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

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 14:39

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 ...

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

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 11:38

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

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 21:58
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...

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Valve's Portal 2 Confirmed for Mac

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 12:15

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

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 01:39
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...
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iPad Poised to Grab Significant Portion of e-Reader Market

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 17:51

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 ...
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Slight iPad Shipping Delay Due to Software, Not Hardware?

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 15:15

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...
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D567 to Developers

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 14:43

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

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 12:48

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

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 10:00

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...
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Apple Seeking to Stimulate Mac Development With $99 Mac Dev Program

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 04:06

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...

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Sony Preparing New Handheld Devices to Take On Apple

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 17:07

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...

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Fortune Again Names Apple World's Most Admired Company

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 14:30

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...
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More Analyst Claims of iPad Production Delays Surface

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 11:34

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 ...
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Penguin Looking to Reinvent eBooks on iPad With Interactive Media

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 11:18
paidContent:UK reported earlier this week on a presentation from Penguin Books CEO John Makinson showing his company's vision for the future of eBooks on the iPad. Makinson's presentation highlighted Penguin's goal of embedding interactive content s...
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The Significance of Steam and Valve's Games for Mac

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 00:37

Earlier today, Valve Software released teaser images which indicated that their Steam platform as well as a number of their games would be coming to the Mac.

For those unfamiliar with this currently PC-only software, Steam is ...
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Valve Leaks Teaser Images for Announcement of Steam (and Games) for Mac [Updatedx4]

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 16:00
Last week, Valve Software generated some excitement among gaming fans who noticed Mac OS X menu components and other items in the most recent release of the company's Steam distribution platform for the PC. Combined with reports of Valve recruiting ...
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Rupert Murdoch Confirms Plans for Wall Street Journal iPad Application

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 14:01

The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) on comments from Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of parent company News Corp., who noted that the newspaper will be present on the iPad and that Ap...
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Apple Pressuring Music Labels Over Participation in Amazon's 'Daily Deal' Program

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 13:02

Billboard reports that Apple has been pressuring music labels over their participation in Amazon's "Daily Deal" program that has allowed them increased exposure and sale pricing on Amazon's MP3 download s...
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Google Stands Behind HTC in Patent Dispute With Apple

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 10:59

TechCrunch reports that a Google spokesperson issued a statement yesterday indicating that the company will "stand behind" handset manufacturer HTC in its patent dispute with Apple.

"We ar...

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