When it comes to music creation, Universal Audio is one of my favorite companies. They deliver top-notch audio plug-ins and they still have a hand in creating some of the best hardware in the business. (more…)
Search giant Google reportedly offered to buy Twitter for between $2.5 billion and $4 billion. (more…)
Apple on Thursday updated its Safari Web browser for Mac OS X, bringing the current version to 5.0.3. (more…)
Whether you agree with the hype surrounding the introduction of The Beatles or not, there is no denying the impact the band has on music and the iTunes charts. (more…)
Id Software’s Rage and Rage HD is now available for download from the App Store. The games cost $0.99 and $1.99 respectively. (more…)
MacTech Labs has put Microsoft Office 2011 – the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s productivity app suite for the Mac – through its paces and has published the results on its Web site and in its print publication. The results are spread over six pages, so there’s a lot of detail to review. But ultimately (and with a few exceptions) the results suggest that Office 2011 gains some significant performance boost over both 2008 and 2004 running on the same hardware.
“All of these items give users a great deal more ‘user speed’…and those are not the type of things that can be measured with a stopwatch. However, in many cases, you will see significant ‘user speed’ improvements, regardless.”
Office for Mac 2011 Benchmarks [MacTech]
Namco Networks on Thursday announced the release of Splatterhouse for iPhone. The game costs $2.99. (more…)
Feral Interactive announced Thursday plans to release Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition for the Macintosh. The new game will be released in early December. (more…)
Apple on Wednesday appointed Ronald Sugar to its Board of Directors. Sugar will serve as the Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. (more…)
If you use the official Twitter app for the iPhone or iPad, you’ll be interested to know about a significant update released tonight. Among the new features is push notifications for messages and mentions. There are some other great improvements as well.
These improvements include a simpler way to dismiss “panels” opened while navigating between users and links, more intuitive behavior for the aforementioned panels and various fixes to improve the user experience.
Twitter App Updated with Push Notifications, Improved iPad Interface, iOS 4.2 Compatibility [MacStories.net]
Microsoft Office 2011 has been available for a few weeks and reviews have been positive so far. Many of the early users, including me, noticed the significant speed increase in the new version. Microsoft on Tuesday gave some insight into how they achieved this. (more…)
Apple launched the Beatles on iTunes Tuesday, but the company this afternoon answered another question about band’s music — the exclusivity of the deal with Apple. (more…)
After briefly removing the software update from its Web site Apple has re-posted Mac OS X Server 10.6.5. (more…)
You knew it was coming and now it’s here. RIM released a new video that compares the capabilities of its yet unreleased Playbook tablet to those of Apple’s iPad. Interesting to note that part of the demonstration is showing the speed difference in loading Flash webpages.
The video shows that the Playbook is faster at loading web pages than the iPad, although the selection of websites is limited and a test is focused on loading a website that feature “rich Flash content.”
RIM Posts BlackBerry Playbook and iPad Comparison Video [MacStories.net]
Google on Tuesday released Google Voice for iPhone, which should end the longstanding battle between the two companies over the app. (more…)
Virtual Programming has announced the release of Majesty 2 for the Macintosh. The game is now available for $39.95. (more…)
Newer Technology and OWC announced Tuesday NuGuard Keyboard Covers for the unibody MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. The silicone covers protect the keyboards of those laptops but enable you to type while using them. (more…)
After hyping the arrival of something “that you’ll never forget” on iTunes, Apple on Tuesday released the entire Beatles catalog. The thing is, not many people seem to care. (more…)
As expected, Apple on Tuesday released the Beatles catalog on iTunes, which includes album, song and videos. (more…)
A report on WSJ.com late Monday says Apple’s secret iTunes announcement on Tuesday will be unveiling of the Beatles catalog. (more…)
Late last week, Apple activated its Ping social networking service for users of its iPad device. (more…)
FXpansion on Monday introduced BFD Jazz Maple, the newest expansion kit for BFD2 and BFD Eco drum sampler applications. (more…)
We’ve talked about the pros and cons of the iPhone, Point and Shoots (P&S) and DSLRs. Christmas is coming — is a new camera going to be under your tree? (more…)
Apple is planning … well, something. (more…)
Those of you who listen to my Angry Mac Bastards podcast will not be surprised to read that I have little tolerance for sloppy reporting. So it’s perhaps no surprise that I’m getting increasingly irritated by a meme floating around the Internet that goes, “Kinect was offered to Apple before Microsoft.” (more…)
TransGaming and Rockstar Games have announced the release of the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy for the Macintosh, available via TransGaming’s GameTreeMac.com download site first. The site has a 30 day exclusive, according to a statement released by TransGaming on Friday. Each of the three games in the trilogy is priced at $14.99. (more…)
Apple on Friday released iTunes 10.1, available for download through the Software Update system preference and from Apple’s Web site. (more…)
The Loop’s founder and executive editor, Jim Dalrymple and Peter Cohen respectively, are both incessant blabbermouths who use whatever opportunity they can to share their opinions on areas of interest. If you’re interested in hearing our jibber-jabber, you’re more than welcome to download one or all of the podcasts on which we’re featured. (more…)
Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn hopes to make music history by creating his new album completely on an iPad. (more…)
Apple and Twitter have teamed up to allow users of Apple’s Ping social networking service to share items between iTunes and your Twitter feed. (more…)