Apple Online Store is Down
Apple’s media event starts in an hour and the Online Store is down and displaying the familiar “We’ll be back soon” message. We will keep you updated on all the latest changes as they are…
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2010
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2010
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Apple Announces Mac OS X Lion, Available Summer 2011
Steve Jobs announced Mac OS X 10.7 Lion today. It will feature the Mac App Store, Launchpad (a home for your apps), full-screen apps and Mission Control (a comprehensive view of what’s…
MobileMe Web Calendar Leaves Beta
Apple’s new MobileMe Calendar web app is out of beta and now available to all members. I’ve been using it for so long I had actually forgotten it was in beta. The new calendar web app works…
Low iLife ’09 Inventory at Apple Retail Stores
There are reports of low inventory of iLife ’09 at Apple retail stores. This could hint at an iLife ’11 announcement on Wednesday, October 20, at Apple’s “Back to the Mac” media event. We…
Limera1n Jailbreak Tool Now Available for Mac
Geohot has released a Mac version of his iOS 4.1 jailbreak tool, limera1n. A Mac version has been highly anticipated ever since he released the tool for Windows users last weekend. Although…
Verizon Wireless Offers iPad at Stores Nationwide on October 28
Apple and Verizon Wireless announced today that the iPad will be available at over 2,000 Verizon Wireless stores nationwide starting on Thursday, October 28. They will offer three bundles,…
iPad Coming to AT&T Stores on October 28
Apple and AT&T announced today that the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available at more than 2,200 AT&T stores starting Thursday, October 28. Press Release: DALLAS and CUPERTINO,…
October 20 Apple Event Prediction – iMac Touch
One of my predictions for Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event next week is multi-touch features in OS X 10.7. With the huge popularity of the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, I believe that Apple…
New Texting of the Bread iPhone Game Trailer
Use your texting skills to fight of zombie gingerbread men in this awesome iPhone game, Texting of the Bread. It’s available in the App Store for $1.99. Features arcade, freeplay, and…
Apple Holding ‘Back to the Mac’ Event on October 20
Apple will be holding a media event titled “Back to the Mac” next Wednesday, October 20. The invitation has a lion behind the Apple logo, which might be hinting at the name for Mac OS X…
Greenpois0n iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Now Available
The Chronic Dev Team has released Greenpois0n, a jailbreak tool for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad running iOS 4.1. Some apps and tweaks in Cydia still need to be updated to support iOS…
Apple Granted ‘There’s an App for That’ Trademark
The U.S. patent and trademark office has granted Apple, Inc. a trademark for their familiar App Store slogan, “there’s an app for that.” The filing was initially made in December of 2009…
Yahoo! Messenger App Now Supports Video Calling
Yahoo! Messenger 2.0 lets you make video calls to your IM friends. It also supports voice calls to landlines or mobile phones, multitasking features and free SMS. Yahoo! Messenger is…
Apple Patents MagSafe for Portable Devices Like the iPad and iPhone
This would be awesome for the iPhone and iPad as long as it can also be used for syncing, unless Apple is planning on syncing everything over the air. From Patently Apple: On October 7,…
RUMOR: Apple Working on $10 Subscription Music Service
Since this information is coming from the New York Post, I wouldn’t put too much trust in it. They are claiming a source is telling them that Apple is talking with major record labels about…
.Mac HomePage Viewing Will Be Discontinued on November 8
HomePage was a webpage publishing tool offered as part of Apple’s .Mac service. MobileMe replaced .Mac in 2008 and Apple retired the HomePage application for publishing new pages. Today…
Apple Patent Hints at RFID ‘iWallet’ for iPhone
From Patently Apple: Patently Apple first noted Apple’s NFC patent trend back in late 2009. Then the patent downpour arrived in April and May of 2010 which covered everything from embedding…
Why Apple is Relaxing its App Store Policy
Darrell Etherington at TheAppleBlog.com has an interesting theory on why Apple has recently relaxed its App Store restrictions and allowed video player apps like CineXPlayer and VLC. He…
Chromium OS Running on iPad (Video)
I guess this is kinda cool, but I’m not really sure there’s a practical use for it. Someone has managed to run Chromium, an open source version of Google’s Chrome OS, on the iPad.…
Apple TV Runs iOS, Already Jailbroken
The iPhone Dev Team has been able to jailbreak the new Apple TV using Shatter, the same tool used to jailbreak the newest iPod touch. The new Apple TV OS seems to be a combination of the…
TIME: Apple TV is Easy to Use and Incredibly Convenient
TIME Magazine’s Techland has a review of the new Apple TV. They say it appeals to both gadget fanboys and moms equally. The review attempts to cater to both demographics. From Techland:…
iFixit Teardown of Apple TV, 8GB Internal Storage, 256MB RAM
iFixit has a teardown of the second generation Apple TV. They awarded it a Repairability Score of 8 / 10 “due to its ease of disassembly, minuscule power consumption, and highly recyclable…
AutoCAD WS Now Available for iPhone and iPad
AutoCAD is coming to the Mac soon, but you can already get AutoCAD WS for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. It’s available for free in the App Store. Features: Open DWG drawings uploaded to…
Apple Patents New Camera Flash Technology
From TekGoblin: A patent application has surfaced that shows Apple’s attempts at creating a new way for a flash to work on a camera. The way the new flash works is very intriguing: a user…