Beepocalypse: How Apple could improve multi-device reminders
May 17, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment

Today, beloved leader Victor pointed me to this write-up over at Tidbits . Although Joe Kissel’s experience with quite so many devices (nine, I believe) falls a bit into the extremes of iOS/OS X use, the problem of dealing with distributed alarms …

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Apple’s Xserve hits end of life, order yours before Jan, 31
November 5, 2010 – 1:09 pm | No Comment
Apple’s Xserve hits end of life, order yours before Jan, 31

Farewell, Xserve . While the G5 version was once the server behind one of the world’s fastest parallel supercomputers , Apple’s powerful but slow-selling line of rack-mount servers has now reached the end of its life cycle and…

Mac OS X 10.6.6 seeded while 10.6.5 still awaiting release
November 5, 2010 – 4:45 am | No Comment
Mac OS X 10.6.6 seeded while 10.6.5 still awaiting release

The Mac OS X 10.6.5 update hasn’t been publicly released yet (although it’s expected any day now ), but according to 9to5 Mac Apple is already seeding builds of 10.6.6 to developers. This is indicative of a few things. First, OS …

iAds begin to roll out globally
November 5, 2010 – 12:00 am | One Comment
iAds begin to roll out globally

Hot on the heels of today news that Apple is building a New York City office for the iAd team, MacRumors is reporting that Apple has begun to deploy iAds on a global scale. Previously, iAds were limited to the North America and the United Kingdom, …

Apple pushes out yet another iPhoto ’11 update
November 4, 2010 – 10:30 pm | No Comment
Apple pushes out yet another iPhoto ’11 update

Following an update last week to fix data loss and corruption, this latest bug fix adds some additional print product options and fixes what Apple calls “overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues.” The 9.1 update gives users photo calendars back, and adds some holiday …

Gartner report tells corporations to get moving on the iPad
November 4, 2010 – 8:30 pm | No Comment
Gartner report tells corporations to get moving on the iPad

In a private report to clients, the Gartner research firm is urging CEOs to clear any obstacles preventing IT departments from taking advantage of the iPad. Stephen Prentice, a VP and…

Apple now accepting submissions for Mac App Store
November 4, 2010 – 1:34 am | No Comment
Apple now accepting submissions for Mac App Store

Apple has apparently notified developers that it is now accepting submissions for the upcoming Mac App Store . An email to devs from Apple has links on how to set up an iTunes Connect account and the associated …

PayPal app has huge security flaw, update rushed to Apple
November 3, 2010 – 11:45 pm | No Comment
PayPal app has huge security flaw, update rushed to Apple

You’d think by now we’d all be wary of open WiFi networks , and luckily that’s the only way this could affect you, but if you use the PayPal app on an open network the Wall Street Journal is reporting a hacker could…

Don’t hold your breath for a Facebook iPad app
November 3, 2010 – 10:45 pm | No Comment
Don’t hold your breath for a Facebook iPad app

While many of us ( including me ) are clamoring for an official iPad Facebook app, Mark Zuckerberg pretty much dashed any hopes for one at today’s Facebook Mobile Event . When asked why there wasn’t an official iPad app yet, Zuckerberg replied, “The iPad isn’t …

Why the iPad’s 95.5% Market Share Means Nothing, Yet
November 2, 2010 – 3:35 pm | No Comment
Why the iPad’s 95.5% Market Share Means Nothing, Yet

The iPad is making headlines today for dominating the global tablet market during the last quarter, accounting for 95.5 percent of all shipments, according to Strategy Analytics. It’s a big number, and unquestionably a success for Apple, but it’s also a statistic that belies the nature…

Redsn0w Jailbreak for iOS 4.1 Released
November 2, 2010 – 2:15 pm | One Comment
Redsn0w Jailbreak for iOS 4.1 Released

Thanks to the release of redsn0w 0.9.6b2, you can now upgrade the majority of your Apple mobile devices to iOS 4.1, on either Mac or Windows. The new version is compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, Apple TV (2…