Apple Wants To Create Streaming Movie Service For Upcoming TV Set [Rumor]
Apple’s mythical, standalone TV set has been the subject of much speculation over the past several months. Rumors have been saying that we’ll see an Apple-branded TV set (dubbed ‘iTV’ in most cases) by the end of this year at the earliest. The TV is expected to feature Siri integration, IP-based streaming and even a Related StoriesIKEA’s Cardboard KNÄPPA Is The ‘World’s Cheapest Digital Camera’BookBook For iPhone: A Luxury Leather Wallet Case That’s Almost Perfect [Review]The Truth About Apple’s TaxesiTunes Match Rolling Out To More Countries, Now Available In Italy, Greece, Portugal, AustriaThe Case For A MacBook Pro Without An Optical Drive
Change Up Your iPad Picture Frame Slideshow Settings [iOS Tips]
The iPad has a pretty slick feature that you can access when it’s in the locked state. If you look to the bottom right of the lock screen, you’ll see an icon that looks like a picture of a little flower. Tap that and your iPad will start a slideshow of all the photos it Related StoriesBeware This DreamBoard Knockoff That Has Made Its Way Into The App StoreWindows RT Versus The iPad In Business [Feature]Wi-Fi – The Hidden Business Cost Of iPad And iPhone DeploymentTweetbot Updated With New Gestures, Improvements, Storify And Droplr IntegrationAnd Now For Something Completely Different: Python Sketches For Your Pocket [Review]
The Truth About Apple’s Taxes
Earlier in this day, we reported on a New York Times piece in which the paper claimed that Apple was using a variety of measure to avoid paying U.S. income tax. It turns out that the Times based key pieces of its information on a study that had been discredited two weeks prior. The data Related StoriesForecast Presents Handy Weather Info On Your iPhone’s Lock Screen [Jailbreak]IKEA’s Cardboard KNÄPPA Is The ‘World’s Cheapest Digital Camera’BookBook For iPhone: A Luxury Leather Wallet Case That’s Almost Perfect [Review]iTunes Match Rolling Out To More Countries, Now Available In Italy, Greece, Portugal, AustriaThe Case For A MacBook Pro Without An Optical Drive
iTunes Match Rolling Out To More Countries, Now Available In Italy, Greece, Portugal, Austria
Apple’s iTunes Match service is rolling out to more countries across the globe, including Italy, Greece and Portugal. The music storage and streaming service can be purchased directly in the iTunes Store. This marks Apple’s second major international rollout of iTunes Match to date, following the service’s expansion to parts of Latin America and Europe Related StoriesForecast Presents Handy Weather Info On Your iPhone’s Lock Screen [Jailbreak]IKEA’s Cardboard KNÄPPA Is The ‘World’s Cheapest Digital Camera’BookBook For iPhone: A Luxury Leather Wallet Case That’s Almost Perfect [Review]The Truth About Apple’s TaxesThe Case For A MacBook Pro Without An Optical Drive
The Case For A MacBook Pro Without An Optical Drive
When Apple introduced the MacBook Air without an optical drive, everyone freaked out. “How on earth will we be able to watch all of our DVDs and listen to our CDs?” cried the internet. And sure, totally disowning physical media with a disk drive-less laptop may have been a little preemptive of Apple back in Related StoriesForecast Presents Handy Weather Info On Your iPhone’s Lock Screen [Jailbreak]IKEA’s Cardboard KNÄPPA Is The ‘World’s Cheapest Digital Camera’BookBook For iPhone: A Luxury Leather Wallet Case That’s Almost Perfect [Review]The Truth About Apple’s TaxesiTunes Match Rolling Out To More Countries, Now Available In Italy, Greece, Portugal, Austria
Windowed apps on jailbroken iPad
If you have a jailbroken iPad, then you’ll want to check out Quasar. As noted by Big Boss, The tweak lets you run each app in a separate window on your iPad. Each window can be resized, moved and closed just like a window on a full desktop OS. You can check out Quasar in the demo video below and then download the US$10 iPad app from the Cydia store. [Via The Verge] Windowed apps on jailbroken iPad originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST.
Skype for iPad 4.0 offers new video preview option, crash recovery
Skype has released version 4.0 of its app for iPad and iPhone (both free). There are a few nice changes this time around. The app now lets you pre-position your video preview as you like. It also restarts automatically after an “unexpected shutdown.” That’s “crash” to you and me.
Tony Fadell: First iPhone almost had a clickwheel
Tony Fadell recently appeared on The Verge’s On The Verge talk show/web series, and he shared a tidbit about early versions of the iPhone, which he worked on as Senior VP of the iPod division at Apple back in 2006. The Verge says that Apple “seriously considered” a hardware keyboard for the original iPhone, according to Fadell, but if you watch the clip itself, you can see that Fadell confirms Apple never made a keyboard for it. The issue was “definitely discussed,” he says, but nothing was ever made into a prototype. Fadell also says there were three different “gestations” of the iPhone during development — first an iPod plus phone, then an actual “i-Phone,” and then “there was the next generation iPhone, and that’s the one that shipped,” he says.
Apple Temporarily Closing Some U.S. Stores for Security Grate Installations [Mac Blog]
Apple closed a number of U.S. retail stores last week, and is closing another half dozen more this week for undisclosed renovations. All of the stores closing are street-level locations and the most likely reason is to retrofit the stores with Apple’s new security grate system.
Apple Again Encouraging Mac Developers to Sign Up for Developer ID Ahead of OS X Mountain Lion
Apple today sent out an email encouraging Mac developers to sign up for the company’s Developer ID program so that their apps can be properly signed ahead of the launch of OS X Mountain Lion later this year. Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper feature gives users the ability to set limits on app installation, with the new “Developer ID” program providing a middle ground of security by which developers can certify that they are the developer behind a given application package. Should the developer be found to behave maliciously, Apple will be able to revoke the Developer ID associated with that developer, preventing applications signed with the ID from running and causing further harm to users.The Mac App Store is the safest place for users to get software for their Mac, but we also want to protect users when they get applications from other places.
