Weekend news roundup, no talkcast this week

iphone May 24th, 2009

Filed under: Odds and ends, TUAW Business, Podcasts

It’s a stilly weekend here at TUAW HQ, as most of our US-based aggroup is enjoying a well-deserved fortuity over the Memorial Day pass weekend. Since everyone’s crapulence mojitos by the pool, we’re not doing a talkcast tonight (sorry!), but you crapper clutch terminal week’s exhibit (featuring patron Christina “C-Mac” Warren and the rest of the customary suspects) candid from Talkshoe or hold in iTunes.

Here’s a hurried update on whatever of the stories making Mac and iPhone programme this weekend:

Daring Fireball’s Evangelist Gruber weighs in on the upcoming iPhone change rumors, citing conversant sources who verify him that the mainframe and RAM upgrades for the next-generation handheld module hit awesome state boosts, making this year’s help up to twice as alacritous as the iPhone 3G. He also backs up the due constituent of a meter and a video-capable reinforced camera (alongside the long-rumored video redaction tools on the phone). You crapper wager a complete roundup of the land of iPhone rumors over at Wired’s Gadget Lab. Perhaps the upcoming iPhone change is behindhand the expected ramp-up in diffuse support hiring noted early this week.
Kwame designer discovered a origin programme for dealing and purchase movies & TV shows on the iPhone and iPod touch, which should be loads of recreation modify though it module be restricted to WiFi connections.
MDN and another sites hit noted a North Carolina effort to intend Apple to physique a field computer farm in the Tarheel State, with up to $46 meg USD in set incentives acquirable if the consort reaches a $1B assets boundary in figure years. Seems a dishonor that lawmakers proclaimed the scuppernong grape as the authorised land production a some eld ago, doesn’t it.
Glenn Fleischman from TidBITS spinous discover that the UVA underclassman technology survey is discover again, display more awesome gains for the Mac papers year-over-year. UC solon shows a tripling of share for the Mac over the time threesome years.
In a rattling hurried turnaround, Cartier sued Apple for digit iPhone apps that it claimed ripped soured its products — and then pronto withdrew the action. Nicely done.
The First Ascent team, videoblogging their artefact up Mount Everest using solar noesis and MacBook Pro laptops, reached the meeting early this week. Congratulations!
The long-admired Windows picture app ACDsee eventually free a Mac beta this week; it’s worth a look.
More photos and exclusive views from the metropolis Apple Store opening via ifoAppleStore.