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Apple to Allow Background Tasks on iPhone?

With the release of iPhone Firmware 2.2.1, many were left wondering what had become of the Push notification system that Apple had announced at the Worldwide Developer's Conference back in June. While Apple had originally set a Septem... Read More...

Published 02-03-2009 2:22 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Music Industry Fears Apple and is also Subject to iTunes Popularity Rankings

The NY Times reports on the heated negotiations that led to the announcement at Macworld that Apple would be dropping Digital Rights Management (DRM) from all iTunes music. In exchange, the music labels were given their long-requested variable prici....

Published 02-02-2009 3:18 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
iMac to Come in Both Dual-Core and Quad-Core Configs?

Following up a report we had questions about from last week, Analyst Shaw Wu now claims that the upcoming iMacs will come in both dual core and quad core variants: In his note to clients today, Wu now claims to be hearing from his so... Read More...

Published 02-02-2009 2:59 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Mac Pro Suitable Xeon (Nehalem) Processors Due March 29th?

Apple's recent financial results numbers revealed that last quarter a full 70% of their computer sales were notebooks. While the general industry trend has also been towards notebook sales, part of the reason for Apple's dramatic shift has been...

Published 02-01-2009 9:28 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
iPhone Users Far More Likely to Download Games and Apps

A new report from ComScore confirms what many mobile developers have already figured out. iPhone and iPod Touch users appear to be far more likely to download games than other smartphone users. ComScore notes that mobile phone gamin... Read More...

Published 02-01-2009 8:28 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
New Snow Leopard Build (10A261) Seeded to Developers

Macitynet.it reports that Apple has seeded developers with a new version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The latest build is said to be 10A261. The prior version of Snow Leopard delivered to developers was in December (build 10A222). ... Read More...

Published 02-03-2009 11:43 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
More Evidence Apple is Shifting Towards Intel-Only Software Releases?

Arstechnica points out that a portion of Apple's new iLife '09 suite is now Intel-only. Specifically, the GarageBand '09 Learn to Play feature that was demonstrated at Macworld will not run on a PowerPC: "GarageBand Learn to Pla... Read...

Published 02-03-2009 11:16 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Google 'Latitude' Location Tracking Coming to iPhone

Google announced a new location tracking feature of Google Maps that will allow you to share your current location with your friends and family. The new service is called Latitude: Latitude is a new feature of Google Maps for mobile... Read More...

Published 02-04-2009 8:42 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Apple Delays 17" MacBook Pro Shipments Delayed Until Feb 19th

Several readers have reported that Apple has sent out emails today indicating that the 17" MacBook Pro has been delayed by a couple of more weeks. The email pushed ship dates back by about 10-14 days to February 19th, 2009: To Our Va... Read More...

Published 02-04-2009 1:52 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Snow Leopard to Include CoreLocation and Multi-Touch APIs

The latest version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard seeded to developers is said to have included a few new hooks for developers. One new feature that has been adopted from the iPhone is the inclusion of "CoreLocation". CoreLocation is a software...

Published 02-05-2009 3:06 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Apple's iPhone TV Ads Boost Individual App Sales

It's long been observed that songs featured prominently in Apple's ads have seen a sudden boost in popularity. Lesser known artists such as Feist and Yael Naim have seen instant fame following the airing of Apple's iPod Nano (1234) and MacBook...

Published 02-05-2009 11:13 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Apple Address iTunes Crashing After Firmware 2.2.1 Upgrade

After the iPhone 2.2.1 firmware update, some users found they had persistent problems with iTunes crashing with both iPhones and even iPods. Apple has issued the following email to some of the affected customers: Dear Customer, Read More...

Published 02-05-2009 8:43 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
CSS Animation Coming to Safari, Already in iPhone. Less Dependence on Flash?

The Webkit blog reports that the latest WebKit builds now support explicit animations in CSS. CSS Animations is one of the enhancements to CSS proposed by the WebKit project that weve been calling CSS Effects (eg. gradients, masks, t... Read More...

Published 02-06-2009 1:14 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Steve Wozniak to Compete on 'Dancing with the Stars' TV Show

ABC officially announced the cast list for Season 8 of their reality TV show Dancing with the Stars and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is listed amongst the contestants for this year's show. A Silicon Valley icon and philant... Read More...

Published 02-08-2009 2:30 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Apple to Integrate 'QuickTime Pro' Features into Snow Leopard?

The latest Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard seeds suggest that Apple may be eliminating the 'QuickTime Pro' upgrade that is currently offered as a $29.99 upgrade to Mac users. Apple has long reserved several additional features for QuickTime... Read...

Published 02-08-2009 7:49 PM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

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