‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Dec. 1

Posted by Dennis Sellers Dec 1, 2008 at 1:01pm

“Apple’s iTunes Store Passes 10,000 iPhone Applications Mark: Apple launched its App Store for iPhones in iTunes on July 11, 2008 and since then they have offered more than 10,000 applications in less than five months.”—Digital Journal

“The Apple Remote Needs an Update: Over the years, Macs have innovated in many ways. The aging PowerPC standard has been replaced with Intel. The iMac, once made of white plastic, now has a sleek aluminum exterior. And finally, new products like the MacBook Air have kept Apple ahead of the curve. Shipped with each of these innovations is what is essentially a slender plastic brick, the Apple remote. Though reliable and durable, the remote has yet to undergo any major revisions since its launch in 2005. Cupertino needs to get with the program and update the remote. Are you listening, Steve?”—PC Fastlane

“Apple adds DMCA charge to complaint against Psystar: The court has granted a motion by Apple seeking to amend its complaint against Mac clone maker, Psystar. According to documents filed with the court, Apple will add a Digital Millennium Copyright Act claim to the original complaint..”—Macworld

“Top 10 All-Time Mac Fiascos: This month, we take a trip down memory lane, across the history of the Macintosh industry, to point out the Top 10 Fiascos from the perspective of a Macintosh developer. Although the history of the Macintosh is littered with blunders and boneheaded mistakes, we are going to look at outright fiascos. And as this is a software development column, I have chosen those which are from the perspective of a Mac developer.”—MacCompanion

“Apple, RIM: An Historic Collapse in U.S. Corporate IT Spending: ChangeWave’s latest corporate IT purchasing survey shows an accelerating collapse in U.S. business spending that has reached historic proportions – with record pullbacks occurring both in the current 4th quarter and going forward.”—Seeking Alpha

“10 Great iPhone Apps For Your Business—iPhone Enterprise Software”—Information Week

“Apple’s iPhone sparks battle by media companies: Apple will have sold more than 1 million iPhones in Australia by the end of next year, sparking a battle by media companies and application developers to lure users with content and on-sell the eyeballs to advertisers.”—Australian Business

“Can Apple Save the Netbook? As the price of low-end laptops creeps up, an innovative model from Apple could rejuvenate the market.”—Washington Post

“Will Snow Leopard incorporate TPM protection?: With the all this controversy concerning psystar computers and Apples continuing push to maintain its hold on hardware and SW integration (iphone+itunes) I think that the community will be shocked when SL is going to be bound to via Intel’s TPM. ”—Ars Technica

“Google faces down Apple: When you become an 800-pound gorilla, throwing your weight around can certainly get results. Google didn’t mind throwing its collective weight at Apple this week as the search giant admitted that it had used unpublished APIs in its iPhone search application. The problem isn’t so much that Google used the iPhone proximity sensor, rather it revealed shortcomings in Apple’s iPhone App store vetting process yet again. Many developers will ask what the point is in following Apple’s iPhone SDK rules if Google can walk in and ignore them.”—Builder AU

“Picasa for Mac: coming soon? A particular complaint I’ve heard from Windows switchers concerns the absence of Google’s Picasa from the Mac. But that may be about to change.”—IT Wire

“How iPhone Cuts Business Travel Costs: Forget packing a phone, laptop, paper and pens. Just tote an iPhone filled with business apps.”—Forbes

“Rogers quietly intros $30 data/text value pack: Rogers has quietly bolstered its wireless data plans this week to improve its options for iPhones and other smartphone users.”—MacNN

“The Simpsons Offer 6:48 of Apple Jokes: The Simpsons offered some six minutes and 48 seconds of Apple jokes on Sunday’s episode, “Mypods and Broomsticks”, at least according to a clip from the show posted on YouTube. The iconic cartoon lampooned everything from Apple Stores (Mapple Store), to the Cube (MyCube), to the iPod (MyPod) to Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself (Steve Mobs), plus another score or so of Apple gags too numerous to catalog.”—MacObserver

“Gibson’s new Les Paul guitar connects to your Mac: Following the success of the Robot guitar released last year, Gibson unveiled the next generation Robot called Dark Fire. In addition to its ability to auto-tune itself, the Dark Fire can also connect to your Mac via FireWire and soon wirelessly over Bluetooth.”—Macworld

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