Apple Offers Retail Employees Early Access to OS X Mavericks

7 hours, 31 minutes ago · Bryan Chaffin · Editorial

Mavericks

Apple has offered some of its retail employees early access to OS X Mavericks. Genius Bar and floor staff at the company's chain of Apple Stores have been invited to install, test, and report on their experiences with Mavericks, and Bryan Chaffin argues this is good for everyone, including Apple's customers.

Steve Wozniak Presides Over 3 Working Apple I Computers

9 hours, 28 minutes ago · Bryan Chaffin · Cool Stuff Found

It was a gathering tech legends, both the computers and the people. History San Jose put together a gathering of Apple I computers that included five of the 50 or so models still considered working. Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak and Apple employee #12 Daniel Kottke were on hand (one of the Apple Is belonged to The Woz), and by the end of the event three of the devices had been booted up and were running side by side. That's pretty darned cool, and it's not likely something that will be repeated any time soon. There is so much value attached to working models (the last one sold went for $674,100), no one wants to be the person who fried one or proved theirs no longer works. The San Jose Mercury News has photographs and more information.

Alf Watt at WWDC: The Journey from iStumbler to Apple and Beyond

11 hours, 34 minutes ago · Dave Hamilton & John Martellaro · TMO Interview

WWDC interview with Alf Watt

Alf Watt attended MacWorld New York in 1999 and saw Steve Jobs launch AirPort in the first iBook and base stations. A geek at heart, he immediately wanted to understand this new technology, and iStumbler for Mac OS 9 was the result.  Later, he headed a team at Apple working  on Wi-Fi technologies. Basically, Mr. Watt has spent ten years making an invisible technology, indistinguishable from magic, very visible. The story of how that turned out includes fascinating technical tidbits about how Wi-Fi works.

Chatology Offers Search & Filtering Options for Apple’s Messages & iChat

2:01 PM EDT, Jun. 18th, 2013· Bryan Chaffin · Cool Stuff Found

The folks at Flexibits have decided that the world would be a much better place if searching in Apple's Messages and iChat  didn't suck. Their solution is a Mac app called Chatology that not only makes it easier to find old chats, it gives you filtering options (by image and links) to make it much easier to find the specific information you're looking for. There's also a preference option that makes ⌘F in Messages or iChat open up Chatology instead of the built-in search. The app is priced at US$19.99 from the Flexibits website—there's a free trial version available—and it requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later.

Of Course iOS 7 is Broken, it’s Beta

11:09 AM EDT, Jun. 18th, 2013· Jeff Gamet · Editorial

Apple gave the public its first preview of iOS 7 last week during its annual World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco. A beta version just for iOS developers was released the same day, and it found its way to many people outside of that group who promptly started complaining about stability issues, non-functioning features, poor battery life, interface problems, broken third-party apps, and more. Of course iOS 7 has problems; it's beta software.

Analyst: Get Ready for September iPhone Launch

9:56 AM EDT, Jun. 18th, 2013· Jeff Gamet · Apple Stock Watch

With Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference behind us for another year, analysts are looking through the pieces the company dropped in our laps during the keynote presentation for clues as to what might be coming next. Wells Fargo analyst Maynard Um thinks iOS 7's fall release schedule means we'll get a new iPhone in September, and he also thinks iTunes Radio will be a tool to draw in and keep new customers.

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I've been expecting new iPhones in September along side the release of iOS 7, and Maynard Um is in agreement. It's time to start saving up for you new iPhone.

Adobe Launches Creative Cloud, Moves to Subscription Software Model

9:06 AM EDT, Jun. 18th, 2013· Jeff Gamet · Product News

Adobe began shipping, in a manner of speaking, its new Creative Cloud design application package Monday evening. Creative Cloud was first announced in May and includes Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and more. It does away with traditional perpetual software licensing in favor of a software subscription model.

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Subscription software licensing isn't a new idea, but it isn't something Adobe app users have dealt with for very long. Don't expect Adobe to back off, and get ready for other companies to follow suit.

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