Mar 31 2009

RBC says iPhone 3G ‘Pro’ won’t boost iPhone momentum

The Royal Bank of Canada is maintaining its bearish near-term outlook on shares of Apple, claiming that although consumer interest in a new version of the iPhone remains healthy, sales of the new device are unlikely to provide the company with the same boost seen during the transition from the original iPhone to the iPhone 3G.

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Mar 30 2009

iPhone Pirating App Attacks Rival Pirate App Store

A new application has been created for the iPhone which is designed to not only get all the latest Apple apps free of charge, but to teach a commercial iPhone pirate a lesson by opening his servers to all.

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Mar 30 2009

Skype For iPhone Is LIVE!

When they said “Tuesday,” they meant it. Not long ago, the clock struck midnight in the Land of the Rising Sun, and sure enough, the bona fide Skype application (v1.0.0.63) for Apple’s iPhone has gone live. It’s absolutely free to download, too! We’re fully expecting it to roll out elsewhere as Tuesday (March 31st) arrives in various time zones.

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Mar 30 2009

Is Linux ready for the "average" user?

The other day I realized that it had been a long time since I’d talked about Linux as a whole as opposed to looking at specific distros. Also, over the past few weeks I’ve spent quite a lot of time discussing Windows, in particular Windows 7, and Apple’s Mac OS X.

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Mar 29 2009

Experimental MacRuby Branch Is 3x Faster

An anonymous reader writes “Zen and the Art of Programming published an article about MacRuby’s new experimental 0.5 branch (project blog entry here). According to the included benchmarks, Apple’s version of Ruby could already, at this early stage of its development, be about three times as fast as the fastest Ruby implementation available elsewhere.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Mar 29 2009

Who Will Monetize Social Media? Facebook, Twitter, or Apple?

who will be the innovator that leads the way in monetizing social media?

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Mar 28 2009

AT&T stores now offering early upgrade pricing on iPhone 3G

In the latest move aimed at helping Apple clear inventory of iPhone 3Gs ahead of new models anticipated this spring, AT&T retail stores are now offering some customers early upgrades to the Apple handset at subsidized pricing.

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Mar 28 2009

iPhone App Refund Policies Could Cost Devs

CBRcrash writes “Apparently, if iPhone users decide that they want a refund for an app (users can get a refund within 90 days, according to Apple policy), Apple requires that developers give back the money they received from the sale. But, here’s the kicker: Apple will refund the full amount to the user and says that it has the right to keep its commission. So, the developer not only has to return the money for the sale, but also has to reimburse Apple for its commission.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Mar 28 2009

Apple uses a jailbroken iPhone in patent application

Uh oh Apple — it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers.The images from the iPhone biometric security patent application show a jailbroken phone, complete with Installer.app, SMBPrefs, and the iWood Realize theme from the iSpazio repository

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Mar 27 2009

Revew: Apple’s New Mac Mini Much More Versatile

In the four years since the Mac Mini was introduced, and Apple has added some solid firepower under the hood, while leaving the Mini’s basic nature intact.

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