Articles in the Apple Category

Universal Music Goes DRM Free(ish) But Not on iTunes
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Media, Music, Retail on 10 August 2007
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Universal Music will try anything to throw a wrench into the well-oiled machine that’s the iTunes music store. They just announced a deal to sell DRM free tracks to 4 other online music stores. After all, it’s not like Apple delivers some $750-$800 million dollars into Universal’s coffers … oh wait, they do. And yet, […]

Why the Apple/Command Key Finally Lost Its Apple
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets, Marketing on 9 August 2007
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Andy Hertzfield, 1983 – Designing the Mac interface: “We thought it was important for the user to be able to invoke every menu command directly from the keyboard, so we added a special key to the keyboard to invoke menu commands, just like our predecessor, Lisa. We called it the “Apple key”; when pressed in […]

Basic Back to School Mac Buying Guide
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, Retail, Toys on 8 August 2007
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K-9 Students & Families The newly revamped iMac is certainly a nice home computer at a nice price point – everything a K-9 student & family might need. It comes with iLife and there are dozens of free word processors you can download to use or MS Office Student & Academic version is only $99 […]

gPhone to iPhone: The 2-Minute Threat
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Toys on 6 August 2007
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The gPhone may be a lot of things but the last thing it is a threat to the iPhone. First, no one knows exactly what is but let’s take every bit of rumor at face value anyway. USER INTERFACE While the iPhone is not perfect, it is easier to use after 15 minutes than if […]

iPhone Visual Voicemail: How To to Add the ‘Visual’ Portion
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Mobile on 3 August 2007
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While you are now running full speed on your iPhone now, what about making voicemail and phone calls really visual? What about adding those headshots of friends, loved ones, welcomed calls or the dreaded colleagues so when they call, there is a photograph that instantly recalls their presence in your life? Pretty simple. Fire up […]

Your iPhone Photos: Different Resolutions & Copying Them Off
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Internet, iPhone, Mobile on 2 August 2007
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The iPhone is one of the nicest camera phones out there. I haven’t had any problems with the green tinting that some people have reported – perhaps a software white-balance issue? But hopefully all your photos have been turning out well – and perhaps you’ve wondered how to actually get them off the camera. Of […]

iPhone: Now With 23 Free Magazines
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Food, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Media on 1 August 2007
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When Texterity announced they created magazines for the iPhone, I thought – that’s nice – not expecting much – thinking maybe they just re-formatted the banner ads and the text so it would fit on one page but instead, they actually made it TOTALLY IPHONE friendly and by offering some very cool choices. When you […]

AT&T iPhone “Service”: Opt-Out Only $36 Roadside Assistance?
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Posted in Apple, Computing, iPhone, Marketing on 1 August 2007
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Not sure if this is Opt-In or Opt-Out because I cannot reach AT&T to ask … Because email is really a complicated setup that can break? This is what you get after you click on CONTACT US: I guess I can call the 800-number (which is listed as Cingular Customer Service). Guess they sent an […]

Looking for Album Artwork for your iTunes & iPhone/iPod?
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets, Media, Mobile, Music on 31 July 2007
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Of course, iTunes will start to look into the iTunes Store for missing artwork as soon as you drag in new music files/tracks. The album artwork it does match up with your tracks are top notch. They are perfectly matched and 99.9% the best version resolution-wise out there. However, it can only find and “fix” […]

The iPhone as Business Phone: Where We Stand
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Posted in Apple, Computing, iPhone, Media on 30 July 2007
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One of the hinderance to business users switching is as simple as you have a business account and that AT&T isn’t offering the iPhone as an option. If you run a small business or have enough pull, it’s simple to switch. In fact, if anything, you might save your company money. A colleague found out […]