Archives for August 2010
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Browse By Day in August 2010
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Apple to Live Stream Sept 1 Media Event
Apple dropped a surprise Tuesday afternoon with an announcement that it plans to live broadcast its Wednesday morning media event…
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Hard Candy Cases Claims Early Access to “iTouch 4G” Specs
Hard Candy Cases announced a case for Apple’s iPod touch 4G, or the “iTouch 4G” as the company erroneously called…
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TransGaming Brings Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening to Mac
TransGaming, Inc. announced Tuesday the release of Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening for the Mac. The title is an expansion…
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Predictions for the September 1 Apple Event
Lots of predictions have been made for the Apple event scheduled for Wednesday, September 1. Here’s my list and notes…
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Fox May Hold Swing Vote on iTunes TV Rentals
News Corp. — the owner of the Fox TV network — may hold the swing vote in Apple’s efforts to…
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Refurbished iMac 21.5-inch 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo: $1099
The Deal Brothers found a deal on a refurbished iMac 21.5-inch 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for $1099, with free…
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Flight Update Pro Adds iPad Support
Flight Update Pro 4.5 landed at Apple’s App Store on Tuesday, bringing with it native support for the iPad. Previously,…
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Telcel: New iPhones Coming Sept 30
Telcel Director of Value Added Services, Marco Quatorze, claims Apple will be releasing an updated iPhone 4 model at the…
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Lightroom 3.2 Adds Facebook, SmugMug Support
Adobe released Lightroom 3.2 on Tuesday, along with Camera Raw 6.2. The update for the professional image management and editing…
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iPads in the Workplace
Today TMO readers are talking about their experiences using their iPads at work, from the enterprise level to the home…
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Jeff Gamet Dives into Apple Media Events, More on IMP
The Mac Observer’s Jeff Gamet joined the International Mac Podcast team to talk about Apple’s September 1 media event, Apple…
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HP Settles US Fraud Investigation for $55 Million
Computer and printer maker HP has agreed to pay a US$55 million settlement in a federal investigation into claims the…
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Apple May Extend iTunes Song Sample Length on Wednesday
The list of announcements rumored for Apple’s September 1 media event continues to grow, and the latest claims iTunes Store…
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AutoCAD Coming to the Mac, iPhone and iPad
The 3D architecture and design application AutoCAD, long missing from the Mac platform, is finally making its comeback. Autodesk plans…
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Apple Looks for Marketing Manager for iBookstore
Apple is looking for a marketing manager for its iBookstore. In a new job posting on the Apple’s Web site,…
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MGG 283: iPhoto, Spotlight, Swap, and More!
This episode’s topics discussed — and solved! — include iPhoto library management and troubleshooting, getting Spotlight to index again, discussing…
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Amido Releases Seline HD, an iPad Musical Instrument
Amido announced Monday the release of Seline HD, an app that turns your iPad into a musical instrument. The app…
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Timewinder for iPhone Improves on Clock app
The Clock app that come with the iPhone has an alarm and a timer function, but the functionality is simple.…
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Apple Shrinks iPad Availability to 24 Hours
Shipping times for Apple’s iPad shrank to 24 hours over the weekend. The Apple Store is currently showing shipping times…
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Marketcircle Releases Billings Pro for Multi-User Tracking, Invoicing
Marketcircle announced Monday the release of Billings Pro 1.0, a multi-user tracking and invoicing solution for the Mac and iPhone.…
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Flight Doodle: Be a Balloon, Avoid Falling Pins
Eyedip announced Monday the release of Flight Doodle and Flight Doodle HD, a new game for iPhone and iPad where…
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AMD Drops ATI Name from Video Cards
Chip maker AMD is finally doing away with the ATI brand name, although the company will continue to make video…
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ACTPrinter 3 Adds Document Organization
Houdah Software announced the immediate availability of ACTPrinter 3.0 on Monday. The new version of the document viewing app for…
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Reader Predictions: The Next Tech Boom is On the Way
Today TMO readers are talking about market cycles, and whether or not a mobile technology boom is around the corner.
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China Unicom Offers In-store iPhone, iPad Jailbreaking
China Unicom is offering a unique service to its iPhone and iPad customers: In-store jailbreaking. The cell service provider is…
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Osmos: Survival in the Microscopic World
Vern Seward puts Osmos under the microscope in this installment of Just a Peek.
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Intel Buys Infineon’s Wireless Division
Intel is expanding its reach into the wireless communication world with the planned purchase of Infinion’s Wireless Solutions division. The…
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Apple Death Knell #54: iPhone Doomed to Niche Status
Bryan Chaffin was able to find another Apple Death Knell, #54 in our Apple Death Knell Counter. Fabrice Grinda argues…
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IBM: Apple Tops in Patching Critical Security Holes
IBM’s X-Force research and development team has issued its mid-year Threat Report on security vulnerabilities for the first half of…
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Back to School Edition
School is back in session, but in this week’s installment of Free on iTunes Vern Seward shows us a place…
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Particle Debris (wk. ending 8/27) The Googlized Brain
This week, John’s collection of technical news debris includes a story about Apple’s Advanced Technology Group, the Al Franken rant,…
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Microsoft Co-founder Hits Apple, Others with Patent Suit
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen hit several companies, including Apple, with a patent lawsuit on Friday. The lawsuit alleges the companies…
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New App Allows Windows Access from iPad
DeviceVM announced on Friday the immediate availability of Splashtop Remote for the iPad. The app allows users to access and…
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Hawking Hi-Gain Wireless-N Dual Radio Smart Repeater: $149.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Hawking HW2R1 Hi-Gain Wireless-N Dual Radio Smart Repeater for $149.99. It connects to…
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Apple Improves iOS Developer Payment System
Apple introduced a new Payments and Financial Reports module for iTunes Connect on Thursday that should lead to quicker payments…
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Mariner Narrator Adds iTunes Export Support
Mariner Software announced the immediate availability of Narrator 2.1 on Friday. The updated version of the text to speech utility…
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Apple Dumps SurfaceInk Over Competition Concerns
Apple and SurfaceInk have gone separate ways following the small engineering design company’s move into creating more products for Apple’s…
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iPad Acceptance in the Workplace
Today TMO readers are talking about the iPad’s popularity and how the business world seems happy to embrace Apple’s multimedia…
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Reverb Strikes FTC Deal Over Bogus iTunes Reviews
Reverb Communications, the marketing company accused of posting staged App Store reviews designed to boost their client’s app ratings, has…
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H.264 Video License Now Royalty-free for Life
MPEG LA, the organization that controls the h.264 video format patent portfolio, has revised its licensing structure so Internet streaming…
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iWork Update Adds ePub Support
Apple released iWork 9.0.4 for Mac OS X on Thursday, and while the version number may make it seem like…
