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Game Center Games Starting to Appear in App Store

Apple - 3 hours 45 min ago

A forum thread on TouchArcade is maintaining a list of current and expected Game Center enabled games. Game Center offers a centralized achievement and leaderboard system for the iOS platform. In addition, Game Center provides matchmaking ...
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iOS 4.1 Restores Field Test Mode

Apple - 5 hours 12 min ago

Gizmodo reports that iOS 4.1 has reincluded the Field Test mode to iOS. Field Test mode allows you to get a numerical figure for your antenna strength rather than the traditional bar measure. To get to Field Mode:

- First, u...

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Fourth-Generation iPod Touch Does NOT Have Vibration

Apple - 6 hours 32 min ago

Another piece of news coming out of iFixit's iPod Touch teardown is that despite an earlier report, Apple's newest iPod Touch does not include a motor for vibration. TouchFans apparently mis-identified a microphone for a vibration motor on ...
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Fourth-Generation iPod Touch Offers Only 256 MB of RAM

Apple - 8 hours 15 min ago

One of the key pieces of information coming out of iFixit's fourth-generation iPod touch teardown is that that the device carries only 256 MB of RAM, the same as the iPhone 3GS and iPad but less than the 512 MB found in the iPhone 4. iFixit'...
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iMovie 1.1 for iOS Adds 4th-Generation iPod Touch Compatibility, Video Clip Splitting, and More

Apple - 8 hours 36 min ago

With the new fourth-generation iPod touch launching today, Apple has released an update to its iMovie application for iOS, adding compatibility for the new device to the existing support for iPhone 4. The updates also adds several new featur...
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Fourth-Generation iPod Touch Teardown in Progress

Apple - 8 hours 49 min ago

The experts at iFixit are at it again, documenting their fourth-generation iPod touch teardown as they proceed carefully through the process. Updates will continue throughout the teardown process, but here are some items of interest so far:<...
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BridgeCo to Bring AirPlay Streaming Technology to Home Audio Equipment

Apple - 9 hours 45 min ago

At Apple's media event last week, Steve Jobs briefly demoed a new feature called AirPlay rolling out in iTunes and coming to iOS devices in November with iOS 4.2. An extension of the existing AirTunes feature for streaming audio to remote de...
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Microsoft Touts Co-Authoring, Scheduling Assistant, and Broadcast Slideshow in Office for Mac 2011

Apple - 9 hours 58 min ago

Microsoft has posted a new behind-the-scenes look at several new features in the company's forthcoming Office for Mac 2011. The new features include:

- Co-Authoring: Using SkyDrive or SharePoint cloud storage, Office for Mac 2...
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Apple Releases iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch

Apple - 11 hours 24 min ago

Right on schedule, Apple has released iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch. The update, known as Build 8B117 and available for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and second- and third-generation iPod touch models, brings several new featu...
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Unboxing Photos of Apple's New iPod Nano and iPod Touch

Apple - 13 hours 43 min ago

Following up on its extensive gallery of unboxing and comparison photos for the new iPod shuffle yesterday, iLounge has now done the same for the new iPod nano and iPod touch. The gallery, which will continue to be updated with additional ph...
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App Store's Meteoric Growth Compared to iTunes Song Downloads

Apple - 13 hours 58 min ago

Asymco offers an interesting graph showing the relative growth of iTunes song and App Store downloads over their respective histories, demonstrating the App Store's meteoric growth that is setting it up to pass the music portion of Apple's me...
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Extended iTunes Store Song Samples Held Up Over Licensing Issues

Apple - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 03:25

Just two days before Apple's media event last week, CNET reported that Apple was set to extend the length of song samples in the iTunes Store from 30 seconds to as much as 90 seconds, offering consumers g...
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iPod Nano and Touch In Stores Tomorrow, Early Reviews

Apple - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:45
We've heard that the new iPod nano and iPod Touch will be arriving in Apple retail stores tomorrow, and the first reviews are starting to filter in.


The iPod nano is the most dramatically different device in Apple's lineup. ...
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Apple Releases Safari 5.0.2

Apple - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:12

Apple today released a small software update for Safari, bringing it up to version 5.0.2. The update contains "improvements to compatibility and security" and includes the following:

- Fi...

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Fourth-Generation iPod Shuffle Teardown Unsurprisingly Reveals Tiny Components

Apple - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 21:26
Earlier today, we posted some photos of the new fourth-generation iPod shuffle, showing off the unboxing and some comparisons to other iPod models.


Unsurprisingly, iFixit is close behind with a detailed teardown of the diminuti...
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QuickBooks 2011 for Mac to Bring Multi-User Options, Time-Saving Features, Enhanced Customization

Apple - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 21:03

Intuit today announced the forthcoming release of QuickBooks 2011 for Mac, the company's financial management software for small businesses. The new version, set to ship on September 27th, brings a numbe...
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Apple Confirms Game Center Compatibility: Yes on 2nd-Generation iPod Touch, No on iPhone 3G

Apple - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 19:08

Apple has confirmed on its Game Center overview page that the social gaming network will be available for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and second-, third-, and fourth-generation iPod touch models when the feature debuts in iOS 4.1 later this wee...
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'Macworld Mobile' Coming to Mobile World Congress 2011

Apple - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:14

The GSM Association today announced that it has partnered with IDG World Expo, organizers of Macworld Expo, to offer a new "Macworld Mobile" event as part of the Mobile World Congress 2011 to be held in Barcelona next February. The event wil...
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Fourth-Generation iPod Shuffle Unboxing and Comparison Photos

Apple - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 16:44

iLounge has received a new fourth-generation iPod shuffle and posted a photo gallery documenting the unboxing as well as showing a comparison to the similar second-generation iPod shuffle and other iPod models.


After mo...
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Official AppShopper App Now Available

Apple - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 14:47
Our sister site AppShopper.com launched its official AppShopper app this morning. AppShopper is an app-tracking website that provides a running list of all the latest changes in the App Store. This includes finding new apps, updates and price chang...
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