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      • “So that’s what the spiral thing on my Swiss Army knife is for!”
      • Enduring design
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      • Tweaking and Sliding: The Jordan Rudess Authorized Biography
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      • Avoiding the Smartphone Trap
      • Content as Medium
      • Free
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      • The Evolution of Human Interface
      • The Tentacle, the Monkey and the Motorcycle
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      • “Is that you Matthew Modine? Is this me?”
      • Legend In the Wings
      • Magical Moments
      • Out Of This World
      • The Digital Revolution of Design
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      • 1974
      • Accessibility Every Day
      • Do It Because You Love It
      • Everyday Magic
      • Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes Tour 2000
      • The Smell of Rubber and Ozone
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      • Designing Apps for Everyone
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      • Step Right Up
      • Touching the Future
      • Where’s the inter-app-erability?
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      • Part of the Crowd
      • Playing the Game
      • The Drinker’s Code of Conduct
      • The Unacknowledged Compromise
      • What do you do?
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      • Helicopters vs. Ninjas
      • How to Have a Crappy Time with Wine
      • It Should Mean Something
      • So You Think My Music Should Be Free
      • Why I Buy Vinyl
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      • Cynicism Shut Down
      • My Life With the F-Word
      • The Future of Human Interface, Part 2
      • The Magic of Alchemy
      • The Signature
    • Issue 9
      • Chasing Eddie Van Halen’s “Brown Sound”
      • How I Got Started With the Mac: My 27 Year Love Affair
      • Reputation
      • Technology Makes Following Sports Better Than Ever
      • Three Life-Changing Moments: What Apple Has Done
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  • Thoughts on Apple’s Mac Event Keynote

∞ Apple adds iTunes gift cards to Facebook

Posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple on Wednesday introduced a new feature through popular social networking site, Facebook.

Tags: iTunes

∞ iPhoto book shipping deadline approaching quickly

Posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 1:37 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

One of the great products that Apple offers is the ability to create high-quality books from your iPhoto library.

Tags: iPhoto

∞ U of South Florida gives student athletes 13-inch MacBook Pro

Posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 6:21 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

The University of Southern Florida is joining the growing number of educational institutions that are utilizing Apple technology to make learning more efficient for its students.

Tags: Education, MacBook Pro

∞ Apple releases AirPort Client Update 1.0 for Snow Leopard

Posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 1:19 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple on Tuesday released an update for Macs running Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard and using a wireless network.

Tags: AirPort, Mac OS X

∞ Analyst reiterates Apple stock target of $277

Posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 1:09 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Even though Apple’s stock is down eight percent in the last 10 trading days, Piper Jaffray Senior Research Analyst, Gene Munster, remains confident long term.

Tags: Financial

∞ Apple can be copied, but can it be beat?

Posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 8:15 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple has some of the best selling computers in the market, it’s the No. 1 music distributor, it sells movies, TV shows, iPods and it’s changing the mobile space with the iPhone and App Store. It’s also one of the … Continued

Tags: App Store, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod touch

∞ Apple unveils iTunes top selling music, TV, movies and apps for 2009

Posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 5:44 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple on Tuesday revealed iTunes’ list of top selling media from the iTunes Store in a new feature called iTunes Rewind 2009.

Tags: App Store, iTunes

∞ Schiller's App Store approvals comparison to retail store makes sense

Posted on Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 1:04 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

I’ve been a vocal critic of Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch App Store approval process. I’m as frustrated with some of the decisions as anyone and tend to speak my mind, but recent comments from Apple’s Senior Vice President of … Continued

Tags: App Store, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone apps, iPod touch

∞ Study: Apple's secret weapon is iPod touch

Posted on Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 7:37 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

As competition heats up in the mobile phone space from companies like Google and Motorola, a new study points to Apple’s iPod touch as the company’s secret weapon.

Tags: App Store, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone apps, iPod touch, iTunes

∞ Report: Apple in talks to buy Lala streaming music service

Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 1:19 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple could be setting the groundwork for an iTunes streaming music service, if rumors from CNET are true.

Tags: iTunes

∞ Apple sued for infringing digital camera patent with iPhone

Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 6:18 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming the company is violating several of its digital camera patents.

Tags: iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Legal

∞ Apple releases Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1

Posted on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 1:20 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple on Thursday released an update for Java that is available for immediate download.

Tags: Mac OS X

∞ Toontrack releases major update to EZplayer for IMAP support

Posted on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 8:57 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Toontrack on Thursday released an update for its drum sampler utility, EZplayer. Among the changes are fixes for the IMAP presets used in Ocean Way Drums.

Tags: Audio Plug-ins, Drums, Virtual Instrument

∞ IDC predicts Apple tablet to boost mobile 'Net users to over 1 billion in 2010

Posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Market research firm IDC released its predictions for 2010 including one that involves the most talked about unreleased product of 2009, the Apple tablet.

Tags: iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

∞ Hands On: OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 external RAID

Posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

I’ve been testing Other World Computing’s (OWC) Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 RAID system for the past few weeks and have been very impressed.

Tags: Guitar, Pro Tools

∞ Psystar stops selling Mac clones after Apple legal win

Posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 8:23 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

It took Psystar less than 24 hours after a settlement was awarded to Apple to stop selling its Mac clone computers.

Tags: Legal, Mac OS X

∞ CopyTrans 4 recovers media from iPods, iPhones for Windows users

Posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 7:42 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

If you’ve ever been in the unenviable situation of needing to get your music and videos off an iPod or iPhone and on to your computer, you know the value of having a good application to get the job done. … Continued

Tags: iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod touch

∞ MacTech extends free six month subscription offer

Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 4:17 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

There have been a lot of holiday sales and offers over the last few days, but a few are still available, including a magazine offer from MacTech.

Tags: Education, Training

∞ Groove3 releases Music production and mixing Pro Tools videos

Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 11:15 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Video tutorial-maker, Groove3, released two new tutorial videos targeted to users interested in learning about music production and mixing.

Tags: Audio Plug-ins, Education, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Training

∞ Apple launches Monday-only sale on accessories

Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 5:31 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple on Monday launched a sale on select Mac, iPhone, and iPod accessories on its online store.

Tags: iMac, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod touch, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro

∞ Munster: Apple's Black Friday sales down from 2008

Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 4:46 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Piper Jaffray Senior Research Analyst, Gene Munster, on Monday said his team’s checks of Mac sales on Black Friday show Apple was down from the same day in 2008.

Tags: iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro

∞ Apple grabs almost half of retail money spent on desktops

Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 12:42 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

The news surrounding Apple’s devices and computers just keeps getting better. Not only is the company’s iPhone flying high, but it seems the desktops are as well.

Tags: iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro

∞ Boss posts virtual guitar pedalboard

Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 12:11 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Guitar players know that Boss has made some of the most classic pedals in history. Now you can try out some of those pedals online.

Tags: Guitar

∞ iPhoto update fixes Faces recognition issues

Posted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 1:55 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple on Tuesday released an update for iPhoto, bringing the current version to 8.1.1.

Tags: iPhoto

∞ New Mac software bundle targets graphic and photo apps

Posted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 10:53 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

There are several bundle deals available these days, but one company pulled together apps specific to one category of consumers: graphics and photo apps.

∞ Brady Barnett brings his audio engineering talents to the masses

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

I love to learn. I absorb every little piece of knowledge I can about music production and editing, from as many people as I can. These days, it’s a lot easier to get that knowledge. Now, you can access the … Continued

Tags: Audio Interfaces, Audio Plug-ins, Logic Pro, Pro Tools

∞ Apple responds to reports of new iPhone worm

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 12:50 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple on Monday responded to reports that another iPhone worm has been reported attacking iPhones.

Tags: iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone OS

∞ eBay releases Deals iPhone app

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

eBay on Monday released a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch called Deals, giving users the ability to find the best deals on eBay.

Tags: App Store, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone apps

∞ Apple announces one-day shopping event

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 8:23 am.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Apple on Monday announced it will have a one-day shopping event on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving.

∞ Superior Drummer update fixes iMap preset offset

Posted on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 at 4:24 pm.

Written by Jim Dalrymple

Toontrack on Sunday released an update for its flagship drum sampler, Superior Drummer.

Tags: Audio Plug-ins, Drums, Virtual Instrument

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