∞ Apple integrates Twitter into Ping

November 11, 2010

∞ Apple integrates Twitter into Ping

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…)

∞ Universal Audio becomes a Pro Tools developer

Audio plug-in developer Universal Audio (UA) announced that it is now an Avid Pro Tools RTAS developer. (more…)

∞ Veterans: The Loop salutes you

November 11th in Commonwealth countries is known as Remembrance Day (Veterans Day in the U.S.). This is a day where we remember the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought in the many conflicts throughout the last century. (more…)

November 10, 2010

∞ Instapaper updated for iPhone and iPad

Marco Arment updated his popular Instapaper app for the iPhone and iPad, bringing the current version of the app to version 2.3. (more…)

∞ Apple did not buy Bluetooth headphone company, Wi-Gear

Reports earlier this week that Apple purchased Bluetooth headphone-maker, Wi-Gear, are not true. (more…)

∞ Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.5

Apple on Wednesday released an update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, bringing the most current release to 10.6.5. (more…)

∞ Apple's iOS, multi-device strategy a key advantage

Market research firm Gartner on Wednesday released its third-quarter mobile phone sales figures, but there is a little interesting nugget of information that seems to have gone unnoticed. (more…)

∞ Steve Jobs: AirPrint is not dead

Rumors began circulating yesterday that AirPrint, an Apple technology the enables wireless printing from your iPad, had been pulled from an upcoming Mac OS X update. Apparently, that’s not the case at all. An email, reportedly from Steve Jobs resolves the issue.

“AirPrint has not been pulled. Don’t believe everything you read.”

Steve Jobs: “AirPrint Has Not Been Pulled” [MacStories.net]

∞ Samsung Galaxy Tab: A whole lot of nothing with a 7-inch screen

I’ve seen reviewers pick apart some products in my years of writing about technology, but Gizmodo’s review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab leaves nothing behind but a carcass. (more…)

∞ iPad, iPhone, iPod touch rank high for Black Friday shoppers

“Black Friday” is coming. November 26, 2010 – the day after the American Thanksgiving holiday – is typically one of the busiest retail sales days of the entire year. And if BlackFriday.com’s predictions are correct, the iPad will be the most sought-after gift this year. (more…)

∞ Simultaneously copy and paste text on the Mac

This is why I love Mac developers — they see a problem and come up with an innovative, cool solution. If you’ve ever tried to copy and paste multiple lines of text, you know what a pain it is.

CopySwap is a neat utility for Mac OS X that, through a custom keyboard shortcut, lets you automatically copy the text that you’re replacing while pasting. It doesn’t sound as cool as it is when you see it in action.

CopySwap for Mac Lets You Simultaneously Copy and Paste Text [MacStories.net]

∞ iPad beat out by Peace and Happiness on Christmas wish lists

You knew at some point that something would come along and beat Apple’s popular iPad. Turns out it’s peace and happiness. (more…)

November 9, 2010

∞ Consumer Reports rates MacBook Air highest in their categories

Apple’s MacBook Air is proving to be a well designed computer, as Consumer Reports gave both models their highest rating. (more…)

∞ Microsoft updates Office 2011, fixing critical issues

Microsoft on Tuesday released an update for its recently released Office 2011 for Mac. (more…)

∞ Pro Tools 9: This changes everything

Every company that releases a new product wants you to think that it changes the dynamics of the market it competes — few actually do. However, with Pro Tools 9, Avid has literally changed the game. (more…)

∞ Report: Apple suspends sales of iPhone 4 slider cases

Apple has reportedly suspended sales at its retail stores of iPhone cases that slide over the devices glass back. The company is apparently concerned the cases could cause scratches and cracks in the iPhone’s glass. (more…)

∞ Report: Apple buys bluetooth stereo headphone company

Apple has reportedly purchased Wi-Gear, makers of bluetooth stereo headphones for the iPod and iPhone. (more…)

∞ Shareables shrinks URLs, shares with Facebook, Twitter on iPhone

Second Gear released a new, free iPhone and iPod touch app on Tuesday, called Shareables. The app makes it easy for users to share URLs with their friends on popular social networking sites. (more…)

∞ Adobe releases Audition for Mac public beta

Adobe on Tuesday released a public beta of Audition for Mac, the companies professional audio application. (more…)

∞ LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga comes to the Mac

Feral Interactive on Tuesday announced the release of LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga for the Macintosh. It’ll be available beginning Nov. 12, 2010 for $39.95. (more…)

November 8, 2010

∞ Microsoft Kinect technology once offered to Apple

The technology that powers Microsoft’s Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360 was first offered to Apple, according to the executive of the company that makes it. Leander Kahney recounts a conversation with Inon Beracha, CEO of PrimeSense. PrimeSense’s “3D machine vision” is what enables the Kinect to “see” people standing in front of it and interact with Xbox 360 games.

“Obsessed with secrecy, Apple had already asked Beracha to sign a stack of crippling legal agreements and NDAs.“He shook his head. Why didn’t he want to do a deal with Apple? No need. The technology was hot. He could sell it to anyone.”

How Apple almost got Microsoft’s Kinect game controller [Cult of Mac]

∞ Adobe: Apple incites, condones negative campaign against Flash

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch lays much of the blame for Flash’s recent woes with the media directly at the feet of Apple. (more…)

∞ For IT, Xserve was a luxury, not a necessity

On Friday Apple quietly updated its Web site with information indicating that the Xserve – its rack-mounted server hardware – will be discontinued effective January 31, 2011. The Loop sought the advice of experts to help understand Apple’s enterprise IT strategy. (more…)

∞ Photography for Beginners: The Big Boys — DSLR

DSLR stands for “Digital Single Lens Reflex.” To many photographers, it stands for power — the power of control and creativity. (more…)

November 5, 2010

∞ Mac IT pros react to Xserve cancellation

Apple indicated plans to discontinue the Xserve on Friday. By coincidence, Rob Griffiths was on the ground in Los Angeles, attending the first MacTech Conference – a Mac IT-oriented event in Los Angeles (The Loop is a media sponsor of the event). Griffiths reports on the crowd’s reaction to the news.

I was expecting the crowd’s mood to be highly negative, but that wasn’t necessarily the response. Sure, there were a fair number of people who were upset, but there was also a sense that Apple realized they hadn’t really won a spot in the server rooms of the world, and hence, the Xserve’s departure was somewhat expected.

IT conference attendees react to Xserve’s demise [Macworld]