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Apple Announces One Million Ping Users in First Two Days

Mac Rumors - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 20:30

Apple today announced that over one million users have joined Ping, the company's new social networking feature focused on music and built into iTunes 10. According to Apple, one-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes 10 in its first...

Skype Introduces 10-Way Video Calling

VOIP - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 17:44
Skype — apparently pleased with its five-way beta group video-calling functionality — has just released a new version of Skype 5.0 for Windows that doubles group support. It now allows for up to 10 video callers.

Skype 5.0 beta two is already available for download; it includes 10-way video calls, automatic call recovery and a cleaner user interface. The update is also said to improve call quality and includes a number of bug fixes to make the overall experience much smoother.

Steve Jobs Defends New iTunes 10 Icon Against Criticism

Mac Rumors - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 14:58

With the release of iTunes 10 on Wednesday, Apple has revamped the application's icon for the first time in many years, doing away with the traditional design of music notes on top of a CD. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the change at Wednesd...

Apple Adds Showtimes to Movie Trailer Site

Mac Rumors - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 14:20

Macworld reports that Apple has added listings of showtimes to its movie trailer site, offering a slick HTML5 interface that utilizes geo-location to find theaters in your area.

When you visit the page, your Web browser will a...

Apple Removes Custom Ringtone Creation in iTunes 10

Mac Rumors - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 14:05

Apple's former custom ringtone editor, no longer present in iTunes 10
As noted by Mac|Life, iTunes 10 appears to be lacking the ability to create ringtones from songs purchased from the iTunes Store. The feature had allowed users to s...

Seven Pounds

Movies - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 13:01

Director
Gabriele Muccino

Studio
Columbia Pictures

Rated
PG-13

Genre
Drama

Duration
123

Apple Reportedly Looking to Push Monthly iPad Production to 3 Million

Mac Rumors - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 11:43

According to a new research note from Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty, Apple's manufacturing partners are now pushing out two million iPads per month, with Apple urging them to boost production to thr...

iOS Passes Linux to Become Third-Most Popular Internet Browsing Platform

Mac Rumors - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 09:37

As noted by Computerworld, Internet research firm Net Applications has calculated that Apple's iOS has passed Linux to become the third-most popular Internet platform, surpassing Linux to trail only Windows and Mac OS X. According to Net App...

Apple Details Features in iOS 4.2 for iPad

Mac Rumors - Fri, 2010/09/03 - 05:02

Apple has posted a dedicated page detailing the new features coming to the iPad in November. iOS 4.2 is the unifying release that finally brings the iPad and iPhone in feature sync. The iPad was originally launched with iOS 3.2 and has sin...

Crestron offers new MTX-3 wireless touchpanel remote

VOIP - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 19:38

The MTX-3 offers seamless interaction with AV and environmental systems, providing true feedback of all settings, and displaying metadata information for all digital media.  Crestron’s infiNET EX wireless technology provides reliable two-way communications throughout a residence or commercial structure utilising a 2.4 GHz mesh network.

Cisco making a play for Skype?

VOIP - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 19:36

 Cisco is reportedly looking to buy Skype before the Internet phone provider goes public.  The blog TechCrunch posted over the weekend that Cisco made an offer for Skype before it completed its IPO process. The site attributed the unconfirmed information to "reliable sources."

Apple-Facebook Controversy Over Ping Rooted in API Usage, Feature May Return

Mac Rumors - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 17:00

Earlier today, we reported on confusion surrounding the brief appearance of Facebook Connect functionality in iTunes 10's "Ping" social networking feature that initially appeared to allow users to find friends by checking their Facebook conta...

Apple Confirms No Software Update for Original Apple TV

Mac Rumors - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 16:14

Included in a nice overview of Apple's new iPods and Apple TV from Ars Technica is confirmation that users of Apple's earlier Apple TV models will not be receiving a software upgrade to enable Netflix streaming and other software features of ...

Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H535 to Developers

Mac Rumors - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 15:09

Apple continues its trend of weekly releases of Mac OS X 10.6.5 developer builds today by pushing Build 10H535 to registered developers. The release marks an increment of four builds since last week's re...

Spammers Already Taking Aim at Apple's Ping

Mac Rumors - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 14:50

It's been less than 24 hours since Apple released iTunes 10 and its integrated social networking functionality, Ping, but spammers and scammers are already starting to spread their messages via the service. The first major instance appears t...

Fourth-Generation iPod Touch Teardown Photos Posted by FCC

Mac Rumors - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 12:42

Engadget notes that Apple's new iPod touch introduced yesterday has appeared on the website of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Along with other standard information on radiation emissions required by the FCC for approval, t...

Confusion Over Facebook's Brief Appearance in Ping for iTunes

Mac Rumors - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 10:26

Screenshot from Follow Music and People with Ping video tutorial
With yesterday's release of iTunes 10, Apple also deployed a new music-focused social network feature known as Ping. When it initially launched yesterday, users creating...

Twitter for iPad Offers a Fresh New Interface

Mac Rumors - Thu, 2010/09/02 - 01:59
Tonight Twitter released a new update to their popular Twitter application that makes it a Universal app with native support for the iPad's large display. While native support has been a long requested feature for the official Twitter app, the compa...

Apple Posts September Media Event Video Stream in Multiple Formats

Mac Rumors - Wed, 2010/09/01 - 23:20

Apple has posted the full stream for today's Media event. While the stream had been available for Mac OS X 10.6 and iOS users immediately after the broadcast, it is now provided in multiple formats that can be viewed cross platform on both ...

iTunes 10 Now Available to Download

Mac Rumors - Wed, 2010/09/01 - 22:00

Apple has finally posted the iTunes 10 release for download. iTunes 10 was introduced today during the keynote event. The new version of the media management application features a streamlined interface and a new networking feature called P...
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