November 10, 2010
This is why I love Mac developers — they see a problem and come up with an innovative, cool solution. If you’ve ever tried to copy and paste multiple lines of text, you know what a pain it is.
CopySwap is a neat utility for Mac OS X that, through a custom keyboard shortcut, lets you automatically copy the text that you’re replacing while pasting. It doesn’t sound as cool as it is when you see it in action.
CopySwap for Mac Lets You Simultaneously Copy and Paste Text [MacStories.net]
You knew at some point that something would come along and beat Apple’s popular iPad. Turns out it’s peace and happiness. (more…)
November 9, 2010
Apple’s MacBook Air is proving to be a well designed computer, as Consumer Reports gave both models their highest rating. (more…)
Microsoft on Tuesday released an update for its recently released Office 2011 for Mac. (more…)
Every company that releases a new product wants you to think that it changes the dynamics of the market it competes — few actually do. However, with Pro Tools 9, Avid has literally changed the game. (more…)
Apple has reportedly suspended sales at its retail stores of iPhone cases that slide over the devices glass back. The company is apparently concerned the cases could cause scratches and cracks in the iPhone’s glass. (more…)
Apple has reportedly purchased Wi-Gear, makers of bluetooth stereo headphones for the iPod and iPhone. (more…)
Second Gear released a new, free iPhone and iPod touch app on Tuesday, called Shareables. The app makes it easy for users to share URLs with their friends on popular social networking sites. (more…)
Adobe on Tuesday released a public beta of Audition for Mac, the companies professional audio application. (more…)
Feral Interactive on Tuesday announced the release of LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga for the Macintosh. It’ll be available beginning Nov. 12, 2010 for $39.95. (more…)
November 8, 2010
The technology that powers Microsoft’s Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360 was first offered to Apple, according to the executive of the company that makes it. Leander Kahney recounts a conversation with Inon Beracha, CEO of PrimeSense. PrimeSense’s “3D machine vision” is what enables the Kinect to “see” people standing in front of it and interact with Xbox 360 games.
“Obsessed with secrecy, Apple had already asked Beracha to sign a stack of crippling legal agreements and NDAs.“He shook his head. Why didn’t he want to do a deal with Apple? No need. The technology was hot. He could sell it to anyone.”
How Apple almost got Microsoft’s Kinect game controller [Cult of Mac]
Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch lays much of the blame for Flash’s recent woes with the media directly at the feet of Apple. (more…)
On Friday Apple quietly updated its Web site with information indicating that the Xserve – its rack-mounted server hardware – will be discontinued effective January 31, 2011. The Loop sought the advice of experts to help understand Apple’s enterprise IT strategy. (more…)
DSLR stands for “Digital Single Lens Reflex.” To many photographers, it stands for power — the power of control and creativity. (more…)
November 5, 2010
Apple indicated plans to discontinue the Xserve on Friday. By coincidence, Rob Griffiths was on the ground in Los Angeles, attending the first MacTech Conference – a Mac IT-oriented event in Los Angeles (The Loop is a media sponsor of the event). Griffiths reports on the crowd’s reaction to the news.
I was expecting the crowd’s mood to be highly negative, but that wasn’t necessarily the response. Sure, there were a fair number of people who were upset, but there was also a sense that Apple realized they hadn’t really won a spot in the server rooms of the world, and hence, the Xserve’s departure was somewhat expected.
IT conference attendees react to Xserve’s demise [Macworld]
Avid on Friday introduced Pro Tools 9 in what could be the biggest release in the software’s storied history. (more…)
In a move bound to disappoint IT professionals and others, Apple has posted a technical bulletin to its Web site noting plans to discontinue its Xserve product after January 31, 2011. (more…)
November 4, 2010
Apple on Thursday released an update to iPhoto 9, bringing it to version 9.1 The new release is available for download through the Software Update system preference and through Apple’s Web site. (more…)
Skype has introduced a new beta version of its popular conference application for the Mac. Skype 5.0 beta is now ready for download. (more…)
If you thought gaming on the iPhone was good know, you should see what may be in the future from Apple. A new patent from the company details augmented reality iPhone multiplayer games. (more…)
Warner Music Group’s Senior Vice President of Digital Legal Affairs, Elliott Peters is leaving to join Apple next month, according to a report on Billboard. (more…)
Attorneys representing the state of California and the video game industry have pled their case before the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case that will set a precedent for how video and computer games are sold. They’re arguing over the Constitutional validity of a law authored by state senator Leland Yee (D) and signed into law by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) – passed in 2005 but never enforced – that imposes stiff fines against retailers convicted of selling M-rated games to minors. (more…)
November 3, 2010
Apple on Wednesday told developers that they could start submitting their applications for inclusion in the Mac App Store. (more…)
An International Trade Commission (ITC) staffer has recommended to the judge that he rule that Nokia did not infringe on any Apple patents. However, the case is not over. (more…)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs and the rest of Apple’s executive team learned something new today — the iPad is not mobile. (more…)
November 2, 2010
Longer song samples are on the way to iTunes, according to a new report late Tuesday. (more…)
Apple’s iPad will be available through another retail chain beginning November 7, as Best Buy said it would begin selling the devices at its mobile stores. (more…)
Apple has always had some of the best commercials on the market and have countless awards for their efforts, but the latest one really struct a “chord” with me. (more…)
November 1, 2010
There have been a lot of reviews posted about the MacBook Air in the last week and a surprising number of them show the incompetence of the writer rather than any problems with the computer. (more…)
