Macworld Expo: Was it successful?

Macworld Expo 2010 is over, and the show is being hailed as a success by many attendees. That is great news for IDG and the Mac community as a whole.

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Atomic Love Bombs participate in Haiti benefit concert during Macworld

If you’re attending Macworld Expo this week in San Francisco, Calif. you might want to plan to go out Friday night to the Red Devil Lounge for a concert. The concert is being put on as a benefit for the earthquake victims in Haiti, and one of the bands playing — the Atomic Love Bombs [...]

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A heads up from The Loop for Macworld Expo exhibitors

If you’re a vendor who will be exhibiting at Macworld Expo and you are announcing new products or have info you’d like to share with the world, make sure to drop us a line if you’d like to meet and keep our readers in The Loop.

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Video: Interview with David Ellefson of F5, Hail! and Megadeth

I stopped by to speak with David Ellefson to get the latest on what he is doing while I was at NAMM last week. David is one of the best bass guitarists in the business and someone I’ve had the pleasure of knowing for several years.

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The Beard Speaks: Business lunches in Vegas

Greetings from San Jose! I wrote this piece at NAMM 2010! Or, more accurately, from a rocking party at NAMM. I was taking a break from the shenanigans at the show (did you see that picture of me partying with Gene Simmons) to bring you cats up to speed with my beardly goings-on. Also, Face [...]

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AT&T network fails iPhone users at the NAMM music show

NAMM is one of my favorite trade shows because it combines great Mac software with musical instruments. Unfortunately, this year NAMM didn’t include a wireless network that actually worked for iPhone users.

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NAMM Video: BFD Nano Demo by FXpansion

One of the best drum companies on the market is FXpansion with its BFD series. The company introduced BFD Nano at NAMM, which is a new version of the sampler targeted to the beginner user. We stopped by and got a demo at the BFD booth.

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Chuck Joiner: The value of Macworld 2010

Yesterday, I joined in the debate on Twitter over Jim Dalrymple’s article, Macworld Expo 2010: Success story or a disaster waiting to happen, discussing the value of Macworld 2010 and why I didn’t agree some of Jim’s more dire conclusions. Last night, Jim joined me for an episode of MacNotables to discuss the topic.

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Macworld Expo 2010: Success story or a disaster waiting to happen

I’ve been attending Macworld Expos since 1996, or thereabouts. Every year the excitement leading up to a Macworld is intense and exciting, but sadly this year is different.

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Adobe to show 3D version of James Cameron’s Avatar at Adobe Max

Most people will have to wait until December 18 to see James Cameron’s new masterpiece film, Avatar. However, if you are attending the Adobe Max conference in October, you’ll get a sneak peek of the new movie.

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Native Instruments pulls out of NAMM, AES, Musikmesse

There is no doubt about it, there is a trend among companies to scale back their tradeshow presence. The latest company to announce it is pulling out of future tradeshows is Native Instruments (NI).

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Pictures from WWDC ‘09 keynote

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G S

Apple used its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to unveil the iPhone 3G S, that features improved performance, longer battery life and an autofocus camera and video recording.
The iPhone 3G S offers speeds up to twice as fast as the iPhone 3G, according to Apple. This is real speed that can be realized in launching applications [...]

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Mobile industry eyes Apple as developer conference nears

The eyes of the mobile industry are squarely focused on Cupertino, Calif. as Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is set to kick off on Monday. First unveiled at a special event at the company’s campus, the highlight of the conference will be an updated version of iPhone OS 3.0.
iPhone OS 3.0 promises to be [...]

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Apple readies for WWDC as banners appear in SF

If the hush coming out of Cupertino isn’t enough of a signal that Apple is about to dazzle us with something at next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), perhaps the banners at Moscone are.
As AppleInsider reports, Adam Jackson took some nice pictures of Moscone West, the venue for WWDC. One of the banners in the [...]

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