Archives for March 2010

March, 15th March 2010

• iPad Battery Replacement Includes new iPad

  Since the iPad ships with a battery that isn’t user replaceable, potential customers have been asking how Apple will deal…

• Stream Twitter Photos with TweetyShow

  Nicolas Seriot and Anton Anton announced the immediate availability of TweetyShow 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch on Monday.…

March, 13th March 2010

• EveryTrail, The Amateur Traveler, French 24-7 Tutor and More

  Vern peeps out EveryTrail, The Amateur Traveler Podcast, French 24/7 Tutor and much more this week in Free on iTunes.

March, 12th March 2010

• iPad Pre-Order Guesses Range from 15K to 25K Per Hour

  Apple’s per-hour total for iPad pre-orders could be somewhere in the range of 15,000 to 25,000, according to bloggers who…

• Apple Briefly Becomes Third Most Valuable Co. in the US

  The beginning of iPad pre-orders Friday morning led to a trading surge in Apple’s stock that briefly pushed its market…

• Microsoft Loses Another Word XML Patent Appeal

  Microsoft has lost another appeal of an August 2009 court judgment that found the company in infringement of XML patents…

• Particle Debris (week ending 3/12) Thefts and Smackdowns

  In this week’s heap of technical news debris, John looks at the effectiveness of Apple’s R&D expenditures, Objective-C code appearing…

• Nokia Asks For Dismissal of Apple’s Lawsuit

  Nokia on Friday asked for a dismissal of Apple’s anti-trust claims against it, arguing that the allegations are “designed to…

• Richard Belzer: Apple Store Employee ‘Was Trying to Shake Me Down’

  Actor and comedian Richard Belzer, who is best known for the role of detective John Munch on the “Law &…

• Setting the Ownership of a Shared Mac Disk

  HDDs, SSDs or Flash drives connected to a Mac can have their ownership relaxed when the drive is intended to…

• Sam & Max Season 3 Announced; Monkey Island Games Set For Pre-Order

  The Game Developers Conference in San Francisco came to a conclusion this week with a flurry of news about games…

• iPad Includes Screen Rotation Lock Feature

  iPad owners that want to lock the display’s orientation won’t have to rely on application developers to include the feature…

• MGG 249: Terminal, Backups, Quick Look and More!

  John and Dave come to you on this Friday morning for the first Premium show of March. This one’s full…

• The Five Problems Apple Faces

  Apple as a corporation faces a few semi-serious problems. Even as we want Apple to succeed, it’s good to be…

• Apple Fills in the iPad’s iBooks Blanks

  iBooks is Apple’s ebook reader application for the iPad, and following the kick off of the tablet’s pre-order phase on…

• iPad Pre-order: Delivery or Reserve?

  Apple began its iPad pre-order program Friday morning with options to have your new tablet delivered to your home, or…

• Apple Details iPad 3G Data Plans

  Following the launch of the iPad pre-order program on Friday, Apple updated its iPad product page with additional information about…

• iPad Pre-orders Kick Off with Delivery and Pickup Options

  Apple began offering online pre-orders for the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi plus 3G iPad models on Friday morning. Customers can choose…

• TMO’s John F. Braun Discusses iPad, Geotagging on Mac Roundtable

  The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab co-host John F. Braun joined the Mac Roundtable crew to talk about Apple’s new…

• Apple Store Offline Ahead of iPad Pre-orders

  Apple’s online store was replaced with the familiar “We’ll be back soon” message Friday morning ahead 5:30AM EST pre-order launch.…

March, 11th March 2010

• Apple Posts Safari Security Update for Mac and Windows

  On Thursday afternoon, Apple posted Safari Security Update (APPLE-SA-2010-03-11-1) for Mac and Windows bringing Safari to version 4.0.5. 

• Namco Unveils UniteSDK For Cross-Platform Online Gaming

  Namco Networks on Thursday introduced UniteSDK, a software development kit that allows gamers to play against each other online, regardless…

• The iPad’s On-Again, Off-Again Camera

  The latest version of the software development kit (SDK) for Apple’s iPad eliminates icons for accepting and declining video chats…

• iPhone Sees 97.9% Year-Over-Year Jump in Shipments

  Smartphone shipments saw 37.2 percent worldwide growth on a year-over-year basis during the fourth quarter of 2009, with Apple leading…

• iPhone Maintains Number Two Spot in US Smartphone Market

  Apple’s iPhone maintained its number two position in the US smartphone market during the three-month period ending January 31, 2010,…

• iPhone OS 4.0 Expected to Finally Introduce True Multi-tasking

  While today’s iPhone OS allows some form of multi-tasking – limited to only Apple-approved apps running in the background –…

• Apple iPad Pre-orders Kick Off on March 12

  Apple plans to begin taking pre-orders and reservations for the iPad on Friday, March 12. The company hasn't said yet…

• Apple, RIM, Others Hit With Cell Phone Patent Suit

  Obscure Texas firm SmartPhone Technologies LLC this week filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, Research in Motion, AT&T, Insight…

• Barnes & Noble Planning Nook App for iPad

  Bookseller Barnes & Noble is developing its own Nook-compatible ebook reader for the iPad, and plans to ship the app…

• SiteGrinder 3 Offers 300+ New Features for Photoshop Web Dev

  Media Lab this week announced SiteGrinder 3, which includes more than 300 new features for its web development platform that…

• Ted Landau Discusses Tethering, Google Voice on MacNotables

  TMO columnist Ted Landau joined Chuck Joiner on the MacNotables podcast to talk about iPhone tethering, Google Voice and Apple's…

• Apple Tops Consumer Reports Customer Service Survey

  Apple earned the top spot in a recent Consumer Reports computer tech support customer service survey. Apple managed to earn…

• Reader Discussion: Ramping Up for iPad Pre-orders

  Apple will open pre-orders for the iPad on Friday, so today TMO readers are talking about their iPad purchasing plans…

• TMO’s Jeff Gamet Shares Cool iPhone Apps at CoMUG

  Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer's managing editor, will be speaking at the Colorado Macintosh User Group meeting on Thursday, March…

• Court to EMI: Don’t Break Up Floyd

  Legendary rock band Pink Floyd won a court battle on Wednesday blocking EMI from selling its songs online as individual…

• Metron 2 Adds Rhythm Patterns, More

  SintraWorks announced the immediate availability of Metron 2.0 on Thursday. The new version of the metronome application for the iPhone…

March, 10th March 2010

• Amazon, Google, Dell to Take on iPad With Dell Streak Tablet

  Apple was able to achieve dominance in the MP3 player arena by closely marrying hardware and software, a formula that…

• Mac Version of Fallen Earth MMO Enters Open Beta

  Icarus Studios on Wednesday announced the release of the Mac version of its massively multiplayer online game Fallen Earth, offering…

• iPhone Internet Tethering and the iPad

  It appears that the iPad will not support iPhone Internet tethering. How might this affect which iPad (Wi-Fi-only vs. Wi-Fi…

• Stanford Survey Finds iPhone Addicting

  Stanford University has released the results of a survey of 200 students who own iPhones and found 10 percent characterized…

• Bing Takes Search Traffic Share at Yahoo’s Expense

  Microsoft’s Bing search engine, which launched last June, saw its share of U.S. search traffic jump from 10.7 percent in…

• OnLive to Launch Cloud Gaming Service on June 17

  A year after making its public debut at GDC 2009, OnLive announced at this year’s Game Developers Conference that the…

• Verizon: ‘The iPad is an Opportunity For VZW!’

  Verizon is telling its employees that the iPad represents “an opportunity” for the company to encourage customers to buy the…

• Gas Powered Games, EA DICE Talk Mac Game Plans

  Gas Powered Games’ Chris Taylor and EA DICE’s Karl Magnus Troedsson this week expressed interest in bringing their companies’ games…

• ifrogz Luxe EarPollution Microbud Earphones with Mic

  Finding replacement earphones with an inline microphone for your iPhone can be a frustrating process, especially since the selection can…

• Syncing Android Phones with the Mac

  Today TMO readers are talking about what's involved in syncing data from Android-based mobile phones with their Mac.

• Dejal Intros Tweeps iPhone Twitter Client

  Dejal Systems announced the immediate availability of Tweeps 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday. Tweeps lets users…

• Google Maps Adds Bike Directions

  Google Maps expanded on Tuesday to include bike route directions for the United States. According to Google, bike directions was…

• Pink Floyd Hits EMI with iTunes Royalty Lawsuit

  The iconic rock band Pink Floyd is suing its record label, EMI, over claims that it hasn't been properly paid…

• TextExpander 3 Adds New Search, Quick Entry Features

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of TextExpander 3.0 for Mac Os X on Wednesday. The new version of the auto-expanding…