November 16, 2010
If you use the official Twitter app for the iPhone or iPad, you’ll be interested to know about a significant update released tonight. Among the new features is push notifications for messages and mentions. There are some other great improvements as well.
These improvements include a simpler way to dismiss “panels” opened while navigating between users and links, more intuitive behavior for the aforementioned panels and various fixes to improve the user experience.
Twitter App Updated with Push Notifications, Improved iPad Interface, iOS 4.2 Compatibility [MacStories.net]
Microsoft Office 2011 has been available for a few weeks and reviews have been positive so far. Many of the early users, including me, noticed the significant speed increase in the new version. Microsoft on Tuesday gave some insight into how they achieved this. (more…)
Apple launched the Beatles on iTunes Tuesday, but the company this afternoon answered another question about band’s music — the exclusivity of the deal with Apple. (more…)
After briefly removing the software update from its Web site Apple has re-posted Mac OS X Server 10.6.5. (more…)
You knew it was coming and now it’s here. RIM released a new video that compares the capabilities of its yet unreleased Playbook tablet to those of Apple’s iPad. Interesting to note that part of the demonstration is showing the speed difference in loading Flash webpages.
The video shows that the Playbook is faster at loading web pages than the iPad, although the selection of websites is limited and a test is focused on loading a website that feature “rich Flash content.”
RIM Posts BlackBerry Playbook and iPad Comparison Video [MacStories.net]
Google on Tuesday released Google Voice for iPhone, which should end the longstanding battle between the two companies over the app. (more…)
Virtual Programming has announced the release of Majesty 2 for the Macintosh. The game is now available for $39.95. (more…)
Newer Technology and OWC announced Tuesday NuGuard Keyboard Covers for the unibody MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. The silicone covers protect the keyboards of those laptops but enable you to type while using them. (more…)
As expected, Apple on Tuesday released the Beatles catalog on iTunes, which includes album, song and videos. (more…)
November 15, 2010
A report on WSJ.com late Monday says Apple’s secret iTunes announcement on Tuesday will be unveiling of the Beatles catalog. (more…)
Late last week, Apple activated its Ping social networking service for users of its iPad device. (more…)
FXpansion on Monday introduced BFD Jazz Maple, the newest expansion kit for BFD2 and BFD Eco drum sampler applications. (more…)
We’ve talked about the pros and cons of the iPhone, Point and Shoots (P&S) and DSLRs. Christmas is coming — is a new camera going to be under your tree? (more…)
Apple is planning … well, something. (more…)
November 13, 2010
Those of you who listen to my Angry Mac Bastards podcast will not be surprised to read that I have little tolerance for sloppy reporting. So it’s perhaps no surprise that I’m getting increasingly irritated by a meme floating around the Internet that goes, “Kinect was offered to Apple before Microsoft.” (more…)
TransGaming and Rockstar Games have announced the release of the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy for the Macintosh, available via TransGaming’s GameTreeMac.com download site first. The site has a 30 day exclusive, according to a statement released by TransGaming on Friday. Each of the three games in the trilogy is priced at $14.99. (more…)
November 12, 2010
Apple on Friday released iTunes 10.1, available for download through the Software Update system preference and from Apple’s Web site. (more…)
The Loop’s founder and executive editor, Jim Dalrymple and Peter Cohen respectively, are both incessant blabbermouths who use whatever opportunity they can to share their opinions on areas of interest. If you’re interested in hearing our jibber-jabber, you’re more than welcome to download one or all of the podcasts on which we’re featured. (more…)
Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn hopes to make music history by creating his new album completely on an iPad. (more…)
November 11, 2010
Apple and Twitter have teamed up to allow users of Apple’s Ping social networking service to share items between iTunes and your Twitter feed. (more…)
Audio plug-in developer Universal Audio (UA) announced that it is now an Avid Pro Tools RTAS developer. (more…)
November 11th in Commonwealth countries is known as Remembrance Day (Veterans Day in the U.S.). This is a day where we remember the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought in the many conflicts throughout the last century. (more…)
November 10, 2010
Marco Arment updated his popular Instapaper app for the iPhone and iPad, bringing the current version of the app to version 2.3. (more…)
Reports earlier this week that Apple purchased Bluetooth headphone-maker, Wi-Gear, are not true. (more…)
Apple on Wednesday released an update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, bringing the most current release to 10.6.5. (more…)
Market research firm Gartner on Wednesday released its third-quarter mobile phone sales figures, but there is a little interesting nugget of information that seems to have gone unnoticed. (more…)
Rumors began circulating yesterday that AirPrint, an Apple technology the enables wireless printing from your iPad, had been pulled from an upcoming Mac OS X update. Apparently, that’s not the case at all. An email, reportedly from Steve Jobs resolves the issue.
“AirPrint has not been pulled. Don’t believe everything you read.”
Steve Jobs: “AirPrint Has Not Been Pulled” [MacStories.net]
I’ve seen reviewers pick apart some products in my years of writing about technology, but Gizmodo’s review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab leaves nothing behind but a carcass. (more…)
“Black Friday” is coming. November 26, 2010 – the day after the American Thanksgiving holiday – is typically one of the busiest retail sales days of the entire year. And if BlackFriday.com’s predictions are correct, the iPad will be the most sought-after gift this year. (more…)
