New Apple TV Sales to Top One Million This Week

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New Apple TV Sales to Top One Million This Week

December 21, 2010

Apple today announced that it expects sales of its new Apple TV to top one million units later this week. The new Apple TV offers the simplest way to watch your favorite HD movies and TV shows and stream content from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, and MobileMe — all on your HD TV, for the breakthrough price of just $99. iTunes users are now renting and purchasing over 400,000 TV episodes and over 150,000 movies per day. Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/appletv

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Portrait of an Artist

December 21, 2010

iLife ‘11 is Barron’s Gadget of the Week, and reviewer Tiernan Ray gives it all 5 stars, saying iLife “makes it a breeze to polish and present photos, movies and music.” Ray particularly likes the “handsome coffee-table book” he created from his vacation photos using iPhoto, and he also highlights iMovie trailers and GarageBand Groove Matching. Read more: online.barrons.com

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Apple’s Mac App Store to Open on January 6

December 16, 2010

Apple announced that the Mac App Store will open for business on Thursday, January 6. By bringing the revolutionary App Store experience to Mac OS X, the Mac App Store makes discovering, installing, and updating Mac apps easier than ever. The Mac App Store will be available in 90 countries at launch and will feature paid and free apps in categories like Education, Games, Graphics and Design, Lifestyle, Productivity, and Utilities. Filed under: Mac. Read more: apple.com/mac

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Kids Fiddle Digitally with iPad

December 16, 2010

The San Jose Mercury News reports on a unique musical workshop led by Smule co-founder Ge Wang for ten music students from the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View, CA. The students got a group lesson in playing digital violin on iPads — held against their shoulders, like actual violins — running Smule’s new Magic Fiddle app. Said student Kevin Murray, 10, who plays drums and saxophone: “I don’t play anything like the fiddle. It’s cool. It’s a great idea.” Read more: mercurynews.com

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Tech Behind Hit Games Comes to iPhone

December 16, 2010

At the Digits blog in The Wall Street Journal, Ian Sherr reports that the technology behind Epic Games hits like “Batman: Arkham Asylum” and “Gears of War 3″ is coming to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad game developers this week “in another sign that mobile gaming is booming on Apple’s platforms.” Sherr quotes Epic co-founder Mark Rein, who calls the App Store “the most vibrant market for mobile gaming.” Filed under: iPhone, iPod+iTunes. Read more: blogs.wsj.com

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Best Media Apps for iPad

December 3, 2010

New York Times columnist David Carr writes that iPad “renews the romance of reading,” citing media apps like BBC News, New York Post, and Reuters for their effective treatment of content. Carr also commends the Instapaper app for its ability “to archive Web pages for offline reading in an iPad optimized format that makes reading long-form content a pleasure.” Read more: gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com

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Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

November 22, 2010

Apple today announced that iOS 4.2, the latest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, is available today for download for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. iOS 4.2 brings over 100 new features from iOS 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 to iPad, including Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay, and AirPrint. “iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit.” Filed under: iPhone, iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/ios

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The Beatles Now on iTunes

November 16, 2010

Apple Corps, EMI, and Apple today announced that the Beatles, the most influential and beloved rock band in history, is now available for the first time on the iTunes Store. Starting today, the group’s 13 legendary remastered studio albums are available for purchase and download on iTunes worldwide, either as albums or as individual songs. Said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, “We love the Beatles and are honored and thrilled to welcome them to iTunes.” He added, “we are now realizing a dream we’ve had since we launched iTunes ten years ago.” Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/pr