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.
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