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The Future of Mobile Software
Daniel Eran Dilger The software business is going mobile. That shift will present new challenges but also new opportunities for developers. Here’s how the mobile market has evolved into being today’s promising next frontier for new software models.. Next week, I’ll be discussing the future prospects for mobile software in a presentation at Øredev, titled “The Future [...]
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Ramjet announces older MacBook, MacBook Pro 6GB upgrades
Posted by Dennis SellersRamjet now offers the ability to upgrade the older black or white plastic MacBook and metal bezel MacBook Pro to 6B of memroy.
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Line 6 POD X3 Pro signal processor available
Posted by Dennis SellersLine 6, which makes modeling technology for music products, is shipping the US$979.99 POD X3 Pro, an addition to their POD family of signal processors. It includes hundreds of POD tones, a comprehensive set of ins and outs and crucial plug-in functionality, says James Martin, Line 6 product marketing manager.
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Sanyo introduces new portable 3LCD projector
Posted by Dennis SellersSanyo has introduced the PLC-XW57, an US$895 ultra-portable 3LCD projector for the education and business presentations market. It weighs 6.4 pounds and has a footprint of 133.159.3 inches.
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Lexmark offers new monochrome laser MFP
Posted by Dennis SellersLexmark has introduced its X658 family of monochrome laser multifunction products (MFPs), which is targeted at the A4 letter-size (8.5 inch x 11 inch) office segment. Prices start at US$3,7994 for the Lexmark X658de, X658dme, X658dfe, X658dte, X658dtme and X658dtfe.
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Deliver2Mac releases Lemurs game for Mac OS X
Posted by Dennis SellersDeliver2Mac has released Lemurs, a Mac OS X (10.4.11 or higher game) that costs US$29.95. It has four different kinds of gaming worlds and hidden bonus levels.
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Evernote adds offline notes
One of the biggest drawbacks to the Evernote iPhone client (iTunes link) was that it lacked offline notes and required an Internet connection to edit notes. Well no more. Evernote solved this problem with Favorites – offline notes for iPhone and iPod Touch. It works like this: when viewing a note on the iPhone, tapping the [...]
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Monster launches Turbine headphones
Posted by Dennis SellersMonster has introduced the Turbine In-Ear Speakers, US$149.95 high-performance in-ear headphones with specially engineered drivers that deliver impeccable audiophile-quality sound.
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You updates product line
Posted by Dennis SellersYou Software has updated You Control, You Control: Desktops and You Control: Tunes.
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Article: Ask iLounge 11-14-08
This week's Ask iLounge topics: Cover Flow on 4G iPod nano, Setting up iPod touch without Internet access, Internet radio for iPod touch, Apps button missing on iPod touch, mm50 speakers and new iPod models, Including Year field on iPod
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‘SeeThru’ cases available for for iPod nano 4G, iPod touch 2G
Posted by Dennis SellersSpeck is now selling SeeThru hard-shell cases for the fourth generation iPod nano (shown) and second generation iPod touch. Presented in an array of colors, these compact, protective cases are available at Apple Stores or from Speck.
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Google voice search coming to iPhone
Google is close to releasing a new iPhone application that will allow you to speak search terms into the iPhone and get search results. The application will be convenient for use while driving or for any time you don’t feel like pecking out your query on the iPhone’s keyboard. According to the The New York [...]
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Favorite No More
Here’s a YouTube clip from Steve Jobs’s 2007 Macworld Expo keynote, where he announced the iPhone. It’s the segment where Jobs demos the iPhone’s phone features. He calls Jonny Ive (who’s sitting in the audience), then Phil Schiller calls Jobs, and Jobs merges the two calls into a conference call. Then, starting around the 5:15 mark, Jobs shows off the Favorites list. He starts by adding Phil Schiller to his favorites list. Then he shows how to delete an entry. Guess who? ★
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Free magazines on your iPhone
Back in May Zinio released a Web-based iPhone magazine reader which allows you to view complete magazines for free. To access it, simply navigate to www.zinio.com/iphone from your iPhone and you’ll get free access to a number of popular magazine titles including: US News Playboy Men’s Health Macworld Car and Driver Penthouse ELLE Viv PC Magazine Kiplingers Esquire Technology Review Popular Photography Surprisingly, the Web app still works and [...]
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Zynga launches Live Poker for the iPhone
Posted by Dennis SellersZynga, a social gaming network, has launched Live Poker, a live game on the iPhone. This mobile version of Zynga's Texas Hold'Em turns the iPhone into an always-on social gaming device, says CEO Mark Pincus.
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Digital Anarchy announces Knoll Light Factory compatibility with Photoshop CS4
Posted by Dennis SellersDigital Anarchy has announced the full compatibility of their popular Knoll Light Factory plugin with Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Windows Vista 64-bit (x64). Photoshop CS4 64-bit is streamlined to take advantage of the faster performance and better memory handling that Vista x64 supports.
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FundWatch: Fidelity to cut 1,700 jobs early next year: reports
Fidelity Investments plans to cut roughly 1,700 jobs during the first quarter of 2009, according to media reports, as the world's largest mutual fund manager grapples with the effects of the market meltdown.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: iPhone gets promoted to the boardroom
How Apple's iPhone is making inroads in corporate IT; Sun lays off thousands of employees; and Barack Obama brings the presidential address into the 21st century.
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Hack shows that 4-finger gestures could come to older Macs
Why do brand new MacBook and MacBook Pro users get to have all the fun when multitouch capabilities are built into a handful of older Mac notebooks? A software hack has shown that an original MacBook Air can gain four-finger multitouch capabilities through software, which means Apple could add it easily. Read More...
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I Want MobileMe, Enterprise Edition
I have been using MobileMe, and its previous incarnation DotMac, for just over two years. Everyone has talked about the great features it has as well as some of the near-misses. However, I haven't seen anyone point out a major flaw in MobileMe — how it does not compare to Enterprise class offerings. With MobileMe, we can sync our calendars, contacts and email. We have a version of “push” which really only provides instantaneous email, not calendars or contacts. Even Apple has gone on record to state what is “push” and what is not. A colleague here on TAB also wrote about what we should have expected for push when MobileMe was released, as compared to what we received. (more…)
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TextSoap for Mac OS X scrubbed to version 6.0.1
Posted by Dennis Sellersunmarked software has announced the release of TextSoap 6.0.1, an update of the text processing utility for Mac OS X. The upgrade is a maintenance release that fixes a number of reported issues and adds several minor enhancements, including plugin support for Coda 1.6.
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Google Brings Search-by-Voice to the iPhone
Google researchers have brought sophisticated voice recognition technology to the iPhone, according to the New York Times. The software will be free of charge and available for download from the iTunes App Store soon. Users can place the phone to their ear and ask sophisticated questions relating Google’s searching abilities, like read more
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John C. Welch on Apple’s Enterprise Strategy
John C. Welch: Here’s the simple truth: Enterprise hates surprises. It’s not what they want. Enterprise wants predictability. They want to know when, what, how much, and that it will be all new and cool, yet change nothing. (Yes that’s contradictory. Have you ever tried to use “Enterprise Software?” Winning usability awards is so not happening there.) And they want to know everything in detail a year ahead of time. Can anyone seriously imagine how long Apple would survive under that model? Right, not long. ★
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Engadget Podcast 118 - 11.14.2008: Cellphone freakout edition
Filed under: Podcasts You knew we'd be back, right? It's that time again, ladies and gents: Engadget Podcast time. This week, thrill to the delectable sounds of your hosts -- Josh, Paul, and Nilay -- as they cover all things smartphone. Excite your senses with discussion of BlackBerry wishes and G1 dreams. Hear insight and outrage on the Fuze, X1a, iPhone 3G, and more. And the best part? It's entirely cholesterol and MSG free! Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, and Nilay Patel Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Welcome to the Jungle 02:02 - RED's Digital Still and Motion Camera System now official04:24 - Verizon schedules Storm for November 21 release, $199.99 on contract13:05 - AT&T BlackBerry Bold hands-on26:40 - HTC Fuze now for sale on AT&T's web site32:53 - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 review37:00 - HTC MAX 4G officially announced, world's first GSM / WiMAX phone39:53 - Windows Mobile 6.5 confirmed by Steve Ballmer, might solve half your problems49:10 - Apple's new iPod chief ordered to stop working52:17 - Epic Android bug interprets your typing as system commands57:15 - iPhone 3G overtakes the RAZR as best-selling domestic handset Subscribe to the podcast [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC). [RSS MP3] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [RSS AAC] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator. [Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace Download the podcast LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC) LISTEN (OGG) Contact the podcast 1-888-ENGADGET or podcast (at) engadget (dot) com. Engadget Podcast 118 - 11.14.2008: Cellphone freakout edition originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink|Email this|Comments
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News: Last chance to vote for next-gen poll
Our current iLounge Poll, “Which of the following next-gen add-on features most interests you?,” will be ending soon, so if you haven't yet voted, now's your chance. Currently, HD Radio is leading the poll with 29% of the vote, followed by larger screens with 20%, iPod remote + mic with 14%, Plug-in keyboard and “other” tied with 10%, and a joypad/controller with 5%. 12% of readers thus far have said they are…
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ezGear introduces ezBling for 4G iPod nano
Posted by Dennis SellersezGear has announced the US$19.99 ezBling for the fourth generation iPod nano. The case uses a new material and design to provide protection to the iPod yet still allows the iPod color to shine through.
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New app turns iPhone / iPod touch into Rovio controller
Filed under: Robots Rovio owners have been able to control their all-seeing sentry bot from their iPhone (or any other internet-connected device) from day one using WowWee's browser-based interface, but one enterprising individual apparently found that a tad lacking for his taste, so he decided to take things one big step further by building his own full-fledged iPhone / iPod touch app. In addition to giving you a larger view of the Rovio's webcam feed, the app achieves the inevitable by letting you use the iPhone or iPod touch's accelerometer to control the Rovio, which should let you give your Wiimote a rest for a while. Better still, the app is free -- you know where to get. New app turns iPhone / iPod touch into Rovio controller originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read|Permalink|Email this|Comments
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Bayhoff releases AllCalc for iPhone, iPod touch
Posted by Dennis SellersBayhoff Software has released AllCalc 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's an all-in-one compilation of several frequently used calculators, including calculators for Tips, Sales Tax, Sale Price, Amortized Mortgages, Body Mass Index (BMI), and Wages.
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First Looks: Marware GameGrip for iPhone 3G + iPod touch 2G
Described by Marware as an "Extreme Gaming Controller," GameGrip ($50) is a steering wheel-like frame for use with widescreen App Store games. While some iPod touch and iPhone owners have dismissed it outright due to its high price -- you can get a modern wireless console game controller for less -- the company attributes this to the costs of the multiple parts inside. There's the hard plastic shell, two silicone rubber side grips, two silicone rubber…
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'Macsimum Recommended Reading' for Nov. 14
Posted by Dennis Sellers“Google's iPhone app gets a voice: Yours: Google on Friday is expected to release version two of its mobile search application for the iPhone. The new version works much like the old one, letting users query Google outside of the mobile Safari Web browser, as well as search through contacts...
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Apple sued for iPhone 3G hairline cracks
Posted by Dennis SellersAnother day, yet another lawsuit. In addition to the Chinese lawsuit against three companies, including Apple, our favorite tech company is facing another lawsuit over the performance of its iPhone 3G on AT&T's network, but “with added allegations that the company is ignoring the occurrence of hairline cracks in the...
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Two Chinese sue Apple, others for patent infringement regarding products such as the iPod
Posted by Dennis Sellers Another day, another lawsuit. Two Chinese have sued three companies, including Apple, claiming that the iPod infringed upon their invention's patent, reports the People's Daily Online. Of course, this sort of reminds me of the lawsuit involving the mayor of the city of Batman, Turkey, suing the folks behind The...
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Holding a conversation with Google
I can't wait to get the Google iPhone app that answers questions asked by voice: Tim O'Reilly called this one a year and a half ago, I think, when he said that GOOG-411's core purpose or fringe benefit was that Google would harvest our voice samples and out of them create the best voice recognition online. Now Google can answer any question we ask (we'll see how well it works sometime today). This is about mobile, of course. Eric Schmidt told Jim Cramer a few weeks ago that in the future, Google will make more from mobile than from the web because it is a better targeting opportunity and targeting — relevance — is Google's real business. This is also about the next real operating system of the internet. Microsoft has its voice-recognition software, of course, but Word isn't where this battle will be fought. The sidewalk is the place.
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Google to iPhoners: Talk to the App
A new feature for Google's iPhone search application that listens to spoken searches will be made available soon, according to the search company's iPhone application page. At press time, the feature had not been rolled out through Apple's online App Store, though a report states it may come as early as Friday. As it's currently available, Google's iPhone search app lets users type in search questions via the device's keyboard, and it delivers location-aware results. So users looking to find a local pizzeria can type in "pizza" and get the results mapped.
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Damage Report: Nokia Blows Up Mobile Sector
Nokia (NOK) this morning said out loud what everyone in the mobile phone business kind of knew already: demand in 2009 is going to be down from 2008. This is an industry that had become accustomed to seeing unit growth in the 10% plus range; to see the industry's most important player forecast a down year is a shocker, even if you suspected that something like this was inevitable. Nokia's warning is weighing heavily on a variety of players in industry: other phone companies; wireless carriers; chip makers; and even contract manufacturers. Here's a look at the damage:
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GarageGames announces TGEA 1.8 for 3D game development on a Mac
Posted by Dennis SellersGarageGames, a technology provider for independent game developers, has announced an update to their Torque Game Engine Advanced (TGEA), free to current licensees. This update adds an OpenGL graphics implementation and support for Mac OS X.
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Review: Altec Lansing Orbit MP3 iM237
Both iM207 and iM237 rely upon the same formula: each has a metal speaker grille on top, covering a single audio driver housed inside of an otherwise mostly plastic shell. The bottom of each shell unscrews to house three AAA batteries for 24 hours of run time, and a black device-agnostic audio cable wraps around the bottom sides for storage. Whereas iM207 has a 3.5” diameter and 1.5” height, iM237 has a 3.4” diameter and 2”…
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YouTube's Identity Crisis, Circuit City's Cash Crisis: A Week to Forget
Now you can get your fix of "Bulletproof Monk" and "American Gladiators" -- all without leaving the comfort of YouTube. Yes, the king of user-generated, short-form video is now embracing the other kind: studio-generated, feature-length films. Yes, this is the same YouTube that said long-form video was anathema to its business model. But I guess when the big MGM lion comes roaring, you make an exception. Some of the stuff that MGM will be contributing belongs on the who-cares list: dusty, old movies that never did well in the theaters or on DVD, such as the aforementioned "Bulletproof Monk."
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ATTO Technology ships 6GB SAS/SATA host adapter
Posted by Dennis SellersATTO Technology is shipping the ExpressSAS H608 and ExpressSAS H680, which the company says is the industry's only 6GB SAS/SATA host adapters, to select OEMs and partners. Leveraging PCI Express 2.0 and 6-Gb SAS speeds, the H608 and H680 deliver the fastest available connection to SAS/SATA storage (up to 8GB/second...
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Parallels 4.0 Bridges OS Universes
Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac became available recently. If you live mostly in one computing environment but need access to life on another operating system, say hello to a product that could well become your new BFF. This latest release marks the fourth generation of Parallels' hypervisor-based desktop virtualization program. This enables users to run Windows, Linux and other operating systems side-by-side with Mac OS X. Given a choice between Apple's own Boot Camp dual-boot solution, Parallels Desktop 4.0 is the clear better choice.
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John Dvorak's Second Opinion: Could Steve Jobs save General Motors?
The U.S. auto industry is a masochistic business, writes John C. Dvorak, all but inviting attacks. It's like shooting volunteer fish in a barrel.
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New online event from O'Reilly: Savvy retirement planning with Quicken
Posted by Dave MertenOur downward-trending economy has hit 401K plans and retirement stock investments hard in recent months. What have we lost? What's salvageable? What can we do to chart a course for the future?
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Apple Gazette Daily 381 - iPhone in China, Get a Mac Ads, and more!
podcast sponsor link:Click Here to check out Audible! Today's Show: iPhone in China, Get a Mac Ads, and more! You can subscribe via iTunes, or by RSS feed, or… you can listen to the episode right here: In addition to that, you can also download the Apple Gazette Daily Widget and listen to every episode of the show right on your Dashboard. Click Here to download.
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Create Custom iPhone Ringtones
Make a ringtone in GarageBandWhat you need: A song or other audio file and GarageBand ($79.99 bundled in iLife ‘08, www.apple.com)1. Prepare a New File Start with a new music project, unless you already have a GarageBand masterpiece.read more
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Weather Channel's iPhone app hails videocasts
The Weather Channel Interactive Interactive app brings a bundle of advanced climactic detail, from cloud layers and UV to storm alerts you can e-mail to loved ones.
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Keep Track of Your Vehicle With Gas Cubby
A couple weeks back, Weldon posted a great round up of iPhone Apps for your car. In it, he covered Car Care and AccuFuel, which handle car maintenance and fuel efficiency tracking, respectively. Well this week brings us Gas Cubby from the folks at App Cubby (who I've talked about previously), which handles both of these tasks. The main functions of Gas Cubby are to track your fuel efficiency and maintenance work on your automobile. Due to the nature of this sort of program, it can take a while to actually get a feel for its use, but luckily a quick export from my AccuFuel application (R.I.P.) and I was busy putting the past couple of months' worth of fuel history into Gas Cubby. Then the recent tire purchase, oil change, and some other random service records later and I had a good baseline with which to analyze this new application. (more…)
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Monkeybread Software updates MBS REALbasic Plug-ins
Posted by Dennis SellersMonkeybread Software has released version 8.6 of their MBS REALbasic Plug-ins. The plug-ins offer a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the REALbasic development environment with over 900 classes featuring over 18,000 documented functions.
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Week in review: Tech's belt-tightening
Layoffs and profit warnings ripple through the industry, while technology companies prepare for the presidential transition. Also: iPhone's wins (outside India).
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Howcast brings its how-to videos to the iPhone
The mobile version of the Web service, which does have some shortcomings, includes a neat feature that gives users a random video every time they shake their Apple smartphone.
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Review: JayBird Gear JB-200i Bluetooth Stereo Headset + Adapter for iPod
To the company's credit, JB-200i comes reasonably well-equipped. In addition to the black plastic and rubber stereo headphones and matching Dock Connector-based receiver, you get three sets of silicone tips to make the headphones more comfortable, plus a carrying case and a docking station with a USB cabled wall adapter. The major issue that we had with these parts was that they didn't work quite as we expected them to. In order to fuel…
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Apple's Papermaster countersues IBM
According to court documents, lawyers for Papermaster plan to claim that Big Blue's noncompete agreement is too broad and shouldn't apply to a consumer electronics company.
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Metadot Das Keyboard
The simple black design looks good until you try to find the Command—aka “Apple”—key.Input devices aren’t glamorous, but they’re integral to your Mac experience—so if you’re still using the mouse or keyboard that came with your machine, take a look at third-party options for faster, more rewarding computing. read more
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Bugs & Fixes: When MobileMe contacts refuse to delete
Ted Landau wanted to clear some contacts from his MobileMe account. After trying several dead-ends, he ultimately tripped over what is almost certainly a bug in Apple’s MobileMe software. And he came up with a work-around, too.
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Agent 18 announces iPod touch 2G cases
Posted by Dennis SellersAgent 18 has announced their iPod touch 2G case line. They're available in the EcoShield, ClearShield and FlowerVest styles.
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Briefcase for iPhone opens up to version 1.1
Posted by Dennis SellersHey Mac Software has updated its Briefcase file transfer software for the iPhone to version 1.1. The app can now handle images of arbitrary size: using image tiling to increase the iPhone's one mega pixel display limit up to two mega pixels. Images larger than this are scaled down to...
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iPhone launching in Egypt
Posted by Dennis SellersThe iPhone 3G will be issued formally in Egypt soon, reports Gadgets Arabia. The article says it will be available from both Vodafone and Mobini Egyptian providers.
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IBM sues Papermaster, Papermaster sues IBM
Posted by Dennis SellersMark Papermaster, the former IBM employee that a court last week ordered to stop working at Apple while it hears a breach-of-contract suit brought against him by his former employer, has filed a lawsuit of his own against Big Blue, reports InformationWeek.
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Apple adds new iPhone SDK samples
Apple has added six new iPhone developer samples to its reference library. Ars takes a look at each one, all of which add value to Apple's already-rich sample code suite. Read More...
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Audiofile Engineering presents Wave Editor 1.4 for the Mac
Posted by Dennis SellersAudiofile Engineering, an audio software developer for the Mac, is now shipping Wave Editor 1.4, the latest update to their audio editing application. In addition to new features and functionality, Wave Editor 1.4 also carries a new, lower price of US$79.
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Amazon, Apple, Google: Buying on the Way Down
One week ago, last Friday morning, I wrote that I was waiting for the fill on three "good to fill" orders I had placed weeks before. They were: Amazon (AMZN) at $40Google (GOOG) at $320Apple (AAPL) at $90
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Tricking Time Machine into working with a Drobo
If you are looking for a storage solution for your Time Machine backups, you may want to consider the Drobo. Just make sure you read up on how to make Time Machine play nice with it, because it won't work well out of the box. Read More...
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nova media introduces 3G wireless router for Mac OS X
Posted by Dennis SellersBerlin based nova media has unveiled the GlobeSurfer III, a wireless router for Macs that establishes a mobile internet connection through a mobile network operator and uses WLAN and Ethernet to distribute this connection to the network. Local computer networks can now share a mobile Internet connection using GlobeSurfer III,...
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★ Flagging Messages From iPhone Mail
My email “system”, such that it is, is pretty simple. For each of my main accounts I use just two mailboxes: an inbox and an archive. The inbox is for new mail, and the archive is where all messages go when I’m done with them. I can’t say I follow Inbox Zero, Ringo, but I’m trying. I’m tryin’ real hard to be a shepherd. One habit I’ve found to be harmful is using “unread” to mean anything other than “new message”. For years, I’d let email I didn’t want to deal with immediately sit “unread” in my inbox, and I’d eventually wind up with hundreds of “unread” messages. I put quotes around unread because most of those messages weren’t literally unread — I’d looked at them, but then marked them unread because I didn’t want to deal with them yet. Breaking myself of this habit significantly increased my email efficiency. I have three main accounts, and at this moment, they have 2, 24, and 18 messages in their inboxes. Not zero, but not out of control. At one point about two years ago, I had over 4,000 unread messages in the inbox for my public contact address for Daring Fireball. I had actually read, or at least skimmed, most of those, but at that point there was no way to catch up, and no way to identify the older messages that I’d truly never even looked at. What I do for messages I want to keep in my inbox after reading, for whatever reason, is mark them as flagged. In my system, all that flagging implies is that I want to keep the message in my inbox. Of those aforementioned 2, 24, and 18 messages in my inboxes at this moment, all of them are flagged, and none of them are marked unread. So while I’m not — and to be honest, never am — at inbox zero, I am almost always, at the end of each day, at unread zero. In one regard, the iPhone has been a tremendous boon to keeping my email manageable. Pre-iPhone, I’d often fall woefully behind on email from DF readers while I was traveling. The iPhone makes it easy to read messages here and there, a few minutes at a time, throughout the day. Have a few minutes? Read a few messages. But the iPhone Mail app’s lack of support for flagging has been a constant irritation. The primary thing I want to do with email on the iPhone is triage — most messages I can read once and forget. I’ve written before about the AppleScript I wrote that moves read, unflagged messages from my inboxes to their corresponding archive mailboxes. I don’t bother moving messages from the inbox to the archive folder one at a time, either on my Mac or on my iPhone. I just let that script move them all at once a few times a day. The problem with the iPhone’s lack of support for flagging is what to do with messages I read on the iPhone, but which I want to deal with later. Most times it’s simply a case of a message which demands a response that would be too long to peck out on the iPhone keyboard. Without flagging, I took to marking such messages unread. But that never sat right with me — both because I’d already broken the habit of using “unread” in this way on the desktop, and because it completely throws off the utility of the unread message count in Mail’s icon badge. I really want the number in that badge to represent new messages, not new messages and all the old ones marked unread because you didn’t want to deal with them on the iPhone. What I really want is to be able to mark messages as flagged using the iPhone. But, absent that, I’ve come up with a simple workaround that’s worked well for me. Here’s how it works: In each IMAP account I access from my iPhone, I’ve created a new top-level mailbox named “[Flag]” — one mailbox with the same name in each account. The name isn’t special — I added the brackets because most of my accounts are hosted at Gmail, and “[Flag]” sorts alphabetically before the magic server-side “[Gmail]” folder. From the iPhone, whenever I read a message I want to flag, I move it to that account’s “[Flag]” mailbox. It takes just two quick taps. When next I read email on my Mac, I run the AppleScript shown below. The script is very simple — it looks through every IMAP account looking for mailboxes named “[Flag]”. When it finds one, it sets the flag status for every message therein and moves them back to that account’s inbox. Here’s the source to the AppleScript. If you want to use a mailbox name other than “[Flag]”, just change the string on line 6. tell application "Mail" set _imap_accts to every imap account set _count to 0 repeat with _acct in _imap_accts try set _flagbox to mailbox "[Flag]" of _acct set _count to _count + (count messages of _flagbox) set flagged status of every message of _flagbox to true move every message of _flagbox to mailbox "INBOX" of _acct end try end repeat if _count is 1 then set _msg_string to " message." else set _msg_string to " messages." end if display alert "Flagged and moved " & _count & _msg_string end tell To use it, copy the source, paste it into Script Editor, and save the script in your ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Mail/ folder.
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Google Search Will Hear You, If You Have an iPhone
Expectations are mounting that a Google iPhone app will drop later today, bringing with it a minor revolution in how we conduct web searches. While it's unclear whether this will be a new app or an update to the exiting Google iPhone application, it will support voice searching, allowing you to speak what you want to find into the iPhone's microphone. The source of the information is New York Times' tech reporter John Markoff, who posts images of Google employees Vic Gundotra and Gummi Hafsteinsson posing with and using an iPhone running the new application. Users of the new app will be able to speak search terms, ask for directions using Google Local search, ask for restaurant recommendations based on reviews and proximity, and potentially do much more in future versions. Simple Google search functions like mathematical calculations are likely candidates for future implementations. (more…)
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Hercules offers XPS 2.150 multimedia speaker system
Posted by Dennis SellersHercules, a computer DJ and entertainment specialist, has expanded their XPS branded multimedia speakers with the new, US$69.99 XPS 2.150 Multimedia Speaker. It comes in a black high gloss finish and packs a subwoofer.
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Legacy Entertainment's Atari-style joystick isn't as old as it looks
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals There are plenty of reasons to return to the classics: maybe they're better than the currents, maybe it's an ironic move (like listening to Kajagoogoo and wearing giant eyeglasses), or maybe you're just aged and yearning for old-timey days. Regardless, Legacy Entertainment's classic controller looks exactly like an Atari joystick, but it's Windows / OS X / Linux compatible, and connects via USB. The company assures us that it runs with "nearly any emulator," so you and your friends should be 80's-style partying in no time, if that's what you're into. $14.99 and it's yours -- if you have any moola left after you buy that tubular car-phone-looking Bluetooth handsfree.[Thanks, Silver Serpent]Legacy Entertainment's Atari-style joystick isn't as old as it looks originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read|Permalink|Email this|Comments
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Google’s Upcoming Voice-Driven iPhone Search App
John Markoff, reporting for The New York Times: Users of the free application, which Apple is expected to make available as soon as Friday through its iTunes store, can place the phone to their ear and ask virtually any question, like “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?” or “How tall is Mount Everest?” The sound is converted to a digital file and sent to Google’s servers, which try to determine the words spoken and pass them along to the Google search engine. The search results, which may be displayed in just seconds on a fast wireless network, will at times include local information, taking advantage of iPhone features that let it determine its location. Is it really going to be more convenient than just typing out “how tall is mount everest” in the Safari search field? I’m highly skeptical. ★
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News: New iPodweek coming later today
This week's edition of iLounge's weekly newsletter, iPodweek, will be available later today. iPodweek is a weekly summary of the best iPod news, reviews, and feature articles we’ve published, and it also features giveaways and iPod accessory discount offers from various companies and retailers. There is still plenty of time to sign up for this week's edition, if you haven't done so already — just use the simple form…
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Apple considered Linux for the iPhone
What would the iPhone have looked like if it ran Linux? We might have known first-hand.
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Ben Stein dares iPhone, iPod touch users with new trivia game
Posted by Dennis SellersGriptonite Games has released Ben Stein: It's Trivial, a trivia game exclusive to the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs US$4.99 and is available at the Apple App Store. Ben Stein: It's Trivial is being developed in conjunction with Premise Media.
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The UrbanSpoon effect
The ultimate promotion that an iPhone app can receive is to be featured in an Apple TV commercial. Witness the new iPhone commercial featuring UrbanSpoon (iTunes), a free application that allows you to shake it to find a place to eat. It’s a combination of Magic 8 Ball and a slot machine, and incredibly fun. Len [...]
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News: Mix: Fingeric, Office, SwitchEasy, Burning Monkey
Luga has released its new Fingeric game for the iPhone and iPod touch. As a quick-paced, touch-based game, Fingeric gives you three symbols at a time that you have to touch in the manner indicated. Two dots means two taps on the symbol, while a straight arrow means swipe that symbol in that direction, three curved rotating arrows means rotate all three arrows in the same direction, and so on. Fingeric is available now as a free download from the App…
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Coda 1.6 arrives with plug-ins, spellchecking, and more
Mac dev shop Panic has released version 1.6 of its Coda web development application. The new version comes with a handy plug-in architecture, spellchecking, and a Spotlight-like "Open Quickly" command, as well as lots of bug fixes.Read More...
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Google to bring Skynet to iPhone in voice recognition update
Google's Mobile App for iPhone will receive voice recognition search abilities in an update that could arrive as early as today. Users will be able to ask Google's servers for business locations, trivia answers, and even look up contacts in the iPhone's address book.Read More...
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Apple seeks iPhone expertise in China
An Apple job posted briefly on Thursday for an iPhone Quality Assurance Engineer in Beijing hints that company is getting closer to launching the device in China. According to AppleInsider the open sought candidates “to focus on international releases of our iPhone and iPod touch products for Beijing.” The job posting was down at press [...]
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Remove duplicate birthday events in iCal
I've had several instances of birthdays in the iCal birthday calendar showing up twice. It finally bugged me enough to look at. I had Syncrospector up and was about to perform surgery, when I tried something simpler that didn't require a scalpel. Uncheck Show Birthdays calendar in iCal's preferences, then recheck it. That cleaned it out for me. [robg adds: You can read more about Syncrospector in this hint, or in this tutorial on Apple's site.]
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Send file a little faster with Bluetooth File Exchange
Simply drop the item you want to send via Bluetooth File Exchange (BFE) onto its icon in the Dock, then select the relevant device from the list that appears. No need to use the BFE menulet in the menu bar, thus saving that step. The menulet icon of BFE could be removed from the menu bar if you find the Dock method more convenient. Applies to Panther, Tiger, Leopard
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Adjust song speed in GarageBand
When you add a song into GarageBand from iTunes, you can cut it up and play with it a bit, but what about changing the tempo of the song? You'll notice that adjusting the tempo does not change the tempo of your iTunes added song. So how can you get around this? Here's how you do it. Drag in the song from iTunes, or record yourself. Select the song and press Control-Option-G and deselect the song. The song now turns purple, and you can open up the track editor and check the check box that says Follow Tempo & Pitch. Now when you change your project tempo, the song will go with it. Hooray!
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Travel tips for Mac laptop users on United Airlines
Not sure this is a hint, more a warning and how to get around it. I fly often and have to upgrade to Business so as to ensure a power socket at the seat. And I fly United because of their generous air miles packages which make upgrading affordable. However, United Business have new lie-flat seats, with a new 110V power supply instead of the old airplane-style one. The problem is that the socket is recessed in the console, and even the smaller power brick for the MacBook Air won't fit (you can insert the pins, but not far enough). There are a few ways around this: Upgrade to First -- the power socket is not recessed. Ask if you can charge the MacBook in First, and watch a movie at your regular Business seat while it charges. Bring an international travel adaptor with you (e.g. use the 3 pin UK plug on the power brick, and attach it to an adaptor for the US 2-pin style -- if your adaptor is a standard size, it's likely to fit into the recessed socket). ...
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Apple job ad may signal Chinese iPhone launch coming
A recently-discovered Apple listing for an iPhone quality assurance engineering job in Beijing could be a sign that Apple is ramping up its staffing levels in advance of a Chinese iPhone launch.Read More...
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Moshi's IVR Alarm Clock accepts voice commands, harbors own primary directives
Filed under: Household, Robots The Moshi IVR (Interactive Voice Responsive) Alarm Clock is a chatty one. Instead of those perfectly reasonable physical buttons which have been providing us with additional five minute segments of sleep since time immemorial, the Moshi IVR wants to talk you through your morning. To activate a command, just say "Hello Moshi." Moshi will most likely mutter something threatening under its virtual breath, and then ask you "Command Please," to which you can instruct the clock to tell you the time, set the alarm, inform you of the temperature and a bunch of other things. Sounds great, and we doubt Moshi will be able to murder you in your sleep without any life support systems or pod bay doors under its dominion, but we still fear the prospect of attempting to reason with a too-smart-for-its-own-good alarm clock during one of those dreaded "before noon" hours of the day. Moshi IVR is available now for $50.Moshi's IVR Alarm Clock accepts voice commands, harbors own primary directives originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read|Permalink|Email this|Comments
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Macsimum iPhone Video: Google tracks flu trends
Posted by Dave MertenToday's Macsimum iPhone video features information on Google's new “Flu Trend,” which uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional flu surveillance systems. Check it out and see how it works. It may help you avoid getting the flu.
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New FileMaker Job Board matches job-seeking developers with employers
Posted by Dennis SellersFileMaker, Inc., has announced the FileMaker Job Board, a free service that connects FileMaker database developers with job opportunities in corporate IT organizations, independent consulting firms, and more.
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Lectora 9 lets you publish to iPhone, iPod touch
Posted by Dennis Sellers Trivantis Corp., a company that makes publishing software, has announced Lectora 9, which now lets users publish to the iPhone and iPod touch.
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News: ezGear unveils ezBling for iPod nano 4G
ezGear has unveiled its new ezBling case for the fourth-generation iPod nano. Made from a soft, diamond-patterned PE material, the ezBling features a form-fitting design, open access to all ports and controls, a rear panel for easy removal for the iPod, and an included screen protector. The ezGear ezBling for iPod nano 4G is available now and sells for $20. ...
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Freeverse releases Burning Monkey Casino for iPhone, iPod touch
Posted by Dennis SellersFreeverse has released Burning Monkey Casino, a casino game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It features seven different games in one app: Video Poker, Slots, Blackjack, Money Wheel, Pachino, Scratch-N-Win Lotto and 3 Card Monty.
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News: Google bringing voice search to iPhone
Google is planning to release an iPhone application that allows users to search by voice instead of using the keyboard. According to the New York Times, the application may be available as soon as today, although it's currently unclear whether the voice searching feature will be added to the company's existing Google Mobile App or whether it will arrive in the form of a standalone application. Results, which may be displayed as quickly…
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Safari 3.2 Adds HTML 5 Database Features Along With Security Fixes
Yesterday, Apple released Safari 3.2 for both Windows and Mac (Tiger and Leopard). As usual, Apple's normal update announcements are a little short on details. This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses. This update also includes the latest security updates. For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 The KnowledgeBase article about the security content of the update takes you to Apple's main security page, which links to the Safari 3.2 security fixes. Most of the fixes are about arbitrary code execution but some are more subtle fixes to make sure that web pages don't have access to local files. The anti-phishing updates are two-fold. If you visit a malicious web site, Safari will warn you with the following dialog box… Clicking on the “Learn more about phishing scams” link takes you to a web page that explains Strange Behavior and Malicious Software: Phishing attacks. Interestingly enough, this explanation is on Google.com rather than on Apple's web site. I assume this means that Apple is using Google's list of sites that they have identified as potentially dangerous, like you might see on some search results. (more…)
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ProteMac announces ProteMac Meter 1.2 for Mac OS X
Posted by Dennis SellersProteMac has announced ProteMac Meter 1.2, an update of their network Activity monitor and network traffic logger utility for Mac OS X. In the upgrade, a references dialog has been added, as has a list of monitored and ignored applications, a data auto-cleanup interface and data clean-up to remove all...
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Will Apple Beat 2009 Revenue Consensus?
Four months ago, the analyst consensus estimate for 2009 had Apple (AAPL) earning $6.36 in EPS on approximately $40 billion in revenue. Since that time, the economy has gone through a major financial crisis, which has led many analysts to revise their estimates down, quite dramatically. As of Wednesday, the analysts were now looking for Apple to earn $5.35 in EPS on approximately $37.5 billion in revenue in 2009. The consensus has Apple literally contracting on the year—down from $5.36 in EPS in 2008. These extraordinarily bearish consensus estimates have set Apple up to beat revenue expectations by approximately $900 million each quarter in 2009. I expect Apple to earn about $6.63 in EPS on $41.2 billion in revenue beating expectations by $1.28 in EPS and $3.63 billion in revenue. This amounts to an average quarterly beat of $907 million in revenue and $0.32 in EPS. Even before this recent bout of downward revisions to the estimate, I saw the consensus as already pricing in a moderate to severe recession.
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New iPhone developer course launches in UK
Posted by Dennis SellersIntrinsic Development Corp. Limited is launching a new iPhone Developer Training Course in the UK.
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American Airlines getting in on that cellphone boarding pass fad
Filed under: Cellphones, TransportationAmerican Airlines has joined its peers at Continental in offering boarding pass barcodes that you can download to and display on your BlackBerry, iPhone, G1, or whatever have you. Presently the airline is only offering the option on domestic, non-stop flights departing from O'Hare -- LAX and Orange County will start on the 17th. Some eastern yanks might be asking, "What, no JFK or Logan? Where's the east coast love, AA?" Don't get too bent out of shape, boys and girls -- tech-savvy business travelers love their BlackBerries, so we could see this pop up just about everywhere before long.[Via Mobilitysite]American Airlines getting in on that cellphone boarding pass fad originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read|Permalink|Email this|Comments
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'MacVoices' looks at 'Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-On'
Posted by Dennis SellersOn the new MacVoices, Mac graphics master Deke McClelland is back to discuss his newest book, Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One, as well as two more titles coming soon, his video series for lynda.com, and more.
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IMS Ltd releases Kana 1.1 for iP