Filed under: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple, Developer
I don't know if this was the right thing for Steve Jobs to say, but on the other hand, I do think it's the perfect thing for him to say. The story, as reported by our buddy Daniel Brusilovsky over at Crunchgear, goes like this: A company called The Little App Factory got a letter from Apple, who had a legal issue with one of their apps, formerly named iPodRip. Apple didn't like the fact that "iPod" was clearly in the name, and so despite the fact that the software was meant to transfer songs back and forth specifically from an iPod, Apple wanted the name changed. Full story...
Filed under: iPhone
Sprint has released an ad that features the iPhone with its Overdrive 3G/4G Hotspot mobile router.
Filed under: iPad
MacRumors reports that Apple has begun offering iPad 10-packs to educational institutions at discounted rates.
Filed under: OS
Charles Miller, a computer security researcher who's worked with the NSA, is planning to reveal 20 zero-day security holes in Mac OS X at CanSecWest, a digital security conference, in Vancouver BC next week.
Filed under: Gaming
Do you need a weapon that's not as clumsy or random as a blaster, or perhaps, an elegant weapon from a more civilized age? Soon, there will be an app for that.
Filed under: iPad
Thursday's Macworld article from Jason Snell on the relative merits of waiting for the 3G iPad sets out a good case for the superiority of the more flexible -- and expensive -- AT&T-enabled units.
Filed under: iPhone, Music
Earlier we were hearing that Apple might get involved in location-based ad-hoc social networking, and now it looks like Plastikman might beat them to the punch.
Filed under: OS, TUAW Business
It's time again for another Dear, Apple letter from the readers of TUAW.
Filed under: iPad
In his panel at GDC last week, Ngmoco's Neil Young dropped the news that his company was going all out with their freemium business model -- not only are they releasing twenty iPhone titles by the end of this year, but they're planning on having six iPad titles ready to go right away at launch.
Filed under: OS
Here's one for the freak occurrence archives. A TUAW reader e-mailed us after running Software Update on his new 2.
If you want an economical way to buy into the reigning speed champion of virtualization apps, the MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle may be just the ticket.