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- Griffin RoadTrip receives iPhone, iPhone 3G certification
- Compete: iPhone users more likely to install applications
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- Apple updates iPhone SDK for OS 2.2
- Mix: Tweetie, Puzzle Quest, OrbLive, iTunes credit woes
iPodNN
- WSJ iPhone ad part of Apple's enterprise push
- Tricky posts Armado Lite for iPhone
- Apple releases SDK for iPhone 2.2 firmware
- BdEmailer expands iPhone e-mailing options
- iPod touch 2.2 update omits Google Maps improvements
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- Final Glance: Computer companies (AP)
- Microsoft: Don't Mess With HP (at Forbes.com)
- Beyond The Logo (at Forbes.com)
- [video] Top 10 Most-Searched Stocks on TheStreet.com (at TheStreet.com)
- Walt Discusses the BlackBerry Storm on Fox Business (at AllThingsD)
iTunes Top 10 Songs
- 1. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyoncé
- 2. Just Dance - Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis
- 3. Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) - T.I.
- 4. Love Lockdown - Kanye West
- 5. Love Story - Taylor Swift
- 6. Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon
- 7. If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé
- 8. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
- 9. Womanizer - Britney Spears
- 10. Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne
iTunes Top 10 Albums
- 1. Dark Horse - Nickelback
- 2. David Cook - David Cook
- 3. I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé
- 4. Fearless - Taylor Swift
- 5. Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists
- 6. Safe Trip Home (Deluxe Version) - Dido
- 7. Escape - Journey
- 8. And Winter Came - Enya
- 9. Evolver - John Legend
- 10. The Promise - Il Divo
Apple Support
- Mac OS: Antivirus utilities
- iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store Troubleshooting
- iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store FAQ
- iPhone 2.0 software: Mail app appears to be stuck at "Checking for mail"
- iPhone: Inserting a plus sign for a new SMS may result in a zero with certain Japanese and Chinese keyboards
- iPhone and iPod touch: iPod application may quit with 20 or more audiobooks
- iPhone: Troubleshooting international keyboards
- iPhone: Attachment appears to be cropped in Mail when rotated
- MobileMe: Setting up and troubleshooting secure iChat
- Mac 101: iChat
iPod Hacks
Warning: iTunes update may make store credit ‘temporarily unavailable’
Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:13 AM ESTA frustrating fault within Apple’s newly-released iTunes update has been identified... [Full Story]
Woz. Urinal. Segway. (with photo)
Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:47 AM ESTWhat's possibly one of the greatest photos every taken... [Full Story]
Analyst: Verizon will rue the day they blew the Apple iPhone deal
Friday, November 21, 2008 - 09:57 AM ESTThe Storm may have hit the horizon much too late. The iPhone is remarkably popular and... [Full Story]
Apple releases iPhone 2.2, iPod touch 2.2 Software Updates
Friday, November 21, 2008 - 08:11 AM ESTApple has released iPhone OS 2.2 and iPhone OS 2.2 for iPod touch Software Update which contains many bug fixes and improvements... [Full Story]
Apple releases iTunes 8.0.2
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 09:45 PM ESTApple has released iTunes 8.0.2 which improves stability and performance and provides a number... [Full Story]
SimCity for Apple iPhone due within weeks
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 05:18 PM EST"Electronic Arts will release an iPhone version of Maxis' classic SimCity sometime next month... [Full Story]
Boxee promises Apple TV patch soon
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 04:48 PM ESTApple last night released an update for the Apple TV, introducing new features but breaking support for... [Full Story]
The 12 Greatest Defunct Tech Magazines Ever
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 04:26 PM ESTAnd so it came to pass that on November 19th, 2008 publisher Ziff Davis announced that PC Magazine... [Full Story]
Apple shares tumble to pre-iPhone levels amidst global credit crisis
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 03:40 PM ESTFor nearly two years, since the introduction of the iPhone at the 2007 Macworld show... [Full Story]
ChangeWave: Apple iPhone now #2 in U.S. corporate market share
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 03:25 PM ESTNearly one-in-five respondents say the release of the 3G has made their company More Likely to purchase Apple products in the future... [Full Story]
TIME Mag reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Novelty screen feels cheap; steer clear of this storm’
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 02:57 PM ESTI hate the click screen, and none of the handful of people I let try it had anything nice to say about it either... [Full Story]
Apple patent app describes ‘always-on’ iPhone status indicators
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 01:53 PM ESTApple has conceptualized a means of displaying icon-like status indicators on the iPhone's displays... [Full Story]
Chicago Tribune reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Can’t compete with Apple’s iPhone’
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:36 AM ESTWith the touch-screen Storm, Research In Motion Ltd. offers a response to Apple Inc.'s iPhone... [Full Story]
Mobispine offers first native MMS app for iPhone
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:23 AM ESTMobispine is ready to sell MMS on iPhone to global operators... [Full Story]
PC Magazine drops print edition, goes online-only
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:06 AM ESTZiff Davis Media announced today that PCMag, its flagship brand, will go all-digital... [Full Story]
Gizmodo reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Heavy, laggy, sluggish, unstable, clunky, and tiring’
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 10:45 AM ESTIt feels okay in your hand, but it's just kind of clunky at the same time... [Full Story]
Forbes: Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard could bite Microsoft hard
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 10:24 AM ESTIt's the end of the world as we know it, and Steve Jobs feels fine. With the U.S. Federal Reserve now predicting... [Full Story]
BusinessWeek’s Edwards reviews Apple’s iPod touch: Perfect 5 stars out of 5; In a class by itself
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 10:01 AM ESTThey say sequels often fail to live up to the original. That's not so with the second generation of Apple's iPod touch... [Full Story]
Engadget reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Frustrating, inelegant, uncomfortable; a disappointment’
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 09:32 AM ESTThe Storm is a striking device. From the second you lay eyes on it, it's clear that a lot of time... [Full Story]
PC World reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Awkward, disappointing; a failed experiment’
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 08:58 AM EST"BlackBerry fans who've been yearning for a touch-based handset à la iPhone now have one, but... [Full Story]
Apple releases Apple TV Software Update 2.3 with support for AirTunes Streaming and more
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:29 PM ESTApple today released Apple TV Software Update 2.3 which adds support... [Full Story]
BusinessWeek’s Hesseldahl takes umbrage over criticism of his flawed Multi-Touch article
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 06:04 PM ESTI’ve been getting lots and lots of email from irate readers who can’t stand what I wrote today about HP’s Touchsmart tx2 notebook... [Full Story]
Apple and music labels in discussions to sell DRM-free songs, say sources
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 04:35 PM ESTA year after iTunes began offering music without copy protection software from EMI, Apple is in discussions... [Full Story]
Former Pink Floyd manager slams Apple’s iTunes Store for ‘debundling the album’
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 03:19 PM ESTOne time manager of Pink Floyd, Sincere Management’s Pete Jenner slammed iTunes for its effect on album... [Full Story]
Mac software introduced for digital audiobook downloads from public libraries
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 01:48 PM ESTOverDrive, the leading global distributor of digital audiobooks, eBooks, and other media, introduced... [Full Story]
We’ve never seen anything like this in our careers: ‘Apple’s greatest idea yet’
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 01:12 PM ESTThere is an Apple story that I don't want you to miss. It's bigger than the Mac... [Full Story]
AdMob October 2008 Metrics Report: Apple iPhone now the #1 device worldwide
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 12:55 PM ESTAdMob, the world's largest mobile advertising marketplace, today announced the iPhone is now the #1 device worldwide... [Full Story]
Report: Apple iPhone 3G coming to Wal-Mart, select Sam’s Club stores on December 28th
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 12:01 PM ESTIt looks like Wal-Mart will indeed begin selling the iPhone 3G on December 28th... [Full Story]
Insider emails show Microsoft feared Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista comparison in 2005
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:51 AM ESTMore than a year before Windows Vista's release -- and long before Apple Inc. started poking fun... [Full Story]
Apple exec: Mac OS X Snow Leopard to be released first quarter of 2009
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:38 AM ESTApple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week... [Full Story]
BusinessWeek blows it: reports Apple has no Multi-Touch notebooks, ‘beaten’ by HP
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 09:05 AM ESTFrom the first time Steve Jobs demonstrated 'the pinch'—the two-finger gesture used to zoom in and out... [Full Story]
Judge dismisses ‘Mac cloner’ Psystar’s antitrust counterclaim; Apple not a monopolist
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 11:55 PM ESTPsystar's counterclaims against Apple have been dismissed... [Full Story]
The Washington Times reviews Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook: ‘Worth every penny’
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 06:50 PM ESTFrom the sleek case to the high-powered computing plant behind the brushed aluminum, this is a computer with a lot going for it... [Full Story]
IBM to acquire Transitive
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 05:45 PM ESTIBM today announced it plans to acquire Transitive Corporation, a privately held technology company... [Full Story]
Microsoft discounts Zunes in desperate bid to increase anemic sales
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 05:00 PM ESTA mere two months after introducing Zunes with minor updates, Microsoft plans... [Full Story]
As Macintosh approaches 25, The Register offers up an Apple Inc. report card
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 04:39 PM ESTIn two short months, Apple's Macintosh will turn 25 years old... [Full Story]
NPD: New MacBook family fuels 28% YOY surge in October Apple Mac sales
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 03:37 PM ESTA slowing global economy had little impact on Apple's computer business last month... [Full Story]
Apple Store Online now taking orders for new 24-inch LED Cinema Display
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 02:19 PM ESTApple's new 24-inch LED Cinema Display is now available for order from the U.S. Apple Store... [Full Story]
Beleaguered Motorola stoops to bribery to woo developers from Apple iPhone
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 01:31 PM ESTHow does once-hot mobile phone maker Motorola plan to capture developers' attention away from Apple's iPhone? [Full Story]
Can IBM keep Mark Papermaster from working at Apple?
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 01:06 PM ESTApple may have a real fight on its hands if it believes Mark Papermaster is the right man to nurture the iPhone... [Full Story]
After dumping Microsoft Access, Macy’s prepares for Thanksgiving Day Parade with FileMaker Pro 9
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 12:26 PM ESTMacy's Parade & Entertainment Group is gearing up for next week's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City... [Full Story]
Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang steps down
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 12:15 PM ESTYahoo! CEO Jerry Yang is stepping down. Here is Yang's memo to Yahoo employees verbatim... [Full Story]
CNET reviews Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook: ‘a winner’
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 11:49 AM ESTWith the new 13-inch MacBook looking and feeling more like the more expensive 15-inch MacBook Pro line than ever... [Full Story]
Gamers’ iPhones can emulate Wii Remotes; game uses iPhone as motion-based controller
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 10:37 AM ESTA Palo Alto company has released the first video game that wirelessly connects a personal computer... [Full Story]
MLB.com dumps Microsoft’s Silverlight for Adobe’s Flash
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 10:10 AM ESTMicrosoft is losing MLB.com, Major League Baseball's online unit and one of the Web's most successful subscription services... [Full Story]
