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Every time you mention the fact that another loser competitor copied Apple, you always get the argument that “Apple didn’t invent that.” That may be true, but let’s look at some of the things that Apple didn’t invent, but made better. […]
You’re welcome Acer.
Joshua Schnell:
In an article about Apple’s attempts to thwart piracy on the internet, Grant apparently made the mistake of starting his post off with, “Avast! Apptrackr, a repository for cracked iOS apps, is under attack from Apple’s legal team.” For those not schooled in grammar-fu, the word literally means stop, cease. Apparently our usage of the word avast has incensed the Avast AntiVirus team so much that they’ve taken to tracking down our writer and tossing obscenities at him on his personal blog, as well as badgering him in his email inbox.
Wow, that’s pathetic.
Canada has long enjoyed its reputation of being one of the friendliest and drunkest of nations on earth. However, somewhere in between the gestures of kindness and brewing the best known beer to mankind, we’ve managed to do some great things.
I laughed out loud.
In consideration of the reader, how we want the site to look, and due to the amount of time we can spend keeping an eye of this stuff, we will be removing comments from the next iteration of MacStories. And yes, it’s the nuclear option for keeping the site clean. Removing comments also means that we’re doing an incredible disservice for the readers who’ve already left great comments, and we hate having to remove those from the discussion. Decisions like this are tough because we have to do what’s best for us while minding our reader’s thoughts.
Not a surprise really. This seems to be the way more sites are moving these days. I’ve said before that I find more people communicate using Twitter than comments these days.
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I really like this concept a lot.
Rian van der Merwe on taking comments off his site:
Oh, comments. I’ve gone back and forth on this so many times. Sometimes I leave comments open, other times I close them. Sometimes I close comments on a post, get called out on Twitter about it, and then open it up again. It’s confusing and it’s causing me headaches. So I’ve made a decision to close comments on all posts, at least for a month or so, or until someone writes a convincing argument on why sites should have comments.
I’ve gone back and forth on this many times, but I must admit sometimes it doesn’t seem worth it to keep the comments on. Ten years ago comments were a way for the readers to express their opinion on a story — for many that was the only avenue they had to interact with the author.
That’s not the case anymore. You have Twitter, easily accessible email addresses and of course many people have their own blogs to write out their thoughts.
When I relaunched The Loop in September 2011, I offered readers the opportunity to become a member of the site. With your $3 monthly membership you got access to a full text RSS feed, but mostly, you helped offset the cost of running the Web site. I thought it was time to let you know where that money is going.
MacTech Magazine announced today a massive event line up for 2012. Where in 2010, MacTech did a single event, and in 2011, MacTech produced seven events; in 2012, MacTech will hold FIFTEEN events spanning the country. MacTech’s event line up includes a combination of well received MacTech Boot Camps for small-to-medium sized business consultants, its new MacTech InDepth series for deep dives on single topics, and its heralded three day MacTech Conference for IT Pros and Developers.
Nice to see MacTech expanding again next year. The Loop has once again signed on as a sponsor of these events for 2012.
Nicola Armellini:
Retracing the steps you’ve taken is a helpful way to understand how well you’ve executed your vision – whatever that might be. What could you have done better? What should have been avoided? Today, I’ll share what we’ve learned (and are still learning) while crafting Gradient. It’s an experience that has changed everything for us.
Mac Rumors:
Until now, users have generally had a window of 180 days from the date of their first individual track purchase from a given album within which they could upgrade at the discounted rate using the Complete My Album program… But the updated support document posted by Apple today reveals a different answer, and it now appears that the 180-day deadline has been removed entirely.
More great iTunes news today.
Matt Gemmell on the AllThis hubbub.
Eric Slivka for Mac Rumors:
That appears to have changed this week with the addition of a “Complete My Season Pass” feature now available in the iTunes Store. When logged in and viewing an iTunes Store page listing for a single season of a TV show, the Season Pass purchase price will be reduced by the amount of previous single-episode purchases…
Great new feature.
Very cool.
Spiderweb Software has announced the release of Avernum: Escape from the Pit, a new version of their classic turn-based fantasy role-playing game for the Mac. (Windows and iPad versions are coming in 2012). A free demo is available; it costs … Continued
Amuse, Inc. today is pleased to announce My Living Desktop 5.0.1 for Mac OS X, an upgrade to their critically acclaimed application that includes dozens of unique, high definition videos to create soothing visual and aural environments on the Macs desktop. In addition to videos of natural beauty shot from all over the globe, the application also allows the user to import their own home movies.
Always thought this was kind of cool.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for ZDNet:
Think no one knows what you’ve downloaded off the Internet with BitTorrent? Think again.People have privacy delusions about the Internet. They seem to think that just because they don’t sign their real name to a site that no one can see what they’ve been doing on it. Oh dear. So dumb, so wrong.
Nothing is private. Nothing.
Feral Interactive announced Tuesday plans to publish the Macintosh version of Tropico 3: Gold Edition on Thursday, January 26, 2012. The game will be available for $34.99 and will be available for download from various sites including the Mac App … Continued
Earlier today Apple released download figures for the Mac App Store. The numbers were impressive to say the least, but they are even more impressive than we thought.
Apple on Thursday released versions of its professional-level Mac music apps to the Mac App Store. The release of Logic Pro 9.1.6 and MainStage 2.2 marks the last of Apple’s apps to be released on the Mac App Store.
Chronos Inc. has released Lumio, a new wallpaper utility for Mac OS X. It costs $4.99 (an introductory price), and a free version is available for download. The new app includes more than 250 professional-quality wallpapers in various popular screen … Continued
Mac software developer Rogue Amoeba has announced the release of Piezo, a new audio app for the Mac. It’s available for free download from the Rogue Amoeba Web site and can be purchased either from there or from the Mac … Continued
Lightweight email client for the Mac. People swear by this app.
Jeffrey Way gives us a detailed look at the history.
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CNN:
Most of Gowalla’s employees, including founder Josh Williams, will move to Facebook’s offices in Palo Alto. The team will work on Facebook’s Timeline feature, which launched at this year’s F8 conference and is gradually rolling out to Facebook’s 800 million members.
Probably a great deal for Gowalla.
Reuters:
Apple’s iPhone edged past major news events, celebrities and pop stars as the top searched term on the Web in 2011, according to Yahoo!
Not to be rude, but Yahoo only holds 15.2 percent market share. I’d be interested to know where “iPhone” falls on Google since it controls 65.6 percent of the market.