Archives for June 2010
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Browse By Day in June 2010
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Beer Bash Band Bandied About to Be OK Go
Tonight’s WWDC Beer Bash band is being rumored to be OK Go, the independent band who first became popular with…
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Report Examines iPad Adoption by International Businesses
The iPad is already being adopted in businesses, even though it is has been positioned as a consumer media consumption…
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Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet - Windows & Macintosh $63.02
The Deal Brothers found us a deal on the Wacom MTE450 Bamboo USB graphic tablet for $63.02. It ships for free and…
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Surprise: Some Innovation from Microsoft
E-mail is the ugly, mean stepchild of the Internet. It’s there, no one cares about it, no one knows what…
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Safari 5: Reopen Closed Tabs
Safari 5 includes several new features, but one of the most welcome is the ability to reopen a browser tab…
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Could Safari Reader Help Sites Become More Profitable?
TMO’s web developer, Stephen Swift, considers if Safari Reader could actually have a positive effect for website publishers despite some…
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TMO’s Jeff Gamet Discusses Photoshop Alternatives at CoMUG
Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer’s managing editor, will be speaking at the Colorado Macintosh User Group meeting on Thursday, June…
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QuickerTek Intros Apple Juicz Battery Pack for iPad
QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the Apple Juicz external battery pack for Apple’s iPad on Thursday. The battery adds…
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Google Buys Invite Media for $81 Million
Google’s early June purchase of the mobile ad company Invite Media cost the Internet search giant US$81 million in cash.…
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Locking Down Parental Controls in Schools
Today TMO readers are talking about managing Parental Controls in Mac OS X, reversing “always allow” settings, and managing Macs…
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Analyst: T-Mobile Next in Line for U.S. iPhone
AT&T’s deal as the exclusive iPhone carrier in the U.S. could come to an end as early as this fall,…
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O2 Announces iPhone Upgrade Plans, New Data Caps
iPhone owners on O2’s network in the U.K. is offering discounts for subscribers that want to buy their way out…
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Three to Carry iPhone 4 in UK
U.K. residents will have five carriers to choose from when the iPhone 4 ships on June 24 now that Three…
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iScrapbook 3 Adds Smart Templates, Cover Flow Support
Chronos announced the immediate availability of iScrapbook 3 for Mac OS X on Thursday. The new version of the scrapbook…
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MGG 266: WWDC, Safari, iPhone 4, WiFi, and Traveling
Dave’s out at WWDC, John’s back in the home office, and your two favorite geeks talk through WWDC, WiFi issues,…
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Hackers Nab iPad 3G Account List from AT&T [Updated]
Hackers managed to find a way into AT&T’s servers and made off with the account info for thousands of iPad…
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TMO Interviews Disney-ABC TV Group About the ABC Player
At WWDC, The Mac Observer had a chance to sit down with two of the executives behind the ABC Player…
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AdMob Boss Upset Over iAd Rules
Apple’s new iAd policy that puts strict limits on in-ad data collection has AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui hot under the…
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Apple Revamps WWDC Video Wall with Mac Pros, Cinema Displays
Apple’s traditional World Wide Developer Conference App Store app wall got a make over this year with 30 24-inch LED…
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Marware Eco-Vue Gives Executive Comfort and Protection to Your iPad
A veritable explosion of cases have hit the market since the iPad released. Marware, a leading manufacturer of iPhone cases…
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Apple Lowers iPhone 3GS Prices Ahead of iPhone 4 Launch
Following the introduction of the new iPhone 4, Apple reduced the prices on current iPhone 3GS models on the company’s…
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FLPR (Fast Learning Programmable Remote) for iPhone: Good but not great…
New Potato Technologies’ FLPR (Fast Learning Programmable Remote) for the iPhone and iPod touch running OS 3.0 or higher is…
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The Seduction of Netflix and other WWDC Keynote Oddities
While I watched the WWDC keynote, I picked up on some little bits and pieces that are worth mentioning. Some…
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Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Won’t Include 64-bit Support
Microsoft’s Office for Mac 2011 is scheduled for release this fall, but it won’t include 64-bit support. The reasoning behind…
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Marware Cases Updated for iPhone 4
iPhone and iPod case maker Marware announced on Wednesday that its product lineup will be updated and ready to go…
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Sprint Backtracks on HTC EVO 4G Launch Sales Figures
Sprint announced that its HTC EVO 4G smartphone launch sale estimates were a little optimistic. The company originally stated it…
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Apple Releases WWDC 2010 Design Awards
Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference Design Awards for 2010 are out, and the winners includes an interesting mix of iPhone…
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The Future of FaceTime
Apple introduced FaceTime, the iPhone’s new video call feature, during its World Wide Developer Conference keynote presentation this week. Today…
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Newsweek Says the Mac is Dead After WWDC Keynote
Apple’s Macintosh product line is neglected and on its way out, according to Daniel Lyons. In an open letter to…
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Bryan Chaffin, Chuck La Tournous, John F Braun Discuss More WWDC on MacJury
The Mac Observer’s Bryan Chaffin, Chuck La Tournous and John F. Braunjoined MacJury host Chuck Joiner and several other guests…
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Apple Hires webOS Interface Designer
Palm’s webOS interface designer, Rich Dellinger, quit the company to take a job at Apple as a senior user interface…
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SubRosaSoft Releases TextCrypt 2
SubRosaSoft announced the immediate availability of TextCrypt 2 on Wednesday. TextCrypt is an application for Mac OS X that encrypts…
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Microsoft Updates Office 2008 for Mac with Security, Dictionary Fixes
Microsoft has released Office 2008 12.2.5, an update for the Mac productivity suite that includes security fixes and an improvement…
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Apple Plugs 48 Security Flaws with Safari 5
Apple has plugged no fewer than two score and eight security holes with Safari 5, security holes that range from…
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Safari 5: Faster Engine, Reader, Built in Bing, Interface Enhancements, More
With the release of Safari 5 for Mac OS X and Windows, Apple has made its Web browser faster, added…
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Pulse News Reader for iPad Available Again Following Steve Jobs Praise & NYT Complaint
During his WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs praised an RSS reader called Pulse News Reader for iPad…
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Refurbished Mac Pro 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon: $2549
The Deal Brothers noted that Apple is offering a refurbished Mac Pro 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon for $2549.00. It ships…
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1Password 3.2.1 Adds Safari 5 Support [Update]
Following the release of Safari 5, Agile Web Solutions rolled out 1Password 3.2 to add support for the newest version…
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Bryan Chaffin, Chuck La Tournous, John F Braun Discuss WWDC on MacJury
The Mac Observer’s Bryan Chaffin, Chuck La Tournous and John F. Braun joined MacJury host Chuck Joiner and several other…
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O2 to Carry iPhone 4 in UK
O2 will carry the new iPhone 4 in the U.K. on June 24, and the cell service provider plans to…
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Apple, iAd and the Mobile Advertising Market
Steve Jobs showed off more of Apple’s iAd service during the company’s World Wide Developers Conference keynote presentation on Monday.…
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A Luddite Reacts to iPhone 4
I’m the only TMO writer who doesn’t own an iPhone. Believe it or not, I actually don’t own a smartphone…
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Adobe Releases Lightroom 3 with 64-bit Support
Adobe announced the immediate availability of Photoshop Lightroom 3 on Tuesday, ending a public beta testing phase that began in…
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Apple Posts WWDC 2010 Keynote Video
Apple posted a video of the 2010 World Wide Developers Conference keynote presentation late on Monday. CEO Steve Jobs used…
