Jordan Golson

According to iLounge, Apple will be the "exclusive initial supplier" for the new Dock Connector Adapter that will allow the next-generation iPhone to be used with older 30-pin Dock Connectors. Apple will reportedly sell them for $10 each or three for $29. However, it's possible that Apple will allow third parties to build the adapter at a later date. Additional sources have confirmed to...

Apple has released an update to Java, bringing the standard OS X Java installation to parity with Oracle's latest release of Java SE 6.About Java for OS X 2012-005Java for OS X 2012-005 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_35.Java for OS X 2012-005 is available for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion.Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10 is available...

Apple has expanded its Volume Purchase Program to nine new countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. The program allows enterprise businesses and educational institutions to purchase and distribute apps to their workforces easily and quickly.The App Store features thousands of great business apps designed to deliver immediate benefits for your ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a denial of responsibility regarding the leak of more than 1,000,000 iOS UDID numbers last night.In a statement issued in the past hour:The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exposed. At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised ...

Rovio has sold millions and millions of copies of Angry Birds games -- Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Space -- but the company's next effort flips that franchise on its head.The next game, Bad Piggies, changes the antagonists into heroes by stranding the pigs on a desert island and having the player help them build vehicles and contraptions to get them to their...

iOS developer David Barnard has written an interesting piece on App Store pricing, and whether freemium is the inevitable pricing model for iOS apps, or if there is another model that hasn't been considered yet. The full piece is worth a read for anyone involved in app development or marketing, but an excerpt is below. I’ve argued that Apple caused the race to the bottom in App Store pricing, ...

Continuing its trailblazing efforts to deliver a great baseball viewing experience to iOS device owners, MLB Advanced Media has added Ford SYNC integration and social sharing with Facebook, Twitter, and email to its MLB.com At Bat app. Ford SYNC is a Siri-esque integrated voice control system built into some Ford automobiles. The At Bat integration allows users to get scores, schedules, and...

The free, open-source image editor GIMP is now available for OS X as a native application. It is available for download from Gimp.org.GIMP is a popular and fairly powerful free image editor from the linux world that is basically like a freeware version of Photoshop, complete with many of the tools used for photo retouching and image manipulation that you’d expect. It’s a great free PS...

Apple is planning an improvement to its AirPlay audio and video streaming technology, according to a report from The Telegraph.The new AirPlay system would allow streaming devices like the iPhone or iPad to directly send content to a set of speakers or other receiver without a Wi-Fi network. The Telegraph expects 'AirPlay Direct' to be announced on September 12, together with the...

A Chinese firm has already created a knockoff of what is supposedly the next iPhone. As reported by the French site NowhereElse.fr [Google Translate], an Android phone called the Goophone i5 was designed to look like the leaked images of the next iPhone. Though the new iPhone is expected to be taller vertically, the Goophone sports a 940x640 3.5" screen, a 5 megapixel rear camera and a 1.3...

Apple has introduced a new perk for Apple employees, giving them a free 50GB upgrade to their iCloud storage -- a $100/year value. This is similar to the free MobileMe subscription that employees received until last year when iCloud replaced that service. The standard iCloud account includes 5GB of storage.Earlier this year Apple employees were granted a new discount on Apple hardware,...

Following the introduction of new Twitter API guidelines -- the rules by which third-party Twitter clients must abide -- Tweetbot has decided to end the pre-release testing program of TweetBot for Mac.The public Alpha program began more than a month ago to help Tweetbot get feedback on the Mac Twitter client as the developers moved towards final release.One of the API changes relates to how...

A New Jersey teenager was arrested this weekend for allegedly attempting to shoplift a pair of headphones from the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in Manhattan, reports Macworld. Eric Shine says he scanned the barcode of a pair of Bose headphones, and navigated the EasyPay purchase process to the final screen, but failed to complete his purchase. Upon trying to leave the store, he was stopped by store...

The company behind the popular LifeProof iPhone case today announced a new waterproof iPad case called the Nüüd. The case is an alternative to other high-protection iPad cases like the OtterBox Defender, with the addition of waterproof protection (to 6.6 feet).The most interesting part of the Nüüd case -- and the origin of the odd name -- is that the case appears to have no protection over...

After three days of deliberations, the jury reached a unanimous verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung trial. The jury found largely for Apple, ruling that Samsung had willfully infringed on both Apple patents and trade dress for the iPhone -- though notably the jury found in favor of Samsung on questions regarding its tablets. The jury found that Samsung owes Apple $1.05 billion in damages for...

Facebook employee Jonathan Dann has written a blog post detailing how the company's iOS engineering team designed earlier Facebook for iPhone apps and the extensive coding that was required to rewrite the new Facebook 5.0 app.The post is a bit technical in parts, but is worth a read for developers and others interested in how one of the most popular iPhone apps gets made.An excerpt:One of...

The new Evernote Smart Notebook bridges the divide between digital and analog by giving Evernote users the option to take physical notes in a special Moleskine notebook and then easily importing those notes into the Evernote app.The notebook is $24.95 and allows a new Page Camera feature in Evernote to take photos of a page and have it immediately available and searchable in Evernote.The...

One year ago today, Steve Jobs stepped down from the CEO post he held for more than a decade, making Tim Cook the head of what is now the most valuable publicly-traded company in the world. After the announcement, Apple's stock dropped more than 5% in after hours to $351.One year later, Apple is the most valuable publicly-traded company ever (not accounting for inflation) with a current share...

The developer of the iPhone game Ninja Fish has released a video showing what the game would look like on a next-generation iPhone with a taller screen. The developer doesn't have any special information about the next iPhone, but is sharing the video as an intellectual exercise to show how games could look on the larger screen. Ninja Fish for iPhone is available in both a free, ad-supported...

Renowned Apple journalist Jim Dalrymple -- known for his "Yep" confirmations to Apple rumors -- has posted a cryptic message suggesting that Apple will hold two separate media events this fall for the new iPhone and iPad mini.Jim Dalrymple (right) with rock guitarist Slash The message was written in response to a theory postulated by John Gruber of Daring Fireball, saying that he is a "smart...