OK, it isn’t quite as exciting without you-know-who announcing new products, but there is still a load of interesting stuff here. We’ll have coverage going into the weekend.
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AppleTV 3.0.2 update is out. Apple.com is mum on the subject but signs point to Aperture/iPhoto media browsing update. Direct link to download here. Instructions for updating AppleTV here.
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AT&T announced today that it will partner with Alcatel Lucent and Ericsson for their Next-generation 4G LTE equipment rollout. Those are the two companies that provide AT&T’s current 3G equipment which has been so successful for AT&T and their customers.
Update: OK, maybe not thesaurus. Results we got were close in spelling only. Meaning was coincidental.
Think of it as half spell check and half thesaurus. The new iPad Safari has a feature that when you select a word, you get the option of “Replace..”. If the word is spelled incorrectly, you get a few spelling choices. If it is spelled correctly, you get the option of a few similar words.
If you spell something incorrectly, you simply have to tap on the word and it goes pink with suggestions:
Remember how the iPad SDK used to offer you the ability to take a snapshot from a non-existant camera?
In the latest build of the SDK, that option has been removed along with any hope of the iPad of having a camera. At least this time around.
Looks possible Apple
Social networking is becoming a little less social as Google moves into the space, eager to create its own small kingdom in the newly-connected social web with its own social network, Google Buzz. This has caused current 100-pound gorilla, Facebook, to strike back with AIM integration (launched today) and whispers of a Gmail competitor to come…
As explained, Google Buzz creates an instant circle of social contacts based on who you communicated with using Gmail and Google’s chat client. Once it
iSuppli has issued its pre-release estimate for the component costs of parts used in Apple
Opera Software will show off a demo version of its Opera Mini browser for the iPhone at next week
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As expected, Walt Disney
Expect the iPad to sell out on launch – at least in some territories, early market signs suggest.
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If you are a developer and have downloaded the 3.2 iPhone OS SDK beta 2, you can find and open the Safari.app by spotlighting it in the iPad emulator. From there you can play with tabs and the homepages and see extra features. You can then open the Mail.app by activating a mailto: link on a Safari website. Some screenshots follow:
From our developer friend
Hit software update for some RAW camera updates and iLife media browser updates from Apple which will support Aperture 3.
Provides system software resources that are shared by iLife and other applications. This update improves overall stability for the Media Browser and iPhoto slideshows. It also provides compatibility between Aperture 3 and the Media Browser.
The update is recommended for all users of iLife
We’ll be combing through this tonight (Developer link) after it downloads over hotel Internet
Seems Cupertino
Warner Music revealed its financial results today – admitting more expensive tracks just didn
Aperture 3 popped its head up and over the parapet this morning, with Apple introducing its newly announced pro photography protege as,
Update: It isn’t down any more – we got Aperture 3 (so far).
Yes it is down. Yes we want MacBook Pros with fast processors
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Apple has unshackled at least some of its instructional Mac using videos from their velvet-lined prison on the company
