August 2010 - Apple News - Techies Community

Apple Removes Competitor Antenna Performance Comparisons From Site

Apple has revamped the antenna performance page on its website, removing references to and videos of the performance of competitors' smartphones in comparison to the iPhone 4. Apple launched the page after its iPhone 4 press conference to de... Read...

Published 08-01-2010 2:44 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Microsoft to Release Office for Mac 2011 in Late October

Microsoft today announced launch details for Office for Mac 2011, revealing that the latest version of the company's flagship productivity suite will be released in over 100 countries in late October. The suite will come in tw... Read More...

Published 08-02-2010 2:29 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Safari-Based Jailbreak Available for iOS Devices, Including iPhone 4 and iPad

JailbreakMe, a new web-based jailbreak has been released, offering users of Apple's iOS devices, including iPhone 4 and iPad, a simple tool to open up their devices for installation of non-Apple-approved applications, customizations, and file... Read...

Published 08-02-2010 3:52 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

FaceTime Over 3G Comes to Jailbroken iPhone 4s

Hot on the heels of this weekend's release of the JailbreakMe Web-based jailbreak tool for iOS devices, users with jailbroken iPhone 4s can now think about installing My3G from Intelliborn, which was just updated to enable FaceTime video calling over...

Published 08-02-2010 6:01 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Apple and Amazon Targeted in Probe of eBook Pricing Deals

The Attorney General for the State of Connecticut has launched an investigation into the eBook market, targeting Apple and Amazon for deals they are striking with publishers to ensure favorable pricing. Attorney General George Blumenthal arg... Read More...

Published 08-02-2010 7:05 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Android Outpaces iPhone in Share of New U.S. Smartphone Customers for First Half of 2010

Nielsen today released data on smartphone usage in the U.S., revealing that Google's Android platform has outpaced the iPhone among new smartphone customers for the first half of 2010. The news comes as a marked reversal from the second half... Read...

Published 08-02-2010 7:33 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

iOS 4 Jailbreak Method Brings Security Concerns

There is renewed concern today over iOS security after a website-based jailbreaking tool was released for iOS 4 for iPhone and iPod touch and iOS 3.2 for iPad. While the jailbreak appears to be a relatively benevolent attack a... Read More...

Published 08-02-2010 8:25 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

iPad Drives Apple to Third Place Among Global Portable Computer Manufacturers

Fortune reports on a new research report from Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, which shows that if the iPad were to be categorized as a portable computer along with netbooks and notebooks, Apple would have held the third highest share of... Read...

Published 08-02-2010 9:25 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Apple Scaling Back Near-Term Plans for Cloud-Based iTunes?

CNET reports that Apple may be scaling back its initial plans for cloud-based iTunes offerings as it continues to struggle to reach agreements with record labels to allow users to stream their iTunes cont... Read More...

Published 08-03-2010 2:30 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Apple's Flexible Engineering Teams Said to Operate Like a Startup

In an interesting blog post, Posterous co-founder and former Apple engineer Sachin Agarwal describes how Apple runs its engineering divisions "like a huge startup", with engineers frequently being moved f... Read More...

Published 08-03-2010 4:59 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Research in Motion Launches 'Torch' Smartphone and BlackBerry 6 OS

With much fanfare, Research in Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of its BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone, running the company's new BlackBerry 6 operating system. The launches are a key milestone in RIM's effort to reverse sagging inte....

Published 08-03-2010 6:28 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Apple Releases iOS 4.1 Beta 3 and Updated SDK to Developers

Just one week after the last developer build was seeded to developers, Apple has pushed out iOS 4.1 Beta 3 for testing. Apple has also released an updated software development kit (SDK) to provide developers with tools for building for the n... Read More...

Published 08-03-2010 9:50 AM by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

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