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- First Look: TIME Mobile, a slick magazine for your iPhone / iPod touch
Filed under: iPhone, App Store
Instead of sifting through the piles of TIME magazines at your doctor's office, where you don't know who's healthy or unhealthy hands have touched the pages, you now have another option to browse through TIME content on your iPhone. The recently launched TIME Mobile [iTunes link] app provides a better browsing experience and more content than the mobile version of magazine's website. In addition, the app brings with it support for video, which is lacking on the mobile version of TIME's site and not supported for the iPhone on the full version of the site because the videos are encoded in Flash.
TIME Mobile also brings a new approach for browsing articles. Like Cover Flow view in the iPhone and iTunes, TIME Mobile's "Image Flow" provides some eye candy in front of the meat and potatoes of the article content.
One thing absent in the app is support for offline reading, a useful feature for situations where data connectivity is lacking, such as on an airplane. The USA Today app [iTunes link], which is in the same app genre as TIME Mobile, supports offline reading by tapping on the update button on each section. Perhaps such a feature could be added to TIME Mobile as a paid-for feature, or as for free to those who subscribe to the paper version of the magazine.
Powered by Polar, a mobile publishing provider that also powers BusinessWeek [iTunes link] and CNNMoney [iTunes link] iPhone apps as well as a host of other apps on a variety of mobile platforms, TIME Mobile is available as a free download in the App Store.
TUAWFirst Look: TIME Mobile, a slick magazine for your iPhone / iPod touch originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - App Store - Apple - IPod Touch - Handhelds
Переслать - Office 2008 and Spaces issues, finally fixed in Snow Leopard?
Filed under: Software, Snow Leopard
One feature of Mac OS X, sometimes forgotten about, that has caused gripes from many users for a long time is Spaces. When it was first introduced almost two years ago in Leopard, some applications would not always "play nice" with each other, causing windows not to display or move correctly.
Microsoft Office applications in particular were prone to these problems. There were always some nagging issues that would not allow Spaces to work correctly, due to the way Office windows are drawn on the screen. Over time, they started working better, but a few issues still remained with Office, especially in Word when the Toolbox floating window was in use.
With Snow Leopard's debut, however, Microsoft states that these issues have been fixed through "collaborative efforts" with Apple. Hopefully, this will help a lot of eager and frustrated Spaces users manage their many windows on their desktops.
Do you use Spaces, or have you held off because of these issues? Leave a comment below and share your experiences!TUAWOffice 2008 and Spaces issues, finally fixed in Snow Leopard? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Microsoft Office - Snow Leopard - Apple - Mac OS X - MicrosoftПереслать - TweetMyMac: Remote control of your Mac via Twitter
Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Odds and ends, Freeware, Internet Tools, Developer, AppleScript
Important safety tip: Please read the instructions for TweetMyMac carefully, especially the part about creating a separate Twitter account for your Mac -- do not use your regular Twitter account, or anyone you follow will be able to control your machine.
We have previously covered some of the ways in which it is possible to remotely control a Mac at home or in the office. Most of our suggestions have required the use of Mail in order to process some rule and kick off a script or Automator action.Alex P over at TheMacBox aims to change all of that. Enter TweetMyMac, the little program that lets you get screenshots, iSight snapshots, or launch a program through the use of Twitter. While the list of commands available is not currently as comprehensive as what your imagination can create with a little AppleScript or Automator whizzbangery, it is a good list and growing as well.
An obvious benefit of this approach is the ease of getting everything set up. In the past it took an AppleScript to call another Automator action or some other kludgey-at-best method to get things working. With TweetMyMac there is very little effort required for setup.
Another neat feature is that TweetMyMac will run a shell command. With a little scripting you can create your own custom commands. And using the previously-covered technique of sending tweets via the command line you can have your custom commands send information back to you as well.Continue reading TweetMyMac: Remote control of your Mac via Twitter
TUAWTweetMyMac: Remote control of your Mac via Twitter originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: AppleScript - Twitter - Apple - TUAW - MacintoshПереслать - Apple thefts continue, but don't work so well for the crooks
Filed under: Odds and ends, MobileMe
Another day, another dumb criminal gets snared by Apple technology. In this case, 2 dumb criminals. This latest foiled crime involved the theft of 4 iPhones from the Apple Palisades store in West Nyack, New York.
According to the Journal News up that way, the two crooks ran from the store, and police put out a description of the thieves. The phones were also tracked using the built-in iPhone GPS, and the info led police to a hardware store parking lot in Orangetown.
The hapless thieves are scheduled to appear tomorrow in court to answer to to the charges relating to the stolen iPhones and also to explain why they had 2 more stolen iPhones in their possession. The apprehended men are now in the Rockland County jail, hopefully thinking it may not have been so smart to steal phones with GPS tracking. Oddly, the Journal News article quotes cops saying the value of the four stolen phones was close to $4,000, which seems quite high; perhaps they meant the value of all six phones found with the suspects.
Meanwhile, our friend 'Jim' says he is getting good cooperation from his local police in apprehending the thieves who stole his MacBook and iMac. As you'll remember from our previous coverage, Jim has the Back to My Mac feature of MobileMe and using the screen sharing function saw someone filling out an online job application, which helpfully listed their address, phone number, name and Social Security number. Then yesterday, Jim snagged a picture of one of the alleged crooks who had used the built in iSight camera to pose for a snapshot..
As Jim continues to make contact with his stolen laptop, he finds more goodies. Someone logged into their MySpace page, and Jim was able to copy and download various pictures of the alleged perps. He also retrieved one of their cellphone numbers.
Police have made a couple of visits to the address, but haven't found anyone at home. They are persisting and will undoubtedly find them, likely ruining their day.
[Thanks to Jim R. for the West Nyack tip]TUAWApple thefts continue, but don't work so well for the crooks originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Apple - IPhone - MobileMe - Unofficial Apple Weblog - TUAWПереслать - Apple rejects µTorrent controller iPhone app
Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, iPhone, App Store, Jailbreak/pwnage
We've talked before about ways to control a BitTorrent client from the iPhone, and some unofficial developers have gotten it working in a jailbroken way. But apparently that's as far as we'll get -- µMonitor, a little iPhone app to control µTorrent (a popular BitTorrent app that I use pretty often) was recently submitted to the App Store, and Torrentfreak reports that it's been rejected out of hand. This isn't the first time something like this has come up: Drivetrain, another torrent remote control tool, was also rejected back in May.
Apparently Apple tells the developer that they are disallowing all types of BitTorrent-related apps "because this category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights." Often does not equal always, but technically that's another point: it's Apple's App Store, and they can take their ball and go home if they want. Torrentfreak claims that the myNZB app technically does the same thing (it basically controls a newsreader that can be used to download large numbers of files, possibly in violation of copyright), but it's the word "torrent" that Apple (and, likely, their content partners) have an issue with. Sure enough, a search of "torrent" on the App Store doesn't bring up anything related to the BitTorrent technology.
You can still run µTorrent on your iPhone, although you'll have to jailbreak it and dive into the Cydia repository, where it's listed under "Utilities." As for Apple's stance, I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for things to change on this one -- µTorrent isn't even an app that enables BitTorrent downloading; it just makes it easier (by accessing a client that's doing the work elsewhere), and if they aren't willing to pay heed to these distinctions now, it's not likely they'll bother in the future, either.TUAWApple rejects µTorrent controller iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - appstore - Apple - Cydia - Unofficial Apple WeblogПереслать - Road Tested: the Verizon MiFi portable broadband router
Filed under: Peripherals, Internet, Reviews, Road Tested
For the last couple of weeks, I've been testing the Verizon MiFi portable WiFi hotspot. After writing about the MiFi, a few months back, I was placed on a waiting list to receive a test unit. Could the MiFi enhance the iPod touch experience to bring it into the realm of the iPhone? A unit finally came free and I finally got my hands-on experience to discover whether my assumptions would be proved right or wrong.The MiFi, which is a portable EV-DO router, provides a 3G connection through an absolutely tiny unit. All plastic, it's about as thick as an iPhone and about two-thirds as large as its front face. The MiFi's entire user interface is its single button (seen at the bottom right of the image here). When pressed, the button switches on and glows green. Pressed again and held, the unit turns off and the green glow disappears. Sprint offers a near-identical unit, except it's finished in brushed metal instead of black.
Read on to discover how my MiFi testing went...
Continue reading Road Tested: the Verizon MiFi portable broadband router
TUAWRoad Tested: the Verizon MiFi portable broadband router originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - Apple - IpodTouch - TUAW - Wi-FiПереслать - Win a bundle of goodies from Stylit.tv and TUAW
Filed under: Video, Features, Odds and ends, TUAW Business
To celebrate the kickoff of their new show, TechStyle, the good folks at Stylit.tv are giving away a bundle of goodies. Not just t-shirts and tchotchkes, either, but a pretty massive haul of loot (see the list on the next page) gathered from Macworld Expo 2009. We met up with the Stylit.tv gang back in January to give away the first couple of bags of goodies at Macworld. But if you missed Macworld, now's your chance to take home a number of products seen at the show.
Before we get to the loot, we've got a special deal for TUAW readers. Stylit.tv goes to trade shows and glitzy events to get cool prize bags to give away. You pretty much just go to this page and enter to win. However, TUAW readers can enter a bonus code that'll give you 40 extra chances to win. The code is TUAW4EVER.
Only the first 500 bonus codes will give you this boost, so good luck! On the next page is the list of prizes you can win now and the premiere of TechStyle at Macworld. The current giveaway ends on September 8, but there is yet another starting after that with yet another big bag of goodies.Continue reading Win a bundle of goodies from Stylit.tv and TUAW
TUAWWin a bundle of goodies from Stylit.tv and TUAW originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Apple - TUAW - Macworld Conference & Expo - Unofficial Apple Weblog - IPhoneПереслать - Benchmarking results: Is Snow Leopard really any faster than Leopard?
Filed under: OS, TUAW Labs, Snow Leopard
One of the biggest features of Snow Leopard isn't something apparent to the naked eye: software tweaks and refinements intended to make OS X a leaner, meaner OS for your fighting Apple machine. But is Snow Leopard really any faster? Now that I've successfully upgraded two Macs to Snow Leopard I've got some benchmarking results to share.
My Early 2008 MacBook Pro shipped with OS X Leopard 10.5.2 installed. I ran Geekbench on the stock OS X installation after upgrading the RAM to 4 GB to get a baseline for comparison of future performance. 18 months later I ran the same test immediately after updating to 10.6. Both tests were performed with Geekbench testing in 32-bit mode immediately after a restart, with no other programs open except the Finder, nothing loaded in Dashboard, and no Time Machine backup running.
Machine specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.60 GHz w/ 4GB RAM
Average Overall Geekbench score for this model of MacBook Pro: 3304
Read on for the scores.Continue reading Benchmarking results: Is Snow Leopard really any faster than Leopard?
TUAWBenchmarking results: Is Snow Leopard really any faster than Leopard? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Snow Leopard - Operating system - Apple - Time Machine - TUAWПереслать - Rumor: Apple TV news on Sept. 9
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Rumors, Other Events, Apple TV
The rumors are flying around the upcoming Apple press event like bees in a clover field; bees goaded on by Piper Jaffray's Senior Research Analyst, Gene Munster.
On Monday, he suggested that the iPhone will be on multiple carriers in the US by next year. Yesterday, he predicted that Steve Jobs himself could make an appearance at next week's press event. Today, it's the Apple TV he's after. Citing short delivery times on the current 40GB model, he suspects that the 40GB model will be phased out and the 160GB model made less expensive.
Even if this does happen, we expect that Steve (or whomever) won't mention it. It wouldn't be the first time Apple made a change to the Apple TV immediately following a press event without having said a word.
For now, keep buzzing, little bees.
Update: Jim Dalrymple at The Loop has poured cold water on Munster's Apple TV prognostications. Dalrymple reports "very reliable sources" denying any introductions for non-music products at the 9/9 event.TUAWRumor: Apple TV news on Sept. 9 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Steve Jobs - iPhone - Apple - Piper Jaffray - Unofficial Apple WeblogПереслать - Win a copy of Things for Mac
Filed under: Software, Productivity
The productivity wars are heating up on the Mac, aren't they? iGTD is no more, but Cultured Code acquired some brains from that operation and now there's a shiny new version of Things (and another update today). If you've never tried Things, there's never been a better time. Plus, we're giving away two copies of the Mac desktop version to two lucky winners! Just leave us a comment about how you currently stay productive (and meet the other criteria, below).
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment telling us how you stay productive on your Mac.
- The comment must be left before Friday, September 4, 2009, 11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Two winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: One copy of Things for Mac (Value: US$49.95)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
TUAWWin a copy of Things for Mac originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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