Archives for July 2008

July, 22nd July 2008

• UK’s Liverpool Apple Store Opens July 26

  Apple is planning to open its first store in Liverpool in the UK on Saturday, July 26. The Liverpool One…

• HoudaSpot 2.2 Improves Spotlight, AppleScript Support

  Houdah Software announced the immediate availability of HoudahSpot 2.2 on Wednesday. The update for the Leopard search utility includes a…

• Apple to Open Stores in Arizona, South Carolina July 26

  Apple is planning to open its fifth store in Arizona and its first store in South Carolina on Saturday, July…

• Canada’s Sainte-Catherine Apple Store Opens July 25

  Apple is planning to open its seventh store in Canada on Friday, July 25. The Sainte-Catherine retail store in Montreal…

• Apple Releases iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb ‘08 Updates

  Along with iLife Support 8.3, Apple slipped out updates for iPhoto, iMovie and iWeb '08 on Tuesday. iPhoto 7.1.4, iMovie…

• Apple Rolls Out iLife Support 8.3

  Apple released iLife Support 8.3 Tuesday evening. The update for the shared components in the iLife '08 application suite addressed…

• TextExpander 2.3 Gets Accented Word Library

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of TextExpander 2.3 on Wednesday. The update for the typing shortcut application added a predefined…

• Jailbreaking iPhone 2.0 works (but…)

  It's official. Thanks to the "iphone-dev team" folks, you can now jailbreak an iPhone (or iPod touch) running 2.0 software.…

July, 21st July 2008

• BW: Responsible Discussion of Steve Jobs’ Health in Order

  A proven and well informed source has said that Mr. Jobs' cancer has not returned, according to Arik Hesseldahl at…

• Analysts Speculate on Apple Products, Pricing in 2009

  A host of Apple's analysts weighed in on Apple's Earnings Report on Monday, and many speculated that Apple will be…

• FarFinder 1.1 Adds Remote Spotlight Support

  Flying Mac announced the immediate availability of FarFinder 1.1 on Tuesday. The update for the remote Mac access utility added…

• PDFpen 3.5 Enhances New and Non-standard PDF Formats

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of PDFpen and PDFpenPro 3.5 on Tuesday. The new versions of the PDF editing and…

• Analyst: Apple Guidance Low Balls Expectations

  Apple's high third quarter earnings were balanced by conservative guidance for fiscal 2009, catching analysts off guard. The company said…

• Analyst: Strong Mac Growth Driving Apple

  Apple operating income for its third quarter of 2008 proved to be the second highest in the company's history, and…

• Mac Geek Gab #160: Digging into MobileMe, UPSs, Audio Outputs and Listener Tips

  Using multiple audio jacks, understanding the nuances of multiple users using MobileMe, backing up without Time Machine, the benefits of…

• The best iPhone ringtone creating tool ever

  If you want to create custom ringtones for your iPhone, you have several choices. I know. I've tried them all.…

July, 20th July 2008

• Apple CFO Hints at "Future Product," Mum on Details

  Apple Inc. obviously is perpetually soon to release a new product or upgrade to existing product lines, but Apple CFO…

• Apple: Competitors Can’t Match Us

  Apple reported its best June quarter ever on Monday, and the company credited that success to products that it claims…

• Apple COO: Steve Jobs Has No Plans to Leave Apple

  Despite a report in the New York Post saying that an unspecified "many" have ongoing concerns about the health of…

• Kinesis Introduces Two Ergonomic Accessories for Freestyle Solo Keyboards

  Kinesis has announced two new accessories for the Freestyle Solo line of ergonomic keyboard, the V3 accessory and the Ascent…

• Yahoo!, Icahn Reach Board Agreement

  Yahoo! appears to have averted a planned hostile takeover attempt by billionaire investor Carl Icahn. The agreement will keep CEO…

• OnMyCommand 2.0 Enhances Cocoa Support

  Abracode announced the immediate availability of OnMyCommand 2.0 on Monday. The new version of the Unix shell script and AppleScript…

• AAPL Down 11% in After Hours Trading

  Shares in AAPL plummeted more than 10% in after hours trading, following the release of Apple's third quarter financial results.…

• Apple Retail Shows Strong Third Quarter

  Apple's retail stores played an important role in the company's record-breaking third quarter with revenue growing nearly 60 percent year…

• Apple Q3 Results: Record June Quarter with $7.46 Billion in Revenue [UPDATE]

  Apple announced Monday that it had a record June quarter in 2008, with US$7.46 billion in revenue, and a profit…

• AAPL Reverses Loss Ahead of Earnings, Closes $1.14 Higher

  Shares in Apple Inc. closed higher Monday just before the company was set to release its fiscal third quarter financial…

July, 17th July 2008

• Particle Debris and a New iPhone (2G)

  Because I write about what's going on with Apple, most often I have to jump in and experience what the…

• Apple in Art

  Apple's products are often compared to art and sometimes are even called works of art. Jonathan Ive doesn't hold exclusive…

• AAPL Drops 3% in Afternoon Trading, Deferred Revenue Accounting Earning Attention

  Shares in Apple Inc. have taken a 3.27% hit in trading Friday, down US$5.62 per share as of this writing.…

July, 16th July 2008

• Microsoft Offers Discounts on Mac Office 08 with any Mac Purchase

  Microsoft has launched special pricing on all versions of Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac with the purchase of any…

• Limit Point Releases PhotoTiles 1.0

  Limit Point Software released PhotoTiles 1.0 on Thursday. The application allows the user to easily create a array of images…

• One Infinite Loop for MobileMe Support

  Apple is known for a great set of technical support pages. However, with the recent glitches with the MobileMe rollout,…

• ATR Forecasts Strong June Qtr for Apple

  American technology Research analyst Shaw Wu predicted on Thursday that Apple will show strong results for its fiscal 3rd quarter…

• Apple Q3 Earning Report Set for Monday, July 21

  Apple has sent out its media alert for the third quarter conference call with analysts, which will be held Monday,…

July, 15th July 2008

• Apple #3 Computer Company in US with 8.5% Market Share

  Apple Inc. has moved up in the world, or at least the U.S., taking over the #3 spot during the…

• YML Tonight: Apple’s Product Launches Plus Jacqui Cheng and Jason Snell

  Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will talk about all the Apple product launches…

• Apple Apologizes For Bumpy MobileMe Start

  Apple customers have complained about various glitches in the MobileMe launch, including incorrect billing for the trial period, delayed pushes,…

July, 14th July 2008

• BrowseBack 1.5 Adds Firefox 3 Support

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of Browseback 1.5 on Tuesday. The new version adds support for Firefox 3.

• Google and Viacom Agree to Keep Court Ordered YouTube Data Private

  In Viacom's lawsuit against Google, alleging copyright infringement by YouTube, a judge ordered Google to turn over personal information about…

• Apple Lawsuit Against Psystar Filed

  Apple has filed a lawsuit against Psystar, a Miami-based company that has been selling Intel computers bundled and running with…

• Inside the Classic Mac, a Photo Gallery

  If you've ever been curious about what made the Classic Macintosh tick, CNet Asia has just what you need, a…

• Doseido Software Releases News Reader Named Headline

  Doseido Software announced Tuesday Headline 1.0, a new news reader for Mac OS X. The software includes support for Leopard's…

• BMO: Apple Likely to Continue Low-Ball of Investor Guidance

  Apple has provided conservative investor guidance in seven of eight previous quarters, and BMO Capital believes that that Apple will…

• Does the Mac Really Have Enterprise Security Issues?

  On Tuesday, Computerworld published a story about so-called security flaws in Mac OS X that affect the enterprise. The six…

• Mac Geek Gab #159: MobileMe, Battery Backups, iPhone 3G, and Tales of Woe

  MobileMe's out, so Dave and John will discuss what's different (and what's the same). Plus it's summer season in the…

July, 13th July 2008

• Yahoo Rejects Microsoft, Icahn Buyout Bid

  Microsoft and billionaire investor Carl Icahn presented Yahoo! with an offer to buy the company's Internet search business over the…

• Apple Weekly Report #129: iPhone 3G Launch, App Store & MobileMe

  Apple had a busy week with the launch of the iPhone 3G, the App Store, MobileMe and iPhone Software 2.0.…

July, 11th July 2008

• iPhone 2.0 and 3G: 48 hours

  For the next 48 hours (from July 11-13), I'm going to use this blog entry to post my semi-random comments…

• Quantum Oscillations in the Applesphere

  This was a significant week in Apple's history. In the past, Apple's well tuned marketing engine worked just as well,…

• Apple Releases MobileMe 1.1 for Leopard

  Apple quietly released MobileMe 1.1 for Mac OS X 10.5.4 Saturday evening. The Preference Pane update improves MobileMe and Leopard…