Offender Locator iPhone software exiled from App Store by Apple
Offender Locator, a controversial, high-profile application that allowed users to find registered sex offenders, was removed from the App Store this week.
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Apple's Schiller personally responds to App Store criticism
In an unprecedented move, Apple executive Phil Schiller has personally responded a report that criticized the company's handling of a third-party dictionary program on the iPhone App Store.
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Apple releases Mac OSX 10.5.8 update
Apple released the next — and potentially last — upgrade to its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system Wednesday afternoon, bringing minor tweaks before the debut of Snow Leopard in September.
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Apple, Google still share board of directors link
Even after Google chief executive Eric Schmidt stepped down from the Apple Board of Directors due to anticompetitive concerns, both companies remain under scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission because of another commonality.
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Amazon offers Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard pre-order
Snow Leopard, the latest update to Apple's Mac OS X operating system, is now available for pre-order from Amazon, in anticipation of its upcoming September release.
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Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 software to fix SMS exploit
Responding to a dangerous security exploit unveiled this week, Apple released an update to its iPhone operating system Friday to patch the security hole.
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New China Unicom iPhone model, sans Wi-Fi, given approval
Reports of regulatory approval of a new model of the iPhone in China seem to confirm that Apple's hardware will appear on the China Unicom network, and also suggest that a new model was created for the country of over 1 billion.
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U.K. regulatory board backs Apple App Store ad claims
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority ruled this week that Apple has the right to say in commercials that there is software for "just about everything" on its iPhone App Store.
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First Apple, Microsoft retail stores to face off in California
Microsoft plans to compete directly against an already-established Apple Store in Mission Viejo, Calif., as the Windows maker announced this week its first two planned retail store locations, scheduled to open this fall.
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AVG antivirus update attacks Apple's iTunes
A database update from AVG over the weekend made the Windows antivirus software attack users' iTunes installations, mistakenly viewing the application's library files as a Trojan virus and placing them in quarantine.
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Apple updates Final Cut Studio with 100 new features
A "significant" upgrade to Final Cut Studio was announced by Apple Thursday, with more than 100 new features and new versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor.
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iPhone, iPod touch "cannibalizing" traditional iPod market
Sales of traditional MP3 players like the iPod nano, iPod shuffle and iPod classic continue to decline, as the enemies of these Apple products — the iPhone and iPod touch — come from within the same company.
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App Store additions include medical marijuana, e-books, call recording
New software recently released on Apple's App Store could help iPhone users legally obtain doctor-prescribed marijuana, read electronic copies of books on the go, or easily record telephone conversations.
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Office 2008 for Mac SP2 improves speed and stability
Microsoft is set to release its second service pack for Office 2008 on Mac, bringing improved stability, speed, and new features, such as increased connectivity with the Web-based Office Live Workspace.
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iPod touch seen as small but stealthy asset in Apple lineup
Though iPod sales are predicted to be the weakest-performing segment of Apple's overall sales this quarter, the iPod touch is said to be the ace up the company's sleeve, thanks to the platform's compatibility with the App Store.
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Big game publishers embrace App Store
While many of the early successful iPhone and iPod touch games came from small-time developers, big-name content creators like Electronic Arts, id Software and Konami are flocking to the platform, using their brands and marketing muscle to compete.
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Apple unleashes new Leopard, Snow Leopard betas
Apple this weekend followed the release of its latest Snow Leopard beta with new pre-releases of both Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server.
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SEC still reviewing Apple's disclosures on Steve Jobs' health
The United States Security and Exchange Commission is still reviewing disclosures made by Apple earlier this year to determine whether the company knowingly withheld material information from shareholders about the health of its chief executive.
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Apple procuring video camera modules for next-gen iPod touch
With all of Apple's spring product offerings now on the market, attention is shifting towards the company's fall iPod launches, which are widely expected to include the first models that will dual as pocket-sized digital cameras.
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Apple's Mac shipments rebounding sharply in recent weeks
An aggressive back-to-school promotion and a more affordably-priced overhaul to Apple's MacBook Pro notebook line are boosting Apple's personal computer shipments to levels not seen since last October, shortly before the economic climate caught up with the Mac maker in earnest.
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Maine's expanded MacBook program the 'largest of its kind'
The Maine Department of Education said Tuesday that it plans to expand to high school students a program that has provided Apple notebook computers to all of the state's middle school students for the past 7 years, creating "the world's largest educational technology program of its kind."
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Apple's profit margin on Mac minis slimmer than usual
Apple's latest Mac mini continues to demonstrate the company's capacity to develop personal computers that are both smaller and more attractive than those of its rivals, but achieving its sleeker design footprint comes at the expense of razor-thin profit margins, a new tear-down cost analysis reveals.
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iPhone 3GS spurs 400% increase in mobile video uploads to YouTube
If there was any doubt that that the video recording and upload capabilities of Apple's new iPhone 3GS would signal a new chapter in mobile video sharing, the first statistics quantifying its impact are in, and they're impressive.
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Tidbit: Apple naming Leopard point release after ancient gods
It's well known that Apple brands major versions of its Mac OS X operating system with code-names corresponding to big cats, but the company also uses similar naming conventions internally for its maintenance releases, such as those for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard bear the names of ancient gods.
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AT&T Navigator turn-by-turn GPS solution hits the App Store
AT&T on Tuesday became the latest player to attempt to capitalize on what's sure to become a multi-million dollar market for iPhone-based turn-by-turn GPS driving solutions, launching its AT&T Navigator software on the App Store.
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