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iPhone App Store Downloads Top 10 Million in First Weekend
CUPERTINO, California--July 14, 2008--Apple today announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have already downloaded more than 10 million applications from its groundbreaking new App Store since its launch late last week. Developers have created a wide array of innovative mobile applications ranging from games to location-based social networking to medical applications to enterprise productivity tools. Users can wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPhone or iPod touch* and start using them immediately. More than 800 native applications are now available on the App Store, with more than 200 offered for free and more than 90 percent priced at less than $10.
Jumsoft announces the release of Apple Mail Stationery Pack
Jumsoft announces the release of Stationery Pack. It includes 50 high-quality and exclusive design options for every occasion. Now it is possible to apply letter-paper's ideas to your e-mails. All of the stationery themes are categorized under "Family," "Congratulations," "Invitations," "Emotions," "Vacations," "Seasons," and "Neutral." Stationery Pack is created for Mac OS X 10.5 Mail.
Vilnius, Lithuania - Jumsoft announces the release of Stationery Pack of 50 high-quality and exclusive design options for every occasion. Now it is possible to apply letter-paper's ideas to your e-mails.
Apple releases iTunes 7.7 with App Store
Apple has released iTunes 7.7, which is required for the 3G iPhone and iPhone 2.0 Software. A new item called Applications now appears in the Library list. If you have older iPod games, they will now appear in the Applications screen. Clicking 'get more applications' will bring you to Apple's iTunes Store.
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Apple gets it when it comes to surveys
David Alison has an extensive background in online surveys and as a recent switcher to Mac from Windows has had an opportunity to see first hand how Apple surveys their customers. According to his blog post he likes what he sees.
Replacing a MacBook with a MacBook Pro
While David Alison has loved his MacBook his daughter made a hard case for getting it as a hand-me-down, leaving him with no choice but to buy a new MacBook Pro as a replacement. Read David's comparison of the two machines, helpful if you are trying to decide between getting a MacBook or MacBook Pro in the near future.
Commercial unlock for iPhone 3G?
Pwnage 2.0 jailbreaks iPhone 2.0, unlocks original
MobileMe outages, maintenance persist into 2nd week
RiffWorks T4 brings music collaboration home
Apple among top 10 internet brands
Jumsoft announces the release of Apple Mail Stationery Pack
Jumsoft announces the release of Stationery Pack. It includes 50 high-quality and exclusive design options for every occasion. Now it is possible to apply letter-paper's ideas to your e-mails. All of the stationery themes are categorized under "Family," "Congratulations," "Invitations," "Emotions," "Vacations," "Seasons," and "Neutral." Stationery Pack is created for Mac OS X 10.5 Mail.
Vilnius, Lithuania - Jumsoft announces the release of Stationery Pack of 50 high-quality and exclusive design options for every occasion. Now it is possible to apply letter-paper's ideas to your e-mails.
AT&T to Complete 3G Rollout by June
AT&T announced today that they will complete their deployment of HSUPA (3G upload) technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T's entire 3G (third-generation) wireless broadband network.
This will complement its deployment of its HSDPA (3G download) network, making AT&T the only U.S. carrier to have fully deployed HSPA (up and down) technology on its 3G network. AT&T's 3G network is available in more than 275 markets and will expand to nearly 350 markets by year's end.
'Enable 3G' Setting in iPhone Firmware NOT Fake
MacRumors is reporting that there are circulating claims that the 'Enable 3G' setting screenshot in the latest iPhone 2.0 Beta was faked.
Apple sued for callings its mouse "Mighty"
A small accessory maker is taking Apple and CBS to court because it wants the Mac maker to stop calling its standard desktop computer mouse the "Mighty Mouse."
Landover-based Man & Machine, Inc. (M&M) filed the 14-page formal complaint in a Maryland district court on Tuesday because it claims to have introduced a computer mouse under the same name in March of 2004, more than a year before Apple's device hit the market.
Personally, I think CBS is taking this a little too far, but what do you think? Leave a comment bellow!
[via AppleInsider]
Napster claims launch of world's largest MP3 store
Apple is known to consumers as the best music downloads application. Well, Napster is about to shoot that down.
In a direct challenge to Apple's dominant iTunes Store, music subscription service provider Napster on Tuesday launched a new a la carte download service filled with DRM-free tracks that are compatible with both the iPod and iPhone.
With 6 million songs, the new offering is billed as "more than 50 percent larger than any other MP3 store" and not only the "largest major label MP3 catalog in the industry, but also the largest library of independent music available anywhere."
OS X Tips
Taylor McNeil from Media Press TV talks about many things in OS X including some terminal commands and quick look. *Video was re-uploaded to youtube*
OSX's Hidden Suck Animation
Taylor McNeil from www.mediapresstv.com shows you how to use OSX's hidden minimize animation called "Suck".
To enable the suck effect, enter the following commands in the terminal:
defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect suck
Killall Dock
Omniweb 5 video review
Taylor McNeil from mediapresstv.com talks about his favorite web browser "Omni Web 5"
Scan, Update Rants
This is a universal problem that I run into on every computer that is plugged into the Internet. I call it the "Scan, Update" problem, meaning that it seems like my computer is always either updating one of its many programs or scanning for something. This seems likes its always robbing some bandwidth or some CPU cycles from my computer.
Safari 3.1 on Windows
Apple released Safari 3.1 for Windows recently. I had to try it out, one I didn't like off the bat was that it was shoved down my throat as soon as I opened "Apple Update", if I wasn't familiar with computers I would have no idea what "Safari" is. I had Safari 3 on my laptop for awhile but I rarely used it. My old gripes where that it took an excruciatingly long time to open, pages did not render correctly, it tended to be un-stable, and there was a lack of extensions. Pages just didn't seem to load as fast as they did on my Mac. I am happy to say that 3.1 fixed all my gripes (mostly). It loads much faster and it renders web pages much more efficiently. I did however experience more crashes with Safari than I do Firefox.
