App Store Lessons: Design for Contact

Today's App Store lesson is that adding a contact button directly into your app will vastly increase both bug reports and feature requests.Read More...

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, ars-technica

4 Mac Security Apps Compared

The security of your Mac can fall into a few different categories. One such category would be that of preventing data loss (i.e. making regular backups). Apple has helped to make this easy in recent years with the inclusion of Time Machine in OS X. Another category is trying to prevent, or minimize the problem [...]

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, apple-blog

BlackBerry Storm queues top 200 people

Lineups for this morning's launch of the BlackBerry Storm have cracked the triple-digit mark and prompted sellouts, early reports note. One of the company's flagship stores in midtown Manhattan noted over 200 people in line for the touchscreen phone's morning debut and is said to have prompted a minor police response after a phone sellout angered those at the back of the queue. Sellouts have als...

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

iPhone Update Soups Up Street Smarts, Stabilizes Safari

Apple has released a new software update for the iPhone, bringing users more than a dozen new features and fixes. Among them is the "I-want-that-too" Google Street View maps feature that was first available on BlackBerry and Java-enabled phones. "Apple has been releasing major updates to iPhone OS every few months," Raven Zachary, founder of iPhoneDevCamp and a contributing analyst for The 451 Group, told MacNewsWorld.

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macnewsworld

IBM antes $3 million bond to pursue case against Papermaster

Pursuant to a judge's order, IBM has posted a $3 million dollar bond should its injunction barring Mark Papermaster from working at Apple prove unwarranted.Read More...

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, ars-technica

AT&T experiencing 3G outages?

Scattered accounts indicate that AT&T may be experiencing new outages in its 3G network, in areas such as Boston and the general Michigan and Hawaii areas. In at least several circumstances the affected customers have been iPhone owners, who may be unable to receive any phone calls or notifications, regardless of the stated strength of the connection. The only way to begin receiving calls again ...

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

Marantz Japan intros Bluetooth iPod dock

Marantz Japan on Friday has introduced a new wireless dock for the iPod and iPod Touch personal audio and multimedia players. The system is composed of a receiver and multiple docks that will also charge the Apple devices and supports Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR A2DP and Bluetooth AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile). The system will allow users to play the content of their iPods via their home theat...

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

How does iPhone 2.2 affect your phone? Jailbreakers hold off

Jailbroken iPhone users should delay updating to firmware 2.2 until updated tools are released by the iPhone dev team. Here, Ars goes over how the update affects your phone.Read More...

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, ars-technica

Apps: StoryMill, ProfCast, Freeway

StoryMill 3.2 ($45) provides a series of tools that help writers manage the creative process from the beginning of a story to its end. Users can track, tag and filter characters, scenes, locations and research. StoryMill also offers options for managing information including Smart Views, which allow writers to organize ideas in a project according to selected criteria. StoryMill 3.2 introduces a P...

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

Shark LT handles 2D and 3D CAD work

Punch! Software is now shipping Shark LT, a professional-level CAD application. The software is aimed mainly at generating 3D models, but is also used to produce related 2D drawings, which can be generated automatically for items such as section and detail views. These can then be imported into apps more suited to 2D editing, such as Illustrator....

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network