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• Reeder for Mac RSS client reaches beta
  

  

  If you're a fan of Reeder on the iPad and you're looking for a new RSS client on your Mac, heads up: the first public beta of Reeder for Mac is now available for download. The free testing version is decidedly incomplete -- no downloads, no feed management and no search yet, according to developer Sivio Rizzi -- but it's still worth a look.

  The feed reader integrates with a slew of third-party services like Instapaper, Twitter and Pinboard, and it maintains the sleek, minimal interface of the iPad and iPhone apps. Everyone's always looking for the ultimate Google Reader local client, and if you crave simplicity Reeder may be for you.

  Reeder for Mac RSS client reaches beta originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Adobe announces 10.2 beta of Flash Player
  

  

  For those who crave being on the bleeding edge of browser plugin technology, this is your lucky day -- Adobe's Flash Player 10.2 beta is now downloadable for the Mac, as well as for Windows and Linux machines.

  The big advance in this build is preliminary support for Stage Video, the new playback infrastructure that is intended to further reduce Flash's performance impact while playing back video content. While previous versions of Flash Player 10 leveraged GPU acceleration for video decoding, 10.2 offloads nearly all the video pipeline tasks onto the GPU to alleviate most of the CPU load.

  The new version also improves text rendering and, for dual-screen machines, allows full-screen playback on one monitor while allowing you to work on another monitor. Adobe's full announcement post is here; if you want to download the plugin, you can get it here and then check out the Stage Video demo clips.

  [via CNET MacFixit]

  Adobe announces 10.2 beta of Flash Player originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Black Friday sees lots of new devices, record app downloads this year
  
  
  Flurry's analytics blog has a new post up about the bump that the App Store got last weekend. As I said in last week's talkcast, app developers have noticed that the holiday shopping season not only brings a slew of new iPod touches and iPhones into the mix (and this year, the iPad as well), but a resultant flood of customers seeking to buy and try out new apps. According to Flurry, new devices jumped on Black Friday by 57%, and total growth over the entire weekend was 31%. App downloads were also big over the weekend, but surprisingly the biggest day of downloads was on Thursday, which would hint that most of the jump in downloads came from sales to already-owned devices, not the devices picked up on Black Friday.
  
  At any rate, there was a lot of money made on the App Store last weekend, and there's more to come: even more than the Black Friday weekend, app store developers have found that the few days after Christmas are even bigger for app sales, as everyone goes onto iTunes and spends gift cards and buys new apps for the devices found under their Christmas trees. So look for more sales to pop up then, and even higher revenue numbers to appear as well.

  Black Friday sees lots of new devices, record app downloads this year originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Report: In-app purchases to overtake download revenues by 2013
  
  
  Here's an interesting report from Juniper Research. According to their work, mobile app revenues will reportedly grow from the current US $6 billion to a whopping $11 billion by 2015. And the majority of that revenue will come not from the standard download fee, but instead from in-app purchases, according to Juniper. The firm claims that in-app purchase revenue will top one-off download fees by 2013. That seems hard to believe, given my current anecdotal usage, but there's no question that in-app purchases are growing by leaps and bounds as a form of sizable revenue for app developers.
  
  Jupiter's report also says that the biggest problem facing mobile app growth is just plain discovery -- with so many apps out there, it's hard for users to find new apps that they like, so what you tend to see is clumps of apps getting popular rather than users going out and finding their own favorites. Services like OpenFeint and Game Center have certainly helped to share information about new apps, and of course sites like ours try to spotlight as many apps as we can, but with a store full of hundreds of thousands of apps in it, it's tough to let more than a few hundred really shine. Maybe as we move forward, developers and Apple will come up with better solutions to help do that.

  Report: In-app purchases to overtake download revenues by 2013 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Apple's Director of Global Data Center Operations passes away at 41
  

  We regret to report that Olivier Sanche, Apple's Director of Global Data Center Operations, passed away on Thanksgiving from a heart attack at the young age of 41. As DataCenterKnowledge notes, Sanche was "a thought leader in data center energy efficiency, and used his expertise to streamline operations at many of the world's largest technology companies, making a major collective impact on the industry's carbon output in the process."
  
  Olivier Sanche was Director of Global Data Center Operations at AT&T before moving on to become Senior Director of Data Centers Services and Strategy at eBay. After eBay, Sanche joined Apple in August 2009 and spearheaded the $1 billion North Carolina data center which is expected to open by the end of the year.
  
  Mr. Sanche is survived by his wife and daughter. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends.

  Apple's Director of Global Data Center Operations passes away at 41 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Apple patent teases convertible laptop / tablet
  
  

  Seen any of those rumors over the years about Apple making a tablet/laptop combo for the masses? Well it seems at least part of the rumor has gone and gotten itself a patent for itself.

  Calling it a "convertible MacBook-to-iPad-like device", Patently Apple reports that the patent could be for a MacBook-type device that would convert to something like an iPad in horizontal mode. As a laptop the screen would be propped open at an angle with a virtual keyboard below it; as a tablet, the screen would slide down on top of the keyboard, enabling Multi-Touch control directly on the screen itself.

  I could see this being a really popular product among business users and the traveling sect specifically, as it would give them the ability to have both a tablet and a laptop all in one. I would buy one tomorrow if I could, as it would be great to have with me through all the traveling I will be doing over the holidays. Sure, iPad docks with built-in keyboards are a great accessory, but unfortunately they still can't do everything I need my MacBook for.
  
  Dell and others have their own version of a hybrid tablet/laptop computer available right now. But Apple doesn't -- and I am sure they want in on that market. With reports about iOS 4.2 making the iPad a productivity rival for the MacBook Air and the possibility that the new MacBook Air could be eating into iPad sales, a combination of the two could be a home run for many customers.

  Apple patent teases convertible laptop / tablet originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Steve Jobs "hopes" AirPlay will support Safari and third-party apps next year
  
  

  
  MacRumors is reporting that one of their readers emailed Steve Jobs to ask if Apple was ever going to enable AirPlay to stream videos from third-party apps or those embedded in a web page in Safari. Jobs answered:

  "Yep, hope to add these features to Airplay in 2011."

  AirPlay is the technology introduced in iOS 4.2 that enables users to stream content from their iOS devices to televisions connected to an Apple TV. A number of third party developers have also introduced AirPlay products, like the Photofast AP1000 that allows you to stream music to your car's audio system.

  Currently AirPlay video support is limited to the YouTube, Photos, and Video apps that come bundled as part of iOS -- although we've seen several compelling proof-of-concept demos courtesy of our own Erica Sadun, and jailbroken devices already have an option to activate AirPlay for other apps. The addition of an AirPlay API is going to make a lot of developers happy in 2011.

  Steve Jobs "hopes" AirPlay will support Safari and third-party apps next year originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Schiller answering questions on Twitter
  
  

  Last week, we reported that Apple's Phil Schiller has gotten a verified account on Twitter, and since then, his popularity on the short form social networking service has apparently skyrocketed. Rather than just retreat to the shadows, he's stepping up into the limelight, sharing insights and answering questions of all kinds from Apple fans. It's pretty awesome, actually -- he's sharing everything from his favorite apps to why you have to put in your iTunes password every time you install a new app (for security's sake -- Apple wants your approval for every piece of software on your machine). It's cool to see a senior member of Apple not named Jobs getting so hands-on with Apple's customers.
  
  TechCrunch has a few other tidbits from Schiller's tweets so far: the @appleincnews account that seems real on Twitter actually isn't, but the @itunes accounts are completely official. And he hasn't yet tried Reeder for Mac, but he is a fan of the iOS version.
  
  All in all, it seems like Schiller is really "getting" Twitter -- he's declined to share his Game Center name, so he still wants some privacy, but he is using the service as it's meant to be used, reaching out directly to customers en masse. You never know -- maybe a good word from Schiller to Jobs might get us a verified account for Steve himself.

  Schiller answering questions on Twitter originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Survey: Apple iPad catching up to Kindle
  

  

  There is a big price difference still, but the iPad is challenging the Amazon Kindle as a preferred device for reading e-books in ownership and satisfaction.

  That's according to a ChangeWave survey of more than 2,800 U.S. consumers. Of iPad owners, 75% said they were "very satisfied" with their devices, while only 54% of Kindle owners could say the same. When the "somewhat satisfied" numbers are added, it's a tighter competition, with the iPad scoring 96% and the Kindle getting 92%.

  According to ChangeWave's director of Research Paul Carton, the iPad has doubled its share of the e-reader market since August, and now is within 15% of the Amazon Kindle. ChangeWave says the iPad has 32% of the e-reader market, which is up 16% since August, with the Kindle at a 47% share, down 15%t in the same period.

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  Survey: Apple iPad catching up to Kindle originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Animated wallpaper running on a jailbroken iPad
  
  
  In case you needed even more distraction and less battery life from your iPad, MacStories wants you to know about the ultimate hack just for you. For jailbroken iPads, a new app allows for having animated backgrounds just like Android devices. Called vWallpaper, it enables a video resized for the device's screen to be used an animated background, even while browsing and viewing apps. Of course, you could just run Android on your iPad and skip the hack, but that's more than some people are willing to do.
  
  My buddy runs an animated background on his Android phone (which makes it impossible for me to find the app I want, personally), but he seems to like the look of it. His battery life definitely suffers though, and while the iPad definitely has decent battery life I would think this hack would cut it down significantly. If you want to do it anyway (and have a jailbroken iPad), you can get vWallpaper from the danstaface repo.
  
  Click Read More to check out a video of vWallpaper in action.

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  Animated wallpaper running on a jailbroken iPad originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• The Fingerist makes your iPhone a mini guitar
  If you have been looking for an iPhone or iPod touch accessory that enables you to play your music applications as if you are playing them with a guitar, look no further. The Fingerist from EVENNO is here to make your dream of being a (nerdy) rock star come true. One part guitar body and one part speaker, The Fingerist holds your iPhone 4, iPhone 3G/3GS, or iPod touch 2G/3G in place for you (with the included strap) like a guitar hung around your neck, making it easier to use those music apps you love so much to make some sweet sounds. Apps like Guitar World Lick of the Day (which teaches you a new guitar move every day) or even the new GarageBand let you make music, and The Fingerist lets you play it loudly.
  
  While the built-in speaker runs for 6 hours on 3 AA batteries, The Fingerist comes with a line-out jack to send your songs to your amplifier so you can share with your entire neighborhood. Info on where you can purchase one isn't found on the EVENNO site, but Engadget spotted it for sale over at Amazon for $150.
  
  $150 seems a bit steep for my taste when you can get a cheap used guitar and amp for that price, along with maybe a lesson or two. As a guitar player myself, I say go for the real thing. That said, I can see the appeal of bringing this out when the family gets together over the holidays for some rockin' jam sessions.
  
  [via Engadget and iLounge]

  The Fingerist makes your iPhone a mini guitar originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Game Center terms of service updated, real names shared on invitation
  
  

  Apple has quietly tweaked the Game Center terms of service to add in the rule that whenever you first invite a friend to join your friends list in the gaming social network app, your real first and last names (as entered in your iTunes account) are shown to them. You still use a nickname as a full ID (and Game Center will still show your nickname when you log in to browse achievements or see what people are playing), but when you first "friend" someone, they get to see your real name.
  
  Apple has been able to get away with this one somehow -- the iTunes-based Ping social network also makes liberal use of the real name associated with an Apple account when adding friends, but for some reason nobody has made too much of a fuss about it. Consider Apple lucky -- when Blizzard Entertainment tried to require real names to be shared on their World of Warcraft forums, their community raised such a clamor that they had to back down and keep the forums anonymous.
  
  But Apple hasn't had that problem, either because the audiences are different, or just because people don't care so much about anonymity among their Game Center or Ping friends. We'll have to see how the community responds to a change like this.

  Game Center terms of service updated, real names shared on invitation originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: 10 iPad apps for seniors
  

  Our favorite Wall Street analyst, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, called the iPad "the Mac of the masses" in a weekend analysis of how the iPad was selling in the pre-Christmas shopping runup. That was based on an unscientific observation that the iPad was apparently making inroads among demographics that normally don't buy Macs.

  If my personal observations are any indication, there's a lot of interest in the iPad among senior citizens. Many of the older folks I've talked to are fascinated by the device and find it to be perfect for their Internet usage -- email, web browsing, looking at pictures, reading books, and watching videos. It's incredibly easy to use, it's fast, it's non-threatening, and there's no need to worry about malware.

  Given these friendly attributes, I'd speculate that we'll see a lot of older people getting iPads as Christmas gifts this year. If you're one of the people who will be on the giving end of one of these holiday transactions, here are some ideas for senior-friendly iPad apps that you might want to pre-install on your gift before you wrap it up.

  Continue reading TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: 10 iPad apps for seniors

  TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: 10 iPad apps for seniors originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Daily iPad publication reportedly delayed until 2011
  

  The Financial Times (FT) is reporting today (subscription required) that Rupert Murdoch's forthcoming iPad publication, The Daily, may be delayed until 2011. Quoting "people familiar to the project," FT says that the joint venture between News Corp and Apple is likely to debut next year. Neither Apple or News Corp supplied FT with a comment. You've got to wonder if the issue of in-store subscriptions is holding up the works, or if the rumored December 9th launch date was overly optimistic to begin with.
  
  The article goes on to suggest that The Daily will cost US$0.99 per week and will be similar to a mid-market tabloid (think The New York Post or the UK's Daily Mail) in style and tone. Murdoch notes that they'll need to sell 800,000 regular subscriptions to keep the wheels turning.
  
  While an ambitious project, The Daily won't be the first iPad-exclusive publication from a major name. Richard Branson's Project debuted today, and Gourmet Magazine was recently reborn as Gourmet Live for iPad.
  
  [Via Electronista]

  Daily iPad publication reportedly delayed until 2011 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Found Footage: Steve Jobs demonstrates NeXT Step
  

  Here's a great piece of Apple history. In this video (check it out after the break), Steve Jobs gives a demonstration of a NeXT computer. You'll remember that Steve formed NeXT in 1995 after being ousted from Apple. Years later, in 1996, Apple purchased NeXT after Steve's return. Much of the current Mac OS X system is built on the OPENSTEP foundation.
  
  You needn't look too closely to see the predecessors of Mac OS X, like the dock, the services menu, the home directory and windows that display their contents while being dragged. It's also interesting to hear Steve put the Mac down on a couple of occasions. For a nice illustration of how NeXT features became a part of Mac OS X, look here.
  
  Looking at this, one could argue that Steve's dismissal from Apple was the best thing that happened to the Mac OS.
  
  [Via Reddit]

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  Found Footage: Steve Jobs demonstrates NeXT Step originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• iPhone URL display poses potential security threat
  

  Security research specialist Nitesh Dhanjani has demonstrated how mobile Safari's ability to hide a web page's URL can be used to trick users. Specifically, his proof-of-concept site shows a "fake" URL filed once the real one has been hidden, preventing users from realizing that they're not looking at the site they intended to see.
  
  Dhanjani goes on to note that, in situations where a URL filed should be visible, a hacker could simply present the fake one, tricking most users. He offers more detail on his blog, and says that he's been in communication with Apple about the issue. You can check out a brief video of how the trick works after the break.
  
  [Via MacObserver]

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  iPhone URL display poses potential security threat originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Carl Crawford distributes iPads with "highlight reel" to prospective teams
  

  Major League Baseball star Carl Crawford is shopping for a new team, and has sent iPads packed with video highlights of his career to prospective coaches and managers. Specifically, Crawford's agent Greg Genske is distributing the iPads, according to Business Insider.
  
  If artists can share their portfolios with an iPad, why not pro athletes? The move was a stunt for sure, and a costly one at that. But not to worry, Business Insider reports that if Crawford attracts the US$100 million deal he's expected to, those 30 iPads will be paid off by his second at-bat (four at-bats per game works out to $33,333 per at-bat). Not bad for a day's work.

  Carl Crawford distributes iPads with "highlight reel" to prospective teams originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Daily Deals for November 30, 2010
  

  Welcome back to our mighty list of daily deals, courtesy the fine folks at Dealnews. Each of these deals are time-sensitive -- in other words, get 'em while you can.

  • iPhone App Store Freebies: Orient, Road Hog, ARSoccer, more
  • iPhone App Price Drops: Perfect Photo, Cabela's Hunts, LoTR Defense, more
  • ZAGG: iPhone Accessories Cyber Monday Sale: 50% off sitewide no minimum
  • Buy.com: ZyXEL 2-Bay NAS / Media Server for $90 + free shipping
  • HandHeldItems: Up to 70% off select iPad cases + 20% off coupon
    
  • Buy.com: OtterBox Commuter Case for iPad for $28 + $7 s&h (our review of the Commuter is here)
  • ExperCom: Apple iMac Core i7 Quad 2.8GHz 27" Desktop w/ AppleCare for $1,849 + $29 s&h
  • Buy.com: EyeClops Portable Mini Projector for $35 + free shipping
  • TigerDirect: Refurbished Netgear 802.11n Wireless 4-Port Router for $15 + $3 s&h
  • iGoneMobile: Mini DVI to HDMI Adapter with 6-foot HDMI cable for $7 + free shipping
  • MacUpdate Promo: LightFrame 2 for Mac downloads for $15

  Daily Deals for November 30, 2010 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Apple kills PhotoFast 256GB MacBook Air upgrade kit
  

  Easy come, easy go. Apple has reportedly asked (politely, we assume) PhotoFast not to sell the 256GB MacBook Air SSD upgrade kit we were so eager to get our hands on. In fact, the product page is throwing a 404 this morning.
  
  The kit looked great, and included the 256GB upgrade chip as well as a USB 3.0 housing for the 64GB chip currently in the 11.6-inch Air. Plus, it could read and write at 250MB/s while Apple's SSD clocks in between 150MB/s and 160MB/s.
  
  PhotoFast is currently licensed with Apple to make Apple accessories through the MFi Program, a privilege that would be a bummer to lose, to say the least. Cheer up, MacBook Air users, and imagine what could have been.
  
  [Hat tip to 9to5 Mac and Engadget]

  Apple kills PhotoFast 256GB MacBook Air upgrade kit originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• iPad 2 camera supplier selected, remains mum
  

  

  One of the most asked-for features for the second generation of the iPad is for a front-facing camera that can be used with Apple's FaceTime video chat app. After all, with FaceTime available on every iPhone 4 and downloadable in beta form for Mac OS X, the ability to engage in video-enhanced conversations with friends and family on future iPads is a foregone conclusion.

  Now Digitimes is reporting that a supplier for the lens module (optics and CCD sensor) for the iPad 2 has been selected by Apple. Largan Precision, the Taiwanese supplier for the 5-megapixel lens module used in the iPhone 4, filed documents with the Taiwan Stock Exchange noting that the company has been selected as the sole lens module supplier for the iPad 2 with shipments beginning in the first quarter of 2011.

  Not surprisingly, Largan is staying quiet about the deal. The web of secrecy that surrounds announcements of new Apple products extends to suppliers, so we're sure that no confirmation from the company will be forthcoming... not that it's needed.

  The front-facing camera for the iPhone 4 is only VGA quality to allow for higher video refresh rates over Wi-Fi for FaceTime, so we could speculate that this VGA webcam module might be used in the iPad 2. By the way, the 5-megapixel lens module that is used in the primary iPhone 4 camera isn't shown on Largan's product page, but an 8-megapixel unit is. Is it too early to start speculating that the next generation iPhone will sport an 8-megapixel camera?

  iPad 2 camera supplier selected, remains mum originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• International iPad launches today
  
  
  
  The iPad is launching in several countries today, including Czech Republic, Denmark, Malaysia, Finland, Hungary, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan. In Taiwan, the device will be carried by several Apple Premium Resellers, including Tsann Kuen, Fnac, Studio A and DataExpress 3C retail chains.
  
  The iPad began its assault on the tablet market in the U.S., then moved over to Europe and Asia. Today, less than a year later, the little tablet is disrupting the long-standing PC market. Its relative low cost and sleek appeal have reeled in shoppers who typically avoid Apple products.
  
  Please send us your stories and pictures of launch day via the comments. We'd love to share in the fun.
  
  [Via 9to5Mac]
  
  Update: Czech Republic pricing can be found here.

  International iPad launches today originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Apple buys former HP campus in Cupertino
  
  
  
  In the latest sign of a trend that has been ongoing in the tech industry for more than a decade, Apple has gobbled up another big chunk of land in Cupertino, CA that is being vacated by Hewlett-Packard. Apple recently closed on a deal to buy HP's 98 acre Cupertino campus for an undisclosed price. The former HP property is north of a 50 acre site that Apple bought in 2006 and east of the main Infinite Loop campus that has been home to Apple since the early 1990s.
  
  Apple has been on a steady growth path, with a stream of new products, since the return of Steve Jobs in the late 1990s; HP has been heading in the opposite direction, having shed numerous traditional businesses in that same time. Apple had $65 billion in sales in its last fiscal year and added 12,300 employees, bringing its total headcount to 46,600. The 57 buildings currently occupied by Apple are reportedly "bursting at the seams," but the company has not yet provided a timetable or plan for revamping its new campus. Several thousand HP employees that currently work in Cupertino will be consolidated in Palo Alto over the next two years.
  
  This latest move brings the Apple-HP relationship full circle. When Apple was founded in 1976, Steve Wozniak was an engineer working in HP's calculator division. As with most large companies, HP had a policy that anything invented by employees belonged to the company, even if it was created on personal time. Wozniak offered the Apple I and Apple II designs to HP, but the company didn't want to get into the personal computer business at the time, which paved the way for Woz to eventually leave and join his partner Jobs at their startup on a full-time basis. If HP had made different choices in the late 1970s, the many innovative products created by Apple over the years might never have been built, and today's technology landscape would probably be a very different place.
  
  [via Mac.Blorge]

  Apple buys former HP campus in Cupertino originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• TUAW's Daily App: Flickr HD
  
  

  Flickr HD (or flickr hd, as it's styled in the App Store) just got a nice update recently to version 6.0, and it's quite an excellent way to browse and view the popular photo-sharing site Flickr on an iOS device. The latest version brings a feature called "Instaswitch," which will automatically change the picture shown on the app every single minute, right on the minute (I guess it loads up in the background). The app can also display a clock and the photo information on the screen, so you can use your iOS device as a digital photo frame and bring shots in directly from your Flickr account, public photos from someone you know or even Flickr's own favorites feed.
  
  An update early next month is set to bring even more options into the app, including being able to adjust the time that each picture changes. If you spend a lot of time looking at your iPhone or iPad's battery charging screen and would rather give it a little something better to do while sitting in a dock or a stand, Flickr HD is a nice app, and it's on sale right now for just US$1.99.

  TUAW's Daily App: Flickr HD originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• iPad 3G available for free in Japan with two-year Softbank contract
  

  Japan's Softbank Mobile is subsidizing the entire cost of a 16GB iPad 3G (translated link) for those willing to sign a contract for two years of monthly data plan payments. By agreeing to pay Softbank $56 (¥4,725) a month at least 24 times, customers get the iPad for free -- sort of. The way the plan is structured, the monthly payments are actually split evenly between the unlimited data plan and payments on the device.

  One of the many upsides to buying an iPad is that, even if you opt for the 3G version, you don't have to get locked into another two-year AT&T contract. On the other hand, that means you'll have to pay Apple's full list price to get one. Japanese customers now have an option to get a 16GB iPad 3G for no up front cost, but they'll give up a lot of freedom by doing so.
  
  [via Engadget]

  iPad 3G available for free in Japan with two-year Softbank contract originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Found Footage: Injection molding process for the Glif
  

  

  Over the holiday weekend, we noted that the Glif is now available for ordering (although it's not shipping quite yet). The iPhone 4 stand / tripod mount gadget is a triple threat: functional, attractively designed and the owner of a great backstory.

  The Glif guys wanted to share the experience of producing their product, so they released a short video covering the injection molding process out in South Dakota. If you're a fan of the Science Channel's hypnotic How It's Made show, you'll dig this clip. It's embedded in the second half of this post.

  Again, congratulations to team Glif on taking their idea from the napkin stage to physical realization.

  Thanks to Dustin for the heads-up.

  Continue reading Found Footage: Injection molding process for the Glif

  Found Footage: Injection molding process for the Glif originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Adobe gives the sack to Project ROME design app
  

  
  
  Just over a month ago, we told you about a new content and website creation app called Project ROME that Adobe had released for a public trial. We just got a note from Adobe and a link to a forum post saying, in essence, ... never mind. Based on feedback from users, Adobe has decided to abandon development of the product after just a few weeks of public availability.
  
  Adobe has not given any specific reasons for canceling ROME, but our own brief trial showed its capabilities to be pretty limited. With all of the content creation software already available and the ease of building sites with content management systems like WordPress or Squarespace, ROME didn't seem to offer much that was novel. The education version of Project ROME is completely canceled, but the "commercial" version will remain available on Adobe labs for anyone who wants to use it.

  Continue reading Adobe gives the sack to Project ROME design app

  Adobe gives the sack to Project ROME design app originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Infinity Blade hits App Store December 9 for $5.99
  
  
  Chair and Epic Games' extremely impressive Infinity Blade title has gotten a final release date and price: you'll be able to hack and slash your way around the medieval RPG on December 9 for a purchase price of $5.99. The app will be universal and will run on iPhone 3GS and above, up to and including the iPad and the latest iPhone and iPod touch. Players will be able to level up and gear up their characters as they fight through the world towards the game's big boss, a character called "the God-King."
  
  According to Chair's release, multiplayer won't be enabled right away, but free updates will be coming to the app soon after release, one of which will allow players to "battle online via Game Center." Sounds exciting. Epic Citadel, the Unreal Engine 3 demo, is of course, available for free on the App Store right now, but Infinity Blade will be a full-featured RPG game using the same technology. We can't wait!
  
  [via Joystiq]

  Infinity Blade hits App Store December 9 for $5.99 originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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• Apple, ASUS top PC World satisfaction survey
  
  
  Apple has garnered yet another win in a customer satisfaction survey -- this time it's PC World conferring the honors onto Cupertino, as Apple has topped both the laptop and desktop categories for most reliable and well-supported computer products. PC World says that Apple also did well in its smartphone category (with, of course, the iPhone), but that the antenna issues and a few other problems with the iPhone kept it from being listed at the top of the category. Still, PC World has nothing but praise for Apple, which is well-known both for solid, perfectly built hardware and a software experience that rules out as many questions as possible.
  
  This, of course, fits everything we've heard anecdotally about Apple in the past -- while there are sometimes issues from computer to computer or in certain experiences at the Apple Store, most of Apple's products are extremely reliable. Even when they're not, 9 times out of 10 we'll hear about Apple just outright replacing them for customers, under warranty or otherwise.
  
  ASUS also joined Apple at the top of the survey for both desktops and notebooks, and down at the bottom, PC World says that Dell and HP both show "troubling" figures for customer support. Both of those companies still saw increased earnings this past year, but problems in their customer support departments and cheaply made hardware have earned them reputations for trouble.

  Apple, ASUS top PC World satisfaction survey originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
  

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