MacRumors Story Archive - August 2009

• Amazon Begins Accepting Pre-Orders for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
    Saturday August 1, 2009 7:50 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board of Directors
    Monday August 3, 2009 5:42 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Tablet Seen by Analyst While Competitors Hold Off to Wait for Details?
    Monday August 3, 2009 7:35 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Federal Trade Commission to Continue Investigation of Corporate Ties Between Apple and Google
    Monday August 3, 2009 1:26 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Netflix Video Streaming Coming to the iPhone?
    Monday August 3, 2009 2:35 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple Releases GarageBand 5.1 [Updated]
    Monday August 3, 2009 4:11 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Two New iPhone Ads: 'Share' and 'Travel'
    Monday August 3, 2009 8:15 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Considering Turning iTunes Store Accounts into PayPal Competitor?
    Tuesday August 4, 2009 7:29 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Executives Headed to China for iPhone Negotiations?
    Tuesday August 4, 2009 8:13 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Launches iTunes Store in Mexico
    Tuesday August 4, 2009 8:19 am PDT by longofest
• 'iGO My Way 2009' Navigation App Comes to the App Store
    Tuesday August 4, 2009 8:57 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple Investigating a Range of Tablet Screens From 4 to 12 Inches?
    Tuesday August 4, 2009 10:40 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Bans Developer with 800+ Apps from App Store
    Tuesday August 4, 2009 12:16 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz
• New 'iProd1,1' Reference Found in iPhone OS 3.1 Beta Configuration File
    Tuesday August 4, 2009 1:45 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple's Share of Cellphone Industry Profit Estimated at 32% for First Half of 2009
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 6:53 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Palm Hires Another Former Apple Employee for its Management Team
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 7:17 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• O2 iPhone Exclusivity in the UK to End October 9th?
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 7:52 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Banned App Store Developer Had Been Trying to Auction Off Business
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 8:33 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple to Launch 8 GB iPhone 3GS?
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 10:10 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• UK Retailer Offering TomTom Car Kit for Pre-Order
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 10:51 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Censors 'Ninjawords Dictionary' iPhone Application
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 12:07 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Alerts Customers About Upcoming 'Sales Tax Holidays'
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 12:24 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.8 and Tiger Security Update 2009-003
    Wednesday August 5, 2009 1:08 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Rejecting All e-Book App Store Submissions? [Updated]
    Thursday August 6, 2009 7:27 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Researching Methods to Detect 'Consumer Abuse' in Portable Devices
    Thursday August 6, 2009 8:01 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Phil Schiller Comments on 'Ninjawords Dictionary' iPhone App Rejection
    Thursday August 6, 2009 10:08 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• App Store Highlight: TuneTweet
    Thursday August 6, 2009 11:55 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Microsoft Releases Office for Mac 2008 Updates to Address Open XML Bug
    Thursday August 6, 2009 12:50 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• New Analyst Mockup and Sales Estimates for Apple's Tablet
    Friday August 7, 2009 6:28 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Google CEO Eric Schmidt Accepted No Salary or Stock for Apple Board Service
    Friday August 7, 2009 8:01 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Next-Generation iMac to Offer Two 'Compelling' New Features?
    Friday August 7, 2009 10:21 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• KT to Offer iPhone in South Korea
    Friday August 7, 2009 1:04 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• iTunes 9 to Include Blu-ray Support and iPhone App Organization?
    Saturday August 8, 2009 5:39 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Rogers Wireless Web Page Appears to Confirm 8 GB iPhone 3GS [Updated]
    Sunday August 9, 2009 8:45 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple and Google Had Informal Agreement Not to Poach Each Others' Employees
    Monday August 10, 2009 6:47 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Bank to Offer Check Deposits Through iPhone App
    Monday August 10, 2009 7:06 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Sex Offender iPhone Applications Address Legal Constraints
    Monday August 10, 2009 8:40 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• CourseSmart Brings 7,000+ Textbooks to the iPhone and iPod Touch
    Monday August 10, 2009 12:19 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Working on Software Update for MacBook Pro Hard Drive Issues
    Monday August 10, 2009 12:46 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• TomTom Special Media Event on September 22nd?
    Monday August 10, 2009 1:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• More Details on iTunes 9's Social Media Integration? [Updated]
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 6:13 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Again Offers Matte Display Option on 15" MacBook Pro
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 6:23 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 to Bring DISH Remote Access, Widescreen Viewing
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 7:10 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Duke Nukem 3D Now Available in App Store
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 8:30 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Music Labels to Offer Enhanced Album Format to Compete With Apple's 'Cocktail'?
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 10:34 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0.1
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 11:06 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard Build 10A432 Designated 'Golden Master'?
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 12:15 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Safari 4.0.3
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 1:17 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.1 for Windows
    Tuesday August 11, 2009 1:58 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Phil Schiller Addresses More App Store Concerns
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 5:16 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Releases AirPort Client Update for MacBook and MacBook Pro
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 6:29 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Shoots Commercial for Unreleased Product?
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 6:51 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• T-Mobile Sidekick Data Plans Now Off-Limits for iPhone Users
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 8:34 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Push Notifications Come to eBay iPhone App
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 9:07 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• iPhone Share of Smartphone Sales Continues to Increase
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 9:09 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Future Versions of Adobe Creative Suite to Drop PowerPC Support
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 12:35 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• More Evidence From Rogers Wireless of 8 GB iPhone 3GS
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 12:52 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Security Update 2009-004 for Leopard and Tiger
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 1:24 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• OS X Snow Leopard Installation Process Changes Described?
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 2:07 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Seeds Rumored Golden Master Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432) to Developers
    Wednesday August 12, 2009 7:28 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• China Unicom Purchases 5 Million iPhones to Go on Sale Next Month?
    Thursday August 13, 2009 7:15 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• OS X Snow Leopard 10A432 Installer Tweaks, Public Launch on August 28th?
    Thursday August 13, 2009 7:37 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Microsoft Details Shift From Entourage to Outlook for Next Major Release, Announces Office 2008 Business Edition
    Thursday August 13, 2009 8:28 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Tablet to Offer Webcam Option, Serve as Touchscreen Input Device for Macs?
    Thursday August 13, 2009 8:56 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Keynote Event Scheduled for Early September?
    Thursday August 13, 2009 10:22 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• No Apple Tablet Introduction at September Keynote Event?
    Thursday August 13, 2009 12:56 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Board of Directors to Meet Next Tuesday to Discuss Schmidt's Replacement
    Thursday August 13, 2009 5:24 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Microsoft Attempting to Recruit App Store Developers for Zune HD?
    Friday August 14, 2009 6:45 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Qik Video Sharing App Now Available in App Store
    Friday August 14, 2009 7:23 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• China Unicom Denies Reports of iPhone Deal
    Friday August 14, 2009 9:55 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• iPhone 3GS Trumps Palm Pre in Satisfaction Survey
    Friday August 14, 2009 10:46 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• 'CoPilot Live' Turn-by-Turn GPS App Debuts in App Store
    Friday August 14, 2009 11:56 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Images of Next-Generation iPod Touch Surface? [Updatedx3]
    Friday August 14, 2009 12:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Borders Online Survey Cites Apple 'iPAD' Device
    Friday August 14, 2009 8:56 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Questionable Tablet Images from Unreliable Source
    Saturday August 15, 2009 10:02 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Photos of Snow Leopard Disc and Retail Packaging?
    Saturday August 15, 2009 6:05 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• TomTom for iPhone Appears in New Zealand App Store [Updated: Also Australia, Western Europe, U.S., Canada]
    Sunday August 16, 2009 5:43 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Attempts to Suppress Steve Jobs Profile Article
    Monday August 17, 2009 8:35 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• TomTom Car Kit to Be Compatible With iPod Touch and Other GPS iPhone Applications?
    Monday August 17, 2009 9:15 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• 32 GB iPhone 3GS Ranks as Top Selling Mobile Phone in Japan in July
    Monday August 17, 2009 11:00 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• 'NPR News' App Now Available in App Store
    Monday August 17, 2009 12:14 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple Releases Final Cut Studio Add-Ons
    Monday August 17, 2009 1:02 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• iPhone Becomes Most Popular Camera for Flickr Photos
    Monday August 17, 2009 1:43 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Media Event Scheduled for September 9th? No Tablet Announcement?
    Monday August 17, 2009 5:15 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Analyst: Apple to Sell 80+ Million iPhones in 2012, Snag 5.7% of Total Mobile Phone Market
    Tuesday August 18, 2009 6:31 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• iTunes Share of U.S. Music Sales Reaches 25%
    Tuesday August 18, 2009 7:15 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• 'Wikipedia Mobile' Official App Now in App Store
    Tuesday August 18, 2009 8:37 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple Digging into Accounts of iPhone Explosions in Europe
    Tuesday August 18, 2009 9:29 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple Releases iPhoto 8.1
    Tuesday August 18, 2009 10:00 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Analyst Claims Two Apple Tablets Coming, One With 6-Inch Screen
    Tuesday August 18, 2009 10:38 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Discovery Channel App Hits App Store
    Tuesday August 18, 2009 12:39 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple's North Carolina Data Center to Focus on Cloud Computing?
    Tuesday August 18, 2009 1:06 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Rumors of The Beatles Coming to iTunes Renewed Yet Again
    Wednesday August 19, 2009 7:21 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• More Purported iTunes 9 Screenshots Surface [Updated]
    Wednesday August 19, 2009 8:25 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• iPhone in Short Supply in Canada and Australia
    Wednesday August 19, 2009 10:09 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Snow Leopard Box Set Briefly Appears in Apple Online Store [Updated]
    Wednesday August 19, 2009 1:19 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Fix for MacBook Pro Hard Drive Issues
    Wednesday August 19, 2009 1:58 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0.1
    Wednesday August 19, 2009 2:06 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Palm Reportedly Rejected Jobs' Proposal Not to Poach Each Others' Employees
    Thursday August 20, 2009 6:37 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• iPhone 3GS Capable of High-Definition Video Playback?
    Thursday August 20, 2009 9:25 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Selling Refurbished First-Generation 5 GB iPods
    Thursday August 20, 2009 11:42 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple TV Set by 2011?
    Thursday August 20, 2009 12:00 pm PDT by Doctor Q
• Apple Begins Training Support Staff for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
    Thursday August 20, 2009 1:18 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Apple Remote Desktop 3.3 Updates
    Thursday August 20, 2009 1:58 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple's UK Online Store Lists August 28th Ship Date for Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program [Updated]
    Thursday August 20, 2009 5:47 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Begins Shipping Logic Express 9
    Thursday August 20, 2009 6:59 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 Appears in App Store
    Thursday August 20, 2009 7:10 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Sirius XM to Release iPhone Accessory Receiver Next Week?
    Thursday August 20, 2009 7:31 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Comments on Google Voice Rejection Filed Today, Google Under Scrutiny for Similar Actions?
    Friday August 21, 2009 7:47 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Publicly Responds to FCC Inquiry, Comments on Google Voice App Status
    Friday August 21, 2009 3:02 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Mac Mini Purchaser Receives Snow Leopard Restore Disc? Up-to-Date Orders "Prepared for Shipment"?
    Saturday August 22, 2009 11:27 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Announces August 28th Availability of Snow Leopard
    Monday August 24, 2009 6:02 am PDT by longofest
• Rhapsody Coming to the iPhone?
    Monday August 24, 2009 7:11 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple Retail Stores Continue to Buck Economic Sluggishness
    Monday August 24, 2009 8:51 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Qik App Updated, Wi-Fi Restriction Removed
    Monday August 24, 2009 9:02 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• First Look: TomTom Navigation App for U.S. and Canada
    Monday August 24, 2009 9:40 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Analyst: Apple Likely to Sell 5 Million Copies of Snow Leopard This Quarter
    Monday August 24, 2009 12:50 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Steve Jobs Almost Entirely Focused on Tablet Project?
    Monday August 24, 2009 6:32 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple's Latest Ads Continue to Respond to Microsoft's Campaign
    Monday August 24, 2009 7:24 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Parallels Introduces 'Switch to a Mac' Edition
    Tuesday August 25, 2009 6:46 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• 'Chipotle Ordering' Back in App Store
    Tuesday August 25, 2009 8:13 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple Releases New iPhone 3GS Ad: 'Avid'
    Tuesday August 25, 2009 8:25 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• MacBook to See Design Refresh in Near Future?
    Tuesday August 25, 2009 10:16 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Details Snow Leopard's Substantial Package of Enhancements and Refinements
    Tuesday August 25, 2009 12:25 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• OS X Snow Leopard Retail Disc Contains Build 10A432
    Tuesday August 25, 2009 5:42 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Adobe Creative Suite 3 Unsupported on OS X Snow Leopard
    Wednesday August 26, 2009 7:24 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Snow Leopard Antimalware Feature Gaining Publicity [Updated]
    Wednesday August 26, 2009 9:57 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Sirius XM Introduces 'XM SkyDock' Satellite Radio Adapter for iPhone and iPod Touch
    Wednesday August 26, 2009 11:37 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Photoshop Project Manager Clarifies Position on Creative Suite 3 Compatibility With Snow Leopard
    Wednesday August 26, 2009 5:29 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Vonage iPhone Application Submitted to Apple
    Wednesday August 26, 2009 5:48 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Snow Leopard Reviews Begin Rolling Out
    Thursday August 27, 2009 6:13 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• iPod Touch, Nano, and Classic to Receive 3.2-Megapixel Cameras at September Media Event?
    Thursday August 27, 2009 7:06 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• App Store Market Worth Nearly $2.5 Billion Per Year?
    Thursday August 27, 2009 7:43 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• China Unicom to Announce iPhone Deal Tomorrow?
    Thursday August 27, 2009 11:38 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Approves Spotify Music Subscription Application for iPhone
    Thursday August 27, 2009 11:57 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Yelp iPhone Application Adds Augmented Reality Easter Egg
    Thursday August 27, 2009 1:28 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Aperture 2.1.4
    Thursday August 27, 2009 1:59 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Facebook 3.0 Now Available in App Store
    Thursday August 27, 2009 2:34 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Snow Leopard Application Incompatibilities Compiled
    Thursday August 27, 2009 6:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Forces Removal of 'Free Memory' Functionality From iPhone Applications
    Thursday August 27, 2009 7:02 pm PDT by longofest
• Apple Releases Snow Leopard-Compatible Printer Drivers
    Thursday August 27, 2009 7:03 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• China Unicom Announces 3 Year iPhone Deal
    Friday August 28, 2009 2:04 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Working on 10-, 13-, and 15-Inch Tablets?
    Friday August 28, 2009 6:03 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• 'Convertbot' App Update Rejected Over Too-Similar Time Icon
    Friday August 28, 2009 6:48 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Apple Claims 'Exploding' iPhones Due to Screen Pressure, Not Battery Issues
    Friday August 28, 2009 8:59 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• TomTom Car Kit Details Revealed by FCC
    Friday August 28, 2009 9:57 am PDT by Marianne Schultz
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard Officially Launched Today
    Friday August 28, 2009 10:26 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Microsoft Declares Office 2008 Ready for Snow Leopard, Most 'Spaces' Issues Fixed
    Friday August 28, 2009 11:21 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Resellers Report iPod Stocks Dwindling, All SKUs Being Discontinued
    Friday August 28, 2009 11:55 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Network Registration Update and ODBC Administrator Tool
    Friday August 28, 2009 2:00 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• A Closer Look at Snow Leopard's Wake on Demand Feature [Updated]
    Friday August 28, 2009 2:37 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Releases Server Admin Tools 10.6
    Friday August 28, 2009 5:14 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• OpenCL Benchmarks and Support for Both MacBook Pro GPUs
    Sunday August 30, 2009 9:51 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Analyst Offers Thoughts on iPhone Success, Multi-Carrier Business Models, iTunes Video Content
    Monday August 31, 2009 7:15 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• SEC Investigating Insider Trading of Apple Stock
    Monday August 31, 2009 8:09 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Issues Invitations for September 9th Media Event
    Monday August 31, 2009 9:14 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple's iPhone Deal With China Unicom Not Exclusive
    Monday August 31, 2009 10:31 am PDT by Eric Slivka
• 'Grand Theft Auto' Franchise Coming to iPhone
    Monday August 31, 2009 11:22 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Releases Mac Mini EFI Firmware and SuperDrive Firmware Updates
    Monday August 31, 2009 2:19 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 Version 1.1
    Monday August 31, 2009 2:36 pm PDT by Eric Slivka