Archives for October 2011
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Browse By Day in October 2011
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ITC: Apple Didn’t Violate Four HTC Patents
The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a preliminary ruling that Apple’s iOS devices do not infringe on four patents owned…
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Ted Landau Speaks at Silicon Valley MUG Monday Night
Our own Ted Landau will be speaking tonight, that’s Monday, October 17th, at the monthly meeting of the Silicon Valley…
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MGG 359: iCloud, Automator, Thumb Drives & Port Mapping
John and Dave dive in to the mailbag, digging out comments and questions about iCloud, iOS 5, Automator, MacBook Pro…
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How-To Use Siri (or Dictation) to Speak Your Tweets
One of the very few complaints we saw over the weekend regarding Siri was the inability to use Apple’s voice…
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iMac 21.5-inch 2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5: $1,019
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the refurbished iMac 21.5-inch 2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 for $1,019. This system was…
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iOS 5: Removing the Stock Widget from Notification Center
The release of iOS 5 gave us Notification Center, which groups together alerts and other notifications in a single view…
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Instapaper 4 for iOS Gets New Interface, More
Marco Arment released Instapaper 4 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Monday. The new version of the Web…
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Reader Discussion: Siri’s Clever Comebacks
The just released iPhone 4S includes Apple’s new Siri voice control system that responds to your spoken commands and questions. It…
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Samsung Asks Courts in Australia, Japan to Block iPhone 4S Sales
Samsung has filed for injunctions in Australia and Japan in hopes of blocking sales of Apple’s new iPhone 4S in…
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iPhone 4S Launch Weekend Sales Top 4 Million
Apple’s launch weekend sales numbers for the iPhone 4S topped 4 million units, more than double the number of iPhone…
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1Password Improves Safari, Firefox Support
AgileBits announced the immediate availability of an updated version of its 1Password plug-in for Safari and Firefox on Monday that…
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Siri Drives 55% of iPhone 4S Purchases in NYC
Siri, Apple’s new voice control and interaction technology for the iPhone 4S, was “the most exciting feature driving purchases” of…
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Invitation-Only Service for Jobs to be Held Sunday
A small, invitation-only memorial service for Steve Jobs will be held this Sunday evening on the Stanford University campus. Leaders…
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AT&T and iPhone 4S Activation Woes & Options
Today’s iPhone 4S launch has seen AT&T activations hit levels so high that it has, again, brought their activation servers…
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4 More Free Purge Surviving Apps
This week in Free on iTunes, Vern Seward continues divesting his iPhone and iPad of apps he just doesn’t use…
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Verizon Makes Mobile Privacy an Option
Verizon Wireless made some changes this week to it’s privacy policy that may be of interest to its customers. Unless…
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Particle Debris (wk. ending 10/14) Good Vibrations
This week’s compendium of news debris takes a decidedly positive swing. Microsoft is daring to be original with Windows 8.…
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The Elephant in Apple’s iCloud
Apple has done it again. Another one-day software palooza. Did Apple learn its lesson from the last time? John doesn’t…
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iOS 5: Quote Levels and Text Formatting in Mail
iOS 5 adds a long list of new features, some of which bring some Mac-like features to the iPhone and…
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Hands-On Photos of the iPhone 4S & Siri
Jeff Gamet took some photos of the new iPhone 4S, including a great demonstration of Siri in action—he asked, “Do…
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What’s The First Thing You’ll Ask Siri?
So what’s the first thing you’ll ask (or you did ask) Siri on an iPhone 4S? For bonus points, include…
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Lines Form for iPhone 4S Across the U.S.
As expected, lines formed overnight for the release of Apple’s new iPhone 4S. More than 100 people were waiting at…
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The Woz Waits In Line for iPhone 4S (Video)
Steve “The Woz” Wozniak was filmed waiting in line for his iPhone 4S on Friday at the Apple Store in…
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Report: Apple’s Brand Worth More than Microsoft, Google, Coke
A recently released a report out of Europe shows that Apple is the number one brand globally, with a brand…
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Microsoft Completes $8.5B Skype Purchase
Microsoft announced that it has completed its purchase of the online chat serve Skype on Friday. The deal cost Microsoft…
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Apple Working on “Black Screen” Problem for Mid 2010 MacBook Pro
Apple is aware of and working on a solution for the so called “black screen” problem afflicting some Mid 2010…
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Apple Schedules Q4 2011 Conference Call on October 18th
Apple announced Thursday the schedule for its September quarter—the company’s 4th fiscal quarter—earnings report conference call. The event will be…
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MacBook Air 13.3 i5 1.7GHz: $1224.99
The Deal Brothers found what they said is the lowest price they’ve seen on the MacBook Air 13.3 i5 1.7Ghz at…
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The Cost of Betrayal: Apple’s Destruction of Android
Apple is at war against Google’s Android. In any war, you make preparations, marshall your assets, analyze the enemy weaknesses,…
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TMO’s Jeff Gamet Looks at the iPhone 4S at CoMUG
Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer’s managing editor, will be speaking at the Colorado Macintosh User Group meeting on Thursday, October…
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iFixit’s iPhone 4S Tear Down Reveals New Qualcomm Chip
iFixit, well know for stripping Apple gear down to the frame so we can all see what’s inside, got their…
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iOS 5: iPhone, iPad Wi-Fi Syncing
With the release of iOS 5 and iTunes 10.5, Apple finally gave iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users a feature…
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Apple Wins Temporary Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban in Australia
Apple won another victory against Samsung in Australia by convincing a court to issue a temporary injunction blocking the sale…
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Reader Discussion: iPhone 4S Launch Weekend Predictions
The official launch of the iPhone 4S starts on Friday, October 14. With over a million phones ordered during the first…
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Apple Adds iCloud Controls to Windows
Along with the official launch of iCloud, Apple released iCloud Control Panel for Windows on Wednesday. The new control panel…
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Apple Releases Server Admin Tools 10.7.2
Apple released Server Admin Tools 10.7.2 on Wednesday following the rollout of OS X Lion 10.7.2. The update for the…
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iOS 5: New iPhone, iPad Setup
Apple turned the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch into stand-alone computers with the release of iOS 5 because you no…
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How to Erase Your iPhone Before Sale or Trade
Planning to sell or trade in your old iPhone once the new 4S arrives tomorrow? We show you how to…
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Apple Releases Aperture 3.2 for Photo Stream, iCloud
Apple released Aperture 3.2 Wednesday, an update to the company’s professional photo management and manipulation solution that adds in support…
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Apple Releases iPhoto 9.2 to Support iCloud & iOS 5
Apple released iPhoto 9.2 on Wednesday, an update to the company’s consumer photo management and manipulation software that adds support…
