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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 Updates iPhoto to Version 9.3.1 With Minor Bug Fixes

Thursday July 12, 2012 1:18 pm PDT by
Apple has rolled out an update to iPhoto, bringing the photo management software to version 9.3.1. The update fixes a couple minor bugs:What's New in Version 9.3.1- Addresses a problem during the migration of albums from MobileMe Gallery that may cause photos to be moved from their original events into a new event called "From MobileMe"- Fixes an issue that in rare cases could cause iPhoto...
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Apple Store SoHo Reopens Saturday July 14th After Extensive Expansion

Thursday July 12, 2012 11:58 am PDT by
Apple closed the Apple Store SoHo, New York City's first Apple Retail Store, late last year for a renovation and expansion into the space formerly occupied by a United States Post Office.SoHo has grown significantly, gaining sales space for twice as many products, a new theater with extra seating for special events and workshops, NYC's first business-focused Briefing Room, and a much larger...
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NBC Releases Summer Olympics iOS Apps, Offering Livestreaming of All 302 Events

Thursday July 12, 2012 11:24 am PDT by
NBC has released a pair of iOS apps to give US-based viewers comprehensive 2012 Summer Olympics coverage, including livestreaming of every event from London.The most exciting development in Olympics coverage this year is NBC's livestreaming of every event from London. The company plans to offer streaming on computers both on the NBCOlympics.com website, and on the NBC Olympics Live Extra iPhone ...
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Tiny Wings 2 and Rovio's Amazing Alex Coming to App Store on Thursday

Tuesday July 10, 2012 12:32 pm PDT by
Two major games are coming to the iPhone and iPad on Thursday: Amazing Alex, Rovio's first non-Angry Birds title, and Tiny Wings 2, the sequel to the seventh most purchased iPhone app of all time.Here's what Rovio has to say about Amazing Alex:Meet Amazing Alex! With his boundless imagination, this whiz kid turns everything into adventure! From cleaning his room to battling cardboard robots in ...
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Twitter Updates iOS App With Push and Ambient Notifications, a New Logo and More

Tuesday July 10, 2012 11:48 am PDT by
Twitter has updated its iOS app with push notifications for tweets and ambient notifications for when using the app, along with a new logo and a number of other additions.What's New in Twitter Version 4.3- Expanded Tweets: when you view Tweet details containing links to partner websites, you can now see content previews, view images, play videos and more [please note: this feature is rolling...
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gfxCardStatus Allows Easy Control of MacBook Pro Graphics Cards

Tuesday July 10, 2012 11:24 am PDT by
gfxCardStatus allows users to control which graphics card is enabled -- integrated or discrete -- on MacBook Pro models with multiple graphics cards. By more precisely controlling when each graphics card is enabled, users can improve system performance or battery life. gfxCardStatus is a menu bar application for OS X that allows MacBook Pro owners to view which GPU is in use at a glance, and...
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TED Launches iOS E-Bookstore With Subscriptions and Embedded Video

Monday July 9, 2012 12:19 pm PDT by
TED, the popular technology conference, has launched a new iOS app containing short eBooks written by TED speakers, with some including video and audio -- including TED talks -- embedded directly into the books.TED Books are short original electronic books produced every two weeks by TED Conferences. Like the best TEDTalks, they're personal and provocative, and designed to spread great ideas. TED ...
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AT&T Unveiling New Blocking Service for Stolen Phones Next Week

Friday July 6, 2012 9:32 am PDT by
Originally announced this past April, AT&T will unveil a database of stolen phones to prevent lost devices from connecting to the carrier's network. The Verge reported the launch with a leaked internal AT&T screenshot showing a launch date of July 10, 2012.AT&T issued this statement to MacRumors:As announced in April, AT&T is creating a stolen phone database to prevent devices reported stolen ...
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iCloud Beta Previews Web Versions of Notes and Reminders

Monday July 2, 2012 3:28 pm PDT by
Leaks first appeared in May that Apple was planning to add web versions of the Reminders and Notes iOS apps to iCloud.com for access from desktop Macs and PCs.The iCloud Beta portal has since been activated for developers enrolled the iOS 6 beta at beta.icloud.com. The site displays "Beta" tags on Calendar, Find My iPhone, Notes, and Reminders -- the last two being new additions to iCloud....
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Apple to Announce 3Q 2012 Earnings on July 24

Monday July 2, 2012 2:44 pm PDT by
Apple today updated its investor relations page to note that it will announce its earnings for the third fiscal quarter (second calendar quarter) of 2012 on Tuesday, July 24. The earnings release typically occurs just after 4:30 PM Eastern Time following the close of regular stock trading, and the conference call is scheduled to follow at 5:00 PM Eastern / 2:00 PM Pacific. MacRumors will...
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Developer Evangelist Michael Jurewitz Leaving Apple for Black Pixel

Monday July 2, 2012 10:42 am PDT by
Michael Jurewitz, a member of Apple's developer outreach team, announced today that he is leaving the company to join software developer and consultancy Black Pixel as a director and partner. Jurewitz, familiar to many developers as @jury on Twitter, provided developers with a conduit for feedback and communication with Apple.Writing on his personal website, "Jury" reflected on his seven years ...
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Apple Announces Retirement of Bob Mansfield, Senior VP of Hardware Engineering

Thursday June 28, 2012 3:15 pm PDT by
Apple Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield is retiring, according to an Apple press release. He joined Apple in 1999. He has led Mac hardware engineering since 2005, along with iPhone, iPod, and iPad engineering since 2010. Apple® today announced that Bob Mansfield, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will retire and the role will be transitioned to...
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Aperture Receives Minor Bug Fix Update

Thursday June 28, 2012 2:10 pm PDT by
Apple has issued a minor update to Aperture, its prosumer photo editing and management application. The 3.3.1 update fixes a minor issue that caused a crash in certain situations:What's new• Fixes an issue that in rare cases could cause Aperture to hang or quit unexpectedly when upgrading librariesThe prior update to Aperture enabled users to swap libraries between Aperture and iPhoto with no...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Coming to Mac This Fall, Half-Price Sale on Older CoD Titles

Thursday June 28, 2012 11:16 am PDT by
Call of Duty: Black Ops, the bestselling first-person shooter, is coming to the Mac this fall from Aspyr.Pricing and system requirements have not been announced, but the game will include the full single-player campaign, multiplayer, and both co-op and single-player Zombie mode.Aspyr Media, Inc., the leader in Mac game publishing, announced today that Activision Publishing, Inc.’s...
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Google Chrome Browser, Google Drive Coming to iOS [Now Available]

Thursday June 28, 2012 10:42 am PDT by
Google announced today that it is releasing a version of its Google Chrome for the iPhone and iPad. The company says it will go live on the App Store later today. Macquarie analyst Ben Schacter predicted last month that Google Chrome was coming to iOS.While Chrome for iOS will include a number of key features, including incognito mode and tab syncing across devices, the browser will still use...
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Infinity Blade Delivered Epic's Best Return on Investment

Wednesday June 27, 2012 11:29 am PDT by
At the beginning of this year, Epic Games announced it had made $30 million in revenue from its Infinity Blade series of iOS games. Now, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Infinity Blade is its most profitable game, in terms of resources invested versus revenue."The most profitable game we've ever made, in terms of man years invested versus revenue, is actually Infinity Blade. It's more profitable than ...
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Facebook Abandoning HTML5 to Speed Up iOS App

Wednesday June 27, 2012 11:01 am PDT by
Facebook engineers are completely rewriting the social network iOS app to make it faster. The app, which has been criticized by many users for being extremely slow, was built using the HTML5 Web-based programming language.It makes the app much easier for Facebook's engineers to port to other platforms like Android or Windows Mobile -- but it fails to take advantage of the iOS operating system....
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Archiveteam Saves 272 Terabytes of MobileMe Websites From Deletion

Tuesday June 26, 2012 11:18 am PDT by
A volunteer team has been downloading the entire publicly accessible contents of MobileMe webpages, iDisk folders, and photo galleries, ahead of the shutdown of the MobileMe service on June 30.The team just finished the project, some four days ahead of their deadline. The project began late last yearn and ramped up as the team moved closer to the MobileMe shutdown date.Archive Team has...
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Apple Offers New Dedicated Podcast App for iOS

Tuesday June 26, 2012 10:33 am PDT by
Earlier this month, it was reported that Apple would be launching a standalone podcast app in iOS 6. Instead of waiting for the next version of iOS, Apple posted the Podcast app on the App Store today. [App Store]Podcasts app is the easiest way to discover, subscribe to and play your favorite podcasts on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Explore hundreds of thousands of free audio and video...
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Orbitz Presenting More Expensive Hotels to Mac Users

Monday June 25, 2012 5:37 pm PDT by
Travel shopping site Orbitz is offering more expensive hotels to Mac users because the company found Mac users prefer more luxurious rooms, reports the Wall Street Journal.Orbitz noted that it was is not showing different prices for the same room to different users, but was presenting pricier hotels more prominently to Mac users than those using Windows. Users can rank hotel options by price...