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Latest Hunch Report Says That Mac Users Are More Individualistic Than PC People

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:17 -0500

Apple Reforms App Approval as Facebook Developer Vows "Never Again"

Chris Dannen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:18:46 -0500

Just a day after being publicly excoriated by an influential developer, Apple has introduced new tweaks to its App Store approval process to make it more friendly to submissions.

Joe Hewitt, developer of Facebook for iPhone and an in-house Facebook employee, has vowed never to develop for iPhone again. Widely considered the most popular app in the iTunes Store, Facebook for iPhone set benchmarks for UI and interaction design on the phone.

YouTube Experiments With Ads You Can Skip

Chris Dannen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:40:58 -0500

The company that made its bread on Web advertising has a new idea: let users skip the ads they don't like seeing.

What Happens If Apple Grows Too Fast?

Chris Dannen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:39:54 -0500

CNBC is predicting that Apple may top Microsoft as computing's most valuable firm. But that kind of success might be self-defeating.

As CNBC rightly acknowledges, Apple has a long way to go before it can dethrone Redmond, but estimates that the guard may change as sooner than anyone could have predicted just two years ago. While Windows still wins the marketshare battle with around 90% of all PCs, Apple's annual revenue has more than doubled in the last four years, while Microsoft is growing more slowly.

Apple's Tablet Apps Will Live and Die by One Nerdy Thing

Chris Dannen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:20:19 -0400

For an Apple Tablet to be a hit, it will have to be more than a big-screen iPhone. And the difference between a lithe, touch-based Mac and a giant, lame iPhone comes down to one crucial nerd-factor: memory management.

Apple Tries to Patent Ad-Supported, Subsidized Mac OS

Chris Dannen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:19:47 -0400

A new Apple patent filing suggests the company might want subsidize the price of its computers with a complex advertising program that maintains the attention of the user and can lock the computer if the user spaces out.

Undead Tech: Apple's TV Macintosh

Chris Dannen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:46:01 -0400

This week we've seen the new 27-inch iMac compared to a television, and we've watched Windows 7 get all TV-happy with in-home streaming. But it was in over a decade ago that Apple ventured to show us how TVs and PCs would eventually conflate, and in true Apple fashion, they did it way too early with a commercial flop.

Amazon's Working on Kindle Reader Software for Mac, Too

Chris Dannen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:23:30 -0400

Microsoft announced at its Windows 7 launch that Amazon is releasing a Kindle reader for Windows. An Amazon spokesperson told me late Thursday: "Yes, we are working on a Kindle app for Mac." With so many conduits for Kindle reading, the ebook leader is becoming a real platform--except that it's closed to developers who want to build services that can talk to Kindle readers.

Nice Party, Windows 7. But Where's the Software?

Chris Dannen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:14:54 -0400

As is my custom with all parties, I arrived to the Win7 hoopla promptly at 10 a.m., ready to sample the wares: coffee, biscuits, and a whole lot of hardware. In fact, there were so many dozens of netbooks, TVs, gaming beasts, and weird in-between devices on display that you'd hardly know this was a Windows launch.

Also on display: the adorable five-year-old from the commercials, who Steve presented with a gift on-stage: not a copy of Windows 7, but a pink netbook. More hardware?

How to Stream Your Music From Mac to Anywhere

Chris Dannen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:21:15 -0400

Apple's new Mac Mini now ships with server software, but Apple's suggested uses are vanilla. With 1TB of storage and plenty of power, let's put it to good use and stream some music and movies over the Intertubes.

DoubleTwist, the Anti-iTunes, Teams Up With Amazon

Chris Dannen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:27:00 -0400

DoubleTwist, a fantastic little alternative to iTunes, has just become a big alternative. The Mac app is no longer just a stand-in library app: it now features music buying courtesy of Amazon, and lets you sync that music to pretty much any device you own, be it Palm, Blackberry, Sandisk, or iPod/iPhone. (The software does not yet support devices running iPhone OS 3.0+, a curious caveat that should be remedied soon, according to the DoubleTwist Web site.)

Macs Loved by Rich and Nerdy, Study Says

Chris Dannen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:42:58 -0400

Mac owners are more likely to be affluent and gadget-oriented, according to a new study by NPD Group. The group's Household Penetration Study found that Mac owners were more likely to have more than one computer in their household--with 66% of the Mac-using survey respondents reporting more than three computers.

BlackBerry Manager Finally Comes to Mac

Chris Dannen — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:31:44 -0400

After what probably feels like an eternity, BlackBerry users will finally be able to sync their devices with Apple computers come tomorrow morning.

Is Apple Planning a Win-7 Diversion?

Chris Dannen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:40:15 -0400

For Windows 7 to outshine the disaster that is Vista, it will have to be both a technical panacea and a marketing success. Microsoft has been splurging on TV ads, haplessly enlisting "regular" people to get you to throw parties in honor of its software, and using for its spokesperson an 8-year-old girl.

Evernote: Your Other Brain, for Windows

Chris Dannen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:47:58 -0400

Evernote is a remember-everything notebook app beloved by obsessive developers, project managers, and generally forgetful creatives everywhere. This week the company launched a revamped Windows version, which will bring it up to speed with the slick version for Mac. If you're a PC goon and you haven't tried Evernote, this is your best excuse.

Inside the Apple Lisa, 25 Years Later

Chris Dannen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:55:16 -0400

In 1984, Apple launched the Lisa: a 6.8MHz business-oriented computer that cost $10,000. Though it wasn't a commercial success because of its high price tag, it paved the way for Apple's next GUI machine: the more auspicious Macintosh.

Here, Al DiBlasi tears down the original artifact 24 years after doing a televised Apple Lisa demo in the New York tri-state area.

Connecting a PC to Your TV? You Need This Thing

Chris Dannen — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:48:09 -0400

If you're one of the burgeoning group of people with a Mac or PC hooked up to your TV, you're not alone in your frustration. All you want to do is stream a little Hulu to your HD set, or watch streaming Netflix without one of these. But there's a problem: you can't practically control the thing from your couch.

How to Make the Best Damn Facebook Notifier for Mac

Chris Dannen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:46:45 -0400

Facebook just released their first experimental desktop app. It's a menu-bar add on for Mac OS X called "desktop notifications," but once it's installed, it does more than notify--but not much more. You can update your status, as well as see the arrival of new status updates and messages for your friends.

Apple Fast Becoming iPod, Inc.

Chris Dannen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:32:06 -0400

In 2007, Apple decided it would drop the "Computer" from its corporate title and become simply Apple, Inc. At the time the change seemed semantic or aesthetic, depending on your outlook. But the move proved more prescient this morning as Apple officially brought the number of mobile devices it makes to a grand total of eight. That's one more iPod than Macintosh that exists in their lineup. Apple, it seems, has become a mobile device maker.

Nine Killer Features in iTunes 9

Chris Dannen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:31:06 -0400

Today Steve Jobs made a grand reappearance on the Apple stage to introduce iTunes 9 at Apple's Rock 'n Roll event in San Francisco. So what's new?

1) iTunes LP is a new incentive for full-album purchases: you get images, interviews, liner notes and all the original album material that don't usually come with digital downloads.

"Brokeback Platform" and 8 Other Movies We're Afraid to See

Valerie Chereskin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:03 -0400

With Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next? Here's another blockbuster that Rooftop Comedy came up with.

Brokeback Platform
Director: Gus Van Sant
Compatibility is a force of nature.

Quote: "I wish I knew how to force-quit you..."

Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS X [Rumor]

Gizmodo Staff — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:41:36 -0400

Get the Speed of Apple "Snow Leopard" Without Buying a New Mac

Chris Dannen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:25:49 -0400

Apple just announced that it's next update to OS X, dubbed Snow Leopard, will ship on Friday. That's great news if you own an Intel Mac, but if you own an older machine, you're out of luck--version 10.6 won't support PPC Macs. But that doesn't mean you can't have all the refinements packed into Snow Leopard. Here are six workarounds that will keep your old warhorse running with the best of them.

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Apple Snow Leopard To Ship August 28

Chris Dannen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:01:48 -0400

After a period of downtime early Monday morning, Apple has reinstated their online store with one seminal addition: the ability to preorder Mac OS X, dubbed Snow Leopard, for shipping on August 28.

Ten Windows Apps That Make Mac Fans Drool

Chris Dannen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:22:38 -0400

Last week we profiled 10 Mac apps that jealous Windows users could only pine for. Well, Windows has its share of nifty stuff too, so we'd be remiss if we didn't remind Mac users why 90% of planet Earth still runs on Redmond.

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