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- Regarding iPhone Application Pricing by Dan Benjamin, HivelogicI believe that there's a shared responsibility here. Apple shouldn't restrict application pricing or availability (for non-malicious apps). Users need to be careful about the purchase they make - and Apple makes provisions for this. At the same time, developers should be conscientious, considerate, and kind when creating and pricing an application.
- Review: Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 by Rick LePage, MacworldWhat's most impressive about the update is how smoothly it works with you to organize and edit your photos; by focusing on improving the little things, Adobe has made an already good program even more usable.
- TypeCast by Jason Snell, Macworld
- It's A Core Location Blacklist by John Gruber, Daring FireballAn informed soure at Apple confirmed to me that the "clbl" in the URL stands for "Core Location Blacklist", and that it does just that. It is not a blacklist for disabling apps completely, but rather specifically for preventing any listed apps from accessing Core Location - an API which, for obvious privacy reasons, is covered by very strict rules in the iPhone SDK guidelines.
- Apple Prices Are Just Peachy by Christopher Dawson, ZDNet.comAs Apple keeps cranking out high-quality, durable ,user-friendly, innovative products, I have to remember the words my old economics teacher used to ask: "How much should a company charge for a product?" We would all answer in unison, "As much as the market will bear."
- How To Fix The DVD Drive by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenuThis is new to me: turn your MacBook sideway to fix the DVD drive.
- Is The iPhone NDA About Patents? by John Gruber, Daring Fireball"Maybe [Apple's] lawyers believe there are patentable inventions described in the iPhone SDK and they are telling Apple to keep everything under NDA until they know provisional patents can be filed within a reasonable amount of time."
- Much Ado About The iPhone's 'Kill Switch' by Tom Krazit, CNET News.comUntil Apple explains why it has included this function, or an application appears on the blacklist and is wiped from someone's phone, it's all just the usual leaping to conclusions on a sleepy Thursday in August.
- Developers To Apple: Be More Transparent On App Store Standards by Jim Dalrymple, MacworldWondering what goes into the process of determiing what iPhone applications make the grade for Apple's App Store? You're not alone—the developers who write those programs sometimes find themselves wondering the same thing.
- The iCal Challenge by William Porter, MacworldEight calendars and organizers compete with Apple's scheduling app.
- New iPod, Old Firmware by Jeffery Battersby, MacworldIf you're planning on buying a touch, it may be a case of buyer beware—that "new" hardware may not be as new as you thought. And the price tag may be a few dollars more than what you thought you were going to pay.There's no 2.0 software on iPod touch, even if you buy it today from Apple Store.
- Driving iTunes Daffy by Christopher Breen, Macworld
- What It's Really Like Working Inside Apple On Its Intenret Projects: Really, Really Tough by Charles Arthur, The GuardianEddy Cue's real speciality is to be able to take what Steve asks for, imlement it, hit the target dates, make it work, and keep the damn thing a secret until Steve announces it.
- TubeTV 1.0 by Roman Loyola, Macworld
- Softbank Adds Most Mobile Users In 4 Months, Helped By iPhone by Pavel Alpeyev, BloombergSoftbank Corp., Japan's third-largest mobile-phone company, added the most users in four months in July after starting to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G in the country. The increase is its biggest since March when it introduced free calls between family members.
- The $1000 iPhone App by Jason Kottke, Kottke.orgExcluding I Am Rich would be excluding for taste... because some feel that it costs too much for what it does... Imagine if Apple chose which music they stocked in the iTunes store based on the company's taste.
- The Opaque Side Of Apple by Rob Pegoraro, Washington PostDon't-look-behind-the-curtains tactics don't work when customers just want to know that their purchase will work as advertised, or when would-be customers want reassurance that they're not buying into a failed experiement.
- Mac Laptop Prices Steady As Windows Prices Fall by Tom Krazit, CNET News.comSpeculation that Apple might be slashing Mac prices in the coming weeks could get a boost from new data released by The NPD Group.
- Personal Shopping At The Apple Store: Mac Addict Goes Undercover by Blake Schnitkey, The Windy CitizenThe beauty of a personal shopping appointment at the Apple Store was the simple pleasure of knowing that your questions, no matter how ridiculous, would be answered thoroughly.
- MacBook Air Is Light, Yes, But It's No Lightweight by Steve Casimiro, National Geographic AdventureOf course the Air is sexy and of course the Air is imperfect—but it's far more versatile than most believe. The Air is designed to be a leading edge, attention-getting product. By that measure, it's a smashing success. The surprise is that the deeper, more fundamental qualities—computing, usability, comfort—also make it a smashing success.
- Apple's Ability To Deactivate Malicious App Store Apps by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.comApple could presumably deauthorize applications already installed on every iPhone.
- "I Am Rich" iPhone App - A Steal At $999.99! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet.comUpdate: And it's gone.
- What's In A Name? by John Gruber, MacworldApple has been making it easier for its customers to understand its Mac offerings. The trade-off, though, is that Apple's product lineups are deliberately sparse.
- More Ways To Protect Yourself From Phishing Scams by Rob Griffiths, MacworldOpenDNS is an alternative "phone book," and it's one that comes with many features (most are optional) that you probably won't find in your ISP's DNS servers. One of those features is phishing protection, based on OpenDNS' PhishTank project.
- OpenCL: What You Need To Know by Peter Cohen, MacworldGraphics technology is at the center of Apple's Snow Leopard efforts.
- More Countries Due To Get iPhone 3G In August by Dan Moren, MacworldWe're now just starting to get wind of which of those countries will make the cut on August 22nd, a mere sixteen days from now.
- PlayFirst Offers Cooking Dash Game by Peter Cohen, MacworldPlayFirst on Wednesday announced the release of Cooking Dash, a new spin-off of the eronomously popular Diner Dash series of causal games.
- Review: PersonalBrain Pro 4.5 by Lee SHerman, MacworldMirroring the way a human thinks is a tough job for software, but PersonalBrain 4.5, a powerful brainstorming and knowledge management tool, falls just shy of artificial intelligence.
- Apple, Palm Among The Targets In GSM Smartphone Lawsuit by Aidan Malley, AppleInsiderA small patent licensing firm hopes to skim profits from Apple and other top smartphone makers by suing them for allegedly violating no less than ten patents relating to GSM phone technology and voice encoding.
- PodWorks 2.9.3 by Christopher Breen, Macworld
- iPhone App Store Proves The Smartphone Is The Computer by Alexander Wolfe, InformationWeek
- Macs Are PCs, Dammit! by Lance Ulanoff, PC MagazineI'm not saying that Macs are not wonderful products. We almost always love them when we test them here at PC Magazine Labs. Apple is, without a doubt, the most consistent company in computerdom. But Steve Jobs is not God, and his products are not grown on trees and picked by loving workers who let them ripen on cotton sheets by the window sill.
- Former Apple Employee Sues For Violation Of Labor Code by Jim Dalrymple, MacworldFiled in the United States District Court, Southern District of California, the complaint focuses on the fact that employees were required to work more than 40 hours a week or eight hours in a workday. David Walsh's suit says that Apple then denies the employees proper compensation for that work.
- Switching To The Mac: Problems And Solutions by Shuman Ghosemajumder, Shumans.comOS X uses a different mosue pointer "acceleration curve" than Windows. Windows uses a flatter curve, which makes the mouse respond more naturally, whereas OS X's curve accelerates quicker for speed but slower for smaller, precise movements.
- Multiple Docks In Mac OS X by CybernetYou can create up to five different Docks that you can switch between right from the menubar. Or, what's even better is that you can assign Docks to certain Spaces.
- Why Switch To The Mac? Five Top Reasons by Samuel Dean, Web Worker DailyAn actual file system, much better video and graphics, cooler looking machines, true plug-and-play, more reliability.
- MobileMe Problems Show Apple Needs An Infrastructure Lesson by Om Malik, GigaOMApple's problem is that it doesn't seem to have recognized the fact that it's in the business of network-enabled hardware.
- Steve Jobs On MobileMe: The Full E-Mail by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica"The MobileMe launch clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn about internet services. And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is both exciting and ambitious, and we will press on to make it a service we are all proud of by the end of this year."
- Can The iPhone Rule Gaming? by Anita Hamilton, TimeIt's already a groundbreaking phone and digital music player, and now Apple's iPhone is emerging as a popular gaming device as well.See Also: iPhone Games: Ars Staff Favorites, by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica.Apple should add a speaker to the next iteration of iPod Touch to take advantage of the new games coming soon on the platform — even though it will probably anony the heck out of me if the young punk sitting next to me on the bus starts playing games without headphones.
- How Sound Is Consumer Reports' Safari Advice? by Rob Griffiths, MacworldShould Safari have anti-phishing features? Sure, it should. Should you stop using it today because it doesn't? Not at all—as long as you're willing to exercise "safe clicking" practices.
- DiskWrangler File Launcher Improves Leopard Support by Peter Cohen, MacworldDiskWrangler helps you keep your hands on the keyboard instead of reaching for the mouse when it's time to launch applications, documents, mail and web URLs.
- iTunes Maintains Stranglehold On US Music Sales by MacNNThe NPD Group says that iTunes maintained an existing lead, despite competition from major, firmly established corporations.And we are talking about all forms of music sales, online and offline. Wow. Who'd imagine this ten years ago, when Apple was shopping (or rather, begging) for a new OS.
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