News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
A startup called Ntractive believes so strongly in the growth of Macintosh use among businesses that it has based its CRM (customer relationship management) product on Apple technologies.
Chris Kanaracus | Nov 5, 2008
Kavasoft has introduced KavaMovies, which it bills as “the Mac movie database.” It costs $US35 ($A52) and is available for download as a demo.
Peter Cohen | Nov 4, 2008
A new survey finds that iPods are cheaper in Australia than any other country in the world. The sceptics among us will note that this is because our dollar is performing horribly, but the implications are nonetheless significant.
David Braue | Nov 3, 2008
Google is offering a service-level agreement for a version of Google Apps, a move that may provide some comfort to enterprises spooked by a long Gmail outage and a buggy Apps portal earlier this month.
Jeremy Kirk | Nov 3, 2008
Microsoft announced on Friday that Eric Wilfrid will take over as the general manager of its Mac Business Unit. Wilfrid replaces Craig Eisler, who has moved to an unspecified position in Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices division after 14 months at the helm of Microsoft’s Mac team.
Dan Moren and Jason Snell | Nov 3, 2008
Other World Computing is offering Modservice, a new service that converts the last-generation MacBook into an Axiotron Modbook, a Mac-based tablet computer. Prices start at $US1,299 ($A1,950).
Peter Cohen | Nov 3, 2008
IBM is suing one of its top executives, a server guru who is trying to take a job with Apple, where he would be working closely with CEO Steve Jobs.
John Brodkin | Nov 3, 2008
Lower-income U.S. consumers are flocking to Apple’s iPhone, sending an early signal that smartphones are changing from a luxury to a necessity, according to research company ComScore Mobile.
Stephen Lawson | Oct 31, 2008
Western Digital (WD) on Thursday announced the addition of a FireWire 800 interface to its My Passport Studio external portable hard disk drive. The drive is available starting at $US199.99 ($US297).
Peter Cohen | Oct 31, 2008
NCsoft on Thursday announced plans to release its long-running massively multiplayer online (MMO) game City of Heroes on the Macintosh. The game is expected to go into open beta in November, with a general release to follow for $US19.99.
Peter Cohen | Oct 31, 2008
Blizzard Entertainment announced this week that World of Warcraft had surpassed 11 million worldwide subscribers. While other games have sold far more than 11 million copies, no other MMORPG comes close in terms of the number of paying subscribers.
Jordan Golson, The Industry Standard | Oct 31, 2008
Apple Corps Ltd -- the Beatles' company -- and MTV networks have put out a press release this afternoon announcing that they will shortly be making an announcement of an exclusive agreement to "develop unprecedented global music project". While details of the project are unknown (the actual announcement is at 1am AEST tomorrow) the word "exclusive" would seem to imply that whatever this project is, Apple Inc, and therefore iTunes, is not included.
Matthew JC. Powell | Oct 30, 2008
Myvu has announced that its Crystal video goggles now work with the iPhone. The Crystal glasses require a new cable which costs $US24.95.
