Ars Technica:
What would a week in Apple be if it didn't involve some developer drama, Google, and Psystar? That's all included in this week's top Apple news, as well as a few major software tidbits and rumors about Apple building more first-party iPhone games. Read on:Respected developers begin fleeing from App Store pl (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Software, Cool toolsMacUpdate announced today the release of version 5.0.2 of the MacUpdate Desktop utility, which allows users to manage application and widget software updates on their Mac OS X machines. The new version of the application adds some features and bug fixes as well as support for more languages. (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Odds and ends, Podcasts, HolidaysHere it is, T-7 days until Black Friday, and you don't have any gift ideas?I joined MacJury podcaster Chuck Joiner earlier this week to provide my ideas for gifting. This was part two of a holiday gift ideas episode on the popular podcast.Joining me on the podcast were MacMouseC (Read More)
Gizmodo:
This year's Microsoft shareholder meeting wasn't a lot of fun for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates, thanks to shareholders grilling him about Apple and the iPhone with questions like the above. Ballmer smacked him right back: There's certainly always opportunities for improvement. There is a group of peo (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, Developer, Snow LeopardThe folks behind CrossOver Games sent us a note that version 8.1.0 of their software has come out, and it's got some nice upgrades for Mac and Linux folks who prefer to run their games in Windows almost-emulators (it's based on Wine, and as we all know, Wi (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Software, ReviewsThere are several photo-stitchers available for Mac (and several for iPhone as well), and most do a stellar job for stitching together 3-4 images into a panoramic image. However, I recently completed a project that required stitching together hundreds of images into some very large panoramas of (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Like the prior generation, the new Pogoplug lets you share any USB drive over the Internet. It'll run for a slightly higher $129, still have no service fees, but it will take up to four USB drives at a time. Aside from automatically syncing content with a Mac or PC, you can share and watch movies, listen to music, or view p (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Internet, iPhone, iPod touchLike most "mobile versions" of websites, Google News was simplified for use on devices featuring what Steve Jobs once called "the baby Internet." Sadly, this simplified version also showed up by default on the iPhone, leading to an experience that was, to put it charitably, subpar.Th (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Analysis / OpinionWhile Bill Gates looked on, Microsoft shareholders asked CEO Steve Ballmer about Apple at their annual meeting this morning. Steve's CEO-speak responses illustrate the larger problem. Portfolio reports that one investor asked about the company's reputation with young customers: "I'm just won (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Hardware, Multimedia, Found Footage, Apple History Here's a great video assembled by applemctom that presents the history of Apple (more or less) in two minutes. There are some huge leaps in time and some obvious errors (Apple Mac II? MacIntosh?), but that's OK. It isn't easy to cram decades of history into 120 (Read More)
Gizmodo:
There are loads of Apple haters out there (even some among our commenters), and they deserve great tech gifts just as much as that guy who thinks all PMPs are called iPods. Here are some very un-Apple gift ideas. BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here. Zune HD + ZunePass and H (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Apple told The Little App Factory to change the name of their popular app iPodRip, as it had the word iPod in it. The CEO sent a passionate letter to Steve Jobs, and he got a response. Here's the letter he sent: Dear Mr. Jobs, My name is John Devor and I'm the co-owner of a small Mac shareware company named The Little App (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Facebook is a $9.5 billion company according to secondary trading markets.Trading companies like SecondMarket and SharesPost handle transactions of stock issued to current and former Facebook employees.Read the rest of this story »See Also:Facebook Named In Federal Class-Action Suit Over Scammy Zynga AdsFacebook's Self-Serv (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Dell just posted terrible Q3 results, and the stock is down 8% in after-hours trading.
Read the rest of this story »See Also:Dell Launching Smartphone In ChinaWindows 7 Delivers A Spike In PC Sales (MSFT, DELL, HPQ, AAPL)CHART OF THE DAY: Apple's Big Ad Budget Pays Off (DELL, AAPL, MSFT, DELL)
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about controlling a PC over the internet, silencing iPhone email notifications at night, replacing a MacBook Pro SuperDrive with a hard drive, printing over the internet, setting iCa (Read More)