Archives for May 2011
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Telegraph Jumps On Board with iPad Subscriptions
The U.K.’s The Telegraph newspaper is following along with Hearst Publishing and will begin offering in-app subscription support on the…
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Apple Intros Consumer Pulse Customer Feedback Site
Apple prepping to actively seeking customer feedback through a new new Web site called Apple Customer Pulse. The site, which…
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Hearst Signs on for iPad Magazine Subscriptions
The publisher behind Popular Mechanics, Esquire and the Oprah Magazine, Hearst, has signed with Apple to offer in-app subscriptions on…
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Reader Discussion: Apple’s Server Strategy
First Apple killed the Xserve, then announced that its server OS would be rolled into Lion, the next major Mac…
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iMac, MacBook Pro Updates Address Thunderbolt, More
Apple released a set of four updates, two for the most just released iMacs and two for the most recent…
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Apple May Offer iOS 5 Over the Air Updates
Apple is apparently working with cell carriers to offer over-the-air operating system updates for the iPhone and iPad, and Verizon…
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Playboy Teases Uncensored iPad Content
Playboy founder and man-about-town Hugh Hefner raised a few eyebrows on Twitter Wednesday night with a coy little tweet promising…
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Intel Announces 3D Transistor CPUs w/Video Explanation
Intel announced a major advancement in CPU technology Wednesday, Tri-Gate transistors, which the company has dubbed 3D transistors (explanation below).…
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Rumor: Apple Hires Inventor of THX to Run Audio
Apple has hired, Tomlinson Holman, the brainiac inventor behind Lucasfilm’s THX sound empire, according to a tweet from Leo Laporte.…
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TK-421 iPhone Case with Flip-Out Keyboard: $39.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the TK-421 iPhone Case with Flip-Out Keyboard for $39.99. This is a case that…
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Cord Cutting with Apple TV May Not Save You Money
Even though it’s not widely done, cord cutting gets a lot of publicity. If you’re caught up in the hype…
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iOS 4.3.3: Clearing Your iPhone Location Cache
With the release of iOS 4.3.3 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Apple trimmed down the size of the…
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Apple Addresses Location Tracking with iOS 4.3.3 Update
Apple released iOS 4.3.3 for GSM-based iPhones and iOS 4.2.8 for CDMA-based iPhones on Wednesday. The updates come only days…
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Brazil Government: Foxconn iPhone Factory In the Works
Following an earlier report that Foxconn is planning on building a factory in Brazil to produce iPhones and iPads for…
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AT&T Says No iPhone 5 this Summer
AT&T has apparently backed up the rumors that Apple won’t be releasing an updated iPhone model during the typical late…
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Spotify Moves into iTunes Territory with iPod Sync Support
Spotify announced on Wednesday that it is adding iPod sync support to its music service and apparently moving into Apple’s…
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Reader Discussion: Predicting Apple’s Holiday Sales Figures
The holiday shopping season is still months away, but that isn’t stopping TMO Forum members from sharing their thoughts on…
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iFixit: Thunderbolt iMac Includes Replaceable GPU
With Apple’s new Thunderbolt-equipped iMac available for less than a day, the iFixit team has already stripped the computer down…
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plasq Brings Comic Life to the iPad
plasq announced the immediate availability of Comic Life for the iPad on Wednesday. Just like the Mac OS X version…
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Apple Highlights Versatility in New iPad 2 Ad
Apple released its second iPad 2 commercial, called “If You Asked,” Tuesday night. This new ad targets the device’s versatility,…
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Report: Amazon to Enter Tablet Market, Places Order in Taiwan
Amazon is ready to take on Apple’s iPad head-to-head, and has placed orders for full tablet devices, according to Taiwan…
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Report: Apple to Capture 76% of 2011 Mobile App Revenue
Apple will capture 76% of all mobile app revenues in 2011, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli. The…
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ISP Data Caps Won’t Affect Apple Cloud Services
Various ISPs have been invoking monthly data caps. The caps aren’t likely to affect average Apple customers, but they will…
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AT&T Institutes Broadband Data Caps of 250GB
AT&T instituted data caps to its DSL and U-Verse broadband customers Wednesday, with the company imposing a 250GB per month…
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MGG 328: Mac Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Cool Stuff Found
John and Dave join up yet again for you, answering your Mac questions and solving your problems! Topics today include…
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Analysts Upbeat on iMac Refresh
Analysts Maynard Um of UBS and Brian White of Ticonderoga Securities are both upbeat on the iMac refresh announced earlier…
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ZyXEL HomePlug AV 200 Mbps Powerline adapter: $79.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the the ZyXEL PLA407 HomePlug AV 200 Mbps Powerline adapter for $79.99. These devices…
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Mac OS X: Finding & Fixing Corrupt Preference Files
One of the more common causes for unusual behavior on the Mac is a corrupt preference file, especially if the…
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Jeff Gamet Discusses iPhone Location Tracking on IMP
The Mac Observer’s Jeff Gamet joined the International Mac Podcast team to talk about iPhone location tracking logs, white iPhones…
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Thunderbolt iMacs get Boot Camp Update
Apple released a Boot Camp update for the just released Thunderbolt-enabled iMacs on Tuesday. The new iMac models were introduced…
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Adobe Ships Creative Suite 5.5, Pro Digital Publishing Suite
Adobe began Creative Suite 5.5 on Tuesday, marking the company’s first major midcycle product release with updates for InDesign, Dreamweaver,…
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Twitter Buying TweetDeck for $50M
Twitter is apparently snatching up TweetDeck for about US$50 million in a deal designed to block UberMedia from buying the…
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Forum Discussion: iPad and the New Tablet Market
It’s no secret that Apple’s iPad has changed how consumers and the company’s competitors view the tablet device market. Today…
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Photoshop Adds iPad App Support
Adobe announced the immediate availability of Photoshop CS5 12.0.4 on Tuesday. The update for the professional image editing application for…
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New iMacs Sport Thunderbolt, Quad-Core Processors
True to the rumors, Apple released new iMac models on Tuesday that include faster quad-core Intel processors, Thunderbolt, and faster…
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Apple Store Offline, New iMacs May Be On the Way
Apple’s online store was replaced with the familiar “We’ll be back soon” message Tuesday morning adding more fuel to the…
