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MWSF 2010 iPhone: FloTV, Square, iV Plus, Mobile Navigator

Sun, 2010-02-14 03:43
FloTV - Live Television on Your iPhone


If you've been missing a way to watch live television on your iPhone, Mophie and FloTV have teamed up to provide just that solution in the next couple of months. FloTV is a new wireless T...

MWSF 2010 Mac: Tales of Monkey Island, iPlayback, Wireless USB Audio/Video

Sun, 2010-02-14 01:38
Tales of Monkey Island


One of the big new announcements at Macworld was Tell Tale Games' release of a Mac version of Tales of Monkey Island available immediately. The company has also committed to delivering Wallace & Gromit'...

Average iPhone Consumer Data Usage Pegged at Five Times That of BlackBerry

Fri, 2010-02-12 20:17

Consumer Reports announced this week the results of a study it commissioned assessing the monthly data usage for customers of Apple's iPhone and other smartphones. The data, obtained from over 1,000 consumer accounts linked to online bill an...

Microsoft Set to Demonstrate Windows Mobile 7 Next Week

Fri, 2010-02-12 18:31
Bloomberg BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) report that Microsoft is set to demonstrate its next-generation smartphone software, to be known as Windows Mobile 7 or Windows Phone, at next week's Mobile World Congress in ...

iPad Cited in Huge Spike in New App Store Application Development

Fri, 2010-02-12 14:58

Mobile analytics firm Flurry today released a report revealing trends seen in its user data for the month of January. Among the more interesting developments discussed in the report was a nearly three-fold surge of new App Store applications...

Macworld San Francisco 2010 Best of Show and Day One Impressions

Fri, 2010-02-12 11:04

Macworld Expo San Francisco 2010 kicked off yesterday with a presentation by The New York Times' David Pogue and guest appearance by actor LeVar Burton. While the Pogue keynote was a huge departure from Steve Jobs' traditional keynotes, it w...

Apple Rolls Out 'Countdown to 10 Billion Songs' Promotion

Thu, 2010-02-11 21:47

Apple today unveiled a "Countdown to 10 Billion Songs" promotion via the iTunes Store, offering the contest winner a prize of a $10,000 iTunes gift card. A counter on the main iTunes Store page and Apple's home page currently displays in exc...

Apple Releases Software Update Addressing Audio-Related Mac Pro Heat and Performance Issues

Thu, 2010-02-11 21:34
Apple today released Mac Pro Audio Update 1.0, addressing heat and performance issues experienced by users of Apple's Nehalem-based Mac Pros when processing audio.

This update is for Mac Pro (Early 2009) computers running Mac OS X v10...

Apple's Deal With Google for iPhone Search Pegged at Over $100 Million Per Year

Thu, 2010-02-11 19:46
Silicon Alley Insider reports on information from a source claiming that rumors of Apple looking to develop its own search engine are untrue and that Apple's current deal with Google to provide default search functionality for the iPhone is currently...

Microsoft Reportedly Considering iPad Version of Office

Thu, 2010-02-11 19:36
T3 reports that Microsoft Senior Product Manager Mike Tedesco revealed during the Office for Mac 2011 preview event at Macworld that the company is "looking at" the possibility of bringing its Office productivity suite to Apple's iPad tablet device.<...

E-mails From 2003 Reveal Microsoft Caught 'Flat Footed' by iTunes Music Store Launch

Thu, 2010-02-11 19:21
Over the weekend, Groklaw discovered a couple of interesting e-mails sent by Microsoft executives Bill Gates and Jim Allchin to other members of the Microsoft executive team revealing that the company had been taken by surprise by Apple's launch of t...

Office for Mac 2011 Previewed Ahead of Launch Scheduled for Later This Year

Thu, 2010-02-11 16:48
Microsoft today announced a sneak preview of Office for Mac 2011, set for release later this year. The preview, scheduled in conjunction with Macworld Expo in San Francisco, details several significant changes including the adoption of a "ribbon" in...

New Beta of Google Chrome for Mac Now Available

Thu, 2010-02-11 16:26
Google today announced the release of a new beta of Google Chrome for Mac, adding several new features such as extensions and bookmark syncing that were left out of the initial beta released in December while also focusing on a "snappy, safe, and sim...

Bill Gates on iPad: "It's a Nice Reader, But..."

Thu, 2010-02-11 15:17
BNET's Brent Schlender recently spoke with Microsoft founder Bill Gates about Apple's new iPad tablet device in order to get a feel for the thoughts of the man behind Apple's longtime rival and whose company introduced the "Tablet PC" concept nearly ...

Apple Reportedly Set to Test Lowering Prices for Some Television Downloads to $1

Wed, 2010-02-10 23:54
Financial Times reports that Apple is set to begin a trial coinciding with the launch of the iPad that will reduce the price of certain TV downloads through its iTunes Store to $1 from the current $1.99. The trial will reportedly begin in April. Fi...

Apple Releases Apple TV 3.0.2 Update

Wed, 2010-02-10 23:40
We have received multiple reports today that Apple has released an Apple TV 3.0.2 software update, but we have yet to learn the details of changes included in the update. Readers have so far not reported any obvious changes, so the update may simply...

Hulu Developing Non-Flash Player for Deployment on iPad?

Wed, 2010-02-10 21:48
TechCrunch reports that popular video site Hulu is working to bring its content to the iPad, despite the lack of support for Flash content on Apple's new tablet device.

One rumor I've heard from an industry insider is that Hulu is wor...

iPad Component Costs Estimated to Begin at $219.35

Wed, 2010-02-10 20:12

Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports on new estimates from market research firm iSuppli detailing component costs for Apple's lowest-priced iPad at $219.35 plus an additional $10 in manufacturing costs, compared to a retail price of $499. While th...

AT&T Continuing to Move Forward on Plans for 4G Cellular Network

Wed, 2010-02-10 17:07
AT&T today announced that it has reached an agreement with existing partners Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson to provide equipment for the carrier's next-generation LTE (4G) cellular network, opening the door to significant improvements in data speeds and...

Disney CEO Bullish on 'Game Changer' iPad

Wed, 2010-02-10 16:44
MarketWatch yesterday briefly noted comments from Disney CEO Bob Iger during his company's earnings conference that signaled his company's excitement over Apple's iPad and the possibilities for Disney's content on the device. According to the full t...