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AppleInsider: Verizon sees Wi-Fi-only iPad as opportunity to sell 3G data plans

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:00 +0000

Though the iPad is only compatible with AT&T's 3G network in the U.S., that hasn't stopped Verizon from telling its employees to pitch its own data plans, shared via Wi-Fi, to prospective buyers of Apple's new hardware.

AppleInsider: Apple to build 5 million iPads during first half of 2010 - report

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:03:08 +0000

Apple's orders to its Taiwanese manufacturing facilities call for the production of roughly 5 million iPads before the heart of summer rolls around, according to a new report which also praises the company for its iPhone, notebook and desktop secular growth trends.

AppleInsider: Former Sun CEO: Steve Jobs threatened to sue us over patents too

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Former chief executive of Sun Jonathan Schwartz has accused Steve Jobs of threatening patent action against his company in 2003, related to desktop OS technologies, in a long blog post that highlights a series of tech patent squabbles.

MacRumors: Apple Reportedly Disrupting iPhone Competitors With Legal Threats Backed Up by HTC Suit

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:42:00 +0000

Fortune reports on a new research note from Oppenhiemer & Co.'s Yair Reiner claiming that Apple in January began high-level talks with major phone manufacturers expressing its displeasure with what it con...

AppleInsider: Apple's iTunes LP concept hatched by labels, sales disappoint

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:45:00 +0000

The iTunes LP format introduced by Apple last year was the brainchild of record labels looking to increase sales of whole albums, but sales thus far have been soft, a new report alleges.

MacRumors: iPhone Developer Agreement Revealed by Electronic Frontier Foundation

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:57:15 +0000

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) yesterday announced that it had obtained a copy of Apple's iPhone Developer Program License Agreement and published it for public consumption. While the contents of the license agreement, which govern...

MacRumors: Apple Releases iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 4 for iPad

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:21:12 +0000

Apple today released iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 4 via the iPhone Dev Center, offering developers updated tools for building applications for the iPad. The last update to the SDK was issued two weeks ago, continuing a trend of biweekly revisions.

AppleInsider: Digital rights group blasts Apple over iPhone developer agreement

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:25:00 +0000

The Electronic Frontier Foundation took a critical stance against Apple this week when the digital rights advocacy group posted in its entirety the confidential license agreement to which all iPhone, iPad and iPod touch developers must agree.

MacRumors: MacHeist nanoBundle: 8 Mac Apps for $19.95 [Updated]

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:03 +0000

A few times a year, MacRumors partners with MacHeist to promote their Mac application bundle deal. Their latest bundle delivers at least eight Mac applications for $19.95 (over $280 value if all purchased separately) including:

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MacRumors: FileMaker Pro 11 Brings Streamlined Database Creation With New Reporting and Collaboration Features

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:15:49 +0000

Apple subsidiary FileMaker today announced the release of FileMaker Pro 11, the latest version of its popular database application. The updated version brings several new features, as well as streamlined...

MacRumors: Gruber: No 'Widget Mode' for Minor Applications on iPad

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:47:00 +0000

Last month, speculation that a number of minor iPhone applications such as Stocks, Weather, Voice Memo, Clock, and Calculator "missing" from the iPad could reappear in some sort of "widget mode" similar t...

AppleInsider: Apple's patent 'warning shots' prove disruptive for handset makers

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:00 +0000

Before Apple publicly sued HTC, the iPhone maker privately had "blunt conversations" with other smartphone companies, amounting to legal threats that have proven disruptive to the roadmaps of would-be iPhone killers, according to a new report.

AppleInsider: FileMaker Pro 11 released with quicker, easier database creation

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

FileMaker Pro 11, the latest version of the Mac database software, was officially released Tuesday, packing in improved chart visuals, "on the fly" reporting, a new Quick Find capability, and a number of productivity tools that aim to make database creation simpler and quicker.

AppleInsider: Content sales predicted to near 30% of iPad hardware revenue

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:10:00 +0000

The sale of applications, e-books, newspapers and magazines for the iPad is predicted to equal nearly 30 percent of the revenue Apple will earn from selling the hardware by the end of 2011.

AppleInsider: Steve Ballmer praises Apple for creation of iPhone App Store

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:45:00 +0000

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer recently had positive words about Apple's success with the iPhone and its App Store, adding fuel to rumors of a potential alignment between Apple and Microsoft to bring Bing search to the iPhone.

AppleInsider: Valve, Apple worked closely to bring Steam natively to Mac

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:50:00 +0000

In anticipation of Monday's official announcement regarding Steam for Mac, AppleInsider spoke with John Cook, director of Steam development at Valve, about the process of porting the online gaming system to the Mac, and the role Apple played in its development.

MacRumors: Valve Officially Announces Steam and Game Library Coming to Mac in April

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:39:35 +0000

Valve Software today officially announced that it is bringing its Steam game distribution platform, as well as its own library of games, to Mac OS X next month.

Steam and Valve's library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team ...

AppleInsider: Valve announces Steam for Mac, games will allow Mac-PC online play

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:25:00 +0000

Valve officially revealed Monday that its Steam online gaming service, along with the Source engine that powers titles such as Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2, is coming to the Mac in April.

AppleInsider: Apple axes iPhone apps that simply reproduce Web content

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:10:00 +0000

Following reports that Apple began rejecting App Store software with "minimum user functionality," the iPhone maker has now set its sights on applications that employ a "cookie cutter" formula.

AppleInsider: Magazine confirms Steam gaming platform coming to Mac in April [u]

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:05:00 +0000

Steam, the PC gaming platform from Valve Software, will be coming to Mac systems in April, while one of the company's most anticipated forthcoming titles, Portal 2, will also be available for Apple machines in the fall.

MacRumors: Apple Cracking Down on "Cookie Cutter" App Store Applications?

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:38:42 +0000

TechCrunch discusses a picture that is being pieced together from reports from App Store developers suggesting that Apple is looking to crack down on "cookie cutter" iPhone applications that offer little...

AppleInsider: iPad ad shows book prices from $8 to $15, Steve Jobs at Oscars

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:40:00 +0000

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was in attendance at the Oscars Sunday night, and during the telecast the first iPad ad revealed, upon closer look, prices for some titles in the new iBookstore.

AppleInsider: Blockbuster 2010 Mac sales expected to carry into February for Apple

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:10:00 +0000

A slow start to Mac sales in early 2009 will work to Apple's advantage, potentially making strong 2010 sales seem even more impressive with numbers reflecting huge year-over-year growth, according to a new analysis.

AppleInsider: Apple posts surprise ad for iPad during the Oscars

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000

Apple captured the attention of movie buffs and the entire film industry by publishing a new teaser commercial for the iPad during the Academy Awards presentation Sunday evening.

MacRumors: Apple Airs First iPad Commercial During Oscars, Steve Jobs at Event [Ad Video Posted]

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:58:51 +0000

Apple just aired their first iPad commercial during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. A description of the ad by Doju:

The commercial was just on, depicted a person using the iPad on their lap, going through the various features (iBook...

MacRumors: Valve's Portal 2 Confirmed for Mac

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:15:04 +0000

After Valve's series of teaser images, it's now been revealed that their upcoming sequel Portal 2 will also be coming to the Mac. The above image comes from a series of scans from the latest issue of Gameinformer magazine which carries a cov...

MacRumors: According to Jobs: No iPhone-to-iPad Tethering, 10 Hour Battery Life Reaffirmed

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:39:22 +0000

Swedish site Slashat.se reportedly emailed Steve Jobs asking the simple question "Will the wifi-only version somehow support tethering thru my iPhone?" Steve Jobs' reply was a simple "no" and was sent from his iPhone.

Tethering is t...

AppleInsider: Transparent House creates "Anatomy of Apple Design" iPad tribute

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:03:52 +0000

San Francisco 3D design and visualization studio Transparent House has created a visualization entitled "Anatomy of Apple Design" as a tribute 34 years of Apple design, starting from the Apple I and leading up to the new iPad.

AppleInsider: Reader: Steve Jobs says no tethering between iPad and iPhone

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Steve Jobs appears to have fired off a tersely worded email reply to a user in Sweden who asked whether the WiFi-only iPad could be tethered to the iPhone: "No."

MacRumors: iPad Poised to Grab Significant Portion of e-Reader Market

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:51:59 +0000

Last week, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky released the results of a survey showing pent-up demand for the iPad exceeding that of the original iPhone, highest customer demand for low-capacity Wi-Fi-only and high-capacity 3G-enabled ...

AppleInsider: Apple discounts Mac Developer Program subscription to $99

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0000

Apple this week slashed hundreds -- and in some cases thousands -- of dollars from the cost of its Mac Developer Program annual subscription, which now carries a flat fee of $99 per year.

MacRumors: Slight iPad Shipping Delay Due to Software, Not Hardware?

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:15:05 +0000

Daring Fireball's John Gruber claims to have heard from his sources that the slight shipping delay (about a week in the U.S. and on the order of a month in the first batch of international markets) for the Wi-Fi iPad is due not to hardware pr...

AppleInsider: Apple inches Mac OS X 10.6.3 closer to release

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:10:00 +0000

Apple on Friday distributed yet another beta of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to its developer community with no known issues, as the update to Snow Leopard moves closer to a public release.

MacRumors: Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D567 to Developers

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:43:39 +0000

Apple today seeded yet another version of Mac OS X 10.6.3, termed Build 10D567, to developers. iPhone in Canada offers some details on the new version, which has seen only minor refinements as development appears to be wrapping up. Develope...

MacRumors: Apple Patent Application Reveals Flexible Integration of Advertising Viewing in Video Files

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:48:49 +0000

Patently Apple points to an interesting Apple patent application published yesterday describing methods of incorporating commercials into video content such that viewing of the commercials interspersed throughout the video presentation would ...

MacRumors: Apple Announces April 3rd Launch Date for Wi-Fi iPad in the U.S.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:48 +0000

Apple today announced that Wi-Fi models of the iPad will go on sale in the United States on Saturday, April 3rd. 3G-capable models in the U.S., as well as both Wi-Fi and 3G models for a number of other countries, will be available in late Ap...

MacRumors: Apple Seeking to Stimulate Mac Development With $99 Mac Dev Program

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:06:15 +0000

After a brief outage on Thursday, Apple's developer site returned with a dramatically restructured developer program for the Mac that is modeled after the $99/year iPhone developer program:

"Modeled after the highly successful...

MacRumors: Sony Preparing New Handheld Devices to Take On Apple

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:07:36 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) on Sony's plans to develop a new lineup of handheld devices to compete against Apple's iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Threatened by A...

MacRumors: Fortune Again Names Apple World's Most Admired Company

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:30:19 +0000

In the 2010 edition of its annual ranking of "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune placed Apple at the top of the list for the third year in a row and by the highest margin ever in the survey's ten-year history. Apple was followed in the...

MacRumors: More Analyst Claims of iPad Production Delays Surface

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:34:46 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reports on a new note from research firm ThinkEquity claiming that the Apple's manufacturing partners in Taiwan are in fact experiencing delays in ramping up iPad production ahead ...