If you thought gaming on the iPhone was good know, you should see what may be in the future from Apple. A new patent from the company details augmented reality iPhone multiplayer games. (more…)
Warner Music Group’s Senior Vice President of Digital Legal Affairs, Elliott Peters is leaving to join Apple next month, according to a report on Billboard. (more…)
Attorneys representing the state of California and the video game industry have pled their case before the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case that will set a precedent for how video and computer games are sold. They’re arguing over the Constitutional validity of a law authored by state senator Leland Yee (D) and signed into law by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) – passed in 2005 but never enforced – that imposes stiff fines against retailers convicted of selling M-rated games to minors. (more…)
In late October, SecureMac discovered a new trojan that affected users of Mac OS X. On Thursday, the company posted a warning that a new variant of the trojan has been discovered. (more…)
Apple on Wednesday told developers that they could start submitting their applications for inclusion in the Mac App Store. (more…)
An International Trade Commission (ITC) staffer has recommended to the judge that he rule that Nokia did not infringe on any Apple patents. However, the case is not over. (more…)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs and the rest of Apple’s executive team learned something new today — the iPad is not mobile. (more…)
Longer song samples are on the way to iTunes, according to a new report late Tuesday. (more…)
Apple’s iPad will be available through another retail chain beginning November 7, as Best Buy said it would begin selling the devices at its mobile stores. (more…)
Apple has always had some of the best commercials on the market and have countless awards for their efforts, but the latest one really struct a “chord” with me. (more…)
There have been a lot of reviews posted about the MacBook Air in the last week and a surprising number of them show the incompetence of the writer rather than any problems with the computer. (more…)
In the last column, we talked about how an iPhone makes for a perfectly capable and in some ways, even a superior camera for many people. So why would anyone even bother to buy a small pocket sized camera (cameras often referred to as Point and Shoots or P&S for short)? (more…)
Apple on Friday released an update to iPhoto, version 9.0.1. It’s available through the Software Update system preference and also from Apple’s Web site. (more…)
Microsoft introduced Silverlight in 2007 as its alternative to Adobe’s Flash technology – a framework that managed graphics, multimedia, animation and interactivity – but the company is now favoring HTML 5 to do most of that, according to comments made at this week’s Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC). Bob Muglia, who’s in charge of Microsoft’s server and tools business, told ZDNet that Silverlight remains Microsoft’s development platform for Windows Phone, but Microsoft’s strategy has shifted to emphasize HTML 5. It’s a move Apple surely appreciates, as the company has positioned HTML 5 as the open standard alternative to Adobe Flash.
Silverlight will continue to be a cross-platform solution, working on a variety of operating system/browser platforms, going forward, he said. “But HTML is the only true cross platform solution for everything, including (Apple’s) iOS platform,” Muglia said.
This isn’t the first time Microsoft has emphasized HTML 5 – earlier this year, the general manager of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team called the technology “the future of the Web.”
Microsoft: Our strategy with Silverlight has shifted [ZDNet]
Apple just recently updated its professional digital audio workstation software, Logic Pro, but on Friday the company released another update. (more…)
Sophiestication Software is making its tip calculation software for iPhone, Tipulator, free on Friday for anyone who wants to download it. (more…)
Okay, they aren’t really all that spooky and scary, but you just knew that on an occasion like Halloween I’d be able to say, “there’s an app for that.” (more…)
OWC has announced the expansion of their Data Doubler optical bay drive mounting kit. The kit now works in 2009-era Mac minis and 2009-2010 iMac models. It costs $79.99. (more…)
Fishlabs has announced the release of Galaxy on Fire 2, the sequel to their outer space shooter and trading simulation for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game is now available in the App Store and costs $6.99 as a promotion; an iPad version is expected to be released in a few weeks with higher-resolution graphics and special controls, and will be a free upgrade for iPhone version users. (more…)
MacPractice, the practice management and clinical software for the Mac, is now available with an iPad interface. (more…)
Virtual Programming – best known for its Mac games, most recently Supreme Commander 2 – has announced the acquisition of Australian developer Syncode, a publisher of utilities for Mac OS X and iOS. (more…)
IK Multimedia on Thursday released AmpliTube 2 for iPhone, the newest version of the companies amp and effects software for iPhone users. (more…)
Just in time for Halloween, Valve Software has released Left 4 Dead Game of the Year Edition for the Macintosh. The game is regularly priced at $19.99 but costs $9.99. It’s available through Valve’s Steam download service. (more…)
Keith McMillen Instruments on Wednesday released a new foot controller for musicians called SoftStep. The controller can be plugged into a Mac using USB or MIDI. (more…)
Macintosh security firm, SecureMac, on Wednesday discovered a new trojan affecting Mac OS X, including Snow Leopard. (more…)
Apple on Wednesday confirmed that the white iPhone has been delayed again. The most recent delay marks the third time the device’s release has been postponed. (more…)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs made, what some might consider, a risky decision by excluding Flash from the iPhone and iPad in favor of HTML5, but significant growth rates of the standard shows he was on the right track. (more…)
The holidays are almost here and Apple is getting into the spirit of giving. (more…)
Former Microsoft executive Ed Fries says that Steve Jobs was angry with Microsoft when it acquired Bungie Software, makers of Halo.
“He was mad at [Microsoft CEO Steve] Ballmer and phoned him up and was angry because we’d just bought the premier Mac game developer and made them an Xbox developer.”
Fries recounts that Jobs made a heated call to Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer following Microsoft’s acquisition of Bungie, then well-known as a Mac-friendly game company behind hits including the Marathon and Myth series, as well as Oni. Halo had then been in development for both Mac and Windows and had even been featured on the keynote stage of a Macworld Expo.
Following Microsoft’s acquisition of Bungie, Halo became a showcase title for the then-fledgling Xbox console. Destineer Studios would eventually publish Halo for the Mac – something that Fries takes partial credit for as well. Read on for details.
Steve Jobs ‘raged at Microsoft’ over game studio sale [Develop]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs made several comments in the past few months that have angered competitors, most notably Research in Motion. But should Jobs just take his victories in silence and not comment about his competition? (more…)