Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category

Apple announces Aperture 3

Something photographers have been waiting for; Aperture 3 finally brings all the features we know and love in iPhoto ‘09, and meshes them with a new and improved Aperture software set. We’re talking about great organizatioin features using Faces and…

Dev-Team releases PwnageTool for iPhone OS 3.1.3

They’re back at it again. The iPhone dev-team has released an update to their popular jailbreaking software, PwnageTool, for Mac OS X. The new PwnageTool — version 3.1.5 — boasts the ability to properly jailbreak Apple’s recently released 3.1.3 iPhone/iPod…

Unannounced MacBook Pro with Core i7 processor spotted at GeekBench

An eagle-eyed forum member of MacRumors uncovered the benchmark results supposedly of an unreleased MacBook Pro with a Core i7 M 620 processor under the hood. The MacBook was listed with the not yet seen before model identifier of 6,1…

Hachette becomes the third major publisher to pressure Amazon for higher ebook prices

Amazon must feel like a punching bag, repeatedly absorbing blows from book publishers who with each successful strike are raising e-book prices and eroding Amazon’s pricing stronghold in the ebook market. The latest publisher to join in this carnage is…

Apple: iPhone/iPod Touch apps can’t use Core Location primarily for advertising

A warning to would be iPhone and iPod Touch application developers was posted on Apple’s developer site yesterday: “If your app uses location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on a user’s location, your app…

iPhone OS 3.1.3 goes live

Grab your USB to 30-pin dock connector cable kids, Apple has released iPhone OS 3.1.3 to iTunes for your downloading pleasure. It doesn’t look like 3.1.3 is going to knock your socks off, but hey, an update is an update,…

Apple said to have halted production of 27″ iMacs

For a company that goes on and on and on and on and on to infinity about how well its products are made, Apple sure has a disaster on its hands in the 27″ iMac. As many of you no…

iTunes 9.0.3 hits the scene

Not much to say here other than Apple has release an update to its ever popular iTunes application/store front/service/resource hog. Now standing at version 9.0.3, the update offers offers the following changes:
• iTunes no longer ignores your “Remember password…

Stephen Colbert rocks the Grammys with an Apple iPad

We didn’t think we’d see an iPad surface so soon… If you were keeping up with the Grammys, you were probably just as shocked as we were when Stephen Colbert pulled one out to present Song of the Year. And…

Steve Jobs disses Adobe and calls BS on Google

If you had any doubts about Steve Jobs’ confidence and convictions after returning to Apple from his sick leave, it’s time you leave those at the door. The revered CEO announced a hotly anticipated device last week and followed up…

Amazon pulls Macmillan books as the e-book price war begins

Even before it has landed in the hands of consumers, Apple’s iPad is already living up to its reputation as a “revolutionary” device. The first battle, in what may become a full out war, has begun in the lucrative book…

Think Apple has all price points covered?

We’d say so! From $59 to $7,000, if you want an Apple product, there’s a pretty darn good chance you’ll be able to pick something in your price range. Simply brilliant. Full size image link after the break…

Joe Hewitt on iPad: “Exactly the Product I’ve Been Wishing For”

Joe Hewitt isn’t exactly a household name; his former project, however, very much is. Hewitt was the one man wrecking crew responsible for coding the Facebook application for the iPhone — the App Store’s most popular application for quite some…