Archives for May 2011

May, 20th May 2011

• Fantastical Brings Real Language Event Entry to iCal

  Flexbits introduced its new Mac calendaring application, Fantastical, earlier this week. The app links to user’s iCal calendars with an…

• Forum Discussion: File Sharing with Legacy Macs

  TMO’s Mac Geek Gab Crew is a great forum for finding answers to your tech questions. Today forum members are…

• Intel: Thunderbolt Belongs to Us

  Following word that Apple applied for a trademark on the Thunderbolt name, Intel has offered a little clarification since it…

• Tweed Offers Better Twitter Lists

  LithiumCorp announced the immediate availability of Tweed for the iPad on Friday. Tweed is an app that builds RSS-like lists…

• Sony Signs on for Apple Music Locker

  Apple has apparently added Sony to the list of record labels that have signed deals for its rumored online music…

May, 19th May 2011

• AT&T Demos 28.87Mbps Downloads on LTE Trial Network

  AT&T demonstrated a trial Long Term Evolution (LTE) network on Thursday, showing download speeds of up to 28.87Mbps and upload…

• Patent Application Suggests Apple Began “Seamless” iCloud in 2009

  A patent application suggests that Apple has been working on developing a media cloud service that is both “seamless” and…

• Apple’s Retail Adventure: 10 Years Later

  Apple’s very first retail store opened its doors 10 years ago on May 19, 2001, at Tysons Corner in McLean,…

• Apple (Not Intel) Applies for Thunderbolt Trademark

  Apple has applied for a trademark on the name Thunderbolt, the data I/O technology unveiled earlier this year on the…

• MGG 332: Startup Items, DNS Lookups, Mail History, More

  It’s time for another Premium edition of Mac Geek Gab. Reserved exclusively for paying members of the Mac Geek Gab…

• Protect Your Mac From Bad Guy Phishing

  The kinds of assaults on your Mac from the Internet have changed. As Apple, and others, have shored up OS…

• Mac Tips Your Friends May Not Even Know

  Nancy Carroll Gravley has tips about others being sneaky with your Mac, one for when you want to be sneaky, and…

• Pogoplug File Sharing Solution:  $69

  The Deal Brothers found a deal on the  Pogoplug File Sharing Solution for $69.00, after an instant $2.00 discount. This device…

• Infinity Blade Adds Multiplayer Support

  ChAIR Entertainment released Infinity Blade 1.3 for the iPhone and iPad on Thursday. The update for the fantasy world battle…

• Senator Asks Apple, Google About Wi-Fi Data Collection

  Because a letter from Senator Al Franken and two Senate privacy hearings apparently aren’t enough, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has…

• Reader Discussion: iMacs and Proprietary Hard Drives

  Thunderbolt-enabled iMacs sport hard drives with custom firmware, which means only Apple’s own drives will work properly in the all-in-one…

• Apple’s Catherine Novelli to Testify at Senate Privacy Hearing

  Apple, Google and Facebook are scheduled to testify in the U.S. Senate’s second hearing on consumer privacy today at 10AM…

• EMI Deal Gets Apple Closer to Cloud Music Launch

  Record label EMI has apparently just struck a deal for Apple’s rumored cloud-based music storage service, and Sony Music Group…

• Apple Leases Space for New Silicon Valley Data Center

  Apple has leased some space in a new data center located in Santa Clara, a Silicon Valley city near to…

May, 18th May 2011

• No New Apple Death Knells, but Ignorance Abounds

  Bryan Chaffin hasn’t found any new Apple Death Knells to add to the list, but he did come upon two…

• FCC Invites Google, Apple to Location Data “Public Education Forum”

  The FCC is throwing its regulatory hat into into the location data collections ring with the announcement of a “public…

• Giving Up on Multi-function Printers

  Last fall, there was the crashing sound of silence as Hewlett Packard customers discovered that a Snow Leopard update killed…

• Apple 8GB iPod touch (Current Generation):  $169.99

  The Deal Brothers found a one-day deal on a refurbished 8GB iPod touch for $169.99 ($5 shipping). This is the…

• iPhoto ’11: Using Batch Change

  Sometimes you need to change the metadata (such as the title or date) on a bunch of photos at once.…

• mophie juice pack plus Now Verizon iPhone Compatible

  mophie announced the immediate availability of an updated version of its juice pack plus that’s compatible with the original iPhone…

• Apple Hit with Wi-Fi Patent Lawsuit

  Apple and HP are facing a lawsuit from Linex Technologies that claims the companies are infringing on its patents with…

• iMac Hard Drives: Why Did Apple Make Them Hard to Replace?

  If you buy a new 2011 iMac and decide to replace its internal hard drive with a higher-capacity third-party drive,…

• Forum Discussion: This Week in Apple FUD

  There always seems to be a steady stream of manipulated facts and misinformation about Apple in the news, and today…

• iPhone, iPad Earn Display of the Year Awards

  Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPad both earned awards for their displays at the 2011 Society for Information Display conference on…

• Apple Exhibiting at BookExpo? Think Again

  Word surfaced on Tuesday that Apple would be making its first appearance as an exhibitor at BookExpo America later in…

• Thunderbolt MacBook Air Could Ship by July

  Apple is apparently working on an update for the MacBook Air that includes the new Thunderbolt port along with Intel’s…

• Apple ProKit Update 7.0 Addresses Six Issues

  Apple released ProKit Update 7.0 Wednesday. The update addresses six different issues, and is intended for users of Final Cut…

• Camera Raw Update 3.7 Adds Support for 5 Cameras

  Apple released Camera Raw Update 3.7 Tuesday, an update that adds support for RAW images in Aperture 3 and iPhone…

May, 17th May 2011

• 99.7% of Android Devices Vulnerable to Data Leak

  A weakness with an Android security feature called ClientLogin in older versions of Android OS leaves 99.7% of all Android…

• Report: iPhone 4 Uses Audience Noise Cancelling Tech

  Apple is using noise cancelling technology from Audience in the iPhone 4, the same technology used in Google’s short lived…

• Smartfish’s Mini Laser Mouse Has Anti-Gravity Comfort

  Smartfish Technologies has just introduced the wireless Whirl Mini Laser Mouse for laptops that offers anti-gravity comfort with pivot ErgoMotion™…

• Scared Yet? AT&T Hopes to Charge for Smartphone Security

  AT&T can’t wait for us to be scared enough to be willing to pay for security services on our smartphones.…

• Google Cannot Successfully Compete with Apple

  Is Google Apple’s competitor?  It certainly seems like it when we read about Android’s smartphone market share. Or the new…

• iPad Rocks Musikmesse 2011

  “Musikmesse” is the world’s largest trade show for musical instruments and audio recording technology. It is held annually in Frankfurt,…

• Fantom GreenDrive 2TB External Hard Drive:  $89

  If you’re looking for external storage, the Deal Brothers found us a deal on the Fantom Drives GreenDrive 2TB eSATA/USB 2.0 32MB…

• HP on Thunderbolt: Meh

  The Thunderbolt port Apple is including on new Macs may offer high-speed data transfer and video support, but it isn’t…

• iPhone 5 to Sport 8MP Camera, World Phone Chip

  FBR Capital Markets analysts claim their contacts are backing up the idea that Apple’s unannounced next generation iPhone will include…

• Reader Discussion: Apple Store 10th Anniversary Plans

  The tenth anniversary of the first Apple Store grand opening is on May 19, and today TMO readers are sharing…

• Slacker Intros Slacker Premium Radio Music Subscription Service

  The online music streaming service Slacker unveiled its latest offering, Slacker Premium Radio, on Tuesday. The new addition to the…

• Senate Calls Apple to Second Privacy Hearing

  Apple, Google and now Facebook have been called to Washington DC for a second Senate hearing on consumer mobile privacy…

• PDFpen Adds 256-bit Encryption

  Smile Software announced the immediate availability of PDFpen 5.3 on Tuesday. The update for the Mac OS X-based PDF editing…

May, 16th May 2011

• Apple Stores Working on “Something Big” This Weekend, Report

  Apple may be planning “something big” for the 10th anniversary of the opening of the first Apple Store in 2001,…

• Analyst: No NFC Mobile Payment Support in Next iPhone

  Apple will not be adding support for Near Field Communications (NFC) mobile payments to its next iPhone, according to a…

• MGG 331: Missing Icons, Photo Management, Data Migration, More

  Like clockwork, indeed, your two favorite geeks are back for this week’s Mac Geek Gab episode. John and Dave help…

• AAPL Drops 2.1% Amidst Broader Tech Selloff

  Shares in Apple Inc. dropped more than 2.1% Monday as the market sold off tech shares in a broad retreat.…