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Mac Pro Is Go-To Choice for Creative Professionals
August 26, 2010
Computer Shopper makes the quad-core Mac Pro an Editors’ Choice, citing its speedy performance, easy upgradability, and new lower price. The reviewers write: “Creative professionals who need a machine with both muscle and good looks, and Mac fans who love to game, will find a lot to like in the new Mac Pro.” Read more: computershopper.com
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iTunes U Downloads Top 300 Million
August 24, 2010
In just over three years, iTunes U downloads have topped 300 million — making it one of the world’s most popular online educational catalogs. A dedicated area within the iTunes Store, iTunes U offers users public access to university courses, lab demonstrations, special lectures, and more from world class institutions such as Harvard, MIT, Cambridge, Oxford, University of Melbourne, and Université de Montréal. Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/education
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Auto Innovators Roll with iPhone and Custom Apps
August 18, 2010
JM Family — an $8 billion diversified automotive company and the largest Toyota distributor on the planet — has integrated iPhone and business apps available in the App Store into all of their daily operations. The company has also created a custom app that enables their sales organization to quickly track, review, and update dealership numbers.Filed under: iPhone. Read more: apple.com/iphone
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Apple iAd Partners Happy with Early Results
August 13, 2010
The Los Angeles Times reports that Apple’s iAd mobile advertising platform is “getting favorable reviews from the companies whose advertisements were the first to run on the new system.” The article quotes Joe Jacoby, a senior manager of Nissan’s media operations, who says, “What iAd promises is the most progressive thing I’ve seen to date” in digital advertising. Filed under: iPhone. Read more: latimesblogs.latimes.com
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Sophisticated But Simple iMac
August 13, 2010
PC Magazine makes the new quad-core 27-inch iMac an Editors’ Choice, calling it “a highly sophisticated, yet simple to use media PC.” The magazine found the new iMac to be faster than other all-in-one models they’ve recently tested and concludes that it “cements the Apple iMac as the all-in-one desktop to have and to beat.” Filed under: Mac.Read more: pcmag.com
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Eat Pray Love Goes From Page to Screen via Final Cut Pro
August 12, 2010
Editor Bradley Buecker describes how he cut his first feature film, Eat Pray Love, using Final Cut Pro. To edit more than 70 hours of footage shot on location in New York, Italy, India, and Indonesia, Buecker found a fast, efficient editing format in ProRes 422 (Proxy), introduced in Final Cut Pro 7. Read more: apple.com/finalcutstudio
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iPad Opens Up New Worlds for Autistic Children
August 11, 2010
SF Weekly profiles a Redwood City mother, Shannon Rosa, who blogged that iPad had helped her nine-year-old autistic son, Leo. “With the iPad, Leo electrifies the air around him with independence and daily new skills,” she wrote. The article credits Rosa’s post with contributing to a “quiet revolution” in the autistic community focused on using iPad for teaching communication and social skills to autistic children. Read more: sfweekly.com
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Magic Trackpad is a Winner
August 11, 2010
The San Jose Mercury News reviewer Troy Wolverton gives Magic Trackpad a 4.5/5 rating, calling it a “winner” and noting that it “could give other desktop users a good reason to finally ditch their mice.” He concludes, “I like the Magic Trackpad a lot and hope it will spark imitators on the PC side.” Read more: mercurynews.com
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There’s Magic on Your Desktop
August 5, 2010
Gadgetwise blogger Nick Bilton at The New York Times reports taking Magic Trackpad for a test drive that covered “two-finger scroll on Web pages, pinch and zoom on images in Apple’s Preview application, and a number of other multitouch features.” He concludes: “I’m pretty certain I will never own a traditional mouse again, at least when I use an Apple computer. Instead I will own a trackpad — a Magic Trackpad.” Read more: gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com
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iPhone Apps for Every Business
August 5, 2010
Check out a few new iPhone apps demos to see how apps are changing the way businesses do business.The featured apps and the companies that use them are: Workday, used at illumina; Cisco WebEx, at RTKL; Documents to Go, at Unisys; and Airstrip OB, at Memorial Hermann. Filed under: iPhone. Read more: apple.com/iphone
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MacBook Pro Shines in Dual Environments
August 2, 2010
Government Computer News tested the 15-inch MacBook Pro in its “powerhouse notebook” roundup, making it a “Reviewer’s Choice” and giving it an A+ in battery performance. The reviewer notes that what “really knocked our socks off” was how MacBook Pro fared in the “brutal conditions” of the battery life test, where it “lasted five hours and 13 minutes, outlasting its closest competitor by almost two hours.” Read more: gcn.com
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Magic Trackpad an Excellent Mouse Alternative
August 2, 2010
Seattle Times reviewer Jeff Carlson calls Magic Trackpad “an excellent mouse alternative” and “a fascinating addition to the Apple hardware lineup.” He also mentions the new Apple Battery Charger, noting that it “pulls much less power (30 milliwatts) once the batteries are charged compared to other battery chargers.” About Magic Trackpad Carlson concludes: “…if you want to take advantage of Multi-Touch gestures on a desktop computer, it’s a stylish and solid implementation.”Read more: seattletimes.nwsource.com
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New iMac Is Editors’ Choice
July 29, 2010
PC Magazine reviews the new 21.5-inch iMac and makes it the Editors’ Choice (4/5 stars) for mid-priced all-in-one desktops, citing its “classic” design, excellent display, powerful multimedia performance, and reasonable price. The review adds: “The $1,199 iMac is the system that can convert your friend/relative/significant other into one of the Mac faithful.” Read more: pcmag.com
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Thumbs Up for Magic Trackpad
July 29, 2010
SlashGear reviewer Vincent Nguyen judges the Magic Trackpad a “pretty tempting proposition” because it brings the “useful” Multi-Touch “gestures Apple’s mobile users have been enjoying to their desktop compatriots.” Adds Nguyen: “I wholeheartedly recommend the Magic Trackpad.” Read more: slashgear.com
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Apps Built for iPhone 4
July 29, 2010
Jim Dalrymple at The Loop highlights apps built to take advantage of iPhone 4 features — including the gyroscope, accelerometer, and Retina display. Writes Dalrymple: “There are a lot of great apps for the iPhone, but to experience the ultimate in cool apps you have to look for those built to utilize the newest technologies in iPhone 4.” Filed under: iPhone.Read more: loopinsight.com
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