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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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iPhone 4S Launch Breaks Sprint's One Day Sales Record

Friday October 14, 2011 2:32 pm PDT by
The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S broke the "device family" one-day sales record today, according to the company. The milestone was breached by 1pm Eastern. Sprint didn't break out sales totals for the iPhone, but Sprint's product chief said today was the company's "best ever day of sales in retail, web and telesales for a device family in Sprint history." Sprint attributes the strong sales to...
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iPhone 4S Photos Begin Appearing on Flickr, Comparisons with iPhone 4

Friday October 14, 2011 1:52 pm PDT by
Photos taken by new iPhone 4S owners have begun appearing on Flickr. Apple has touted Flickr's Camera Finder in the past to show how popular the iPhone 4 is as a camera. Photos of eggs, a remote control and a parking garage have been posted and all look very impressive. iPhone 4S on left, iPhone 4 on right iLounge have also posted a number of comparison shots between the iPhone 4 and...
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EA and Gameloft Games On Sale for iPhone 4S Launch

Friday October 14, 2011 11:48 am PDT by
Game studios EA and Gameloft are discounting many of their games in honor of the iPhone 4S launch. EA runs sales every month or two, and this is October's sale. EA is offering up a number of its more technically impressive titles aimed at iPhone 4S buyers, including the lowest price ever for Madden 2012. EA: Madden NFL 12 – $4.99 → $2.99 Dead Space – $6.99 → $.99 The Sims 3 – $6.99 → $.99 B...
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Steve Jobs Tribute Haircut At Fifth Avenue iPhone Launch

Friday October 14, 2011 9:59 am PDT by
This young man, in line for the iPhone 4S at Apple's Fifth Avenue flagship store, has a unique tribute haircut to Steve Jobs. On one side, Jonathan Mak's Steve Jobs tribute logo, and Albert Watson's famous photo of Steve Jobs from Fortune in 2006. On the other, he has Apple's famous "Think Different" slogan emblazoned. No word on who actually did the impressive cut. The photos were snapped...
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Apple Sets Q4 2011 Earnings Release For October 18th

Thursday October 13, 2011 4:25 pm PDT by
Apple issued a press release today stating that it will announce its earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2011 (third calendar quarter) and host a conference call regarding the release on Tuesday, October 18th. The conference call at 5:00 PM Eastern / 2:00 PM Pacific will follow the earnings release itself which typically comes around 4:30 PM Eastern. Apple last quarter announced...
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iOS 5 Camera: Volume Shutter, Lock Screen, Remote Triggering

Thursday October 13, 2011 2:47 pm PDT by
Apple added a number of new features to the camera in iOS 5, as more and more users drop their point-and-shoot digital cameras in favor of the increasingly powerful cameras built-in to smartphones. For users looking to take pictures quickly, when the phone is locked, simply press the home button twice -- then press the camera icon that appears to be taken directly to the camera. This works...
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New MacBook Pro Part Numbers Suggest Updated Models Coming Soon

Thursday October 13, 2011 1:32 pm PDT by
All current MacBook Pro models are constrained according to 9to5Mac, with the site claiming new part numbers have appeared in Apple's inventory system for all three MacBook Pro sizes: 13", 15" and 17". It was reported last month that Apple could be planning to bump processor speeds across the MacBook Pro line. Earlier this year, MacRumors reported that a full redesign of the MacBook Pro line ...
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How To Put Newsstand In A Folder

Thursday October 13, 2011 1:10 pm PDT by
The Coding Massacre has discovered a trick to force the iOS 5 Newsstand into a folder. The only reason to do this is to tuck Newsstand away and hide it -- users who have performed this trick discovered that opening Newsstand when its in a folder crashes Springboard, the main home screen on the iPhone. Simply follow these steps: - Take two apps and go to create a folder - The second the...
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Foxconn Claims Brazilian iPad Production to Begin in December

Thursday October 13, 2011 12:57 pm PDT by
Foxconn's Brazilian expansion plans have been on-again off-again ever since the $12 billion proposal was announced earlier this year. Today, Reuters is reporting that Foxconn will start producing iPads in Brazil this December, but the company is still in negotiations with the Brazilian government about the size of Foxconn's investments in Brazil and the level of government involvement in the...
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Griffin's Woogie 2 Makes An iPhone Kidproof

Thursday October 13, 2011 11:53 am PDT by
For iPhone and iPod Touch owners with young children, "can I play with your iPhone?" is a frequent refrain. Accessory maker Griffin has released the Woogie 2, a five-legged fuzzy friend to protect vulnerable devices from damage when children play with them. With thousands of interactive books and games available from the App Store, a parent’s iPhone or iPod is a natural for kids to want to...
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iOS 5 Users Can Make Custom Text Tones Too

Thursday October 13, 2011 11:17 am PDT by
One of the new features of iOS 5 is the ability to purchase alert tones from the iTunes Store. Users have long been able to purchase and create custom ringtones, but the ability to customize text tones is new. The process for creating custom alert tones is identical to creating custom ringtones. iOS 5 now offers the ability to select full-length ringtones as a text message alert. To create a...
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"iPhone 5" Photo Stream Image is Gone

Wednesday October 12, 2011 4:44 pm PDT by
Top: New Photo Stream, Bottom: Old Photo Stream An icon that looked vaguely like a redesigned iPhone, thought to be the iPhone 5, appeared this summer in a Photo Stream image. The final version of Photo Stream reverts to a logo of the iPhone as we know it. Before and after pictures of the Photo Stream welcome screen are presented above. It was first noticed by MacRumors forum user djrod. When ...
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Send Real Greeting Cards With Apple's New Cards App

Wednesday October 12, 2011 11:46 am PDT by
Apple's newest app, Cards, was announced last week during the iPhone 4S keynote, and finally went live today. Cards is an iOS version of the greeting card-maker built-in to iPhoto, but with a twist -- instead of printing and shipping cards to the user, who then has to buy stamps, address and mail the cards -- Apple takes care of printing, mailing, and postage and sends the card directly to...
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Apple Updates iMovie and iWork for iOS, Remote, Find My iPhone Apps

Wednesday October 12, 2011 10:56 am PDT by
In concert with the release of iOS 5 today, Apple also released updates for the iOS version of iMovie, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Remote, and Find My iPhone. Find My iPhone was updated with "Find My Mac" functionality and the "option to request an email when an offline device comes online and is located", which is a nice feature for users with lost devices. Remote and iMovie were given...
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Apple Launches Store for Text Message/Alert Tones

Wednesday October 12, 2011 10:38 am PDT by
Apple has launched a new store within iTunes specifically for Ringtones and Alert or text message tones. Many of the new alert tones are dialogue clips and sound effects from famous movies including Star Wars and Jaws. The most popular tone at the moment is a beep-boop-beep from R2-D2. The iTunes Store on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch now includes the Tone Store — an incredible spectrum...
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Developers Updating Apps With iCloud Support

Tuesday October 11, 2011 5:31 pm PDT by
iOS developers are beginning to release apps that take advantage of iCloud's storage features. The excellent SketchBook Pro, a painting and drawing program from Autodesk, was updated today boasting an "option to set iCloud as default location to save canvases" and "controls in Gallery to upload or download from iCloud". iCloud, which launches tomorrow, automatically "stores your music, photos, ...
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Magazine Apps Appearing In Newsstand for iOS 5 Beta Users

Tuesday October 11, 2011 4:21 pm PDT by
Magazine apps are starting to be updated to appear in the Newsstand feature of iOS 5. In this screenshot, sent to us by reader Shawn, we can see Wired, GQ, and Popular Science apps ready for reading. At the moment, only developers with the iOS 5 developer beta can see Newsstand. All three apps were updated today with support for Newsstand built-in. Other magazine apps, including Golf Digest...
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Steve Jobs's Thirtieth Birthday Present

Thursday October 6, 2011 6:17 pm PDT by
For Steve Jobs' thirtieth birthday, his then Apple coworkers made a video the celebrate his life to that point. The video, dug up by Harry McCracken at Technologizer, is set to My Back Pages by Bob Dylan, one of Jobs' favorite musicians and inspirations, is filled with images from Jobs' first 30 years. The video starts with these words: To Steven Jobs on his thirtieth birthday. For the first ...
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Watch Pirates of Silicon Valley on TNT Tonight

Thursday October 6, 2011 1:41 pm PDT by
TNT plans to reair its 1999 movie Pirates of Silicon Valley tonight at 8pm Eastern/Pacific and again at 10pm. The dramatization -- starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs, Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates, and Joey Slotnick as Steve Wozniak -- follows the tech entrepreneurs from their college days, to the launch of the Macintosh and MS-DOS, through to Microsoft's investment in Apple as Steve Jobs...
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Steve Jurvetson on Steve Jobs

Thursday October 6, 2011 12:52 pm PDT by
From left: Bobby Shriver, Jurvetson, and Jobs in 2007 Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, who worked with Steve Jobs at NeXT and Apple, writes in Businessweek about his memories of Jobs. He shared one story in particular -- from the NeXT years -- that would foreshadow Steve's vision for the future: When I invited Jobs to take some time away from NeXT to speak to a group of students, he sat in...