TechCrunch reports on comments made by Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft's Business Division, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco that suggest that Microsoft is still exploring ways to bring its Office suite of applications to the iPhone.<p class...
Apple exploring motion-adaptive Mac OS X interface elements
As rumors swirl over Apple's plans instate changes to the Mac OS X user interface with this year's release of Snow Leopard, a newly discovered filing shows the company has been exploring the use of user interface elements that change their appearance based on movement.
RapidWeaver 4.2.2 adds JS-Kit and improved Safari 4 support
Filed under: Software, Internet Tools
Realmac Software has just released version 4.2.2 of TUAW favorite RapidWeaver. Although it may appear to be a minor point release, there are actually quite a few bug fixes and backend additions in this update.Highlights from the release notes:
- Completely re-written contact form with support for multiple attachments, better security and spam protection and better support for Windows servers.
- JS-Kit commenting for blogs. If you were using the previously built-in Haloscan comments, everything works just fine, whether you migrate your account to JS-Kit or not.
- Improved Safari 4 support
- Better RSS handling
RapidWeaver 4 requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and is $79 US.
TUAWRapidWeaver 4.2.2 adds JS-Kit and improved Safari 4 support originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
[Rumor] Towards Cheaper High-end MacBook Air?
According to one of our forum readers, quoting a Canadian source, Apple could dramatically reduce the price of the high-end MacBook Air featuring a SSD as a storage unit. The price could drop by as much as 300 €, and might push Apple to entirely revise its offer for MacBook Air models.
Of course, this is a rumor, and today is April 1st, we however think it could be correlated by other sources. The current MacBook Air needs to be refreshed in order to remain the high-tech product it was when it was launched. Several PC manufacturers have already released their own competing products.
More Apple Snow Leopard, Final Cut, Xserve rumors hit the web
A well-read overseas Mac blog is using April Fools Day to drop a payload of unconfirmed rumors on the Apple community regarding release dates for Snow Leopard, Final Cut Studio 3, new Xserves, and even a future generation of Mac notebooks.
Apple pushes devs to deliver 64-bit support with new Snow Leopard beta
As expected, Apple on Wednesday evening provided its vast developer community with a new pre-release distribution of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and asked that they focus attention on 64-bit compatibility in their third party kernel extensions.
iPhone 2.2.1 SDK on a PPC Mac
Filed under: Software, Developer, iPhone, SDK
There's a great tutorial at Apokalypse Software for getting the iPhone 2.2.1 SDK working on a PPC Mac (up until now, doing development for the iPhone meant getting an Intel-based Mac). It takes some work, but nothing that will pose a problem for most developers. Before you begin, remember that you must have 6GB of disk space available. Also, if you've tried to install the SDK on your target volume before, you'll have trouble until you uninstall Xcode with /Library/Developer/3.1/uninstall-devtools.If you don't want to go through the hassle, you can buy an installer for just $5. As a guy who still uses his G4 iMac, I understand the appeal of using an older Mac.
TUAWiPhone 2.2.1 SDK on a PPC Mac originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPhone app roundup: Quickoffice, Otto Matic, Evernote 2
Filed under: iPhone, App Store
First up: The long-awaited version of Quickoffice for iPhone that allows editing of Word and Excel files hit the store today and was demoed at CTIA. [Looks like the new Quicksheet is available now, but the full bundle and the Quickword standalone app aren't on sale yet as of Thursday morning.] While QO has had a 'mobile files' tool on the iPhone for a while now, this is the first build of the venerable portable office suite (which has been a favorite on Palm handhelds for years) that can do editing in both formats.
Quickoffice for iPhone can do font formatting and cu
Files on the iPhone can be transferred off the device using WiFi to a local Mac, or straight to a MobileMe account. Quickoffice for iPhone is shipping now for an "introductory price" of $19.99, but if you just want the Excel spreadsheet editor (formerly MobileFiles Pro) you can have it for $12.99; the Word document editor is also $12.99. Quickoffice Files (previously known as MobileFiles 2.0) is $3.99 and offers similar file transfer capability to Readdle and other file managers. We're getting a review copy for a more thorough walkthrough later this week. It's worth n
Second... who doesn't love a good robot game? For $4.99, you can now dive into Pangea's classic Otto Matic series with the company's new title for iPhone, Otto Matic: Alien Invasion. The B-movie style game pits Otto against the attacking Brain Aliens from Planet X; his job is to save as many humans as possible. Otto Matic: Alien Invasion features 10 levels and 25 different enemies, multiple weapons and activities, and quite a bit of fun.
Lastly, the TUAW top pick Evernote has been updated with a nifty landscape mode, thumbnail viewing, improved performance, favorites sorting, and an embedded web browser to reduce the tap a link --> Safari --> back to home screen --> scroll around --> relaunch Evernote loop-the-loop annoyances. Evernote 2.0 for iPhone remains a free download, and the basic Evernote service is also free; a year of pro-level service costs $45.
TUAWiPhone app roundup: Quickoffice, Otto Matic, Evernote 2 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Microsoft Still Hoping to Bring Office to iPhone?
TechCrunch reports on comments made by Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft's Business Division, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco that suggest that Microsoft is still exploring ways to bring its Office suite of applications to the iPhone.<p class...
Apple exploring motion-adaptive Mac OS X interface elements
As rumors swirl over Apple's plans instate changes to the Mac OS X user interface with this year's release of Snow Leopard, a newly discovered filing shows the company has been exploring the use of user interface elements that change their appearance based on movement.
RapidWeaver 4.2.2 adds JS-Kit and improved Safari 4 support
Filed under: Software, Internet Tools
Realmac Software has just released version 4.2.2 of TUAW favorite RapidWeaver. Although it may appear to be a minor point release, there are actually quite a few bug fixes and backend additions in this update.Highlights from the release notes:
- Completely re-written contact form with support for multiple attachments, better security and spam protection and better support for Windows servers.
- JS-Kit commenting for blogs. If you were using the previously built-in Haloscan comments, everything works just fine, whether you migrate your account to JS-Kit or not.
- Improved Safari 4 support
- Better RSS handling
RapidWeaver 4 requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and is $79 US.
TUAWRapidWeaver 4.2.2 adds JS-Kit and improved Safari 4 support originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
[Rumor] Towards Cheaper High-end MacBook Air?
According to one of our forum readers, quoting a Canadian source, Apple could dramatically reduce the price of the high-end MacBook Air featuring a SSD as a storage unit. The price could drop by as much as 300 €, and might push Apple to entirely revise its offer for MacBook Air models.
Of course, this is a rumor, and today is April 1st, we however think it could be correlated by other sources. The current MacBook Air needs to be refreshed in order to remain the high-tech product it was when it was launched. Several PC manufacturers have already released their own competing products.
More Apple Snow Leopard, Final Cut, Xserve rumors hit the web
A well-read overseas Mac blog is using April Fools Day to drop a payload of unconfirmed rumors on the Apple community regarding release dates for Snow Leopard, Final Cut Studio 3, new Xserves, and even a future generation of Mac notebooks.
Apple pushes devs to deliver 64-bit support with new Snow Leopard beta
As expected, Apple on Wednesday evening provided its vast developer community with a new pre-release distribution of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and asked that they focus attention on 64-bit compatibility in their third party kernel extensions.
iPhone 2.2.1 SDK on a PPC Mac
Filed under: Software, Developer, iPhone, SDK
There's a great tutorial at Apokalypse Software for getting the iPhone 2.2.1 SDK working on a PPC Mac (up until now, doing development for the iPhone meant getting an Intel-based Mac). It takes some work, but nothing that will pose a problem for most developers. Before you begin, remember that you must have 6GB of disk space available. Also, if you've tried to install the SDK on your target volume before, you'll have trouble until you uninstall Xcode with /Library/Developer/3.1/uninstall-devtools.If you don't want to go through the hassle, you can buy an installer for just $5. As a guy who still uses his G4 iMac, I understand the appeal of using an older Mac.
TUAWiPhone 2.2.1 SDK on a PPC Mac originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPhone app roundup: Quickoffice, Otto Matic, Evernote 2
Filed under: iPhone, App Store
First up: The long-awaited version of Quickoffice for iPhone that allows editing of Word and Excel files hit the store today and was demoed at CTIA. [Looks like the new Quicksheet is available now, but the full bundle and the Quickword standalone app aren't on sale yet as of Thursday morning.] While QO has had a 'mobile files' tool on the iPhone for a while now, this is the first build of the venerable portable office suite (which has been a favorite on Palm handhelds for years) that can do editing in both formats.
Quickoffice for iPhone can do font formatting and cu
Files on the iPhone can be transferred off the device using WiFi to a local Mac, or straight to a MobileMe account. Quickoffice for iPhone is shipping now for an "introductory price" of $19.99, but if you just want the Excel spreadsheet editor (formerly MobileFiles Pro) you can have it for $12.99; the Word document editor is also $12.99. Quickoffice Files (previously known as MobileFiles 2.0) is $3.99 and offers similar file transfer capability to Readdle and other file managers. We're getting a review copy for a more thorough walkthrough later this week. It's worth n
Second... who doesn't love a good robot game? For $4.99, you can now dive into Pangea's classic Otto Matic series with the company's new title for iPhone, Otto Matic: Alien Invasion. The B-movie style game pits Otto against the attacking Brain Aliens from Planet X; his job is to save as many humans as possible. Otto Matic: Alien Invasion features 10 levels and 25 different enemies, multiple weapons and activities, and quite a bit of fun.
Lastly, the TUAW top pick Evernote has been updated with a nifty landscape mode, thumbnail viewing, improved performance, favorites sorting, and an embedded web browser to reduce the tap a link --> Safari --> back to home screen --> scroll around --> relaunch Evernote loop-the-loop annoyances. Evernote 2.0 for iPhone remains a free download, and the basic Evernote service is also free; a year of pro-level service costs $45.
TUAWiPhone app roundup: Quickoffice, Otto Matic, Evernote 2 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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