Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Looking for a service that combines e-mail, instant messaging, blogging, document sharing, wikis, and multimedia content? Google thinks you should be. Here are five reasons the company might be right. More: continued here
A trio of online advertisements that appear to have been published prematurely by one of Apple’s international online stores suggest it’s only a matter of days before the Mac maker takes the wraps off of new families of ultra-thin iMacs, lighter & thinner plastic MacBooks, and more affordable Mac minis. More: continued here
Palm Pre owners, rejoice: iTunes sync is working again. Until the next round, that is. The backstory, in case you missed it. Palm, upon the launch of its cute, pebble-like Pre phone, had a somewhat cheeky idea that allowed the device to sync with iTunes: masquerade as an iPod. More: continued here
The user-generated content element is odd. These pins show that some random person I don’t know was at the place I’m looking for, at some random time. It’s simply not useful at all. More: continued here
The Apple/Google divorce continues to come into focus: Apple quietly bought Placebase, a mapping service company, back in July. Apple doesn’t buy companies it’s not going to use. Meaning, Apple’s getting into making their own maps. Peace out, Google. More: continued here
USB Overdrive 3 provides Snow Leopard (as well as Tiger and Leopard) users with customizable, system-level mouse and keyboard control without slowing down your system. More: continued here
We’ve had plenty of fun talking about ripping the commercial DVDs you own. But what about the discs you’ve created? Here are tips for extracting their video. More: continued here
Environmental group Greenpeace has released its quarterly scorecard of electronics companies, and Apple has jumped up a couple of spots, even though the report does not take into account Apple’s most recent environmental moves. More: continued here
Steve Jobs said people don’t read any more. But Apple is in talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a “new device.” And they’re not just going for e-books and mags. They’re aiming to redefine print. More: continued here
iPhone users have probably the most conflicted customer satisfaction rates of all smartphone customers. When it comes to the device itself, they are far and away the most satisfied, according to a new survey. But when it comes to their service provider? Not so much. More: continued here
Hours after it was launched, the eagerly awaited MMS feature for iPhone was disabled, as AT&T’s data servers proved incapable of coping with the massive influx of traffic. “Within the first few minutes, our network was flooded with nearly 3.4 million MMS messages and the early data shows that almost 98% of those were pictures…
Apple has changed its licensing program for educational institutions, shifting to the purchase of annual coverage to keep software up to date for schools. More: continued here
Just because your iPod is broken in some way doesn’t mean you have to buy a new one—there are ways to fix some basic problems on your own at home with little more than replacement parts and a steely resolve. More: continued here
2009 has been one of the trickiest years in Apple’s recent history — lawsuits to the left and right, Steve Jobs’ enforced hiatus and rumbling of discontent over the App Store and much, much more. More: continued here
As a daily iPhone user, I’ve compiled a list of simple and significant ways Apple can improve its own suite of apps and the iPhone OS itself. Here’s my top 10: More: continued here