Archives for January 2011
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Browse By Day in January 2011
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Bryan Chaffin, Bob LeVitus Cue Up iPhone and iPad Music at Macworld Expo
The Mac Observer’s Bryan Chaffin and Bob LeVitus will be showing how to use your iPhone and iPad in your…
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Jeff Gamet Dives into Cloud Services for the Mac & iPhone at Macworld Expo
The Mac Observer Managing Editor Jeff Gamet will be showing how you can use cloud-based services to keep the data…
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Mac Geek Gab Live at Macworld Expo
Mac Geek Gab co-hosts, Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun, will be recording a special live edition of their podcast…
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Ted Landau Dives Deep into iOS at Macworld Expo
The Mac Observer columnist Ted Landau will be getting under the hood in Apple’s OS for the iPhone, iPad and…
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Bob LeVitus Digs Into GarageBand at Macworld Expo
The Mac Observer columnist Bob LeVitus will be showing how to record, mix and master songs quickly in GarageBand at…
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Loan and Borrow eBooks with eBook Fling [UPDATED]
BookSwim announced the launch of eBookFling.com on Wednesday. The free service creates a social network of eBook customers who can…
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e-Cycle to Offer iPhone Recycling at Macworld
e-Cycle, which handles the recycling of consumer electronics and other forms of e-waste, on Wednesday announced that it will for…
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Apple Debuts New Ad: ‘iPad is Iconic’
Apple recently started airing a new ad, “iPad is Iconic,” that was added to the company’s YouTube channel on Tuesday.…
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Apple Patents Gloves For Touchscreen Use
Apple was recently awarded a patent for gloves that can be used with the capacitive touchscreens found in the iPad,…
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Apple #3 Global PC Maker, When iPad is Included
Research firm Canalys on Wednesday issued its view of the fourth quarter of 2010, reporting 19% PC industry growth worldwide…
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Apple Makes Slight Web Site Changes, Deploys HTML 5
Apple’s web site showed off a slightly different look on Wednesday, with a darker navigation bar, some tweaked navigation, and…
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Out of the Park Baseball 12 Starts Pre-Orders With Incentives
OOTP Developments on Wednesday announced that pre-orders have begun for Out of the Park Baseball 12, the latest version of…
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Pixelmator Makes a Million Bucks on Mac App Store
Pixelmater announced on Tuesday that their graphics app for the Mac has hit the US$ one million sales mark in…
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Microsoft Office For Mac 2011: Free Trial Announced
On Tuesday, the MacBU team at Microsoft released the Office for Mac 2011 trial edition. You can test the full…
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Browser Makers Get on Board with ‘Do Not Track’
Browser developers are slowly starting to get on board with implementing the Do Not Track function. But there’s a long…
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Verizon: 26% of its Subscribers Have Smart Phones
During its Q4 earnings report on Tuesday, Verizon noted that only 26% of its 83 million postpaid subscribers — i.e.,…
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Everything You Need to Know About Oracle v. Google
Oracle’s lawsuit against Google alleging that Android contains copyrighted code from Java has garnered a lot of attention lately. Here’s…
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Apple Could Use NFC Technology For Mobile Payments
Apple may employ technology known as Near-Field Communication (NFC) in the next iterations of its iPad and iPhone, enabling consumers…
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Verizon to Temporarily Offer Unlimited Data iPhone Plans
Verizon COO Lowell McAdam confirmed on Tuesday that his company will offer a US$30-a-month unlimited data plan when it starts…
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One-Man Show ‘The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’ Opens
Monologuist Mike Daisey, who in the past has tackled everyone from Nikola Tesla to an Amazon.com employee, this week opened…
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Eastman Kodak Loses Patent Claim Against Apple, RIM
Eastman Kodak’s camera phone image preview patent claim against Apple and Research in Motion, filed last January, was declared invalid…
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Apple Launches Official App Store Twitter Feed
Apple on Monday opened an official Twitter feed for the App Store. The first tweet: “Welcome to App Store on…
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Survey Finds Android Nipping on iOS’ Heels
While developer interest in iPad and iPhone remains strong, interest in Android has risen too, most notably in tablets, according…
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Microsoft Unleashes PowerPoint Presentation to Combat iPad
To meet the challenge posed by Apple’s iPad in Enterprise, Microsoft is unleashing its most powerful weapon in the company’s…
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Ticonderoga Bumps Apple Stock Target to $550
As high as Apple’s stock has risen, it’s not high enough for Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White, who bumped his…
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10 Billionth App Winner Hangs Up on Apple Prank
The winner of Apple’s 10 billionth app download content initially hung up on Apple Vice President Eddy Cue, dismissing the…
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What if Apple Continues iPad 1 Sales After April?
One might assume that when the iPad 2 ships in, perhaps, early April, the original iPad 1 would be discontinued.…
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FatCat Power Solstice 2.5 Portable Solar Charger: $69.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the FatCat Power Solstice 2.5 Portable Solar Charger for $69.99. This solar-powered battery charger…
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South Korea iPhone Sales Top 2 Million
Sales of Apple’s iPhone in South Korea have topped the 2 million mark, including just over a million iPhone 45…
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White iPhone 4 Appears in AT&T Database
The mythical white iPhone 4 popped up in yet another database. This time it’s AT&T’s online account management system that’s…
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launch2net Adds Nokia CS18, CS19 Support
nova media announced the immediate availability of launch2net Premium 2.1.2 for Mac OS X on Monday. The update for the…
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Reader Discussion: iPad Impact on Mac Sales
Apple’s iPad and Mac lineup are both popular with consumers. Today TMO readers are taking a look at both and…
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IDC: No iPad Display Changes Yet
IDC analyst Tom Mainelli thinks reports that the second generation iPad will sport a higher resolution 2048x1536 display are off…
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Apple Intros AT&T, Verizon iPhone Ad
Apple rolled out a new iPhone 4 commercial over the weekend that shows off the combination iPod and smartphone working…
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Apple Hires NSA Pro David Rice as Security Boss
Apple has apparently hired former U.S. Naval cryptology officer and NSA global network vulnerability analyst David Rice to serve as…
