News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
As part of its new iPad tablet unveiled Wednesday, Apple has come out with an e-book reading app. Dubbed iBooks, the app lets you read e-books on the iPad’s 9.7-inch LCD screen.
Phillip Michaels | Jan 28, 2010
Draw up a list of iPhone-related snits and quarrels, and it’s likely that two items will be near the top of most lists—AT&T’s service and the App Store approval process. The former has come under fire from iPhone users who find the wireless carrier’s coverage wanting and its unwillingness to add support for features like tethering mystifying; the latter raises the ire of developers frustrated by Apple’s slow turnaround in OK’ing mobile apps.
Phillip Michaels | Jan 27, 2010
The days of Apple tablet rumour-mongering may soon be coming to an end—Apple confirmed that it will hold an invitation-only event in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 27 to introduce its “latest creation.”
Phillip Michaels | Jan 19, 2010
Don’t look for any Apple executives at the next U.S. Chamber of Commerce mixer wearing any of those “Hello, My Name is…” stickers. The computer maker has resigned its membership in the business trade organisation, citing opposition to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s stance on greenhouse gasses. The trade group has been a very vocal opponent of current legislative efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses.
Phillip Michaels | Oct 7, 2009
The curtain is about to fall on .Mac, Apple’s collection of web-based services, as the company prepares to make the final switch to its rebranded MobileMe offering. .Mac will go dark on Wednesday, as Apple makes its final preparations to launch MobileMe. According to a .Mac support page, the .Mac service will be taken offline at 6 pm PT on Wednesday, July 9 (that's 11am Thursday 10 July AEST).
Phillip Michaels | Jul 8, 2008
Amit Singh thought something was missing from OS X. The Google engineer — and author of Mac OS X Internals — took a look at what the Mac operating system didn’t have that Linux and Solaris did. “One thing stood out,” Singh said. “There was no easy way to do file systems.” So Singh decided to create one, even though he worked for Google’s search team at the time and wasn’t part of the company’s Mac development efforts. The reaction of his bosses to this use of company time? Go for it.
Phillip Michaels | May 16, 2008
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
