Days after releasing an update to iTunes that blocked the Palm Pre from syncing, Apple has ended another dispute concerning iTunes, this time by settling. Last November, Apple began issuing cease-and-desist letters to Odioworks, which runs Bluwiki, a public wiki. In this case, people were publishing … Read More »
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[appreview] title=iBank Mobile image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ibank_mobile_00.jpg price=$4.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318802616&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] The developers of iBank, the robust alternative to moribund Quicken for the Mac, have gone mobile with their latest product. With iBank Mobile for the iPhone and iPod touch you … Read More »
Peter Oppenheimer and Tim Cook hosted Apple’s third-quarter fiscal 2009 conference call, the “best non-holiday quarter ever” for revenue, and the second-best quarter for Mac sales. For investors, if you didn’t suffer through the conference call, transcripts will appear sooner or later, but within the dry … Read More »
Reporting results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, Apple shattered expectations with big profits boosted by the all-new lineup of MacBook Pros and the iPhone 3GS. The company reported revenue of $8.34 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion, or $1.35 earnings per … Read More »
Speed, stability, compatibility — that’s the mantra from the Mac Business Unit for SP2, which will be released today at 10:00 a.m. PDT. Besides bug fixes, general improvements include faster launching of applications, as well as better performance within, like scrolling in Word and calculation speed in … Read More »
The conference call date for Apple’s latest quarterly numbers was finally announced this week as being at Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. PDT. The biggest question isn’t about profit or sales, however, but who will be doing the speaking: Could it be Steve Jobs? Jobs was last … Read More »
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Depending upon which research firm you believe, preliminary estimates for Mac sales are either down or flat for the second quarter compared to last year. Either way, the netbook, or lack thereof, appears to be the problem for Apple. From the Associated Press, IDC analyst Bob … Read More »
What Apple fan of small-and-light computing doesn’t remember that Macworld Expo Keynote? The one where, uncovering Apple’s then-latest laptop and holding it aloft, Steve Jobs declared it “the smallest full-featured notebook in the world.” By the self-satisfied smile on his face, you knew Apple was back … Read More »
[appreview] title=Doom Resurrection image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/doom_resurrection_00_icon.png price=$9.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318567158&mt=8 rating=gold [/appreview] Doom Resurrection is aptly named, the archetypal shooter having risen from the grave for the iPhone and iPod touch. The thing is, though, when the dead return, they never come back the same. You know the story: future, Mars, research facility, teleportation experiments, hell unleashed. Mayhem … Read More »
Via the Quicken Blog, Intuit has announced a February release for the oft-delayed Mac financial software. Intuit spokesperson Scott Gulbransen sought to “clear the air” regarding the rumored demise of Quicken for Mac. In recent days, Intuit had removed information about the formerly named Quicken Financial … Read More »
Apple has released version 4.0.2 of Safari for both OS X 10.4 and 10.5 (but not Snow Leopard), as well as Windows XP, Vista and 7 beta. The 40MB update is available through Software Update and download via Apple’s web site. The release notes, cryptic as … Read More »
Pinch Media, an analytics firm for iPhone OS developers, has found evidence of a third-generation iPod touch. An “iPod3,1″ string has been showing up as the version identifier in its online logs, with first- and second-generation identifiers for the touch being “iPod1,1″ and “iPod2,1,” respectively. In … Read More »
Greenpeace released the 12th edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics today (PDF), with Apple falling somewhere between tangerine and burnt orange. For those who take the rating seriously, Apple scored 4.7 out of 10, unchanged from last time, though the company slipped from 10th … Read More »
Following closely on the official release of iPhone OS 3.0, Apple has seeded a developer build of version 3.1, build 7C97D, along with the SDK. The point release appears to be more than bug fixes, too. A number of sites, including Gizmodo, are reporting features like: Faster … Read More »
While Apple’s Mac mini has never compared favorably to low-end PCs on price, its value being in size, weight and quiet computing, a report from iSuppli shows the $599 retail cost in a more favorable light. According to the market research firm, an estimate of part … Read More »
Apple is once again making an inventory tool available for prospective iPhone 3GS buyers. U.S. residents can check Apple Store stock by state, with availability updated hourly. Unlike last year, when the iPhone 3G was in chronic short supply for weeks, by the end of business … Read More »
AdMob, the ad serving firm, has released its Mobile Metrics (PDF) report for May, and once again the iPhone and iPod touch are seeing increases, both in the U.S. and worldwide. Measuring “mobile Web and application usage from our network of more than 7,000 publishers and … Read More »
[appreview] title=circuit_strike.one image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/cs1_01_icon1.png price=$0.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=313665457&mt=8 rating=silver [/appreview] Mixing neon visuals and techno music with top-down shooting action and inertia-based movement, circuit_strike.one pushes the limits of Apple hardware, and possibly the patience of the casual gamer. Setting The player is pilot of a virtual ship that hacks network nodes, in a stylized metaphor for a computer … Read More »
The New York Times has a feature article on Apple corporate culture and secrecy that is both fascinating and a little disturbing. It also may raise questions about how Apple handled the disclosure of Steve Jobs’ illness. Regarding corporate culture, the New York Times illustrates just … Read More »
Having received confirmation from Apple PR, TheAppleBlog can now confirm that the official name for Apple’s latest phone is iPhone 3GS (no space). While this might not seem like a big deal to you, for those of us having to write about the formerly awkward name, the … Read More »
A week after reports first surfaced of a downgrade in SATA bus speeds, Apple has issued a fix that both solves the problem and puts an end to conspiracy theories about it. The issue centered around new MacBook Pros having a SATA speed of 1.5 gigabits, … Read More »
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently underwent a liver transplant. Jobs, who has been on a leave of absence from the company since January, reportedly had the transplant about two months ago in an undisclosed hospital in Tennessee. As the … Read More »
Despite shorter lines in fewer countries than last year’s launch of the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3G S may yet perform nearly as well, at least during the first weekend of sales. Via AppleInsider, AT&T spokesperson Michael Coe has been quoted as saying AT&T “sold … Read More »
Bento, the personal database from FileMaker, has launched a service that allows users to share templates they have created. The Template Exchange currently has around 100 ready-made templates covering a number of topics, with more being added daily. Less well-known than the professional and cross-platform FileMaker, … Read More »
As the handheld world waits on iPhone OS 3.0, Apple may be planning a pre-emptive strike on “unsupported third-party digital media players.” A new technical note in the support knowledgebase certainly seems to imply that. Without mentioning any names, Apple warns that, regarding iTunes integration, the … Read More »
With the iPhone 3G S on sale in a matter of days, a rush of 3G and original iPhone owners will be selling their phones and upgrading to the new model. If you are planning on selling your current iPhone, there are a few simple steps … Read More »
Apple has finally issued a patch for a security flaw related to Java that was first reported in August 2008. Java for Mac OS X update “delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java” in both 10.5 and 10.4. The update also addresses a critical … Read More »
MacRumors is reporting on a discussion that is on fire with reports of a downgrade in SATA speeds for the new 13″ MacBook Pro, and the 15″ models as well. Apparently, System Profiler is now reporting a SATA speed of 1.5 gigabits, down from … Read More »
Although available as a public beta since February 24, the final version of Safari 4 was introduced on Monday at WWDC 2009. Less than a week later, more than 5 million Mac users, and 6 million Windows users have downloaded it. … Read More »
The “S” in the speed of the iPhone 3G S has been divulged by T-Mobile, Apple’s carrier partner in the Netherlands. A specifications page indicates the CPU runs at 600 MHz, up from 412 MHz in previous models. The iPhone 3GS will also come with 256MB … Read More »
Despite an incremental speed increase, the biggest update to the MacBook Air at WWDC was the price. The low-end model is now $1,499, down $300, while the high-end model with a solid-state drive now sells for $1,799, a jaw-dropping $700 price drop. Available in two models, the … Read More »
WWDC 2009 starts early in San Francisco, as in the day before. First in line this year is Clay, who arrived at 5:30 p.m., June 7. Behind him were hundreds more, all waiting for the keynote at 10:00 a.m. today. By 5:30 a.m., the line for the … Read More »
An early version of Chrome is now publicly available for Mac users, at least what there is of it. As the Chromium Blog glibly posted, this release is intended for developers who take “great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software.” Having … Read More »
A patent application published today for a “mutli-dimensional scroll wheel” suggests Apple may be evolving the venerable iPod click wheel, rather than replacing it with a pure multitouch interface, like the iPhone. Originally filed on September 5, 2008, the patent application describes a “plurality of circumferentially … Read More »
Net Applications measures market share based upon Internet usage from some 160 million visitors to a network of hosted sites each month. According to the web metrics firm, OS X, iPhone OS and Safari are continuing to incrementally increase in market share after sharp declines … Read More »
Before the Internet and blogging, they used to call it logorrhea, and for most of my adult life people have been begging me to shut up. Now readers of TheAppleBlog will get that opportunity, too. You may recognize me from Ars Technica, where I intermittently wrote about … Read More »
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Palm Hacks Again: webOS Update Re-enables iTunes Syncing
With the release of webOS 1.1, Palm Pre users cut off from iTunes 8.2.1 are connected again, at least until iTunes 8.2.2 shows up in Software Update. For today, however, Palm can talk some trash. Or at least John Traynor, VP of Business Products for Palm, can … Read More »