full features of the Vonage Mobile app include: Make FREE high-def calls and send FREE texts to anyone who has the app. Save on international calling to anyone who…

• iPad 3 Back Panel Hints At Bigger Battery, Updated Camera, New Display [Rumor]

  Alex Heath

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:31 pm

  RepairLabs has gotten its hands on what is reportedly a back panel for the upcoming iPad 3. While the new housing remains largely identical to its predecessor, this leaked rear panel does suggest several changes to Apple’s third-generation tablet. The iPad 3 will reportedly feature a bigger battery, updated camera, and hi-res, Retina-like display. Rumors have suggested that Apple is set to introduce a Retina display, super-powered iPad as early as next month. The purported rear panel features different logic board mounts, meaning that the shape of the board will be different to support…

• Creating An App Store For Your Company Just Got Easier… And Free

  Ryan Faas

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:27 pm

  Apple’s concept of the App Store works well for consumers. Search for whatever apps you want or need and buy or download them with one-click shopping in iTunes of the App Store app on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. That system starts to break down when it comes to iOS devices in the workplace, particularly for companies that create internal apps that need to be rolled out to a large number of users. It can become even more complicated when dealing with employee-owned devices because IT may never see the iPhone or iPads that are being used and therefore need a specific set of apps. The…

• Path Apologizes, Issues Update Making Accessing Your Address Book Opt-In

  John Brownlee

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:34 pm

  Caught up in a maelstrom of controversy over revelations that Path has been uploading iOS users’ address books to their own servers, Path CEO David Morin has spoken out about what’s going to happen now. It’s all good news. Not only is Path taking full responsibility, and apologizing whole-heartedly for the violation, they’ve also pushed live a new update to the Path app that makes uploading your address book opt-in. But will other developers follow Path’s lead? Over on the official Path blog, in a post umambiguously titled “We are sorry,” David Morin…

• Tweetbot For iPad Now Available In The App Store, Get Downloading!

  Alex Heath

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:27 pm

  Following the Tweetbot for iPhone 2.0 update earlier today, Tapbots has released Tweetbot for iPad in the App Store. The new app costs $2.99 and is available now. All the features Tweetbot for iPhone users have come to appreciate are present in the new iPad app, and Tapbots has created a very compelling experience that takes advantage of smart gestures, intuitive design elements, and robust third-party service integration. Tweetbot is a full-featured iPad Twitter client with a lot of personality. Whether it’s the meticulously-crafted interface, sounds & animation, or features like…

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  TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

• Siri may speak and understand Chinese, Japanese, and Russian by March

  Chris Rawson

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:30 pm

  According to Chinese tech site DoNews (sketchy English translation here), Apple plans on bringing support for Mandarin Chinese to Siri as early as March of this year. Other dialects of Chinese, such as Cantonese, will remain unsupported for the time being. Support for Japanese and Russian is supposedly coming at the same time. Although the source may sound somewhat suspicious -- a Chinese tech site that claims to have inside information from an Apple engineer working on Siri -- this information does align with Apple's own promise to increase Siri's linguistic acumen in 2012. Apple has also…

• Protests against iPhone factory conditions planned at Apple Stores

  Mike Schramm

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:15 pm

  Stories about troubling factory conditions at Foxconn are all too familiar, unfortunately, but hearing that protestors are planning to do something about it is new. GigaOM reports that this Thursday, representatives from Change.org and Sumofus.org are planning to bring petitions to Apple Stores in major cities around the US, asking the company from Cupertino to put together "a worker protection strategy" for the factories overseas that it contracts to make all of its products. The organizations will arrive at stores in Washington, DC, New York City, San Francisco, London, Sydney and…

• Tweetbot 2.0 update adds inline images, Readabilty integration and more

  Kelly Hodgkins

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:50 am

  Tweetbot was already a great Twitter client and the 2.0 update that rolled out today makes the app even better. Tweetbot 2.0 has several notable features including inline image preview and a single-tap link which automatically opens content inside the app. If the page you request is text-heavy, new Readability integration will remove all the fluff and format the text perfectly for your screen. The overall look and feel of the app is also a bit more polished. If you're a Tweetbot user, you can download the update for free from the iTunes App Store. If you're not, now might be a good time to…

• Sprint Q4 2011 results: 1.8 Million iPhones sold

  Kelly Hodgkins

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:30 am

  Sprint posted its Q4 2011 earnings on Wednesday and announced it sold 1.8 million iPhones in the quarter. Forty percent of those sales were to new customers and, overall, the carrier added 1.6M net subscribers in the quarter. Sprint iPhone sales were strong, but it still trails Verizon Wireless which sold 4.3 million iPhones and AT&T which activated 7.6 million iPhones. Combined the three carriers account for about 13.7 million of Apple's 37 million iPhones it sold in the quarter. The iPhone boosted Sprint last quarter, but it wasn't all rainbows and unicorns for the carrier. Sprint…

• Daily iPhone App: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective scares up some fun

  Mike Schramm

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  I've been waiting for this one for a while. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is a title that won accolades on the Nintendo DS last year, and it's now arrived on iOS in a universal version (that's free to download to boot). The idea is that you're a ghostly "phantom detective" who must solve his own murder. You can't directly interact with the living, but you can mess with inanimate objects in their world. So move objects around and try to change the fate of other dead people. It sounds morbid, but there's a fun sense of humor and style that keep it entertaining. The first two chapters are free…

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• Greenpeace: Apple's not green enough

  dsellers

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:14 pm

  Apple has come under fire from the Greenpeace environmental group for a lack of effort to raise awareness around issues of climate change and address itsown energy use levels, despite record profits in recent months, reports "V3" (http://macte.ch/Jwuia). Greenpeace's "Cool IT Leaderboard" report (http://macte.ch/xd37Y) assess many of the world's major technology firms for their work in raising the awareness of climate change issues, the work they do to reduce their own energy output and the services they provides for others to try and reduce their own impact. read more

• U.S. Air Force reportedly planning to buy 'thousands' of iPad 2

  dsellers

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:44 pm

  The U.S. Air Force wants to buy thousands of iPad 2s for crews that fly cargo aircraft, according to "TabTimes" (http://macte.ch/sP9kC). The goal: to replace the paper charts and technical manuals the crews now have to carry, the article adds. The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) planned purchase could be the largest single federal order for a tablet, according to the site "NextGov" (http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/), which reported on the deal after seeing a notice at the Federal Business Opportunities website. read more

• Petitions on overseas working conditions to be delivered to Apple

  dsellers

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:55 am

  Two online petitions asking Apple to improve conditions in overseas manufacturing plants (such as the Foxconn facilities in China) ahead of the next iPhone will be hand delivered to a number of Apple's retail stores tomorrow, reports "CNET." Watchdog group SumOfUs (http://sumofus.org/) says that it plans to deliver its own petition, along with one from Change.org, to a number of Apple's retail stores around the world. That includes New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, London, Sydney, and Bangalore. read more

• Apple to stream Paul McCartney concert

  dsellers

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:53 am

  Apple is supporting Paul McCartney's new album release with a free video stream of a live concert on Thursday, Feb. 9. It will be streamed via iTunes for Macs and PCs and will also be available directly on the Apple TV; just choose iTunes Live from the Internet menu. McCartney's new album is "Kisses on the Bottom," an "intimate exploration of the Great American Songbook." It includes two new songs and is available at the iTunes Store for US$9.99.

• Apple Premium Resellers: we're hurting from lack of inventory

  dsellers

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:48 am

  Apple's network of authorized Apple Premium Resellers across Europe say they're hurting from a lack of inventory since pple began expanding its own retail locations. The problem was profiled this week by France's "Les Echos," as noted by "AppleInsider" (http://www.appleinsider.com). It details a complaint filed last November by eBizcuss, the first authorized reseller of Apple France and the largest in the country, which saw its sales fall 22%in its third fiscal quarter of 2011. read more

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  MacOSXHints.com

• 10.7: Update to a workaround for a Boot Camp x64 installation issue

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:30 am

  Yesterday I finally got around to dual-booting my MacBook, with a nice fresh copy of Windows 7. Everything was great, except for a laggy download of the Windows Support Software. So, earlier today, I got around to installing the drivers. It turns out, my old MacBook didn't support BootCampx64. I then did a quick search on how to fix this issue. I came up with a number of answers, but this is an answer aimed at people who were in my situation which is: I could not right click on the BootCampx64.msi file, because of the missing drivers. Or if I could right click, then changing the properties of…

• 10.7: See Exposé view of an app in the background

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:30 am

  This is a feature that allows you to see the Exposé of an app that is in the background. You'll need a Trackpad. In OS X 10.7, the four-finger swipe down toggles app Exposé for the app in the foreground. Except if you place the cursor on the icon of a running app in the Dock, in which case the four-finger down swipe toggles the app exposé of THAT app, not the application that is in the foreground. If you swipe down again without selecting a window from the Exposé view, you are taken back to the app you were in before toggling Exposé. [crarko adds: I'd love to test this, but my Lion…

• Airport Utility 6.0

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:30 am

  Airport Utility 6.0 was released a few days ago. You may want to keep both 5.6 and 6.0 versions. I used Pacifist, and manually reinstalled the 5.6 version side by side. Lots of missing features in the new utility. No way to tweak wireless options for Mode, Frequency, Multicast Rate or Transmit Power, and such a tiny window for port mapping list. An elegant interface, but at a price. For a thorough review and pointers to stand alone updates, read here. [crarko adds: Consider this a public service announcement. It also appears that AirPort Utility 6.0 only functions with the 802.11(n)…

• Make the computer sing happy birthday

  6 Feb 2012 | 7:30 am

  Here's a way to use AppleScript and the 'say' command to have the computer sing happy birthday to you. Enjoy! set currentUser to long user name of (get system info) set firstName to first word of currentUser set lastName to last word of currentUser set noteValues to {56, 56, 58, 56, 61, 60, 50, 56, 56, 58, 56, 63, 61, 50, 56, 56, 68, 65, 61, 60, 58, 50, 66, 66, 65, 61, 63, 61} -- F -- set noteValues to {65, 65, 67, 65, 70, 69, 60, 65, 65, 67, 65, 72, 70, 60, 65, 65, 77, 74, 70, 69, 67, 60, 75, 75, 74, 70, 72, 70} -- D -- set noteValues to {55, 55, 57, 55, 60, 59, 50, 55, 55, 57, 55, 62, 60,…

• 10.7: Updating Lion Server if using CalDAV and CardDAV

  6 Feb 2012 | 7:30 am

  If you plan to update your OS X Server to 10.7.2 be sure to restart your machine and stop all server services, especially iCal Server and Address book server before applying the update. It happened to me yesterday that I applied the OS X 10.7.2 update to my Mac mini server without closing any apps. I just ran it. After the update it turned out, this was a big mistake. All calendar entries of the past three weeks and many contacts were lost. I was not able to recover anything from time machine. Lion server keeps the CalDAV and CardDAV data in a PostgreSQL database which is apparently not…

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  MacUpdate: Recent Mac OS X

• Home Inventory 2.6.0 - Easily inventory your possessions.. (Shareware)

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:25 pm

  Home Inventory is a powerful, easy-to-use application for keeping track of your possessions. Keeping a home inventory has never been this easy! Download a free trial of Home Inventory today and find out why it was featured in Macworld magazine's October 2010 "38 Great Mac Apps" cover story and why Mac Format magazine called it "Spectacularly user-friendly" Home Inventory can help you when purchasing or adjusting your insurance coverage by giving you a breakdown of the types of items you own and what they are worth. Should you ever need to file a claim, Home Inventory's detailed item report…

• FmPro Migrator 6.57 - Migrate FileMaker data to MySQL or Oracle and more.. (Demo)

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:18 pm

  FmPro Migrator quickly and accurately migrates FileMaker Pro database structure and data to MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, OpenBase, PostgreSQL, FrontBase, SQLite and Valentina. Converts FileMaker Pro databases into PHP web applications [Platinum Edition] Converts Access Forms/Reports, Relationships, Value Lists, Queries and Visual Basic to FileMaker 11 Converts Visual FoxPro projects into any supported database or IDE [[Platinum Edition] Converts FileMaker Pro, Access, Visual FoxPro projects into Visual Studio 2010 .Net 4 [Platinum Edition] Converts FileMaker Pro…

• GlassFish Server 3.1.1 - Open source Java application server.. (Free)

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:16 pm

  GlassFish (formerly Project Glassfish) community implements an open source Java EE 5 application server. GlassFish is a robust, commercial, production quality, compatible application server that is free for development, deployment, and redistribution.Version 3.1.1: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.Mac OS X 10.1 or later.Download Now

• Google Chrome 17.0.963.46 - Modern and fast web browser... (Free)

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:14 pm

  Google Chrome is a Web browser by Google, created to be a modern platform for web pages and applications. It utilizes very fast loading of web pages and has a V8 engine, which is a custom built JavaScript engine. Because Google has used parts from Apple's Safari and Firefox browsers, they made the project open source.Version 17.0.963.46:New Extensions APIsUpdated Omnibox PrerenderingDownload Scanning ProtectionMany other small changesMac OS X 10.5 or laterDownload Now

• Deskovery 1.5.2 - Save time managing your windows.. (Shareware)

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:13 pm

  Deskovery makes it easy to find the window you want out of all your open windows, just move your mouse to see the full list of all open windows, select one and move it to front in a single click. Stop wasting time aligning windows, with Deskovery your windows are magnetic. Windows snap neatly to screen edges. Deskovery also lets you resize windows with one click. Click on the zoom button, drag to the preferred size and position, release mouse button, that's all!Features: Windowshading (minimize to titlebar) Space switcher directly in the Dock Customizable Spaces transition (3D Cube, 3D Flip)…

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  Apple Hot News

• Apple Invades Corporate Market with iPad

  1 Feb 2012 | 2:08 pm

  Bloomberg’s Peter Burrows reports that Apple is making rapid headway selling into corporations — especially financial services and pharmaceutical firms. Burrows writes that Apple’s corporate sales are being driven chiefly by iPad, which “has become a standard business tool.” The article quotes Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva Systems, who says: “I’ve seen a lot of devices come and go over the years. Nothing touches the speed of adoption of the iPad.”

• Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X

  31 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm

  Apple today released Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3, a significant update to its revolutionary professional video editing application. Version 10.0.3 introduces Multicam Editing, which automatically syncs up to 64 angles of video and photos; advanced chroma keying for handling complex adjustments right in the app; and enhanced XML for a richer interchange with third-party apps and plug-ins that support the fast growing Final Cut Pro X ecosystem. It also includes a beta version of Broadcast Monitoring that supports Thunderbolt devices as well as PCIe cards. Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3 is…

• Final Cut Pro X Update Reinvents Multicam Editing

  31 Jan 2012 | 4:56 pm

  StudioDaily’s Beth Marchant reports on “key features” delivered in Final Cut Pro version 10.0.3. Marchant interviews Radical Media CTO Evan Schechtman — an early adopter of Final Cut Pro X — who calls version 10.0.3 “an even bigger deal than the original release,” noting that his company is “ready to transition completely to Final Cut Pro X now that broadcast monitoring and multicam editing are in the mix.”

• Apple Reports Highest Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Ever

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:17 pm

  Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter, which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. “We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads, and Macs,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Apple’s momentum is incredibly strong, and…

• Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad

  19 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am

  Apple today announced iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks, an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, engaging, and truly interactive. iBooks textbooks offer iPad users gorgeous, full-screen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, and unrivaled navigation. Leading education services companies including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson will deliver educational titles on the iBookstore, with most priced at $14.99 or less. And with the new iBooks Author, anyone with a Mac can create iBooks textbooks and publish them to Apple’s…

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• You're the Pundit: Does a 7" iPad make sense for the education market?

  Erica Sadun

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm

  When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is Education and the iPad. Last month, Apple introduced iBooks Author and expanded iTunes U. It was a big presentation and a big commitment to the textbook market. The problem is, of course, whether the desire to embrace digital textbooks can live up to the costs and grim realities. Granted, Apple's probably going to start pushing the iPad to schools much more enthusiastically now that it's ceased educational sales of the…

• White MacBook reaches end of life, education sales to cease

  Chris Rawson

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:30 pm

  Although discontinued for consumer sales last July, the plastic MacBook remained available for sale to educational institutions as a (relatively) low-cost option for schools seeking portable Macs for students. If you were wondering how long that would last, wonder no longer; seven months later, Apple has ceased distributing the MacBook to educational institutions, according to Mac Rumors. Apple has notified resellers that the plastic MacBook is now classified as "End of Life," meaning it will no longer be produced or sold to anyone. Production of the old model may have ceased as long ago as…

• Apple resellers in Europe say inventory delays affecting business

  Steven Sande

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Life is a bit difficult for Apple's Premium Resellers in Europe now that the company is expanding retail locations throughout the continent. A post by France's Les Echos profiles a complaint by eBizcuss, the largest and first authorized reseller of Apple products in France (through their ICLG subsidiary), about the impact that the popular Apple Stores are having on the company. TUAW first covered this story in December, when we noted that eBizcuss has filed a lawsuit against Apple. eBizcuss saw sales fall 22 percent in the third quarter of 2011, and the company is teetering on the edge of…

• Siri may speak and understand Chinese, Japanese, and Russian by March

  Chris Rawson

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:30 pm

  According to Chinese tech site DoNews (sketchy English translation here), Apple plans on bringing support for Mandarin Chinese to Siri as early as March of this year. Other dialects of Chinese, such as Cantonese, will remain unsupported for the time being. Support for Japanese and Russian is supposedly coming at the same time. Although the source may sound somewhat suspicious -- a Chinese tech site that claims to have inside information from an Apple engineer working on Siri -- this information does align with Apple's own promise to increase Siri's linguistic acumen in 2012. Apple has also…

• TUAW TV Live: Looking at what's new in the Appleverse

  Steven Sande

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:55 pm

  Today on TUAW TV Live I have a lot of hot new products to demonstrate, both in terms of hardware and software. Most of these items haven't been reviewed yet on TUAW, so you'll be getting a first glimpse at what's coming up soon. Below, you'll find a Ustream livestream viewer and a chat tool. The chat tool allows you to participate by asking questions or making comments. If you're driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you're stuck in traffic, please don't -- keep your eyes on the road! However, if someone else is doing the driving, you can watch the show on your iPhone…

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  O'Grady's PowerPage

• Yahoo cuts four members from its board, looks to restructure

  Chris Barylick

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:48 am

  If you’re in a hot air balloon and it has a leak and is thus spiraling towards the ground at a fairly quick rate of speed, it never hurts to lose some weight. Per Macworld, Yahoo announced on Tuesday that four board members, including its chairman, will step down. Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang left the board earlier this month. With the additional departures announced today—including that of chairman Roy Bostock—more than half of the board’s membership will be fresh blood. Bostock, Vyomesh Joshi, Arthur Kern and Gary Wilson will step down at the annual meeting, which Yahoo expects…

• Apple revises iOS Developer Program requirements, begins asking for Retina Display-compatible screenshots across the board

  Chris Barylick

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:21 am

  It looks like the Retina Display might be arriving for additional advices. Which wouldn’t be a bad thing. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Tuesday notified members of its iOS Developer Program that they will be required to provide high-resolution, Retina Display compatible screenshots when initially submitting or updating an app through iTunes Connect. The note sent out to third-party software developers says that any future updates will not be approved by Apple unless 960×640 pixel screenshot is included, a change from the company’s earlier policy which supported Retina Display…

• Apple releases firmware updates for early 2010 MacBook Air, Pro notebooks, adds Lion Recovery and sleep fix

  Chris Barylick

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:04 am

  Firmware updates…they get useful. Late Tuesday, Apple released MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.6 for its early 2010 MacBook Pro notebooks. The update, a 3 megabyte download, enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Pro (Early 2010) models. The company also released MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.3 for its early 2010 MacBook Air notebooks. The update, a 3 megabyte download, enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection and also addresses an issue where the system would sometimes restart when the power button was pressed immediately after waking from deep…

• AT&T begins data throttling on “Unlimited” data plans at 2GB mark

  Chris Barylick

  7 Feb 2012 | 8:03 am

  Sometimes it’s as if the wireless carriers WANT you to be disgruntled with them. Per iLounge, AT&T has begun to throttle—or downgrade the data speeds of—customers on unlimited data plans that go over 2GB in data usage for the month. As AT&T customer John Cozen wrote on his blog, “I received a message during my last billing cycle, warning I was in the top 5% of my region and would experience reduced data speeds next time I reach that level of data use. I immediately checked my data usage on the AT&T iOS app. 2.1 GB. Less than I expected considering AT&T offers a…

• Updated Mac OS X 10.7.3 user interface notes could point towards Retina displays for future Macs

  Chris Barylick

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:25 am

  Analyze the new Mac OS X update’s source code and you find some interesting stuff. Per Daring Fireball, a series of newly-upgraded high-DPI UI elements in Mac OS X 10.7.3 has led to some speculation that Apple is continuing to lay the groundwork for high-resolution Mac displays that approach the pixel density of its Retina Displays. The article pointed to a series of Twitter posts (1, 2) outing UI resources that scale to larger sizes in the latest release of Mac OS X Lion, which arrived last week. The new elements include the pointing-finger cursor in Safari, the “grabby…

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  ScreenCastsOnline Free Version

• IOS0042 - Skitch for iPad [Trailer]

  Mac Video Tutorials

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:52 am

  Skitch for iPad is a fantastic free annotation tool for the iPad. Skitch for iPad allows you to capture photos, screenshots, web pages, maps or just doodle on screen. Once captured, Skitch has a full set of annotation tools to mark up any images with lines, shapes arrows or text. Once you've annotated you images, you can share via email, Twitter or save them to your camera roll. If you're an Evernote user, you can even save then directly to your Evernote account. With full AirPlay support on iPad 2, Skitch turns your iPad into a really useful presentation device. Annotate images in real time…

• 331 - QuickTime X vs QuickTime 7 [Trailer]

  Mac Video Tutorials

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:49 am

  [Trailer for Full Show] Quicktime is the foundation of Apple’s multimedia offerings. With the introduction of QuickTime X in Snow Leopard, Apple have begun the process of re-writing QuickTime from the ground up. As a result, many of the original capabilities of the QuickTime 7 player have been left in the latest version of QuickTime X. This first part of a two part series takes a look at both QuickTime X and QuickTime 7, and examines the features still available via the legacy player. In the first section of the tutorial we look at some of the great new features of QuickTime X including…

• New ScreenCastsOnline Website Overview

  ScreenCastsOnline

  12 Jan 2012 | 8:47 am

  THus video walks you through some of the new features of the ScreenCastsOnline website and contains important information for existing members

• 328 - Alfred Part 2 - PowerPack [Free Tutorial]

  ScreenCastsOnline

  6 Jan 2012 | 12:18 am

  As promised, it's time to check out some of the more advanced features of Alfred, the superb application launcher and productivity enhancer from Running with Crayons. I covered the basic operations of the free version of Alfred in a previous show (SCO0325). In this week's show, I take a look at some of the more advanced features, enabled by the installation of the optional PowerPack module. I was impressed with the free version of Alfred, but as a staunch LaunchBar user, I missed some of the more advanced features. However, once you purchase and install the optional Alfred PowerPack, many…

• 327 - ScreenCastsOnline - Behind the Scenes! [Trailer]

  ScreenCastsOnline

  28 Dec 2011 | 6:18 am

  [Trailer for members show] Last show of the year so I thought I'd do something different. This week I take you through the ScreenCastsOnline workflow, from preparation, through recording and editing, on to encoding and subtitles to final testing and publication. The whole process is fairly complex so I've broken it down into manageable chunks. Whilst not intended to enable you to make your own screencasts (although it can be quite simple), the show this week is in response to the may requests I get each week asking to "peek behind the curtain", and see just what is involved in producing the…

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  MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

• Apple continues expansion into Sunnyvale community

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:10 pm

  Apple is continuing its expansion of employees into nearby communities around its Cupertino headquarters. Having leased nearly all suitable business space in its own community, the company has taken to housing employees in nearby suburban towns such as Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. In addition to last month's five-year lease of the former Sunnyvale Research Center to accommodate up to 1,300 employees, the company is now leasing another office building nearby....

• Rumor has iPad 3's A6 chip as faster dual-core, not quad

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:10 pm

  An incidental rumor floated next to talk of a purported iPad 3 case back has raised the possibility that Apple's expected A6 chip isn't quad-core. Citing unnamed sources, The Verge claimed that it would stay dual-core but have a "significantly more powerful" graphics core. Although not mentioned, it's presumed the clock speed, architecture, or both would be upgraded with the new chip....

• Royalties from iTunes Match a boon for indie distributors

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:00 pm

  Most people know that iTunes Match, Apple's latest music-related service that offers to backup and make available whole iTunes libraries online, costs $25 year. While many assume the fee is at least in part a "bribe" to record companies to allow unlimited re-downloading, in fact Apple pays rights holders a fee each time a song is re-downloaded -- and for independent distributors who work with iTunes such as BandCamp, CDBaby and TuneCore, the royalty is a windfall for their artists....

• Foursquare on iOS, Android updates with new Explore, menus

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:40 pm

  Foursquare updated its iOS (App Store) and Android (Market) apps Wednesday to roll in some of the features seen from the web. Explore now has contextual results for locations, such as pushing restaurants to the top at dinnertime, what friends have been doing, and whether they're on lists. A filter lets users skew the results to look for undiscovered places or those friends visit frequently....

• Alleged iPad 3 case may suggest new camera, battery parts

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:20 pm

  Housing for the iPad 3 suggests a few differences with the frame for the iPad 2, according to RepairLabs. Sources in China have allegedly gained access to the newer part, which, for instance, is said to show different mounts for the logic board. This should allow more space for a battery, potentially increasing battery life, or at least keeping it the same....

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  MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

• Apple Determines iTunes Match Royalties By Counting How Many Times A Song is Accessed

  Jordan Golson

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:56 pm

  TuneCore president Jeff Price today wrote a blog post praising Apple's iTunes Match service for creating money "out of thin air" for copyright holders. iTunes Match launched with all the major record labels on board, but some small labels refused to participate over concerns the service was legitimizing music pirates. Price disagrees: A person has a song on her computer hard drive. She clicks on the song and plays it. No one is getting paid. The same person pays iTunes $25 for iMatch. She now clicks on the same song and plays it through her iMatch service. Copyright holders get paid.

• Photo of iPad 3 Rear Shell Suggests Minor Physical Changes, Larger Battery

  Eric Slivka

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:52 pm

  (Click here for larger version) RepairLabs reports that it has received a photo of what is claimed to the inside of the rear shell of the iPad 3, comparing the part to the corresponding version found on the iPad 2. The iPad 3 version demonstrates a few minor changes compared to the iPad 2, with one of the most notable being an apparently narrower logic board that could make room for an expanded battery.A. You can see here that the mounts for the logic board are very different, which means the logic board shape will be different allowing for . . . . B. More battery. The width of where the…

• Siri Support for Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Russian Languages Coming Next Month?

  Eric Slivka

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:42 am

  Tech in Asia reports on an article [Google translation] from Chinese information technology website DoNews claiming that Apple is preparing to bring support for the Chinese language to Siri on the iPhone 4S next month. According to the report, Apple is also preparing to launch support for Japanese and Russian, but the initial Chinese support will only include Mandarin, with Cantonese and other dialects being left out for the time being.The Chinese tech site DoNews claims to have heard from an Apple engineer who’s working on the Chinese-language version of Siri, the clever voice assistant on…

• Apple Pushes for Clarification on Licensing of FRAND Patents

  Eric Slivka

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:33 am

  Dow Jones Newswires reports that Apple filed a letter with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) last November pushing for clarification on how standards-essential patents are intended to be licensed. These standards-essential patents are currently required to be licensed under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms in order to promote competition in the marketplace, but Apple claims that there is too much confusion in the industry about how such licensing should be handled.Apple said in its letter--which was dated Nov. 11, but not previously…

• Sprint Sells 1.8 Million iPhones in 4Q 2011, 40% to New Subscribers

  Eric Slivka

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:55 am

  Sprint today became the last of the three major U.S. iPhone carriers to report earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011, disclosing that it sold a total of 1.8 million iPhones during the quarter. While well below the 7.6 million activations reported by AT&T and the 4.3 million activations reported by Verizon, Sprint's iPhone surge helped it achieve a new record high subscriber base of 55 million customers. Notably, 40% of Sprint's iPhone purchasers were new to the carrier, highlighting the device's ability to attract customers from other carriers. That percentage is on par with AT&T's…

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  iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iPad and Beyond

• News: Smartr Contacts adds e-mail viewing support

  Jesse Hollington

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:17 pm

  Xobni has released an update to Smartr Contacts for the iPhone adding several new features and enhancements including the ability to access linked e-mail messages from directly within the app. First released last month, Smartr Contacts provides a contact management solution primarily targeted at Gmail and Outlook users that provides an aggregated view of contact information from multiple sources such as e-mail conversations and social networking profiles.…

• News: Path releases update to address contact privacy issue

  Jesse Hollington

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:17 pm

  In response to the recent revelation that social networking app Path was uploading iOS users’ contact data to its servers, the company has apologized and released an update to the iOS app providing proper disclosure of the feature and prompting the user to either opt in or opt out. Path had originally implemented this feature to provide more accurate friend suggestions and notify users when somebody in their address book joined the social network.…

• News: Galaxy on Fire 2 HD update opens the Kaamo Club

  Jesse Hollington

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:40 pm

  Fishlabs has released an update to Galaxy on Fire 2 HD, the high-performance version of its popular space adventure game adding the Kaamo Club and preliminary support for the upcoming Valkyrie HD expansion pack scheduled to be released in the coming weeks. Introduced to the standard edition early last year, the Kaamo Club feature allows users to purchase their own space station in the Shima system where they can stash extra cargo and additional space…

• News: Tapbots updates Tweetbot, releases iPad version

  Jesse Hollington

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:08 pm

  Tapbots has released Tweetbot 2.0, the latest update to the popular Twitter client for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new version features an updated timeline view with in-line image thumbnails and active links that can be opened with a single tap. Additional UI improvements include new views for direct messages and tweet replies and a redesigned New Tweets notification bar. Users can also now enable timed auto-refresh and enable Readability mobilizer…

• News: Claimed iPad 3 casing shows new camera, mounting holes

  Charles Starrett

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:04 pm

  A photo of a purported “iPad 3” rear housing has appeared online, and shows a number of small—but notable—changes between it and the iPad 2. According to Fix-iPhones’ RepairLabs, the new shell provides mounting holes for a smaller logic board, which the report suggests is to make more room for an even larger battery. Other differences in the two devices are said to include the camera hole and a different LCD mounting…

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  AppleInsider | iPhone

• Siri rumored to gain support for Mandarin, Japanese and Russian in March

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:38 pm

  An Apple software engineer reportedly working on the Chinese-language version of the company's Siri voice assistant says support for Mandarin, Japanese and Russian will be added in March, as well as l...

• Microsoft joins Apple in pledging support for injunction free, FRAND patent licensing

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:25 am

  Microsoft has issued a public statement outlining its position regarding standards essential patents, committing itself "to always adhere to the promises it has made to standards organizations to make...

• iPhone best at retaining resale value and offers lowest total cost of ownership

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:02 am

  A study by Priceonomics "indicates that Apple phones are a better value than smartphones on other platforms," adding, "the market has spoken, and Android and Blackberrys do not age well." The repo...

• Mobile carriers hate not having iPhone, pay premiums to get it

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:42 am

  A flurry of reports have insinuated that the larger upfront subsidies carriers pay to gain access to the iPhone are "not good for wireless carriers," with one blog claiming "carriers hate the iPhone,"...

• Sprint sold 1.8M iPhones in holiday quarter, 40% to new subscribers

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:06 am

  Sprint, the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., announced on Wednesday that it sold 1.8 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of 2011, with 40 percent of those to new subscribers. The holid...

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  Gizmodo: Iphone

• Nature's Greatest Predator Reduced To Blaring Your LMFAO

  Andrew Liszewski

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:20 am

• An iPhone Used as a Hockey Puck at 82 MPH

  Sam Biddle

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:36 am

  If you want to sell something in tech, you can either employ cleavage or violence. In this case, the boys at G-Form are demoing their new iPhone case by beating the hell out of it with a hockey stick. Sure! More »

• TripLingo Romance Edition: Love Abroad

  Roberto Baldwin

  7 Feb 2012 | 3:28 pm

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• DigiTech's iPhone Guitar Pedal Lets You Shred Without Your Phone

  Mario Aguilar

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:40 pm

• Nooka: The Not-So-Intuitive, But-Still-Cool-Looking Clock

  Roberto Baldwin

  6 Feb 2012 | 3:00 pm

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  Slashdot: Apple

• US Air Force Buys iPads To Replace Flight Bags

  samzenpus

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:31 pm

  redletterdave writes "Following the precedent set by commercial airliners, the U.S. Air Force plans to buy up to 18,000 iPads for its Air Mobility Command (AMC), replacing heavy flight bags with light and efficient Apple iPad 2s for the crews that fly cargo aircraft. The devices will reportedly be used by the crews on the C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster aircraft. There are several benefits to using electronic flight bags instead of physical versions. For one, the iPad can instantly update charts electronically, while the AMC would require flying charts get reprinted every 28 days to stay…

• Labor Activist: Apple May Be Terrible, But All Others Are Worse

  samzenpus

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:07 pm

  CheerfulMacFanboy writes "Labor Activist Li Qiang wants you to know that the iPhone 4 in his pocket is not an endorsement of Apple's policies, just an acknowledgment that the company is doing a better job of monitoring factory conditions than its peers. The founder of leading advocacy group China Labor Watch (CLW) told us that, though the Cupertino company does more-thorough inspections than competitors, it is responsible for poor working conditions at its suppliers' factories and needs to invest some of its record-breaking profits in improving them. 'Although I know that the iPhone 4 is made…

• The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers

  Unknown Lamer

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:02 am

  New submitter HungryMonkey writes "According to the latest EBITDA numbers from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, the subsidies they have to pay Apple in order to carry the iPhone are drastically reducing their profits. From the Article: '"A logical conclusion is that the iPhone is not good for wireless carriers," says Mike McCormack, an analyst at Nomura Securities. "When we look at the direct and indirect economics that Apple has managed to extract from the carriers, the carrier-level value destruction is quite evident."' So one money sucking leech has attached itself to another money sucking…

• Apple Could Lose $1.6 Billion In iPad Lawsuit

  Soulskill

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:51 pm

  redletterdave writes "Proview Technology, which currently uses the 'iPad' name on several of its products including computer monitors, stands to win up to $1.6 billion and an apology from Apple for allegedly infringing upon Proview's trademarked name to use on its bestselling tablet. Proview International, which owns subsidiaries Proview Technology in Shenzhen and Proview Electronics in Taiwan, originally registered the name 'iPad' in Taiwan in 2000 and mainland China in 2001. Proview eventually sued Apple in 2011, and even though the Cupertino-based company retaliated with a counter-suit of…

• Apple Intern Spent 12 Weeks Porting Mac OS X To ARM

  timothy

  7 Feb 2012 | 6:29 am

  An anonymous reader writes "Apple hasn't released a Mac OS X device running on ARM yet, but a recently discovered thesis from a former Apple intern going by the name of Tristan Schapp details a 12-week project carried out in 2010 to port the OS to the ARMv5 architecture. The port got as far as booting to a multi-user prompt, but then hit hurdles to do with drivers and cache. The good news is that same intern now works for Apple as part of the CoreOS team. With rumors last year that a MacBook Air running on ARM could appear by 2013, could he be part of a team making that happen? If he is, I…

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• Paul McCartney to play live on iTunes and Apple TV

  Kenny Hemphill

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:52 am

  In the first event of its kind, Paul McCartney will promote his new album, Kisses on the Bottom, by playing a concert which will be streamed live on iTunes. You’ll have to stay up late, or get up early to watch it however, as the event takes place in LA and starts at 7pm PST (3am GMT). The concert will also be available directly on the Apple TV, the first live event of any kind to be streamed to Apple’s set-top box. In recent years, Apple has streamed its iTunes Festival events on iTunes, but these were only available on a Mac or PC using iTunes or on an iOS device through a…

• Latest Issue: Volume 28 No 3

  Adam Banks

  6 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am

  iBooks Author is a brand new and completely free Mac app that lets you create your own multimedia books for the iPad. Just before we went to press, we had the chance to explore its features for the first time, and we’ve put together a full tour for you in MacUser Vol 28 No 3, on sale now. See how you can set up a book and insert your own text and pictures in minutes; the slick interactive elements you can add using tools within the app; the limitation that for some users will prove iBooks’ fatal flaw; and the steps you need to complete before you can sell your iBooks. Last month,…

• Motorola wins ban on push email on Apple devices in Germany

  Kenny Hemphill

  3 Feb 2012 | 8:18 am

  Motorola has won a permanent injunction in Germany against push email services in Apple’s iCloud and MobileMe. When Motorola enforces the judgement, Apple will have to remove push email from the iPhone and iPad in Germany. Although the injunction is permanent, it can be appealed and it’s likely that Apple will do just that. According to patent expert Florian Mueller ‘Motorola can seek its enforcement anytime now if it posts a 100 million euro bond, but if an appeals court overturns the ruling, Motorola will be liable for premature enforcement of an improperly-granted…

• Browett won’t bring Dixons to Apple says Tim Cook

  Kenny Hemphill

  1 Feb 2012 | 8:54 am

  Apple’s decision to recruit Dixons CEO, John Browett as its international retail chief caused more than a few raised eyebrows on this side of the Atlantic. The philosophy and sales strategy of PC World and Currys could scarcely be more different to Apple’s, and anyone who remembers the failed ‘store within in a store’ partnership between the two companies in the late nineties still shudders at the thought of trying to get accurate information on Apple products from Dixons’ sales staff. My favourite story was told by a MacUser reader who wrote to us to say that he…

• NYT admonished by workers’ rights group over Apple China story

  Kenny Hemphill

  30 Jan 2012 | 2:15 pm

  The New York Times has been criticised by an organisation which promotes the rights of workers over a story it ran last week which contained devastating accounts of the treatment of employees at factories in China where Apple products are made. BSR, a group which promotes corporate responsibility and the rights of workers was unhappy with the way it was portrayed in the Times article. In a letter to the Times, BSR President and CEO, Aron Cramer, wrote ‘The narrative you present is an inaccurate picture of the work we have done with Apple, of the role Apple played in the worker hotline…

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• Why Congress is way richer than you [infographic]

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:28 pm

  Via Online Schools. Depressing infographics. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• The bookcase that’s always ready for more

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:19 pm

  The thing about bibliophiles is that, before you know it, the bookcase is full and it’s time to drag in a few more boards and cinder blocks to accommodate the newcomers. With the REK, such worries are a thing of the past, as the system accordions out when more space is needed and collapses into a handy rectangle when it’s time to pack up shop and move on to greener pastures. Unfortunately, the price is listed as “on request” meaning the 99% is out of luck, but perhaps it’ll inspire you to hit the workshop for a little DIY action if you can drag your nose out of…

• How Harvard spends student tuition [infographic]

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:24 pm

  Via Online Universities. (H/T Muhammad Saleem) The scoop on education. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Lizard shortage offers rare evolution test

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:01 pm

  A devastating 2004 hurricane that wiped out a Caribbean lizard population offered an unprecedented opportunity to put an evolutionary theory known as the “founder effect” to the test. The founder effect describes the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. “Founder effects are very hard to study,” says Thomas Schoener, a professor of evolution and ecology at University of California, Davis and a co-author of the study. “One must be in exactly the right place at the…

• Petty controversy: The Oscars diss the Muppets

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:48 pm

  Academy Awards producers outrage Kermit lovers with a proposal to shorten the telecast by scrapping Best Original Song performances It's an odd year for the Oscars' Best Original Song category. Thanks to the Academy's ever-changing and increasingly labyrinthine rules, only two songs earned nominations. At first, critics weren't too troubled by the abbreviated list, since it included the comically existential Muppets ballad "Man or Muppet," written by Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie and performed by Jason Segel and Walter the Muppet. But alas, producers are planning to scrap the Best…