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Jordan is a long-time Apple journalist and former MacRumors editor who still occasionally helps out with coverage of live events. He also writes about automotive, so sign up for his cars and transportation technology newsletter at prndlcars.com!

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Apple Posts Two New iPhone 5 Television Ads, 'Orchestra' and 'Turkey'

Tuesday November 20, 2012 5:12 pm PST by
Apple just posted two new iPhone 5 television ads. The ads are entitled 'Orchestra' and 'Turkey'. Orchestra focuses on the microphones that Apple uses to reduce background noise during calls. Turkey shows off the Shared Photo Stream feature of iOS 6. Excuse me, maestro? Bring it down please! Better. That's what happens to background noise when you're making a call on this. This microphone...
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Kids and Adults Want iPads More Than Anything Else This Holiday Season

Tuesday November 20, 2012 1:21 pm PST by
According to a survey done by Nielsen, U.S. consumers aged 6-12 are significantly more interested in purchasing Apple's iOS products over the next 6 months. The new Nintendo Wii U took the #2 spot, but lagged well behind the iPad. Meanwhile, the iPod Touch, iPad Mini and the iPhone rounded out the rest of the top 5 most wanted products for this age group. Approximately half the children...
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Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Supplemental Update 2.0

Tuesday November 20, 2012 12:36 pm PST by
Apple has released a minor update to OS X Mountain Lion, fixing "an issue with Keychain that can affect 2012 Mac systems." The update weighs in at 26.65MB and can be downloaded through Apple's support site or the Mac App Store. About OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Supplemental Update 2.0 This update addresses an issue with Keychain that can affect 2012 Mac systems. This update is recommended...
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Borderlands 2 Arrives on the Mac

Tuesday November 20, 2012 12:07 pm PST by
Hit first-person-shooter/role-playing-game Borderlands 2 has arrived on the Mac just two months after going on sale on the PC and consoles, a very quick turnaround for a major title. Many major titles arrive on the Mac many months or even years after they land on the PC.Developed by Gearbox Software and brought to the Mac by Aspyr Media, Borderlands 2 lives up to the mantra “bigger, better...
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'Kaleidoscope 2' Lets Users Quickly Spot Differences in Code, Text and Images

Tuesday November 20, 2012 9:59 am PST by
Black Pixel has announced the release of its first major in-house app, Kaleidoscope 2, an app that helps coders, writers and others to compare the differences in folders, images, text, and more.The Next Web's Matthew Panzarino has a lengthy interview with the team behind the app, including former Apple employee Michael Jurewitz, who left Apple for the company earlier this year. Panzarino...
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Apple Job Listing Suggests Siri Coming in 9 More Languages

Tuesday November 20, 2012 9:32 am PST by
Apple is looking for interns fluent in a number of different languages to work on Siri internationalization, according to a job listing first spotted by Belgian site Apple Nieuws Vlaanderen (via 9to5Mac).The job listing, for Cloud Services Engineering Interns, asks for interns native or fluent in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Korean, Norwegian, and Swedish to work on...
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Facebook Rolling Out New iOS Photo Sync Feature

Monday November 19, 2012 4:16 pm PST by
Facebook is slowly rolling out a new Photo Sync feature to its iOS users that automatically uploads all photos taken on the iPhone to a private photo album on Facebook. The idea is to make it easier and faster for users to share photos with their friends. TechCrunch has more on how it works: Here’s how Facebook Photo Sync works, at least for those lucky enough to be in the test. You go to ...
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iPad Mini Keyboard Cases Hitting the Market

Monday November 19, 2012 11:14 am PST by
Belkin and iPadMiniMod have each released iPad mini cases with integrated keyboards, adding to the collection of accessories for the new tablet.Belkin's $80 case connects to the iPad via Bluetooth and features a removable keyboard with shortcut keys to play or pause music, as well as change tracks.iPad Mini Mod's $40 aluminum case also connects via Bluetooth and uses Smart Cover magnets to...
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OpenFeint Multiplayer iOS Platform Shutting Down, Could Break Older Games

Monday November 19, 2012 10:30 am PST by
OpenFeint, one of the first iOS leaderboard platforms, will be shutting down in one month according to the company that owns it. The problem, at least for gamers, is that older games may crash upon launch depending on how they are coded.Developers have until December 14th to migrate away from OpenFeint, at which point it'll be offline forever. Even under normal circumstances this sort of...
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President Obama Meets With Tim Cook and Other CEOs to Discuss Fiscal Crisis

Monday November 19, 2012 9:49 am PST by
President Obama met with corporate leaders including Apple CEO Tim Cook, JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon, and investor Warren Buffett, and others. "The president reached out to and spoke with each of these business leaders as a part of his continuing conversations and outreach on the need to find a balanced deficit-reduction solution that protects the middle class and continues to move our...
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AAPL Surging Following Extremely Positive Analyst Comments

Monday November 19, 2012 8:49 am PST by
Apple's stock price has surged nearly 6 percent today following extremely bullish comments from Topeka's Brian White. White feels that the recent drop off in Apple's stock price has little to do with the fundamentals of the company and that the stock is ready for significant growth.In our view, the sell off in Apple's stock over the past eight weeks has gotten to the point of being "insanely...
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Jony Ive's Design Video for the Twentieth Anniversary Mac

Friday November 16, 2012 9:27 am PST by
OS X Daily points us to the launch video for the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh featuring a much younger and less-polished Jony Ive, complete with hair and British accent.For those who don’t know, the 20th Anniversary Mac was a limited edition Mac priced at a whopping $7499. It was one of the first all-in-one computers to have an LCD display, and at the time was about as cool as a computer...
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Twelve South's BookBook for iPhone 5 Ships Monday

Thursday November 15, 2012 10:17 am PST by
Twelve South's popular BookBook iPhone case has been updated for the iPhone 5 and will launch on Monday November 19th, MacRumors has learned. We don't have any details about pricing, but the new BookBook should begin shipping on Monday as well. Interested users can sign up for a notification list to learn when the BookBook for iPhone 5 launches. The current BookBook for the iPhone 4 and 4S...
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Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Biopic: Three 30-Minute Scenes Taking Place Before Three Product Launches

Thursday November 15, 2012 9:34 am PST by
Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter of the movie based on Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography, has shared some details behind the structure of the upcoming film. Speaking from The Daily Beast's Hero Summit, Sorkin disclosed that the entire movie "is going to be 3 scenes, and take place in real-time." Further, each of the three 30-minute scenes will take place backstage before a major product...
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Algoriddim Launches Vjay for iPhone, Offers Djay for iPhone For Free

Thursday November 15, 2012 9:07 am PST by
Algoriddim today launched vjay for iPhone, the smaller brother of vjay for iPad which launched earlier this year.The software allows creative types to remix music videos in real time, similar to what djay does for music. djay for iPad won an Apple Design Award in 2011.Mix and scratch your favorite music videos from iTunes or combine songs from your music library with personal video footage...
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New iMac Deliveries to Be Delayed Until Early Next Year?

Wednesday November 14, 2012 9:00 pm PST by
Apple may not begin shipping the new iMac until early 2013, according to the French site MacBidouille [Google Translate]. When the new lighter, thinner iMac was introduced three weeks ago, Apple said the 21.5" model would ship by the end of November, with the 27" model shipping by year-end.The new iMac uses some advanced welding techniques as well as a new manufacturing process for the LCD...
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Bug in iOS 6 Causes Multiple Downloads of Podcasts, Is Fixed in 6.0.1

Wednesday November 14, 2012 2:10 pm PST by
The Next Web reports on an apparent bug in iOS 6's AV Foundation that caused podcasts and audio streams to be downloaded multiple times unnecessarily.The issue was first discovered by the Public Radio Exchange labs, which thoroughly examined the issue.The issue is a potentially major one. The audio streams that are being pulled down by iOS 6 through a variety of apps including Apple’s...
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Elevation Lab Releases Lightning Adapter for Popular iPhone Dock

Wednesday November 14, 2012 11:29 am PST by
Elevation Lab has released a $15 adapter that allows its popular Kickstarter project, the Elevation Dock, to be used with the iPhone 5. The company is also selling an $89 redesigned dock that is specifically designed for the iPhone 5.With either solution, users need to provide their own Lightning to USB Cable. ...
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4th Gen iPads With LTE Now Arriving at Apple Retail Stores

Wednesday November 14, 2012 10:24 am PST by
9to5Mac is reporting that Apple Retail Stores are taking delivery of new fourth-generation iPad models with LTE cellular (though not the iPad mini), but they have not begun sales of them yet.Apple has begun stocking its U.S.-based retail stores with LTE versions of the fourth-generation iPad. The product is not on sale yet, but they could go on sale at anytime. Stores have been instructed to...
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Jawbone Releases Updated UP Wristband

Tuesday November 13, 2012 10:11 am PST by
Last year, Bluetooth headset and speaker manufacturer released the UP wristband to much critical acclaim, only to pull it off the market a month later because of a defective design and numerous unhappy customers. The situation was so bad, Jawbone offered a "no questions asked guarantee", refunded all UP purchasers the full price paid, and allowed them to keep the device.Today, Jawbone released ...