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14:48
Apple still the leading manufacturer on Millennial Media platform

Mobile ad network Millennial Media (http://www.millennialmedia.com) says its latest figures Apple remained the leading manufacturer on our platform and the iPhone was the leading individual phone. The report also notes that:

° Android was the leading OS on our platform with 49% of the total impressions (and 14 of the top 20 phones).

° Samsung was the second leading manufacturer, and had four of the top 20 mobile phones on the MM platform.

° "Non-Phone Connected Devices" (tablets, MP3 players, e-readers, etc.) increased 33% quarter-over-quarter and made up 20% of all impressions on the Millennial Media platform.

° Gaming was the top app category on the platform and grew 10% quarter-over-quarter.

° Mobile video views increased 958% year-over-year.

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09:21
Apple tops Hedge Fund Tend Monitor report

Goldman Sachs is out with its "Q1 2012 Hedge Fund Trend Monitor report" -- and Apple tops the list, reports "Market Folly" (http://macte.ch/fAPdv). It's a list of the 50 stocks that are the most important to hedge funds.

Apple had a clear lead with 106 funds listing it in their top 10. Trailing Apple in the top 10 are Google, Express Scripts, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Citigroup, General Motors, Priceline.com, JPMorgan Chase and Liberty Media.

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07:28
Tim Cook declines US$75 million dividend

In a Thursday SEC filing -- as reported by "AllThingsD" (http://macte.ch/66OjA), Apple announced plans to award an US $2.65-a-share quarterly dividend on restricted stock units held by its employees. However, CEO Tim Cook is declining it.

From Apple’s 8K:“At Mr. Cook’s request, none of his restricted stock units will participate in dividend equivalents. Assuming a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share over the vesting periods of his 1.125 million outstanding restricted stock units, Mr. Cook will forego approximately $75 million in dividend equivalent value.”

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07:19
Analyst gives reasons why Apple shares will hit $1,000

In a note to clients -- as noted by "AppleInsider" (http://www.appleinsider.com) -- Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster tells why he thinks Apple shares will hit US$1.000 in the next couple of years. Among those reasons:

° Continued innovation in the company's 2012 product roadmap;

° A blowout next-generation iPhone launch;

° An Apple television arriving in 2013 (the rumored "iTV");;

° Little change to carrier subsidies for the next two to three years;

° Sustained gross margins above 40% and the China opportunity.

° Meaningful updates to the Mac line.

Regarding the latter, Munster thinks Mac updates should arrive within the next six weeks with enhanced Retina Displays and Intel's Ivy Bridge chips. Since it's Apple's "first meaningful Mac update in over a year," the analyst expects the refresh to "reaccelerate" Mac sales.

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07:15
Apple releases Aperture 3.2.4

Apple has released Aperture 3.2.4 an update of its software for pro photographers. It requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 and is a 635.54MD download.

Aperture 3.2.4 Aperture 3.2.4 improves stability on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It also addresses an issue that could prevent the Viewer from updating correctly after editing a photo using an external editor. You can obtain the update via the Software Updates component of the Mac OS X Systems Preferences app.

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05:24
Apple adds Editor's Choice picks to App Stores

Apple has added Editor's Choice picks to the Mac App Store and the Apple App Store -- and a Free App of the Week to the latter.

The Editor's Choice picks apparently replace the "Game of the Week" and "Staff Favorites." Apparently, the Free App of the Week promo is only for iOS apps.

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05:00
Ad impressions up among tablets, non-phone devices

Millennial Media (http://www.millennialmedia.com), which specializes in mobile advertising, has released its "Q1 Mobile Mix" report, the latest edition of its report on trends in impressions for mobile devices and mobile operating systems.

The "Q1 Mobile Mix" report takes an in-depth look at the mobile device advertising landscape, including the top 20 mobile phones, top 10 mobile device manufacturers, leading mobile device operating systems and top mobile app categories ranked by impressions. The report found that non-phone mobile devices, such as tablets, accounted for 20% of all impressions on the Millennial Media platform during the first quarter of 2012, compared to 15% in quarter one of 2011.

The report also found that Android remained the top overall operating system on the Millennial Media platform in Q1 2012, with a 49% share of impressions, and Apple remained the leading...

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04:59
Best Baby Monitor comes to OS X

Martin Man has announced Best Baby Monitor 1.0 for Mac OS X Lion, a new version of the video baby monitor app available already for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Best Baby Monitor allows you to use your Mac as a parent unit device, keeping an eye on your little one while working during his naps, or to use your Mac as a child unit device, connecting to it over Wi-Fi from any of your iOS devices. It can capture the live audio and video and send it over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to an iOS device.

Best Baby Monitor features include built-in lullabies and the ability to switch on night vision mode. To celebrate the Memorial Day and launch of Mac OS X version, Man is making both products available for 50% off the regular price (US$1.99 for the iOS version and $2.99 for the Mac version) until Tuesday, May 29. It's available at, respectively, the Mac App Store and the Apple App Store.

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04:55
CrumplePop Releases ColorKit Suite for FCP X

CrumplePop has released ColorKit Suite, a set of color and finishing tools for Final Cut Pro X. It's designed to allow editors to apply complex, layered color grades without needing to stop and render.

ColorKit Suite combines a color grading package with a set of analog film grain and light overlay tools, all available via the drag and drop interface of FCP X. According to Gabriel Cheifetz, co-founder of CrumplePop, ColorKit Suite includes four tools:

° ColorKit, a set of 34 professionally-designed preset color grades and three contrast and tools for FCP X.

° Grain35, real 35mm and 16mm film grain that you can add to your own footage.

° HalfLight, a collection of optically-captured light leak transitions built specifically for FCP X.

° OverLight, a way to apply washed-out glows and lens flares to your footage.

ColorKit Suite is available for purchase on the CrumplePop website (...

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04:32
V-MODA unveils M-80 White Pearl on-ear headphones

V-MODA (http://www.V-MODA.com) has unveiled the US$230 Crossfade M-80 White Pearl, on-ear headphones composed of white with silver metal accents.

The nucleus of M-80 is its patented and biggest-in-class 40mm Dual-Diaphragm drivers "that deliver multi-driver sound with the energy efficiency and consistent quality of a single driver," according to Val Kolton, founder of V-MODA. The headphones use BLISS noise isolation to immerse you into your own world of sound, he adds.

The M-80 boasts a metal frame, a Steelflex headband that contours to the head, interchangeable silver metal shields and replaceable memory foam ear pads. The white and silver finish is designed to complement the accents of Apple and Samsung mobile devices.

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03:52
CrumplePop Releases ColorKit Suite for FCP X

CrumplePop has released ColorKit Suite, a set of color and finishing tools for Final Cut Pro X. It's designed to allow editors to apply complex, layered color grades without needing to stop and render.

ColorKit Suite combines a color grading package with a set of analog film grain and light overlay tools, all available via the drag and drop interface of FCP X. According to Gabriel Cheifetz, co-founder of CrumplePop, ColorKit Suite includes four tools:

° ColorKit, a set of 34 professionally-designed preset color grades and three contrast and tools for FCP X.

° Grain35, real 35mm and 16mm film grain that you can add to your own footage.

° HalfLight, a collection of optically-captured light leak transitions built specifically for FCP X.

° OverLight, a way to apply washed-out glows and lens flares to your footage.

ColorKit Suite is available for purchase on the CrumplePop website (...

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03:50
PremiumSoft launches Mac version of Navicat Data Modeler

PremiumSoft has launched Navicat Data Modeler (http://macte.ch/cxjAr) for Mac OS X (10.5 and higher) to their supporting platform. It costs US$199 for a commercial license and $79 for a non-commercial license.

Navicat Data Modeler is a standalone product to provide d functions and features in data modeling. It's designed to provide customers an easy yet powerful way to create data models for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle and SQLite databases, according to the folks at PremiumSoft.

Navicat Data Modeler supports MySQL, PostgreQSL, SQL Server, Oracle, and SQLite and a database structure visually. It performs reverse/forward engineer process, imports table structures from ODBC data sources, generates SQL files and print models to files and more

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03:45
Sharp to supple tech to Hon Hai China plant

Japan's Sharp Corp will supply technology to Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co for a plant in China that will produce panels for Apple's iPhone and other consumer electronics products, according to "The Nikkei" business daily -- as reported by "Reuters" (http://macte.ch/adWfK).

In March Hon Hai o agreed to purchase new shares in Sharp worth 66.9 billion yen ($844 million), giving it an 11% stake in the Japanese company. "The Nikkei" said that the new technology handover, for which Sharp will receive tens of billions of yen in fees, is aimed at improving quality.

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03:41
NoMachine announces free remote desktop control for Macs

NoMachine (http://www.nomachine.com) has announced that it will be offering free remote desktop software on Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems. The new product, called NoMachine, lets users access and control a remote Mac, Windows or Linux PC from another computer for work or play environments.



The product, currently available for download as a preview version, joins the company's current suite of enterprise-orientated software products, which provide solutions for virtual desktop hosting and application delivery for Linux and other platforms. The preview version also includes pre-release test packages of the upcoming version 4 product range for both business and personal use. You can learn more about product functionality and download the preview version at http://www.nomachine.com/...

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03:04
'Egypt : Heliopolis The Prophecy' game available for...

Anuman Interactive has released "Egypt : Heliopolis The Prophecy," an adventure game for the Mac, iPhone and iPad. It's available for US$4.99 on the Mac App Store and Apple App Store.

Here's how the game is described: "Here it is Tifet, a young priestess who serves Sekhmet, a goddess associated with sickness and healing. The adventure starts when Tifet learns she must go to Heliopolis at the request of her foster-father who is suffering from an unknown disease. To save him Tifet sets out to discover the disease’s origin and cure. As it spreads through Heliopolis, Tifet tries to shed light on disappearances and suspicious goings-on. The fate of the city and its inhabitants is in her hands..."

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03:04
Graphic Node's Pack for Pages grows to over 1,000 templates

Graphic Node (http://www.graphicnode.com) has updated its Pages Templates collection. In addition to 1,000 previous layouts, the updated assortment contains 80 new templates for Apple's Pages.

The Pages Templates pack includes 1,080 templates. Since some templates have multiple variations, the set provides a total of approximately 2,500 layouts. All photo layouts feature media placeholders, allowing users to place an image and crop it into a customized shape.

The upgraded package offers the full range of templates introduced in earlier versions, including the Brochure, Business Card, Greeting, Flyer, and Invitations templates. Most of the templates can be printed on both A4 paper, the standard size in most countries, and U.S. letter-sized paper, the most common format in the United States and Canada.

The Pages Templates pack requires iWork '08 or later and Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. It...

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May 25
SSDs won't replace hard drives anytime soon

Solid state drives are one of the hot technologies of the day. However, "hotness" and "the cloud" aside, look for hard drives to maintain their importance for months to come. No, make that years to come.

Maximum areal densities in hard disk drives (HDD) are expected to more than double during the five-year period from 2011 to 2016, spurring continued growth for HDDs in storage-intensive applications such as video and audio systems, according to the iHS iSuppli (http://www.isuppli.com) research group.

HDD areal densities measuring data-storage capacities are projected to climb to a maximum 1,800 Gigabits (Gb) per square inch per platter by 2016, up from 744 Gb per square inch in 2011. This means that from 2011 to 2016, the five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for HDD areal densities will be equivalent to 19%. For this year, HDD areal densities are estimated to reach 780 Gb per square inch per...

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May 24
Apple eyes ways to improve speakers on portable devices

Apple is working on ways to improve its speakers, especially on its small, mobile devices such as the iPhone. An Apple patent (number 20120128190) for a gas filled speaker volume has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Per the patent, a speaker enclosure includes a gas cavity and an air cavity separated by a flexible membrane. A diaphragm is located roughly in an opening of the enclosure surrounding the gas cavity and attached to the enclosure by an outer suspension member. The enclosure, the flexible membrane, the diaphragm, and the outer suspension member are gas and air impermeable. The enclosure surrounding the air cavity has a vent hole to allow air to travel into and out of the air cavity for barometric pressure equalization of the gas cavity.

Here's Apple's background and summary of the invention: "n most speaker systems, a vibrating diaphragm is mounted at an opening of a speaker enclosure. A common type of speaker enclosure is a sealed...

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May 24
Apple continues work on resolution independent user interfac...

An Apple patent (number 2012013147) for a resolution independent user interface design has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It relates generally to graphical user interface design and more particularly to a means for specifying a graphical user interface object in a procedural and largely display resolution independent manner.

Per the patent, graphical user interface material map objects are specified by a collection of attribute-value pairs, the collection of which comprises a complete description of the material map and may be used by a rendering engine to create a visual representation of the material map at any resolution.

That is, material map representations in accordance with the invention are resolution independent. Another benefit of representing material maps in accordance with the invention is that they may be encrypted to prevent unauthorized inspection or use.

Here's Apple's summary of the invention: "n one embodiment, the...

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May 24
Apple patent involves 3D effects on the OS X desktop

Apple has applied for two patents at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office involving windows in Mac OS X. They involve 3D-ish effects on the desktop.

Patent number 20120131496 is for methods, systems and computer-readable media for managing open windows in a desktop graphical user interface (GUI) are disclosed. In various implementations, open windows displayed within a 2D desktop plane can be organized into one or more 3D browsable stacks in a 3D desktop space, where each stack includes open windows associated with a common value for a grouping property. A graphical representation indicating the respective value of the grouping property associated with each 3D browsable stack can be displayed in proximity to the 3D browsable stack.

As the user browses through the open windows in the browsable stack, one window is displayed in a frontal view at a time while the other windows are displayed in a side view. When the user selects an open window from the stack, the 3D...

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May 24
Mountain Lion: why I'm looking forward to AirPlay on OS...

I expect Mountain Lion, the next major rev of Mac OS X, to be prowling by the end of July (hopefully even sooner and on some Retina display MacBooks Pros and iMacs). One of the features I'm most looking forward to is AirPlay.

AirPlay is, currently, a feature for streaming music, video and photos wirelessly from iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to the Apple TV. The wireless technology is being integrated into speaker docks, AV receivers, and stereo systems from companies such as Bowers & Wilkins and Denon.

With Mountain Lion, AirPlay will come to the Mac, at last, allowing users to wirelessly mirror the screen of their Macs onto their televisions using an Apple TV.  There are several advantages to this.

I've ripped my entire collection of (legally purchased) DVDs to an external hard drive attached to my Mac, so I can watch a film any time without having to go get the DVD. Once Mountain Lion arrives I can start watching a "ripped" movie on my Mac, then move to...

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May 24
Apple patent is for location-based tracking

An Apple patent (number 20120131510) for location-based tracking has appeared at the U.S Patent & Trademark Office. According to Apple, location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image or text data.

In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute.

The inventors are Scott Forstall, Gregory N. Christy, Robert E. Borchers and Imran A. Chaudhri.

Along the same lines are patents 20120129548 and . The former is for locatioin estimation wherein a current location of a mobile system in a wireless network can be determined by using...

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May 23
Greg's Bite: why should Apple buy Sprint?

By Greg Mills

For the better part of a year now, I have been advocating that Sprint is prime takeover bait for the likes of Apple. The landscape in the smartphone -- or, for that matter, the mobile computing business, including tablets -- is evolving very quickly and Apple has to "think different" to stay on top.  

Vertical development in the mobile computing market must include an Apple Mobile business segment, in some form, for Apple to stay the leader of the industry. A number of other tech writers and industry analysts have recently come out confirming buying Sprint has merit. You have to know Apple has people thinking about such acquisitions.

Tony Fadell, formerly the head of the iPod division at Apple, came up with a scenario, a couple of years ago, where Apple could buy unused bandwidth from the various cellular providers, repackage those minutes for sale to consumers and managed the "virtual network" over the Internet. The Apple server...

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May 23
OLED, 3D and iTVs

In a recent blog (http://macte.ch/5I7Yx), NPD DisplaySearch Analyst Paul Gray asks, “Will OLED Revitalize the TV Industry?” It dives into the question of whether OLED is the solution to the woes of the industry. It also begs the question of whether Apple might one day release an OLED "iTV" -- assuming, of course, that Apple has any plans to release its own HDTV at all.

An OLED TV screen uses a new display technology called OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes). Proponents say that OLED televisions are brighter, more efficient, thinner and feature better refresh rates and contrast than either LCD or Plasma. However, Gray raises some topical points, such as while OLED has the potential to offer images with high contrast and superb colors in a very thin package, much of this can already be done with LCD technology. 

In addition, he points on that the industry may do well to learn its lesson from the 3D TV...

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May 22
Apple working on user controllable switch

Future iOS devices may have a user controllable switch, per an Apple patent (number 8185149) that's popped up at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The invention is for devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include at least one mechanical switch for user to select a user profile interface setting and at least one processor for causing the device to respond to the mechanical switch.

The mechanical switch may be dedicated for the purpose of switching profiles and may allow for a selection of a plurality of profiles. Further, in conjunction with an optional shift key, the user may select preferences programmed within a profile.

Here's Apple's background and summary of the invention: "Portable devices, such as cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and in general, devices with wireless communication capabilities are becoming increasingly common. These portable devices have grown more complex over time, incorporating many features including,...

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May 22
Apple patent is for wireless headset featuring adaptive powe...

An Apple patent (number 8185084) for a wireless headset featuring adaptive powering has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

A system that includes a bus, a battery, core processing circuitry, radio frequency (RF) processing circuitry, first power regulating circuitry, second power regulating circuitry, and control circuitry is provided. The bus can be coupled to receive power from a source external to the system. The core processing circuitry and RF processing circuitry can be selectively coupled to each other via a switch. The switch can be operative to turn ON and OFF based on a signal level received on the bus.

The first power regulating circuitry can be electrically coupled to the bus, the core processing circuitry, and the switch. The second power regulating circuitry can be electrically coupled to the battery, the RF processing circuitry, and the switch. The control circuitry can be operative to selectively turn ON and OFF the first power...

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Bamboo duo is a sweet stylus-pen combo
If you regularly use a stylus on your iPad, Wacom's (http://www.wacom.com) Bamboo Stylus duo can save you some pocket space. It's an US$39.95 dual-purpose stylus for the iPad (and Android) tablets. The Bamboo Stylus... Read more »
NuScribe Stylus does double duty as pen, stylus
By 'Doctor' Dave Greenbaum While Steve Jobs hated the stylus and worked hard to make the iPhone completely usable without one, in some circumstances you simply need a more traditional way to interact with the iPhone.... Read more »
Just-Mobile AluCube Mini can tidy up your desktop
Just-Mobile's AluCube Mini (http://www.xtand.net/alucubemini.html) is an US$16.95 designer cable organizer. If you're willing to spring about 20 bucks on a stylish doo-dad to tidy up your cables, this is your baby. (... Read more »
Flygrip is a gripping iPhone accessory
By 'Doctor' Dave Greenbaum Some inventions are so innovative and well thought out that you simply can't imagine life without them. Somebody had to invent the wheel after all. While the US$29.95Flygrip (http://flygrip.... Read more »

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Friday May 25

16:35
AirFloat removed from the App Store
TUAW

Airfoil Speakers Touch is not the only audio app to be removed from the App Store. Apple also removed AirFloat, the developer said on his blog. Like Airfoil Speakers Touch, AirFloat allowed people to send audio to the iPhone from a desktop machine. Cult of Mac said on Thursday that this might be because these apps could be duplicating features that are coming in iOS 6, which is what we thought as well -- however Rogue Amoeba pointed out that the timing makes little sense since there is no iOS 6 announcement yet.

There's no word as to if these apps will make a return to the store, but the situation doesn't look good for either of them....

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15:00
Daily iPad App: League of Evil 2 proves platformers...
TUAW

There are a lot of awesome games on sale in the Because We May event going on this weekend, but of the titles I've picked up so far, League of Evil 2 is probably my favorite. It's a platformer title, in the vein of Super Meat Boy, in that it's basically a quick and simple romp through a series of quick levels. But while a lot of platformers don't work all that well on the iPad's touchscreen, League of Evil 2 works great. The virtual buttons are not only big and easy to hit, but they're very responsive, and great character and animation designs make it easy to move around the level quickly in very precise ways.

Each level is pretty quick to get through, but there are hidden briefcases to find in each one, and you're also timed as you go, with a max three star rating to earn. There are over 100 levels to play, and with the game on sale for just 99 cents,...

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14:58
News: Sotheby’s to Auction Steve Jobs Atari Memo (...
Mac Observer

Sotheby’s announced on Friday that it will be auctioning off what the auction giant says is the only known surviving Steve Jobs documents from his time at Atari. The document being auctioned is a five page memo from Mr. Jobs to engineer Stephen Bristow on ways to make Atari World Cub Football, an arcade console soccer game.

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14:24
Orange exec says developing markets can't...
AppleInsider

Vice President of Devices Yves Maitre of European mobile operator Orange likened the iPhone, Android handsets and Windows Phones to fuel-inefficient cars, saying that the "gas guzzlers" aren't good choices for developing markets the carrier plans to enter....

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14:00
New iPad to be released in Philippines, Guam on May...
TUAW

While it seems like the new iPad is available everywhere on the planet, there are still locations where it's impossible to find one. Apple has announced that the newest member of the iPad family will find its way to two new locations in the Asia/Pacific market -- the Philippines and Guam -- on May 29, 2012.

In the Philippines, the iPad will be available from Apple's online store, at selected resellers, and through Globe Telecom. On Guam, the new iPad will only be available at the sole Apple reseller on the island -- MiTech International.

Ironically, one location that still isn't getting the new iPad is mainland China, the country where most of the devices are manufactured....

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14:00
Take me out to the ballgame, with 4G
Macworld

Ever been to a sports game and tried to send a text message, upload a photo to Facebook, or send a tweet about that awesome play that just happened? If so, you...





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13:43
Rumor: Ex-Apple exec Tony Fadell's Nest...
AppleInsider

Ex-Apple executive Tony Fadell, whom many consider to be the "grandfather of the iPod," will reportedly begin selling his Nest learning thermostat in Apple Retail Stores sometime in the near future.

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13:40
Pulp adds iCloud sync, new Home Page
iLounge

Acrylic Software has released an update to its Pulp newsreader for the iPad adding a new home page feature and iCloud synchronization of content between the Mac and iPad version. Pulp provides a customizable newspaper-style view of RSS feeds with articles grouped into pages designed to allow users to quickly…

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13:36
A Mac users view of Windows 8
The Loop

John Moltz:
But how far does my respect for Windows 8 go? Well, would it surprise you to know that I wrote this entire article on Windows 8? It should. Because I didn’t. I wrote most of it on my MacBook Pro and my iPad.
John is a funny guy.
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13:30
Daily Update for May 25, 2012
TUAW

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world.

You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires Flash) or the non-Flash link below. To subscribe to the podcast for daily listening through iTunes, click here.

No Flash? Click here to listen.

Subscribe via RSSDaily Update for May 25, 2012 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 25 May 2012 15:30:00 EST. Please see our...

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13:30
Cisco all but kills Cius tablet computer
Macworld

Another one-time iPad killer is about to be killed off itself, less than a year after it started shipping.





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13:00
WordPress for iOS adds Push Notifications
iLounge

Automattic has released an update to its official WordPress app for iOS adding Push Notifications for WordPress.com blogs and a new moderation toolbar for comments. With the latest update users who host their blogs on WordPress.com can now opt to receive push notifications of new comments on their blog posts.…

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13:00
Nuance announces Dragon Drive, Siri-like...
TUAW

If you can't get enough of Siri's dulcet tones, then you'll be happy to hear that Nuance -- one of the companies behind Apple's intelligent assistant -- has announced a similar type of functionality that should be coming to cars soon. Dragon Drive replicates the power of Siri so that drivers can initiate a conversation to perform common tasks rather than take their hands off the wheel.

Expected sometime this summer, Dragon Drive lets drivers send text messages, check traffic information, play music, or get directions by just asking. A button on the steering wheel activates the voice recognition so that other discussions in the car don't set off a search. Dragon Drive then uses onboard software to do part of the voice recognition rather than relying solely on remote servers like Siri.

Like Siri, Dragon Drive...

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12:56
Google asked to yank a million search results a month
Macworld

Copyright owners want allegedly infringing links removed from search results in increasing volume, Google says.





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12:46
Yahoo Folds Up Livestand, Its Would-Be Flipboard...
AllThingsD

Yahoo has pulled the plug on Livestand, its iPad/tablet news app. Yahoo rolled out the app last fall, and positioned it as competitor to apps like Flipboard and Zite. But the app never got any traction, and has been on the chopping block for much of 2012.

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12:46
Apple’s legal response to DOJ in eBook price-fixing...
9 to 5 Mac


Ars Technica posted Apple’s legal response (PDF) to the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the Cupertino, Calif.-based Company, and six publishers, for allegedly conspiring to fix eBook prices. In the document, Apple condemned the federal government for siding with “monopoly, rather than competition,” and then called the Department of Justice’s complaint ”fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and law.”
Phrases like “false” and “absurd” appear throughout Apple’s response to the accusations, which parallels the company’s statement from April, in regards to the suit’s...

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12:32
The Codas reviewed
The Loop

Shawn Blanc takes at look at Panic’s Coda 2 and Diet Coda.
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12:30
Microsoft Office for iPad reportedly on track for...
TUAW

A recent report from BGR reiterates the earlier claim from The Daily that Microsoft is working on a version of Office for the iPad. According to BGR, Microsoft is bringing the complete Office suite to both the iPad and Android tablets by November of this year. BGR's source claims the version he saw was almost identical to the one leaked earlier this year by The Daily.

The Daily got wind of the BGR report and responded with a post directed at Microsoft that was sharp and forthright. The authors called Microsoft "filthy, lying liars" for allegedly showing The Daily a version of the Office software for the iPad and then...

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12:26
“Take Control of iBooks Author” Teaches Multi-Touch...
TidBITS

Michael E. Cohen’s new “Take Control of iBooks Author” provides comprehensive documentation of not just how to use Apple’s free iBooks Author software to make a Multi-Touch book, but also how to plan for the project and publish it when finished. And read on, since we also have a free Multi-Touch “Take Control of Getting Ready for iBooks Author” book for iPad owners to check out. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

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12:25
Orange Exec: Android, Windows Phone and iPhones Are...
AllThingsD

For most of the past few years, Yves Maitre has lead the effort to ensure its Orange cell phone customers in places like Britain and France have the right selection of phones.

And when it comes to the company’s major markets in Western Europe, Maitre said things are in pretty good shape. Windows Phone, Android and iOS have paved the way for a solid set of options for both high-end devices and even midrange ones, often sold prepaid and, in some cases, under the Orange brand name.
But when it comes to serving the next 6 billion potential smartphone customers, Maitre said that none of the major operating systems is really lightweight enough from both a cost perspective or from the amount of bandwidth consumed.
In an interview Thursday, Maitre likened it to when he was growing up in France and his family had a two-cylinder Citroen. He idolized the huge eight-cylinder cars coming out of Detroit in...

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12:24
iOS Games and Apps on sale for Memorial Day!
9 to 5 Mac

From 9to5toys:  Many iOS game and app developers are slashing prices of their most popular titles to celebrate Memorial Day this weekend.  We will continue to update this post as we find more great deals for you.

Universal Apps (iPad, iPhone, iPad)
Grand Theft Auto 3 for iPad, iPhone, iPod, regular 99 cents, regular $4.99
Infinity Blade II, $2.99, regular $6.99...

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12:15
Killer Zombie Comment Attacks via Google News
TidBITS

TidBITS was repeatedly beset by server-crushing loads whenever our links appeared on Google News, but our Web-traffic reports showed no actual access. The answer? Zombies! Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

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12:02
MIT students make Minority Report-style iPad control...
MacNN

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have created a Minority Report-style glove and iPad input system for three-dimensional virtual object manipulation called T(ether). The system lets the team use motion tracking on gloves to create and alter virtual items with the iPads used as a point-of-view window to see what the users are manipulating. A demonstration video shows the system having multiple users simultaneously affecting the compter-generated world, both with and without the glove.......

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Friday May 25

11:28
How an iPad Speeds Reporting from NASCAR's Pit Row
MacRumors

Dave Burns has been covering stock car racing from pit road for seventeen years, including spending the past twelve covering NASCAR's premiere Sprint Cup Series. These days he's a Pit Reporter for ESPN, covering Nationwide and Sprint Cup practices, qualifying, and races, all over the course of a single weekend -- every weekend -- for months at a time.

Working the pit lane means dealing with dozens of teams, drivers, mechanics, and more; all while keeping viewers informed across hours of live programming. When he started covering NASCAR for NBC in 2001, Burns developed a sophisticated note-taking system that "catered to our programming, the way my brain worked, and portability." He started with half-sized legal pads and advanced to custom-bound pads that he would print and bind at home. He has since accumulated hundreds of binders filled with information.

"I have boxes and boxes of notepads that impressed the crew chiefs and race engineers every time," Burns said....

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09:07
Absinthe 2.0 Brings Untethered Jailbreak to iOS 5.1.1 Devi...
MacRumors

Chronic Dev Team today announced the release of Absinthe 2.0, which offers users the ability to jailbreak numerous iOS devices running iOS 5.1.1, including the third-generation iPad, without having to tether the device to a computer for booting. The jailbreaking process allows users to load third-party software and hacks not authorized by Apple onto their devices.

Absinthe 2.0 works only on iOS 5.1.1, and enables jailbreaking of all iPad models with the exception of the revised 16 GB iPad 2, although compatibility with that device is scheduled to be added in the future. On the iPhone side, Absinthe 2.0 can jailbreak all devices from the iPhone 3GS onward, while the software is also compatible with the third- and fourth-generation iPod touch models.

Absinthe 2.0 is available for...

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07:10
Apple Launches 'Free App of the Week' and '...
MacRumors

As noted by our sister site TouchArcade, Apple yesterday issued a Tweet announcing that Cut the Rope: Experiments is the company's "Free App of the Week", discounted from its usual $0.99 price [App Store] for the iPhone version and $1.99 price [App Store] for the iPad version.

While Apple has previously offered some apps for free through its App Store Facebook page, the new promotion directly through the App Store will make such offers more visible to users.As the official App...

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06:33
Apple Sued for iCloud & iTunes Services with Symantec...
Patently Apple

A Delaware based company by the name of STEC IP has launched a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple on Seven counts. The main focus of the infringement case surrounds Apple's iCloud and iTunes related services. The exception is one count that that claims that VPN Tunnels found in Apple's OS X Lion Server violates their patents. Notable in this case is the fact that …...

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Thursday May 24

14:26
Apple Paying Dividends to Employees with Restricted Stock...
MacRumors

Apple's board has decided to award dividend equivalent payments to employees holding restricted stock units or RSUs. Apple announced a quarterly dividend of $2.65/share in March, to commence in July. RSUs are typically issued to employees to encourage them to stay with the company. They are awarded in a similar way to stock options, but convert directly into shares of stock upon vesting.

Apple CEO Tim Cook was awarded 1 million RSUs upon his promotion to CEO last year to entice him to stay with the company for the foreseeable future. Half of the shares vest in 5 years, and the other half in 10. Cook has specifically declined the dividend equivalents, turning down more than $75 million in dividend payments over the life of the RSUs.

From an...

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13:21
Apple's Minor Inventions Cover Retail Packaging, Earp...
Patently Apple

Beyond the major patent applications that we covered earlier today, there are a few minor patent applications worth noting. The first one covers a new iOS device earphone speaker system for enlarging the effective volume of a speaker using a unique blend of gas and air. The second one covers new and improved Apple Store retail packaging. In a third patent application, Apple reveals that they could be adding a "radiation absorber" to a future iPhone. According to Apple, ......

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11:18
Facebook Launches New iPhone App Dedicated to Posting and...
MacRumors

Facebook today released a new standalone iPhone app dedicated to posting and sharing photos on the 900-million strong social network. Facebook Camera aims to make using photos on Facebook "faster and easier", according to a press release.

The app, much like the Facebook Messenger app launched last year, is designed to streamline a single Facebook feature that users are constantly interacting with, rather than using the clunkier Facebook iOS app. Photos are such a large part of Facebook that the company recently spent $1 billion to purchase photo sharing service Instagram.

Facebook built the app to make it much easier for mobile users to share multiple photos to the...

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10:00
Apple Introduces us to Patent Pending Safari 3D
Patently Apple

Patently Apple has been following Apple's patent applications over the years regarding future interfaces three dimensional visions, and today we present you with a series of patent applications from Apple regarding Safari 3D. The 3D version of Safari will allow users to stack bookmarks, emails, docs and apps in a very interesting 3D manner. While we're definitely a few years away from shifting to 3D, it's still interesting to read up on the evolutionary thinking behind this shift from the minds of Apple's engineers....

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09:35
Apple Researching Stylus Concepts with Optical Tracking an...
MacRumors

While Steve Jobs famously panned the idea of a stylus for the iPhone at the device's unveiling in January 2007, Apple has continued researching ideas for stylus-based input, if only as part of continued reevaluation of how users interact with their devices and how technology will change those interactions over time. Toward that end, Unwired View highlights a pair of Apple patent applications filed in late 2010 and published today addressing optical and...

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07:48
Apple Points to Writing on Future iPad with Optical iPen
Patently Apple

On May 24, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published two major patent applications from Apple relating to a future iPen. In our first report published this morning titled "Apple Sheds More Light on their iPen & Graphics Program," we covered Apple's push into specialized haptics for a future iPen. In our second report, we focus on Apple's consideration of using an optical based iPen. The unique angle taken by Apple's optical pen is a fascinating approach to determine a pen's location on a tablet surface. One of the secrets utilized in this approach uses invisible indicia....

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07:46
Sharp and Foxconn Teaming Up for New iPhone Display Plant...
MacRumors

Following a March agreement that saw Foxconn and Sharp entering into a partnership to advance LCD technology, Reuters reports on a new article from Japan's Nikkei business newspaper indicating that the two companies are specifically teaming up on a new plant in Chengdu, China to produce displays for the iPhone.Japan's Sharp Corp will supply technological know-how to Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co for a plant in China that will produce panels for Apple Inc's iPhone and other consumer electronics products, the Nikkei business daily said on Thursday. [...]

The Nikkei said that the new technology handover, for which Sharp will receive tens of billions of yen in fees, is aimed at improving quality management at Hon Hai's planned plant in Chengdu.Apple has...

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06:45
Apple's Evolution Under the Leadership of Tim Cook
MacRumors

Back in November, The Wall Street Journal took a look at how Tim Cook was putting his stamp on Apple just two months after officially being elevated to the position on Chief Executive Officer. But with Cook now having been on the job for nine months, Fortune examines in a lengthy profile how the company and its culture have continued to evolve under his leadership.A 14-year veteran of the company, Cook is maintaining, by words and actions, most of Apple's unique corporate culture. But shifts of behavior and tone are absolutely apparent; some of them affect the core of Apple's critical product-development process. In general, Apple has become slightly more open and considerably more corporate. In some cases Cook is taking action that Apple sorely needed and employees badly wanted. It's almost as if he is working his way...

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05:38
Apple Sheds More Light on their iPen & Graphics Progra...
Patently Apple

On May 24, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that sheds more light on their future iPen and related graphics program. Apple continues to spend time and R&D funding on a future iPen device that's being designed to work with all of Apple's tablet-styled iDevices. The focus found in today's invention is twofold. Firstly, Apple is thinking of adding advanced haptics to the iPen so that the end user will be able to feel brush strokes and/or line thicknesses for example. Secondly, Apple is designing the iPen with a built-in mini speaker so as to ......

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Wednesday May 23

18:39
Apple Running New Celebrity iPhone 4S/Siri TV Ads Featurin...
MacRumors

Apple has begun running a pair of new television ads for the iPhone 4S and Siri featuring actor John Malkovich. This comes after a pair of celebrity ads started running last month with Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel.

Malkovich: Life.

Siri: Try and be nice to people. Avoid eating fat. Read a good book every now and then. Get some walking in. And try to live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.

Malkovich: That's pretty spectacular advice, actually. Thank you. I enjoyed this chat immensely. You are very eloquent.

Siri: That's nice of you to say.The celebrity ads scored very well with viewers, registering higher scores from advertising tracking...

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13:29
North Carolina Regulators Approve Apple's Plans for 4...
MacRumors

The North Carolina Utilities Commission today officially approved (PDF) Apple's proposal to construct a 4.8-megawatt fuel cell electric generating facility near its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. The Commission previously approved a plan by Apple to build the first of two 20 megawatt solar farms around its data center.
The Public Staff presented this matter to the Commission at its Regular Staff Conference on May 21, 2012. The Public Staff recommended that the Commission approve the application and issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

After careful consideration, the Commission finds good cause to approve the application and issue the attached certificate of public convenience...

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12:57
OS X Mountain Lion Adding Offline Safari Reading List Mode...
MacRumors

In the week since Apple's last developer update of OS X Mountain Lion, several new features including hints of automatic app downloads have been discovered in the next-generation operating system. The discoveries are still continuing, with signs of two new features: offline Reading List mode and iOS-like dictation.

Gear Live highlights the offline reading list option, which is an augmentation of the Safari bookmarking feature that debuted in OS X Lion and syncs saved articles across devices. As noticed by Gear Live, a...

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09:42
Microsoft Office for iOS and Android Arriving in November?
MacRumors

BGR reports that Microsoft is planning to launch Office for iOS in November this year, with the source claiming first-hand knowledge of the software running on an iPad. With the app's splash screen referring to it as "Office for iOS", the source also speculates that the app may also be coming to the smaller screens of the iPhone and iPod touch. In addition to its iOS effort, Microsoft is also said to be bringing Office to Android-based tablets in the same timeframe.

Microsoft had indicated soon after the launch of the original iPad that it was investigating the possibility of bringing Office to the platform, but ultimately stated that it had no plans for such an effort. The Daily has since claimed several times that Office for iPad is in fact in the works, reporting in February that...

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08:30
Planning Board Rendering Unveils New Glass-Enclosed Apple...
MacRumors

The Palo Alto Online has unearthed plans for a new glass-enclosed retail store going in near the current Stanford mini-store at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, CA.

The store will have three floor-to-ceiling glass walls enclosing the front of the store with a visually free-floating white roof overhead. This is a similar design to the new store being built in Portland, OR, as well as a new store in Aix-en-Provence, France. What makes this store unique, however, is the interior.

In the middle of the store, it appears that Apple's architects have placed a stone wall that separates the store into two...

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Documentation Scanner

Friday May 25

07:30
Force YouTube links to open in mobile website on i...
Mac OS X Hint...

The default YouTube app in iOS was great back in 2007, but it hasn't seen a significant update in years and is lacking many features compared to the newer mobile YouTube website that Google launched two years ago.

To stop iOS from launching the native YouTube app, and force it to use the superior YouTube mobile website, simply disable YouTube under Settings > General > Restrictions.

This will make all YouTube links open the mobile website and will also hide the native YouTube app on the device. If you decide you want to revert these changes, simply go to the Restrictions settings and toggle YouTube back on.


... | Read more »

Thursday May 24

13:46
Final Cut Pro X: Custom video effects may render a...
Apple - All P...

In some cases, custom versions of video effects (referred to as "Templates" in Motion) created or modified in Motion 5 for use in Final Cut Pro X may render in Final Cut Pro X as blue frames. Affected custom video effects in Final Cut Pro X can be effects, transitions, titles, or generators.

| Read more »
07:30
Adjust your startup chime volume
Mac OS X Hint...

Controlling the volume of the startup chime is easy to set in the System Preferences Sound panel, but you need to make two different settings if you have external speakers connected to your Mac. There is no need to use scripts or any other coding to make this adjustment.

There are both internal and external speaker output settings in the sound preference pane. In order to adjust (or turn off) the volume of your Mac's internal speakers, nothing must be plugged into the headphone jack. Keep in mind that this setting completely controls the volume of your internal Mac speakers, so if you mute the sound, and have no external speakers, you will get no sound at all from your Mac.

To adjust the volume on your Mac's internal speakers:

  1. Unplug speakers or headphones from the headphone jack.
  2. Go to System Prefs > Sound, then click on the Output tab.
  3. You will then see Internal Speakers (Type built-in) highlighted in the window.
  4. Adjust... | Read more »

Wednesday May 23

15:13
Webinar: Office for Mac 2011 and SkyDrive for the...
Office for Ma...

On Tuesday, 05/22, we hosted a Webinar highlighting some basic features for Office for Mac 2011 and SkyDrive on a Mac.
As promised in the announcement blog, here is a recording of that session:

Topics covered in this Webinar:
• Outlook now on the Mac
• SkyDrive for the Mac
• What about the Ribbon?
• How a Mac and a PC work better
This Webinar focused on showcasing the applications at a very high level. That is because when we polled the attendees prior to the session, we found that >90% were PC users who didn’t own/work on a Mac but were interested in this talk.
If you are an Office for Mac user and would like to see more Webinars that provide some cool tips and tricks for using your Office productivity applications, please let us know.
Radhika Shetty

| Read more »
13:53
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Apple - All P...

Learn what you can do if, after setting up Home Sharing, you cannot access your shared iTunes library over your home network from another computer, Apple TV, or iOS device.
Note: For general information about Home Sharing, see Understanding Home Sharing.

| Read more »
11:43
Setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generati...
Apple - All P...

Learn about setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generation and 3rd generation).

| Read more »
11:22
AirPort Base Station: Software and firmware downlo...
Apple - All P...

This document contains requirements and links to all available firmware updates and applications for AirPort Base Stations.

| Read more »
07:30
Change hidden iTunes preferences
Mac OS X Hint...

There are plenty of hints on this site that use the defaults command to change preferences or settings that are unavailable via the GUI. These are fine to use for isolated changes, but there are some applications where you might want to change a number of settings.

iTunes is one of these. Over the years, Apple has removed a number of options from iTunes; at least from its menus and preferences. Many of these options remain, but are hidden.

Doug Adams' free Change Hidden iTunes Preferences is an applet that lets you change a number of settings. I use it to make sure that when I rip CDs, track numbers are added to the file names; to hide Ping buttons; and to hide the arrow buttons that display next to tracks. Other options it offers are the ability to turn on half-stars for ratings (useful for smart playlists), showing the "Libary" playlist at the top level of the iTunes so ...

... | Read more »

Tuesday May 22

09:05
Remote Desktop: Unable to create custom client ins...
Apple - All P...

After updating to OS X Lion v10.7.3 or 10.7.4, Apple Remote Desktop 3.5.1 users may be unable to successfully create a custom client installer using the Create Client Installer choice in the File menu. When attempting to create the custom installer, the application may display an alert stating "An unexpected error occurred while creating a custom installer."

| Read more »
07:30
View an application's graphical resources in...
Mac OS X Hint...

You can view all of an application's graphical resources - icons, pictures, UI elements, etc. - quickly and easily by dragging the application icon onto the Preview icon. When you do this, Preview's sidebar will show all of these items, and you can click on any of them to view it in the main window.

If you do this with Keynote, you'll have access to all the graphical elements in the various themes the program contains; and with Pages, you'll be able to see all the elements from the program's templates.

[kirkmc adds: Interesting, and a good way to copy certain graphical elements, notably from Keynote themes or Pages templates. Note that there are thousands of graphic files in these programs, so it can take a while to wade through them.]


... | Read more »

Monday May 21

11:38
Join us Tuesday for a 15-Minute Webinar on Office...
Office for Ma...

The Office Content Publishing team hosts free 15 minute Webinars every Tuesday. This week the session showcases how Mac and PC work better together with Office for Mac 2011 and SkyDrive.
The session starts at 9:15 am Pacific Time with a Q&A to follow. Click the link below or go to http://aka.ms/offweb for more information on how to join the series.
Join online meeting
https://join.microsoft.com/meet/dougt/F274WBQZ
There are two ways you can join: Use the free Lync Attendee download to get full video and sound, or use your web browser, and call in to get audio: 888.320.3585, Conference ID: 84172528.
A video of the webinar will be posted after the session.
What you will learn at Tuesday’s... | Read more »

Documentation Scanner

Friday May 25

07:30
Force YouTube links to open in mobile website on i...
Mac OS X Hint...

The default YouTube app in iOS was great back in 2007, but it hasn't seen a significant update in years and is lacking many features compared to the newer mobile YouTube website that Google launched two years ago.

To stop iOS from launching the native YouTube app, and force it to use the superior YouTube mobile website, simply disable YouTube under Settings > General > Restrictions.

This will make all YouTube links open the mobile website and will also hide the native YouTube app on the device. If you decide you want to revert these changes, simply go to the Restrictions settings and toggle YouTube back on.


... | Read more »

Thursday May 24

13:46
Final Cut Pro X: Custom video effects may render a...
Apple - All P...

In some cases, custom versions of video effects (referred to as "Templates" in Motion) created or modified in Motion 5 for use in Final Cut Pro X may render in Final Cut Pro X as blue frames. Affected custom video effects in Final Cut Pro X can be effects, transitions, titles, or generators.

| Read more »
07:30
Adjust your startup chime volume
Mac OS X Hint...

Controlling the volume of the startup chime is easy to set in the System Preferences Sound panel, but you need to make two different settings if you have external speakers connected to your Mac. There is no need to use scripts or any other coding to make this adjustment.

There are both internal and external speaker output settings in the sound preference pane. In order to adjust (or turn off) the volume of your Mac's internal speakers, nothing must be plugged into the headphone jack. Keep in mind that this setting completely controls the volume of your internal Mac speakers, so if you mute the sound, and have no external speakers, you will get no sound at all from your Mac.

To adjust the volume on your Mac's internal speakers:

  1. Unplug speakers or headphones from the headphone jack.
  2. Go to System Prefs > Sound, then click on the Output tab.
  3. You will then see Internal Speakers (Type built-in) highlighted in the window.
  4. Adjust... | Read more »

Wednesday May 23

15:13
Webinar: Office for Mac 2011 and SkyDrive for the...
Office for Ma...

On Tuesday, 05/22, we hosted a Webinar highlighting some basic features for Office for Mac 2011 and SkyDrive on a Mac.
As promised in the announcement blog, here is a recording of that session:

Topics covered in this Webinar:
• Outlook now on the Mac
• SkyDrive for the Mac
• What about the Ribbon?
• How a Mac and a PC work better
This Webinar focused on showcasing the applications at a very high level. That is because when we polled the attendees prior to the session, we found that >90% were PC users who didn’t own/work on a Mac but were interested in this talk.
If you are an Office for Mac user and would like to see more Webinars that provide some cool tips and tricks for using your Office productivity applications, please let us know.
Radhika Shetty

| Read more »
13:53
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Apple - All P...

Learn what you can do if, after setting up Home Sharing, you cannot access your shared iTunes library over your home network from another computer, Apple TV, or iOS device.
Note: For general information about Home Sharing, see Understanding Home Sharing.

| Read more »
11:43
Setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generati...
Apple - All P...

Learn about setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generation and 3rd generation).

| Read more »
11:22
AirPort Base Station: Software and firmware downlo...
Apple - All P...

This document contains requirements and links to all available firmware updates and applications for AirPort Base Stations.

| Read more »
07:30
Change hidden iTunes preferences
Mac OS X Hint...

There are plenty of hints on this site that use the defaults command to change preferences or settings that are unavailable via the GUI. These are fine to use for isolated changes, but there are some applications where you might want to change a number of settings.

iTunes is one of these. Over the years, Apple has removed a number of options from iTunes; at least from its menus and preferences. Many of these options remain, but are hidden.

Doug Adams' free Change Hidden iTunes Preferences is an applet that lets you change a number of settings. I use it to make sure that when I rip CDs, track numbers are added to the file names; to hide Ping buttons; and to hide the arrow buttons that display next to tracks. Other options it offers are the ability to turn on half-stars for ratings (useful for smart playlists), showing the "Libary" playlist at the top level of the iTunes so ...

... | Read more »

Tuesday May 22

09:05
Remote Desktop: Unable to create custom client ins...
Apple - All P...

After updating to OS X Lion v10.7.3 or 10.7.4, Apple Remote Desktop 3.5.1 users may be unable to successfully create a custom client installer using the Create Client Installer choice in the File menu. When attempting to create the custom installer, the application may display an alert stating "An unexpected error occurred while creating a custom installer."

| Read more »
07:30
View an application's graphical resources in...
Mac OS X Hint...

You can view all of an application's graphical resources - icons, pictures, UI elements, etc. - quickly and easily by dragging the application icon onto the Preview icon. When you do this, Preview's sidebar will show all of these items, and you can click on any of them to view it in the main window.

If you do this with Keynote, you'll have access to all the graphical elements in the various themes the program contains; and with Pages, you'll be able to see all the elements from the program's templates.

[kirkmc adds: Interesting, and a good way to copy certain graphical elements, notably from Keynote themes or Pages templates. Note that there are thousands of graphic files in these programs, so it can take a while to wade through them.]


... | Read more »

Monday May 21

11:38
Join us Tuesday for a 15-Minute Webinar on Office...
Office for Ma...

The Office Content Publishing team hosts free 15 minute Webinars every Tuesday. This week the session showcases how Mac and PC work better together with Office for Mac 2011 and SkyDrive.
The session starts at 9:15 am Pacific Time with a Q&A to follow. Click the link below or go to http://aka.ms/offweb for more information on how to join the series.
Join online meeting
https://join.microsoft.com/meet/dougt/F274WBQZ
There are two ways you can join: Use the free Lync Attendee download to get full video and sound, or use your web browser, and call in to get audio: 888.320.3585, Conference ID: 84172528.
A video of the webinar will be posted after the session.
What you will learn at Tuesday’s... | Read more »

Technology Showcase

May 02
Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station available for iOS...

Satechi (http://www.Satechi.net) has released the Divoom iBase Dock Station for the iPod, iPhone or iPad. The US$44.99 device combines a speaker system and docking station.

The Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station features four full range neodymium dynamic drivers and a 20.6 ounce speaker. Additionally, it has a vertical support to ensure the iOS device is secured in place. The Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station is also compatible with other MP3 players via the 3.5mm line-in jack.

| Read more »
Dec 16
Appcelerator offers '4 Steps to creating a mobile...

Appcelerator has published a white paper on "4 Steps to creating a mobile development strategy."

"Companies now have a window of opportunity to think about how mobile can transform their business as radically as the web did," says AppCelerator. "By making mobile a part of their overall digital strategy, companies can transform their relationships with their customers in even greater ways than they did with the web."

The white paper tells you how this can be accomplished. Appcelerator (http://www.appcelerator.com/) is a company that helps web developers create mobile, tablet and desktop applications.

| Read more »
Sep 19
InterMapper publishes white papers on network...

InterMapper has published four white papers on network monitoring, mapping and alerting and InterMapper. You can find them all at
http://www.intermapper.com/resources/whitepapers.aspx .

The papers look at "Top 8 reasons SMBs need to monitor their networks," "top 8 considerations for selecting SMB network monitoring software," "10 steps to streamline the deployment of network monitoring software for SMBs," and "6 ways to calculate returns from your networking monitoring investment."

InterMapper is Mac OS X compatible network monitoring software. It uses SNMP to monitor the network infrastructure, and has probes for monitoring many kinds of servers, including web, mail, LDAP, FTP, etc. More information and a free 30-day demo are available at the product Web site (...

| Read more »
Aug 11
Video tour of new Data Rescue Center headquarters...

The Data Rescue Center, a a data recovery company founded in 2009 and a division of Prosoft Engineering, recently opened a new state-of-the-art headquarters in Livermore, California. You can get a video tour of it at http://www.thedatarescuecenter.com/company_background.html .

In June of 2010, the Data Rescue Center and Prosoft Engineering finalized the purchase of a building in Livermore near the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Work immediately began on the design and construction of the new recovery lab facility.

In late January of 2011, both The Data Rescue Center and Prosoft Engineering moved all operations to this new facility. It boasts a Class 2 UL-Listed Vault and extensive security features.

The ISO 5 / Class 100 Cleanroom exceeds all manufacturers specifications for cleanroom recovery environments, according to...

| Read more »
Mar 11
Video looks at 'Fixing Flat Color in Final Cut...

Future Media Concepts has posted a video on "Fixing Flat Color in Final Cut Pro." It teaches you how to make your colors "pop" in footage in Final Cut Pro. You can find it at
http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?w=blip_AYHdkS4C .

Future Media Concepts is a digital media training center representing the leading software manufacturers, including Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Boris FX, Digidesign, NewTek and Softimage. Headquartered in New York City, FMC now operates 5 additional digital media training facilities located in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando and Chicago.

| Read more »
 
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SketchBook Ink Review
SketchBook Ink Review By Lisa Caplan on May 25th, 2012 Our Rating: :: SIMPLEiPad Only App - Designed for the iPad SketchBook Ink has a welcoming interface but lacks key features   Developer: Autodesk Inc. | Read more »
Autumn Dynasty Review
Autumn Dynasty Review By Kevin Stout on May 25th, 2012 Our Rating: :: NEARLY FLAWLESSiPad Only App - Designed for the iPad Autumn Dynasty is an oriental-themed real-time strategy game.   | Read more »
Our Annual “Holy Cow It’s Memorial Day A...
So, it’s that time of year again! BBQs, lawn chairs, beer, and the ability to finally wear shorts with sandals without fear of frostbite. Tan those legs and check out all the huge sales that are going on across the App Store below. We’ll try and keep it updated as we go this weekend, so be sure to let us know of any good sales on iOS apps that you... | Read more »
FREEday 5/25/12 – “They Call Me FREE but...
Another week of freebies, this time with very little in the way of “Big Name” titles. No need to panic, it’s intentional. Anyone browsing the App Store will no doubt see the more popular games anyway. | Read more »
Shoot the Zombirds Review
Shoot the Zombirds Review By Kevin Stout on May 25th, 2012 Our Rating: :: ADDICTINGUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Shoot the Zombirds is an archery game where the player shoots arrows at avian zombies.   | Read more »
Apple Debuts Free App of the Week Promot...
Apple has made a couple of changes to their weekly app features that pop up in the Featured tab of the App Store. While “App of the Week” and “Game of the Week” appear to be just rebranded as “Editors’ Choice,” there’s a new feature: the Free Game of the Week. It appears as if Apple is jumping into the kind of promotion that services like... | Read more »
Gun Runner Review
Gun Runner Review By Jason Wadsworth on May 25th, 2012 Our Rating: :: RUN AND GUNUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad The name says it all. This clever homage to classic side-scrolling shooters is easy to enjoy but hard to master.   | Read more »
Five For Friday: Week Of May 25
This week’s Five for Friday is pretty heavy on the apps front but that’s not to say it’s all seriousness here. We’ve got a fun selection of ways to entertain the kids, a powerful web development tool, a companion app for avid golfers and an intriguing travel based move from the one time ruler of search engines, Yahoo. | Read more »
Defender Chronicles II: Heroes of Atheli...
Defender Chronicles II: Heroes of Athelia Review By Carter Dotson on May 25th, 2012 Our Rating: :: UNIQUE BUT FLAWEDUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Defender Chronicles II is the long-awaited sequel to the vertical tower defense game that features RPG elements.   | Read more »
Official TechCrunch App Released
TechCrunch, probably the most widely recognized news source for technology and start-ups, has just released an iPad app. The app, TechCrunch – The Inside Story on Innovation (I think I would’ve just gone with TechCrunch), is an optimized reader app for all of the free content on the TechCrunch website. | Read more »
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